Authors CurseForge

im sorry for asking a noob question but how do i make a frame turn invisable and still stay on the screen....

eg... when i enter combat the frame shows up and when i leave combat it turns invisable again??

an example would be soooo helpfull thx

frame:SetAlpha(0) -- You can't see me!
frame:SetAlpha(1) -- Peek-a-boo!

so basicly i could code it like so?

function SetAlpha()
if (PLAYER_REGEN_DISABLED = true ) then
SetAlpha(1)
end
end

if this is not right plz help as i am new to lua but some one told me that lua was the way i should try and do what i wanted to
and thx again for any and all help

yourframe:RegisterEvent("PLAYER_REGEN_ENABLED")
yourframe:RegisterEvent("PLAYER_REGEN_DISABLED")
yourframe:SetScript("OnEvent", function(self, event)
	if event == "PLAYER_REGEN_DISABLED" then
		self:SetAlpha(0)
	else
		self:SetAlpha(1)
	end
end)

now it says:

Interface\AddOns\BloodWings\new 2.lua:1:
attempt to call method 'RegisterEvent' (a nil value)

replace yourframe with the name of your frame.

heres the XML i must be doing something thats not right here

<Ui xmlns="http://www.blizzard.com/wow/ui/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.blizzard.com/wow/ui/ ..\..\FrameXML\UI.xsd">
<Frame name="UI WIP" frameStrata="BACKGROUND" parent="UIParent" movable="false">
<Script file="new 2.lua"/
<Size>
<AbsDimension x="2048" y="512"/>
</Size>
<Anchors>
<Anchor point="BOTTOMLEFT" relativeTo="UIParent" relativePoint="BOTTOMLEFT">
<Offset><AbsDimension x="0" y="0" /></Offset>
</Anchor>
</Anchors>
<Layers>
<Layer level="BACKGROUND">

<Texture name="UI WIP" file="Interface\AddOns\BloodWings\Art\UI WIP" alphaMode="BLEND">
<Size>
<AbsDimension x="1920" y="1200"/>
</Size>
<Anchors>
<Anchor point="BOTTOMLEFT" relativeTo="UI WIP" relativePoint="BOTTOMLEFT">
<Offset><AbsDimension x="0" y="0"/></Offset>
</Anchor>
</Anchors>
</Texture>

<Texture name="TCHOO" file="Interface\AddOns\BloodWings\Art\TCHOO" alphaMode="BLEND">
<Size>
<AbsDimension x="1920" y="1200"/>
</Size>
<Anchors>
<Anchor point="TOPCENTER" relativeTo="UI WIP" relativePoint="TOPCENTER">
<Offset><AbsDimension x="0" y="0"/></Offset>
</Anchor>
</Anchors>
</Texture>

</Layer>
</Layers>
</Scripts>
</Frame>
</Ui>

and here is the LUA

TCHOO:RegisterEvent("PLAYER_REGEN_ENABLED")
TCHOO:RegisterEvent("PLAYER_REGEN_DISABLED")
TCHOO:SetScript("OnEvent", function(self, event)
if event == "PLAYER_REGEN_DISABLED" then
self:SetAlpha(0)
else
self:SetAlpha(1)
end
end)

Erm your frame is called UI WIP, not TCHOO. TCHOO is a texture.

And I don't think you can have a space in there.

Quote from Shadoweric

Erm your frame is called UI WIP, not TCHOO. TCHOO is a texture.

And I don't think you can have a space in there.

You can have a space, but you have to use _G["UI WIP"] or getglobal("UI WIP") to access it.

ok now i have a new question:
im trying to add sound to this addon but i cant get the sound to trigger what am i doing thats not right?

TCatsUI = LibStub("AceAddon-3.0"):NewAddon("TCatsUI", "AceConsole-3.0", "AceEvent-3.0")

function TCatsUI:OnInitialize()
-- Called when the addon is loaded
end

function TCatsUI:OnEnable()
-- Called when the addon is enabled
self:RegisterEvent("PLAYER_REGEN_DISABLED")
end

function TCatsUI:PLAYER_REGEN_DISABLED()
PlaySoundFile("Interface\AddOns\TCatsUI\Sounds\HOO.wav")
end

function TCatsUI:OnDisable()
-- Called when the addon is disabled
end


p.s. its im using ace3.0 framework

To figure out where the problem lies you should do the following in the chat box:

/script TCatsUI:PLAYER_REGEN_DISABLED()

That should call the function and play the sound file directly. If the sound doesn't play then you know the error is in the PlaySoundFile call (not sure but might need escaped slashes in the path, or path is wrong, etc). If the sound plays fine then either the event registration isn't setting correctly (double check to make sure you are using the api correctly) or the event isn't firing when you think it should (make sure you are using the correct event for what you want to do).

Note: Chances are I or someone else could have told you exactly what to do to fix the issue, but "teach a man to fish" and you'll figure out these things much faster than posting and waiting for a reply.

aww, you gave it away :(

YOU GUYS ROCk!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! thank you soooo much that helps me in just more ways then this little peace of code but with a lot of probles i ve been having with making an addon here this is soo cool thx again