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Note to Slouken:
Want to see if we can get word from Slouken on the addition of information about instant cast spells. I understand the reason for not having target information in cast-time spells, but an instant-cast spell is finished casting when we grab SPELLCAST_STOP. Any chance of getting spell or target information included (ideally for only instant-cast spells.. so we can differentiate).
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Since there have been a lot of questions about it recently, I decided to write up a HOWTO on how to detect which instant cast spells you cast on a target, and which target. This is not a new technique.. but I've brought it together and tried to explain as much as I could. Until we get more information from the events (perhaps SPELLCAST_STOP can send some args with it =P) we don't have a much better method than this to get the info we need.
This howto explains the method of getting spell name and target information on spellcast (specifically instant-cast spells) by hooking the casting and targeting functions. While this code grabs all information for all spell casts-- but this can easily be filtered out.
If you have any questions, feel free to contact me via email (cladhaire at gmail dot com) or just use this thread. This code is tested and working in one of my add-ons, but with the name changing, etc.. this specific tutorial hasn't been tested. It compiles-- and I'll test it later tonight.
http://www.wowwiki.com/HOWTO:_Detecting_Instant_Cast_Spells
Either way, the information there should be helpful to anyone who needs to determine the REAL target of a spell being cast. Thanks to TS and Cide who did a lot of the initial legwork on this for their heal-cancellation in CTRA-- I just extended it to grab the ever-important instant cast spells, along with the tricky mouse click on the 3-D world (thanks Iriel).
EDIT: Including the link typically helps[ post edited by Cladhaire ]
http://silent-transcendence.net/?q=watchdog
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