Discussion: User Created UI Addons?

[Ladon]

I don't think you understand what the NOCOMBAT thing can be used to break your scenario very easily.

For your scenario to work, there are three requirements:

1. Performing a health check.
2. Creating a target.
3. Performing an action.

Adding the NOCOMBAT clause to any of the 3 will break this automation. But generally, finding a target is an API that does not exist in any game. When you can automate target creation is when you can automate everything else.

You don't need to create a target. As will HealBot you have the user do that part and the script does the rest. You click the target, it reads the health information/buff/debuff information, runs the results through some scripting logic and selects and casts the spell for you. So now you're just playing Wack-a-Mole rather than Final Fantasy.

And you can't throw these in NOCOMBAT because there are plenty of legitimate uses of these calls in combat situations. This is exactly why WoW does not do this. NOCOMBAT is restricted specifically for actions that you normally cannot perform in combat. It's not around to try and break scripting.