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Estimated range display. Type /rangedisplay for configuration or /rangedisplay locked to lock/unlock the frames.

RangeDisplay is a simple range display addon. It is using spell range, item range and interact-distance based checks to determine the approximate range to your current target. Due to the whackyness of interact-distance based checks, recent versions only use those when spell/item based checks are not possible . The display can be configured in many ways (displaying only the max range, adding border and background, etc).

Currently you can set up RangeDisplay to show your current range to your target, focus, pet and mouseover units. The mouseover unit range can be anchored to the mouse or placed at a fixed position.

New in v3.8.0: It is possible to add sound notifications to "range sections" (similar to color setting). The sound will be played when entering the section. If two sections have the same sound file attached to them, then the sound is not played again if switching between the two sections.

This sound notification is enabled by default for the target unit's close range section.

Displaying max range only: if you want to display only the maxRange, you need to set Text to "%d" and tick the Reverse option for the section(s).

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Posted Dec 6, 2011
OK! Im going to backup my folder and give this a try!

Thanks very much for the response!

edit: ok it's been updated, i will report back once the servers are up

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Posted Dec 9, 2011
I added those lines into the appropriate spots.

arena#1, arena#2 and arena#3 all show up as options now in the config, and I made frames for them and everything. No errors reported. However, when I entered the arena no data showed up in the frames.

Something I entered wrong perhaps, or any other idea?

Thanks again for your help with this!

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Posted Dec 13, 2011
Hello,

I checked the code, and there is an assumption that one event triggering a targetChange is used only by one unit, which breaks with arena targets. I'm working on a fix for that. Check the alpha versions on wowace for the progress.

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Posted Dec 13, 2011
Hi,
Please try this version: http://www.wowace.com/media/files/561/81/RangeDisplay-r336.zip.
After first load (if it doesn't error out :) issue the following chat command:
/script RangeDisplay.db.global.enableArena=true
then reload or relog.
cheers,
mitch

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Posted Sep 26, 2011
Where exactly is the 'Display only max range' option? Couldn't find it in any of the above versions and I'd like it very much ;)

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Posted Sep 28, 2011
Hi,

That option went away when I added free form range formating. Now you can set up any text display for the given section, that is interpreted as a format string with two parameters: minRange and maxRange, and there's an additional checkbox: Reverse, which will swap the two parameters.

So, if you want to display only the maxRange, you need to set Text to "%d" and tick the Reverse toggle.

hope this makes sense :)
cheers,
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Posted Sep 28, 2011
Oh sure, don't know how I could have missed it, thanks a lot.

Great addon btw, appreciate your work :)

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Posted Aug 11, 2011
Is there any way to change how far the "mouseover" information is anchored from the mouse cursor? I'd like to have mine right next to the cursor rather than a few inches below it. Cheers

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Posted Aug 16, 2011
Sure, just unlock the frames (/rangedisplay locked) and position the green rectangle of the "mouseover" unit relative to the green hand at the center of the screen. When ready, lock the frames again (with /rangedisplay locked, for example).

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Posted Jun 29, 2011
please display!

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Posted Jun 17, 2011
how to do "28-30" like on the screenshot?
my RangeDisplay shows "25-30" and "30-35" only but not "28-30" or not "30-32"

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Posted Jun 24, 2011
Hi,

That screenshot is from an earlier release where I still mixed the "interact" based checks with the spell based checks. The 28yd range comes from an interact based check.

Since then I found that mixing the different checks causes some issues (they're handled differently by the game), so I only use the interact based checks when the spell/item based checks are not available.

cheers,
mitch

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Posted May 30, 2011
Ok i have used this addon before and i like it a lot...but now i have a problem with the mouseover aspect of the addon....when ever i mouseover a target...the range displayed is atleast 5cm above the cursor....is there anyway i can set the height at which the range is displayed so that the value appears right next to the cursor & not at a significant distance away from it...ty...great addon btw =)

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Posted May 31, 2011
Unlock the rangedisplay frames (with "/rangedisplay locked" for example) then position the mouseover unit frame relative to the "shadow cursor" (a green hand in the center of the screen), then lock the frames again (with "/rangedisplay locked")

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Posted May 31, 2011
If your target is above/below you, it'll show vertical range, too ;)

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Posted May 24, 2011
will this display vertical range?

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Posted Apr 28, 2011
Wow 4.1 adds the feature of displaying the target and focus on the minimap. Can RangeDisplay use this new information to compute coordinates and calculate an exact range?

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Posted Apr 29, 2011
No, addons can't do anything with the minimap blips, unfortunately.

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Posted Mar 16, 2011
Hey just got the Whale Shark achieve thanks to this. Circle kiting between 10-13 and 13-15. Worked like a charm. <3

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Posted Mar 17, 2011
No it cannot display an exact range.
There is no in-game method by which that can be done, only whether you are in or out of the range for any given ability.

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