PTS 2.7.2 - Effects longer than 30 sec now act same as less than 30 sec.

So it seems now that buff tracking addons pick up EVERY buff that is under 30 sec. Im seeing every other players curses, endless hails, blockades, everything....

To keep Srendarr functional ill have to add like 50 buffs to blacklist to stop them from showing (because they are not mine).

[ArtOfShred]

Originally Posted by MagiczneTornado So it seems now that buff tracking addons pick up EVERY buff that is under 30 sec. Im seeing every other players curses, endless hails, blockades, everything.... To keep Srendarr functional ill have to add like 50 buffs to blacklist to stop them from showing (because they are not mine).

I believe we're all working on our respective addons to fix the problems! I'll already have a solution for LUI but I need to improve how effective it is from a performance standpoint.

[Solinur]

Originally Posted by MagiczneTornado So it seems now that buff tracking addons pick up EVERY buff that is under 30 sec. Im seeing every other players curses, endless hails, blockades, everything.... To keep Srendarr functional ill have to add like 50 buffs to blacklist to stop them from showing (because they are not mine).

I recommend turning off debuff tracking for now. I'm anyway working on a library (still needs a few weeks, I guess) which could really help in this situation.

but it would be good to know it this change is intended as it is right now.

If it is intended to stay it would be really helpful if there was an indication who caused a particular effect in EVENT_EFFECT_CHANGED. It would be enough to know if the player caused it or not. (It is done like this in GetUnitBuffInfo(...) however this one requires a unittag which is not always available)

[ZOS_ChipHilseberg]

Originally Posted by decay2 If it is intended to stay it would be really helpful if there was an indication who caused a particular effect in EVENT_EFFECT_CHANGED. It would be enough to know if the player caused it or not. (It is done like this in GetUnitBuffInfo(...) however this one requires a unittag which is not always available)

unitTag == "player" or better yet:

self.control:AddFilterForEvent(EVENT_EFFECT_CHANGED, REGISTER_FILTER_UNIT_TAG, "player")
EVENT_MANAGER:AddFilterForEvent("Name", EVENT_EFFECT_CHANGED, REGISTER_FILTER_UNIT_TAG, "player")

[Solinur]

Originally Posted by ZOS_ChipHilseberg unitTag == "player" or better yet: self.control:AddFilterForEvent(EVENT_EFFECT_CHANGED, REGISTER_FILTER_UNIT_TAG, "player") EVENT_MANAGER:AddFilterForEvent("Name", EVENT_EFFECT_CHANGED, REGISTER_FILTER_UNIT_TAG, "player")

This would only track buffs/debuffs that are applied on the player but would also exclude buffs or debuffs that the player cast on someone else.

A common use on buff trackers is to get the uptime of your dot's or debuffs and recast them when necessary. The change made this a bit harder

Though I'm considering to use EVENT_COMBAT_EVENT with the results ACTION_RESULT_EFFECT_GAINED, ACTION_RESULT_EFFECT_GAINED_DURATION, ACTION_RESULT_EFFECT_FADED instead to track effects since you have source and target info there.
There are just many dummy events that need to be taken care of