Combat log error (screwing up your addons) supposed fix:

Pharaunmizz · 02-07-2010, 02:10 AM

Need more testers, hope this works for everyone

TL;DR, thanks to Proditor & Shadowed

Edit: http://www.wowinterface.com/download...o.php?id=16001 - Shadowed's somewhat cleaner version
EDIT: http://www.proditor.net/files/CombatLogClearer.rar

The Problem:

COMBAT_LOG_EVENT_UNFILTERED is jacked up
This means your combat log AND any addons that use that event get screwed up
The current speculation is that it's because of an overflow problem caused by massive glitched spam (courtesy of Blizzard), as per Imbad's screenshot

The Fix:

Periodically clear out the combat log using a command
Either macro this
Code:
```
/script CombatLogClearEntries()
```
and use it often (perhaps on your main nuke), or
Use one of the addons

This is theoretical!
I have not tested this. I do not know if it works. Since this is stickied (?) it would be good to know if this actually works. o.O Knowing Blizzard it will be a long time (if ever) that this is actually verified by an authoritative source. Any Blue posts on the matter that you can track down would be awesome.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pharaun

Courtesy of Imbad & Proditor:

Quote:

Originally Posted by Imbad

OKAY GUYS, I think I may have found a solution.

I had a feeling that the cause of this problem was a sort of overflowing in the combat log. I found this script online that essentially cleared your combat log of any data.

By macroing the script in with ALL of my abilities, my combat log has not died and my mods have been working since - but I do not have a combat log to go back and look at. It was worth the trade in my opinion.

Heres the script:

/script CombatLogClearEntries()

Cheers.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Proditorx

Instead of binding it to everything:

/run local f = CreateFrame("frame",nil, UIParent); f:SetScript("OnUpdate", CombatLogClearEntries);

Could create a quick addon that does this too.

EDIT: http://www.proditor.net/files/CombatLogClearer.rar

More testers! If this works for everyone, I'm going to laugh very loudly.

Átheist · 02-07-2010, 06:07 AM

so we just use [/run local f = CreateFrame("frame",nil, UIParent); f:SetScript("OnUpdate", CombatLogClearEntries);] ?

testing atm

Ickz · 02-07-2010, 06:09 AM

Do you have to type
/run local f = CreateFrame("frame",nil, UIParent); f:SetScript("OnUpdate", CombatLogClearEntries); every time you login or what?

Proditorqt · 02-07-2010, 09:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ickz

Do you have to type
/run local f = CreateFrame("frame",nil, UIParent); f:SetScript("OnUpdate", CombatLogClearEntries); every time you login or what?

Pharaunmizz · 02-07-2010, 02:06 PM

Yea addon is better imo, install & forget. Plus technically if you bind that to every ability you'd create a butt-ton of frames after awhile (since frames aren't destroyed via garbage cleanup, ye?)

Macca · 02-08-2010, 01:30 AM

Still broke using this.

Farynà · 02-08-2010, 05:35 AM

my sct didnt break after using it

though my combat log stopped showing me things.. but sct etc kept working.

Entarion · 02-08-2010, 05:53 AM

obviously, combat log =/= combat text

Farynà · 02-08-2010, 05:55 AM

combat text stopped working when combat log did
doesnt the combat text read from the log? dont know. just know, that always my sct stopped when combat log stopped

Andross · 02-08-2010, 05:56 AM

Working well for me so far!
Echoport and afflicted didn't break after a few games like they did without the mod