Smart Self Cast = Cant buff/heal other players :S

[Norek]

Hello everyone, saw that the new self cast mod was placed in alpha, all looks really good for the most part, only problem is that my brother plays a druid, and so far with testing, if he has smart self cast turned on, and he tryes to buff someone, it just keeps buffing himself :S This also effects heals, he has a friendly targeted (other player) and he cant cast heal on them with smart selfcast on, but it works fine with it off.

[mugendai]

#1, if he has AltSelfCast enabled still, turn it off, it should have been deleted with the patch.

#2, CastOptions has a load of new features, including Smart Group Casting, which has an option to cast the heal on the member of the group with the lowest life. If everyone has full life it falls back to default code, so if the Smart Self Cast is on, it'll cast on themselves. If you had a target selected, then this will only happen if Group Target Casting is enabled, and the player is a party member, and again, if they have full life. Oh and only if Group Self Casting, is also enabled.
Buffs, and cures are also cast similar to this. With buffs though, it will pick you first(if group self casting is enabled) then others in the group who don't have the buff yet.

If this is not how it is behaving, then there is likely something interfereing with CastOptions, and highly likely its AltSelfCast, which as I said has been replaced by CastOptions, and should be removed. Please also remove PopNUI and TransNUI, they have been replaced by VisibilityOptions

[Olban]

I was having the same problem with CastOptions, and I did not have the AltSelfCast addon installed. The only items that I had selected in the CastOptions menu were "Enable Cast Options", "Smart self cast", and "Disable smart self casting in groups". As a temporary fix, I removed CastOptions and am now using AltSelfCast.

I mentioned my problem in the following thread in the Support forum - http://www.cosmosui.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=10422

[star8urst]

Ok here is the problem I hope it gets fixed soon.

I don't have AltSelfCast, only the new Cast Option.

If I enable Smart Self Cast and Disable Smart Self Cast in Groups, every spell I cast is self cast, even when I have a valid target. This is when I'm not in a group or raid. If Disable Smart Self Casting in Groups in not enabled, it works fine, but then when I join a group, it have to put this option back on.

Is pretty easy to test, my guess is self casting is enforced when soloing even if you have a valid target.

[Vaentril]

I have a similar problem. I can't even use disable in groups toggle to fix it. I use Cast Party for my healing as a druid. When I try to heal or buff someone it just casts it on myself. I even tried to use a smaller heal on someone with less health and it still cast it on myself.

[Norek]

I think you miss understood my post mug. The Alt Self Cast mod was already removed, thats not the issue, the problem is that smart self cast USED to self cast if the target wasnt valid (and you were solo) so you could heal yourself quickly, and remove a debuff etc.

Now the new smart self cast wont let you cast a spell on a friendly target at all if this is enabled. He isnt using the cast logic (for the group healing stuff) as that is not something I think he should use (its my little brother im trying to help him play better by learning to do it himself) cause IMO relying on casting logic just doesnt cut it. All I wanted smart casting to do was cast it on him if his target wasnt valid, now if the target is a alli player he cant even buff them it just self casts instead, this is not how it used to work, and is what I was refering too.

The only other thing that I like out of the smart casting in the new mod Cast Options is the lower buff rank thing, that is just very helpfull as far as time saving goes as he is a buff addict (buffs ppl running by :P) which is always nice =]

EDIT:^-- Refering to the actuall smart cast stuff, the cancel wand action isnt related to that, and I also love that bit about cast options, blizz's implimentation of autocasting was a little sloppy IMO

[Riscaan2k1]

Exactly the same problem I was having. With "Disable smart self casting in groups" enabled I couldn't buff anyone solo. I disable it and I can buff others while not grouped.

The other problem I was having was with Divine Blessings. If I have "Disable smart self casting in groups" disabled so I can still self cast in group, I can no longer use a blessing set as they will all self cast. Turning this on when in a group allows me to use the blessing set but I have to use a secondary key to self cast. I had enjoyed using self cast in groups as well as solo, especially when in PVP, but only 1 will work either way its configured.

The new options look nice, although I was having a hell of a time trying to get them to work. Not being able to use self cast in groups and my blessing sets made me revert back to AltSelfCast as well.

Looking forward to learning how the new options work and being able to have the same functionality I had with the original AltSelfCast. (being able to self cast in groups and the ability to use a blessing set on the group without comprimise) Maybe the 2.0 version of Divine Blessings will work well with this when it is released.

Aeaas

[mugendai]

Yah there were some issues, but I fixed em a couple nights ago...
Alpha is just being slow at showing up with the changes for some reason.

Check out this post:
http://www.cosmosui.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=32936

[mugendai]

Check out this post for some answers

http://www.cosmosui.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=32936

[star8urst]

Ok, I downloaded 1.5 version from Curse, I got the extra options and stuff, but this bug is still there :(

Can you please check the logic of auto cast when not in a group, and let us cast on valid targets. I hate to have to switch autocast on and off in group when the option to get it disabled is not working as intended.

[mugendai]

Bah.. found a logic issue in the base smart cast code... Things used to be soo much more simple, heh.. anyway should be fixed now, go grab 1.52

[star8urst]

Thanx a lot ;)