Option to hide (or re-anchor) tooltips during Dragonriding races

[tflo]

My tooltips are mouse-anchored and have a fade-out delay. I have found that this can be a problem during dragon racing when a (huge) tooltip pops up and blocks your view. This is not a problem during normal flying, but in a race it can cost you precious seconds if you miss a circle or a Vigor bubble, or fail to dodge an obstacle.

So it would be great to have the option to either hide tooltips, or to re-anchor tooltips to their default non-mouse position, during a race. (Similar to the already existing combat checks.)

I don't know if there is an easy/elegant way to detect if we are in a Dragonriding race, but I guess there isn't. I haven't even found an API for "is dragonriding". WeakAuras, for their "Dragonriding" load condition, is using a combination of IsMounted() and aura detection for one of C_MountJournal.GetCollectedDragonridingMounts(). But I think this is too complex for tooltip checks.

So, probably, the most economic and elegant way would be a combination of IsFlying() and IsAdvancedFlyableArea(). Obviously this will also apply to non-race dragonflying, but I think this is acceptable.

Thanks for considering,

– Tom

[frozn]

I finally have had enough time to play DF for myself (and not only when developing this addon) and implemented this useful feature request. Better late than never. 🙂👍

Under "Anchors" I added options to override the anchor for world/frame units/tips during dragonriding. Under "Combat" I added options to hide frame/world unit tips or unit/spell/item/action bar tips during dragonriding.

This feature is included in the latest release v24.03.23.

[frozn]

For interest, to determine if the player is currently dragonriding I check if the dragonriding action bar is visible like in blizzards Blizzard_Tutorials_Dragonriding.lua:

[tflo]

Better late than never. 🙂👍

Nah, if the average human lifespan was one hour, then barely a minute has passed since my post 😊

But no worries, in the meantime I made my own mod that hides certain UI elements, moves and scales the EncounterBar, hides all tooltips, and some other optimizations during a dragonride race.

Nonetheless, having a hide or reanchor option when dragonriding in TipTac is a welcome and useful addition, thank you!

I check if the dragonriding action bar is visible

Good idea!