WeakAuras-LUA help needed.

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Hello, I am writing my own WA LUA and I am curious how I could a save a variable without it resetting.

I need this to track Stormlash/Skull Banner this way, because they do not have a timer - I am making a suggesting script when to pop dps cooldowns and for that, knowing the current duration of these buffs is crucial.

(dont mind the code errors)

for i=1 to 40
local BuffName,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_=UnitBuff("player",i);
if "Skull Banner" == BuffName then
--[[Start Countdown timer from 10s-> 0s--]]

--
I was thinking of making a bool variable that gets true value every time Skull Banner goes up and false every time the buff disapears.
a = GetTime()+10;
CurrentDuration = a - GetTime(); (until >0)

How can I do this without the timer resetting on me? Any type of values just reset as its all real time.
I am open to other ideas on how to do it, however it needs to be in lua.

Thank you.

[pnutbutter]

use combat log events and either monitor SPELL_CAST_SUCCESS or SPELL_SUMMON because both of those are triggered by Skull Banner and Stormlash.

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I will look into that, thank you for your answer.

[suprep]

Make a new aura (icon) using the following in the custom trigger page and make sure %n is written under text in the display page, you will have to select the skull banner icon yourself as well.

Event: COMBAT_LOG_EVENT_UNFILTERED

Custom Trigger

function(event, timestamp, message, hideCaster, sourceGUID, sourceName, sourceFlags, sourceRaidFlags, destGUID, destName, destFlags, destRaidFlags, ...)  
    if message == "SPELL_CAST_SUCCESS" then
        local spellId, spellName, spellSchool = ...
        if spellName == "Skull Banner" then   
            WA_RCD_Name = sourceName
            return true
        end
    end
end

Hide: Timed: Duration 10

Name Info

function()
    return WA_RCD_Name
end

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Big ups man, I didn't have much time, but I will work with it over the weekend.