WeakAuras Range Check with Enemy target

[opbear]

Just got my legendary ring, and with its 20yard damage burst, I was wondering if I can have a range check to sit next to my ring proc icon.
I can only find previous WA's of range checks with other players, but none to my current target / enemy target.

[Deleted]

You can't get exact distances to anything but group members. (Not even friendly units outside of your group)

[Villainess]

There was a similar thread for a range tracker WA posted under the hunter section of the forums. It was intended for the Archimonde trinket for MM but I can see how this would be a great application of it as well.

You can find his string here: www . mmo-champion . com/threads/1813748-WA-How-far-I-am-from-my-target . (I'm sorry I can't correctly link - my posting privileges are limited.) You can customize the text as you see fit.

Some of the people there also recommended using the addon Range Display. Though there are a variety of options with the addon, I prefer the WA; Having it only load when playing a certain spec or class (or in this case, characters using the ring) is such a luxury. See how they work out for you.

[SlippyCheeze]

Yeah, it's much, much easier to use an addon for this -- you can't get the exact range, but you can estimate it like the libRangeCheck library does, and/or some hard-coded stuff.

That said, all you care about is 20 yards or less, right? You could use this custom trigger:

function()
  return IsItemInRange(10645, "target")
end

That item (Gnomish Death Ray) has a 20 yard range, and you don't need it in your possession to test range on it...

[A Day to Remember]

Here is the code i have for the range finder i use.

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