An addon that shows who's targeting you

[Deleted]

Is there such an addon?
I'd like to have an addon that shows the amount / names of who's targeting me. I read that it was part of some Xperl addon, but I don't use UI changing addons, and I think Xperl is one of those giving you all sorts of stuff on your screen that I definitely don't need. Is there an addon that specifically shows me who's targeting me, without it having to be part of a larger addon?

Thanks.

[Deleted]

Some tooltip addons show "targeted by" in the tooltip, you can just hover over your unit frame and it'll say in the tooltip who is targeting you, I believe TipTac is a good one that shows this.

[Marcellus]

Tip tac
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[Farora]

I'm curious why you want that

[Deleted]

I'm curious why you want that

Mostly because of Epeen.

And thanks Marcellus and Vanchak

Edit: Does it only work for people I'm in group with? If I have enemies target me, would it not function?

[k8e]

pretty much any tooltip addon will let you see if someone is targeting you when you mouseover them.

[ComputerNerd]

Correct that it would only be party members, for the below reason also.
No it is not possible to determine who an enemy is targeting without it being a valid UnitID.
So if they were moused over, targeted, focused etc then each of those have an id that can be used to derive a target from.

[timtim89]

if you download the UI Xperl it shows right under the level who is targeting you

[Marcellus]

it works for anyone in dalaran, you can even make a macro mouseover /stare to /stare them without even targeting them.

Epeen grandly increased.


edit : works also in battlegrounds, world pvp, mobs, etc..

but doesn't work on stealth'd enemies

[Deleted]

I don't think it would be able to detect someone who is in stealth, anyhow

[Farora]

Epeen? Those days are over my friend.

[Deleted]

It seems like TipTac is a UI changing addon, aswell. Isn't there an addon that specifically includes the targeting feature, and nothing else?

[banan163]

Could be for pvp reasons as a healer you want to know how many ppl are/if targeting you to know if you have to fakecast or not

[k8e]

It seems like TipTac is a UI changing addon, aswell. Isn't there an addon that specifically includes the targeting feature, and nothing else?

the only way to know if people are targeting you is if they are in your party, if you are targeting them, or if you mouse over them (this is where a tooltip addon comes in). there's no way to just list all the people targeting you.

[Deleted]

the only way to know if people are targeting you is if they are in your party, if you are targeting them, or if you mouse over them (this is where a tooltip addon comes in). there's no way to just list all the people targeting you.

Oh, okay.. That kinda blows.
Well, thanks!

[Maldread]

Is there such an addon?
I'd like to have an addon that shows the amount / names of who's targeting me. I read that it was part of some Xperl addon, but I don't use UI changing addons, and I think Xperl is one of those giving you all sorts of stuff on your screen that I definitely don't need. Is there an addon that specifically shows me who's targeting me, without it having to be part of a larger addon?

Thanks.

elvui has it built in. assuming you click on yourself. it just shows every1 targetting your target. its pimp.

[Deleted]

elvui has it built in. assuming you click on yourself. it just shows every1 targetting your target. its pimp.

Even if those people are not in my group?

[Deleted]

Even if those people are not in my group?

Quite obviously not. As was said by ComputerNerd above, only units with a valid unitID can have their target retrieved.

[Aldoran]

I am not 100% sure, but sometimes X-perl shows when i am targeted by enemy on BGs(red line around my frame). Probably it works only with nearest enemy, since pressing tab once show we that person, who is casting some shit at me

[Deleted]

Quick script I whipped up to scan all unitIDs possible and output all units targeting you:

local unitIDs = {"player","pet","vehicle","target","focus","mouseover","npc",party=4,partypet=4,raid=40,raidpet=40,boss=4,arena=5}
local scanData={}
local scanResults={}
local function scan(unitID)
    if not unitID then
        table.wipe(scanData) table.wipe(scanResults)
        for key,val in pairs(unitIDs) do
            if type(key) == "number" then
                if UnitExists(val) then
                    scan(val)
                end
            else
                for n=1,val do
                    local u = ("%s%d"):format(key,n)
                    if UnitExists(u) then
                        scan(u)
                    end
                end
            end
        end
        if next(scanResults) then
            print("Targeting you are:")
            for name, unitID in pairs(scanResults) do
                print(("%s (%s)"):format(name,unitID))
            end
        else
            print("No people targeting you found!")
        end
    else
        local guid = UnitGUID(unitID)
        if scanData[guid] then return end
        scanData[guid] = true
        local target = ("%starget"):format(unitID)
        if UnitExists(target) then
            if UnitIsUnit(target,"player") then
                scanResults[(UnitName(unitID))] = unitID
            else
                scan(target)
            end
        end
    end
end
SlashCmdList.SCANTARGETS = function() scan() end
SLASH_SCANTARGETS1 = "/scantargets"  

How to use. Untested. Report back with issues.


Oh yeah, /scantargets to use.