LUA Errors That I Just Can NOT Fix

[Nephilite-zuljin (Nephilite)]

Hello friends!

I have been having the same LUA errors for several months now, and I can’t seem to get them to go away. Please look at my errors and let me know if you have any suggestions on how these might be fixed, and even let me know if you can identify any add-ons specifically - or any TYPE of add-ons - that may be affecting the errors that I’m getting.

ERROR 1
Message: Interface\AddOns\TinyTooltip\Options.lua:373: attempt to call method ‘GetBackdrop’ (a nil value)
Time: Thu Feb 10 08:51:42 2022
Count: 1
Stack: Interface\AddOns\TinyTooltip\Options.lua:373: attempt to call method ‘GetBackdrop’ (a nil value)
[string “=[C]”]: in function `GetBackdrop’
[string “@Interface\AddOns\TinyTooltip\Options.lua”]:373: in main chunk

ERROR 2
Message: (null)
Time: Thu Feb 10 08:51:50 2022
Count: 3

ERROR 3
Message: …ce\AddOns\Chatter\Libs\AceEvent-3.0\AceEvent-3.0.lua:33: Attempt to register unknown event “ENCOUNTER_STOP”
Time: Thu Feb 10 08:51:50 2022
Count: 1
Stack: …ce\AddOns\Chatter\Libs\AceEvent-3.0\AceEvent-3.0.lua:33: Attempt to register unknown event “ENCOUNTER_STOP”
[string “=[C]”]: ?
[string “=[C]”]: in function RegisterEvent' [string "@Interface\AddOns\Chatter\Libs\AceEvent-3.0\AceEvent-3.0.lua"]:33: in function OnUsed’
[string “@Interface\AddOns\LibSharedMedia-3.0\CallbackHandler-1.0\CallbackHandler-1.0.lua”]:142: in function RegisterEvent' [string "@Interface\AddOns\DynamicCam\Core.lua"]:1950: in function RegisterSituationEvents’
[string “@Interface\AddOns\DynamicCam\Core.lua”]:1940: in function `?’
[string “@Interface\AddOns\Chatter\Libs\AceTimer-3.0\AceTimer-3.0.lua”]:55: in function <…ce\AddOns\Chatter\Libs\AceTimer-3.0\AceTimer-3.0.lua:50>

I have disabled TinyToolTip and AceEvent 3.0 (I don’t even know how the latter got installed because I surely did not install it). Disabling TinyToolTip helps with ERROR 1, but disabling AceEvent 3.0 does not fix ERROR 3.

Thank you so much for taking the time to try and help me!

[Jetsum-echo-isles (Jetsum)]

First thing to do is make sure all your addons are up to date. If that doesn’t resolve the LUA errors, then you would need to contact the addon authors as addons are permitted, but not supported by Blizzard. You would also need to uninstall the bad addons if updating doesn’t resolve the issues.

[Breakbeat-kilrogg (Breakbeat)]

The two offending addons here are TinyTooltip and Chatter, and the Ace library included with Chatter.

Generally when you update addons, they include up-to-date Ace libraries, but if updating Chatter doesn’t resolve the Ace-related Lua errors, you might discuss this error in their forums or on their Discord (if they have one; I don’t actually know if they do.) I’ve always found addon authors and others in the addon community to be most helpful with resolving errors.

Definitely start by updating, though.

[Zuvykree]

Jetsum is correct in this situation. I would only add another option to troubleshoot addons maybe the UI and Macro forums. After that if you are just trying to fix the errors, you could perform a full User Interface reset following the steps here. Then reinstall your addons other than the two with the problems.

Thank you!

[Nephilite-zuljin (Nephilite)]

Thank you so much for your help! I wasn’t actually sure if those errors actually DID indicate which add-on specifically was causing the trouble. Like, I didn’t know if it was actually a different add-on that could’ve been causing the problem, so I appreciate the clarification.

Everything is up-to-date, so I’m definitely going to follow the other steps you have given and follow everyone else’s suggestions in this threat as well. Thanks again for your help and confirmation, guys!