Warextdll release

[rockman319]

Hi HansW.

I'm at work so I can't open up WAR (lol) and type in hlp... but how do you use GetPlayerPosition() in LUA script (such as DrifterBars.lua)... I want to make a button that records player xyz to three local variables (or one? I think three) and another that calls Teleport()

So how do you use those two useful functions
GetPlayerPosition() and Teleport()
?

Thanks a bunch!

[PharmerPhale]

Two buttons. One that sets your current position, and another that recals to it?

[rockman319]

Yes. When I type in GetPlayerPosition(), I get nothing.

[PharmerPhale]

Rockman, I added this functionality in the v0.2 I just posted.

I also had trouble getting GetPlayerPosition() to give me something. I ended up picking apart HansW's BotProc files and found that he used this...

GetPlayer().runSpeed

Hey!! I wonder... yep.. my add-on is currently using...

GetPlayer().x
GetPlayer().y
GetPlayer().z

Instead of an array loaded by GetPlayerPosition()

[rockman319]

Nice job finding that.

[HansW]

try /script sd(GetPlayerPosition()) to see the result. Its a lua table. What did you expect to see ?

use it like this:

local ppos = GetPlayerPosition()
Teleport( ppos.x ,ppox.y,ppos.z )

BTW: I found the afk timer and check routines. An anti afk function will be in the next dll release including a hack that prevents you from going AFK at all (at least not in this century).

I also improved BotPoc some more ( i know i said i would not ). Potions ( you need the PotionBar Addon installed ) and a simple Waypoint System will be in the next (really final) release.

[rockman319]

BotPoc will kick ass with those!!

Edit:
here is potionbar addon from curse
PotionBar - Addons - Curse

[PharmerPhale]

local ppos = GetPlayerPosition()
Teleport( ppos.x ,ppox.y,ppos.z )

Yes, thank you for clearing that up. I'm still going through the transition to Lua.

[PharmerPhale]

EntityToMap -- pass a GUID. Puts a dynamic marker on the map for that entity

Is EntityToMap working?
Have I completely misunderstood it's purpose?

I'm interested in this because I want to pass a single GUID to it and have EntityToMap populate a single marker. Perhaps this requires the creation of a new pin type but I'm not certain.

Edit:
I found that it takes two numbers, EntityToMap(number, number) but I'm still no closer. I tried combinations of (GUID, 0-9) and (0-9, GUID). And btw hans, I tried the command with no params and it doesn't have a usage message, just goes to next line. Thanks.

[HansW]

right you are. not every function has a help message. Most of them do.

heres the usage :
EntityToMap(GUID, TYPE)

where type is of the following:

enum MapPips
{
AUCTION_HOUSE_NPC = 34,
BANNER = 51,
BINDER_NPC = 37,
BOUNTY_HUNTER_QUEST_COMPLETE_NPC = 28,
BOUNTY_HUNTER_QUEST_OFFER_NPC = 26,
BOUNTY_HUNTER_QUEST_PENDING_NPC = 27,
CHAPTER = 3,
DEFAULT = 0,
DESTRUCTION_ARMY = 23,
EMPTY_SIEGE_PAD = 40,
FLAG = 25,
GROUP_MEMBER = 16,
GUILD_REGISTRAR_NPC = 38,
HEALER_NPC = 39,
HOTSPOT_LARGE = 46,
HOTSPOT_MEDIUM = 45,
HOTSPOT_SMALL = 44,
INFLUENCE_REWARDS_NPC = 20,
INFLUENCE_REWARDS_PENDING_NPC = 21,
KEEP = 7,
KILL_COLLECTOR_QUEST_COMPLETE_NPC = 30,
KILL_COLLECTOR_QUEST_PENDING_NPC = 29,
MAILBOX = 48,
MAJOR_LANDMARK = 1,
MERCHANT_DYE = 50,
MERCHANT_LASTNAME = 49,
MINOR_LANDMARK = 2,
OBJECTIVE = 6,
ORDER_ARMY = 22,
PLAYER = 15,
PLAYER_SIEGE_AIM_LOCATION = 43,
PLAYER_SIEGE_WEAPON = 42,
PUBLIC_QUEST = 5,
QUEST_AREA = 24,
QUEST_COMPLETE_NPC = 19,
QUEST_OFFER_NPC = 17,
QUEST_PENDING_NPC = 18,
RVR_NPC = 47,
SCENARIO_GATEKEEPER_NPC = 33,
SIEGE_WEAPON = 41,
STORE_NPC = 31,
TRAINER_NPC = 32,
TRAVEL_NPC = 35,
VAULT_KEEPER_NPC = 36,
WARBAND_MEMBER = 52,
WAR_CAMP = 4,
};

an up to date list of the types is in your interface ( sd(SystemData.MapPips) )

[PharmerPhale]

Thanks Hans! =D

[PharmerPhale]

sd(SystemData.MapPips)

Thanks again for this Hans, it's been very useful for displaying the structures I would otherwise know nothing about.

[HansW]

Thanks again for this Hans, it's been very useful for displaying the structures I would otherwise know nothing about.

Interesting are the GameData and SystemData tables. Check thewarwiki, they are shown there ( but not up to date ). So if you want to use the information in there, you better sd the appropriate table to the shell or use a lua based recursive table dumping function ( i think i included DumpTable(TableObj, intend) in the BotPoc release. It Dumps to the botpoc log window ( if you want to stay fullscreen ).
It is also a good idear to use easymyp to extract the latest interface folder from the games myp files. This way you have the default interface lua code available to check how mythic is doing things in the interface. Its also on google code, but not uptodate.

[PharmerPhale]

Interesting are the GameData and SystemData tables. Check thewarwiki, they are shown there ( but not up to date ). So if you want to use the information in there, you better sd the appropriate table to the shell or use a lua based recursive table dumping function ( i think i included DumpTable(TableObj, intend) in the BotPoc release. It Dumps to the botpoc log window ( if you want to stay fullscreen ).
It is also a good idear to use easymyp to extract the latest interface folder from the games myp files. This way you have the default interface lua code available to check how mythic is doing things in the interface. Its also on google code, but not uptodate.

Cool, ty. I've been using these two, the same that you mentioned I believe.

WAR API - TheWarWiki
wardiff - Revision 22: /

But as you said, it's also nice to get current data.

[HansW]

New DLL Version 1.1 released.

Added:
PlayWAV(pathtowavfile) -- play a wav file. also working when the game is in background. So alarms are possible

Blacklist(GUID) -- blacklist the entity to no be returned by the EntityList function
ClearBlacklist() -- clear the blacklist.

SetAFKCheck(0/1) -- turn the afk check on or off. you might still be disconnected server side if you don't do anything for too long.

This release will reset the afk timer in most functions, so no more afking while using botpoc. There is a new BotPoc available also ( see other thread ).