DoString Trouble

[totaldisarray]

Hi

In my current project i have got DoString to work using blackmagic, i am also using GetLocalizedText to get the return values of DoString


i can get the return values of the following:

DoString("Zone = GetZoneText();");
GetLocalizedText("Zone");

DoString("startTime, duration, enable = GetItemCooldown(\"Hearthstone\")");
GetLocalizedText("startTime");
GetLocalizedText("duration");


but when i try to use

DoString("name, rank, icon, count, debuffType, duration, expirationTime, isMine, isStealable = UnitBuff(\"player\", 1)");
GetLocalizedText("name");


it returns nill, i think it has something to do with the UnitBuff requiring 2 prams. anyone have any ideas?

thx


TotalDisarary

[schlumpf]

Maybe you don't have a buff?

A buff is only a "helpful" aura. Use UnitAura() for all effects on the unit.

[totaldisarray]

checked that already, they string works if i use it in wow with /script in front of it

[Robske]

Copypasted the GetLocalizedText code a few threads down to test it for you. I am getting valid results though. I tested it on a nightelf (shadowmeld) using the lua command you posted. The only visible difference is that I use a semicolon after the closing brackets but that shouldn't affect this really.

Could you post your code for GetLocalizedText?

[totaldisarray]

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[totaldisarray]

I have also noticed that my DoString us unable to cast spells using the following

DoString("CastSpellByName(\"Purge\");");


but can use DoString.("Logout();");

any1 have any ideas

[jjaa]

I have also noticed that my DoString us unable to cast spells using the following

DoString("CastSpellByName(\"Purge\");");


but can use DoString.("Logout();");

any1 have any ideas

My guess would be that you're running outside of WoW's main thread. Therefore you cannot call the protected Lua. To get around this you must patch the function that checks whether you're able to execute the protected Lua. Just look at the difference between a protected Lua function and a normal Lua function, it should be fairly obvious.

[Gorzul]

- Please post the code of your UpdateCurMgr()
- Remove the line "m_OM.WoW.Asm.AddLine("mov ecx, {0}", pScript + strScript.Length - 1);" in DoString and try it again

[totaldisarray]

My guess would be that you're running outside of WoW's main thread. Therefore you cannot call the protected Lua. To get around this you must patch the function that checks whether you're able to execute the protected Lua. Just look at the difference between a protected Lua function and a normal Lua function, it should be fairly obvious.

Thx jjaa this has fixed it +Rep too u

[lanman92]

Sorry for the thread hi-jack, but it is kind of related. Is there a way to join the BG queue using DoString? I looked at all the API and tested all of them, but it doesn't seem that any of them would make you join the queue.

[luciferc]

See the Lua Source for AV Enabler and Battleground addons i found one a long time ago.

[lanman92]

I don't really see how this helps =/ All that preform AV does is hook the OnShow() and OnHide(). I need to actually show and select battlefield. Or can you queue without showing it?

[Nesox]

Interact()
JoinBattlefield(0)

[lanman92]

There must be a way to do it with the new join anywhere system. I guess I could just resort to...pixel scanning...PostMessage.../wrist.

[Shynd]

Maybe this, as taken from the Blizzard Interface inside the MPQ files, will help: BattlefieldFarme.lua Lua pastebin - collaborative debugging tool