Problem with GetCurrentMapContinent

[tanis2000]

This is kind of funny.

I used to have a block of LUA that I called through DoString and whose return value I read through GetLocalizedText.

The code is this:

SetMapToCurrentZone(); local continent = GetCurrentMapContinent();

Now, I have moved on to ditching all the GetLocalizedText stuff and I'm using my own LUA input handler to read all the return values. I have changed it to be:

SetMapToCurrentZone(); InputHandler(GetCurrentMapContinent());

Considering I tested this with a toon in Northshire, the old code always returned 2 as I expected (2 being Azeroth) while the new code is returning 0.

Any idea why it's behaving differently now?

[ramey]

How are you interpreting results from InputHandler?

[tanis2000]

        public static List<string> Values = new List<string>();

        public static int InputHandler(uint luaState)
        {
            lock (Values)
            {
                Values.Clear();
                uint n = Lua_GetTop(luaState);
                for (uint i = 1; i <= n; i++)
                {
                    string res = Lua_ToString(luaState, i, 0);
                    Values.Add(res);
                }
            }
            return 0;
        }

And then I just go through a foreach on Values to check the output parameters.

[ramey]

I don't know to be honest. Make sure the result is valid at least.. Can't help you otherwise sorry, don't see anything obviously wrong

[tanis2000]

The funny thing is that calling InputHandler(GetTime()); actually returns the correct floating point value.. it's more like SetMapToCurrentZone() fails at setting the map to the correct one and goes to the main view with all the continents (which is the one with id = 0).

Do you know if there's any other way of retrieving the name of the continent the player is in with LUA?

[Apoc]

The funny thing is that calling InputHandler(GetTime()); actually returns the correct floating point value.. it's more like SetMapToCurrentZone() fails at setting the map to the correct one and goes to the main view with all the continents (which is the one with id = 0).

Do you know if there's any other way of retrieving the name of the continent the player is in with LUA?

If you're using the code I posted (which it looks like you are), you need to make sure you're doing all those calls from the main thread, or you'll never receive anything back from GetTop/ToString. (You will, but it's very sporadic, so it's easier just to say, do it on the main thread.)

Anyway, I just tested this myself, and it works fine.