[Question] CGPlayer_C__GetSpellCastingTime?

[-Ryuk-]

Hey guys,

So ive been dumping the vTables today. Not sure if ive done it right thought xD

Anyway, the reason for my dumping, is that I need a good way to check if im casting when InProcess.

I found CGPlayer_C__GetSpellCastingTime which seems to be 0x85.

I am using WhiteMagic to do this.

My code is as follows:

        private readonly CastTimeDelegate _castingTime;

        public WoWLocalPlayer(IntPtr pointer)
            : base(pointer)
        {
            _castingTime = RegisterVirtualFunction<CastTimeDelegate>((uint) vTables.CGPlayer_C.CGPlayer_C__GetSpellCastingTime);
        }
        #region Nested type: CastTimeDelegate

        [UnmanagedFunctionPointer(CallingConvention.ThisCall)]
        private delegate int CastTimeDelegate(IntPtr thisObj);
        #endregion

and to call it I am using

        public int CastingTime()
        {
            return _castingTime(Pointer);
        }

This is returning a huge result...

Any ideas?

[Jens]

If you're already injected, you might as well use lua?

This is what I'm currently doing:

public bool IsCasting
{
    get
    {
        return !string.IsNullOrEmpty(Lua.GetReturnValue<string>(string.Format("UnitCastingInfo(\"{0}\")", "player")));
    }
}

It's the crude way of doing it, but meh, the first return value will be empty if the unit is not casting a spell so the check works.

API UnitCastingInfo - WoWWiki - Your guide to the World of Warcraft

[-Ryuk-]

If you're already injected, you might as well use lua?

This is what I'm currently doing:

public bool IsCasting
{
    get
    {
        return !string.IsNullOrEmpty(Lua.GetReturnValue<string>(string.Format("UnitCastingInfo(\"{0}\")", "player")));
    }
}

It's the crude way of doing it, but meh, the first return value will be empty if the unit is not casting a spell so the check works.

API UnitCastingInfo - WoWWiki - Your guide to the World of Warcraft

I guess I could do this... Id prefer to keep away from LUA as much as possible tho xD

[jjaa]

I guess I could do this... Id prefer to keep away from LUA as much as possible tho xD

Why? its much better to use wow's lua API. Its completely patch independent (well..actually i suppose it does change sometimes). Let the WoWDev's do the work to fit the lua api, rather than you, jumping about trying to update things when stuff changes. If selecting the correct unit is an issue, just set the mouseover GUID and then call it with mouseover, or hook GetGUIDByKeyword.

[-Ryuk-]

Why? its much better to use wow's lua API. Its completely patch independent (well..actually i suppose it does change sometimes). Let the WoWDev's do the work to fit the lua api, rather than you, jumping about trying to update things when stuff changes. If selecting the correct unit is an issue, just set the mouseover GUID and then call it with mouseover, or hook GetGUIDByKeyword.

I guess your right I don't know why I don't like using LUA...most likely stems back to my first Endscene hook, which was badly made, and lag like hell xD