CGItem_C names (5.4.7.18019)

[tok_junior]

I've been working on getting item names for a bit, and after taking a wrong turn I figued I'd just ask before I start over;

Is the function at 0x242976 returning a pointer to the name cache that has the name for a specific EntityID? Or what is it returning, really?

[ioctl]

Dumb question: why not just scrape the item names from wowhead?

[tok_junior]

Dumb question: why not just scrape the item names from wowhead?

Uhm no, I want to get the name for an object in memory I have it working for everything but Items, which seem to have a bit more complex structure.

[-Ryuk-]

Do you have access to Lua? If you do just call the Lua Functions, then you don't need to update every patch...

        public override string Name
        {
            get
            {
                lock (this)
                {
                    string randomStringResult = Others.GetRandomString(Others.Random(4, 10));
                    Lua.LuaDoString(randomStringResult + ", _, _, _, _, _, _, _ = GetItemInfo(" + Entry + ")");
                    return Lua.GetLocalizedText(randomStringResult);
                }
            }

Alternatively... I believe you can read the Item DBCache

Last time I checked you would need to use the CacheRowPtr + offset;

The offsets I used(quite a while back where these; they may have changed)

            public uint ItemNamePtr = 0x190;
            public uint ItemLocalizedNamePtr = 0x218;

[tok_junior]

Do you have access to Lua? If you do just call the Lua Functions, then you don't need to update every patch...

        public override string Name
        {
            get
            {
                lock (this)
                {
                    string randomStringResult = Others.GetRandomString(Others.Random(4, 10));
                    Lua.LuaDoString(randomStringResult + ", _, _, _, _, _, _, _ = GetItemInfo(" + Entry + ")");
                    return Lua.GetLocalizedText(randomStringResult);
                }
            }

Alternatively... I believe you can read the Item DBCache

Last time I checked you would need to use the CacheRowPtr + offset;

The offsets I used(quite a while back where these; they may have changed)

            public uint ItemNamePtr = 0x190;
            public uint ItemLocalizedNamePtr = 0x218;

I'm trying to reverse the code to see how to do the lookup, but it's somewhat convoluted. The offsets your have are still correct, and I think the code I was looking at is the one to find the CacheRowPtr for a specific item. Not quite sure what the CacheRowPtr is, or if there's an easiser way to find it than what's being used in the function at 0x242976
I still haven't gotten around to figuring out how to get return values from LUA, but perhaps I should get on that instead...

[tok_junior]

Got GetText working now, thanks for the motivation

[-Ryuk-]

Got GetText working now, thanks for the motivation

Great! Feel free to share your code with the community

[Jadd]

Err.. use CGObject_C::GetName. It's one function and it works for all object types.

[ioctl]

Uhm no, I want to get the name for an object in memory I have it working for everything but Items, which seem to have a bit more complex structure.

I gather that, but you can accomplish the same taking the item ID you already have, and making an HTTP request to wowhead. Less stuff that breaks after every patch.

[tok_junior]

I gather that, but you can accomplish the same taking the item ID you already have, and making an HTTP request to wowhead. Less stuff that breaks after every patch.

Well it's working with LUA now, and I have to find those offsets anyway. But thanks

[tok_junior]

Err.. use CGObject_C::GetName. It's one function and it works for all object types.

I fail at finding it. I thought I did, but apparently it was CGUnit__C::GetName, which returns "Unknown" for items and gameobjects...

[JuJuBoSc]

Use it's vtable index

[tok_junior]

Use it's vtable index

I got thrown off a bit by both CGUnit_C and CGItem_C having non-virtual methods for getting their names... Thanks for getting me back on track.