Detect GM Message?

[radarlove]

Hi,

So I started on reading the WoW chat and found out the different channel types for:
- Say
- Yell
- Emote
- Party
- General
- Guild
- Whisper To/From

Only thing left I wish to read is:
- Raid
- Officer channel
- GM Whisper

Specifically the last one is interesting. What is the way to detect a GM Whisper?

I used search to find the list of all chat types, but couldnt find it. Someone here that can point it out?
And can anyone tell me hw to detect a GM whisper?

thx,
RL

[radarlove]

Meanwhile i found myself the following, question remains how do i detect a GM message?

public enum ChatType : byte
{
ADDON = 0,
SAY = 1,
PARTY = 2,
RAID = 3,
GUILD = 4,
OFFICER = 5,
YELL = 6,
WHISPER = 7,
WHISPER_MOB = 8,
WHISPER_INFORM = 9,
EMOTE = 10,
TEXT_EMOTE = 11,
MONSTER_SAY = 12,
MONSTER_PARTY = 13,
MONSTER_YELL = 14,
MONSTER_WHISPER = 15,
MONSTER_EMOTE = 16,
CHANNEL = 17,
CHANNEL_JOIN = 18,
CHANNEL_LEAVE = 19,
CHANNEL_LIST = 20,
CHANNEL_NOTICE = 21,
CHANNEL_NOTICE_USER = 22,
AFK = 23,
DND = 24,
IGNORED = 25,
SKILL = 26,
LOOT = 27,
SYSTEM = 28,
//29
//30
//31
//32
//33
//34
//35
//36
//37
//38
BG_EVENT_NEUTRAL = 35,
BG_EVENT_ALLIANCE = 36,
BG_EVENT_HORDE = 37,
COMBAT_FACTION_CHANGE = 38,
RAID_LEADER = 39,
RAID_WARNING = 40,
RAID_WARNING_WIDESCREEN = 41,
//42
FILTERED = 43,
BATTLEGROUND = 44,
BATTLEGROUND_LEADER = 45,
RESTRICTED = 46,
};

[xalcon]

It seems that Whispers from GMs are just simple whispers like from another player. A whisper contains 11 arguments + the event type. The 6th argument is set to "GM" if the player who whispers you is a GM.

See utils/xmlbrowser/test/AddOns/Blizzard GMChatUI/Blizzard GMChatUI - World of Warcraft Programming: A Guide and Reference for Creating WoW Addons line 49

function GMChatFrame_OnEvent(self, event, ...)
    local arg1, arg2, arg3, arg4, arg5, arg6, arg7, arg8, arg9, arg10, arg11 = ...;
    if ( event == "CHAT_MSG_WHISPER" and arg6 == "GM" ) then
        local info = ChatTypeInfo["WHISPER"];
         
        local pflag = "|TInterface\\ChatFrame\\UI-ChatIcon-Blizz:12:20:0:0:32:16:4:26:0:16|t ";
    [...]
end

[Eryx]

Thanks, xalcon! Very nice and informative post. Have +3 rep from me

[Millionarie]

When GM talks to you a gm chat window frame is created:

23:08:40.5682 [Debug] Object @ 0x0dab0184: "GMChatFrame", visible=True, label="�$�E��#o,"
23:08:40.5682 [Debug] Dumping children of "GMChatFrame"
23:08:40.5682 [Debug] - UIObject @ 0x1eb8b5ec, Name="GMChatFrameBackground", Visible=True, Label="(no text)"
23:08:40.5682 [Debug]
23:08:40.5692 [Debug] Object @ 0x1ec4860c: "GMChatFrameResizeButton", visible=True, label="(no text)"
23:08:40.5692 [Debug] Dumping children of "GMChatFrameResizeButton"
23:08:40.5692 [Debug] No children!
23:08:40.5692 [Debug]
23:08:40.5692 [Debug] Object @ 0x0b2e0884: "GMChatFrameButtonFrame", visible=True, label="(no text)"
23:08:40.5692 [Debug] Dumping children of "GMChatFrameButtonFrame"
23:08:40.5702 [Debug] - UIObject @ 0x1eb8ccbc, Name="GMChatFrameButtonFrameTopTexture", Visible=True, Label="(no text)"
23:08:40.5702 [Debug] - UIObject @ 0x1eb8cb98, Name="GMChatFrameButtonFrameBottomTexture", Visible=True, Label="(read failed)"
23:08:40.5702 [Debug] - UIObject @ 0x1eb8ca74, Name="GMChatFrameButtonFrameRightTexture", Visible=True, Label="(read failed)"
23:08:40.5702 [Debug] - UIObject @ 0x1eb8c950, Name="GMChatFrameButtonFrameLeftTexture", Visible=True, Label="(read failed)"
23:08:40.5702 [Debug] - UIObject @ 0x1eb8c82c, Name="GMChatFrameButtonFrameBottomRightTexture", Visible=True, Label="(no text)"
23:08:40.5712 [Debug] - UIObject @ 0x1eb8c708, Name="GMChatFrameButtonFrameTopRightTexture", Visible=True, Label="(no text)"
23:08:40.5712 [Debug] - UIObject @ 0x1eb8c5e4, Name="GMChatFrameButtonFrameBottomLeftTexture", Visible=True, Label="(no text)"
23:08:40.5712 [Debug] - UIObject @ 0x1eb8c4c0, Name="GMChatFrameButtonFrameTopLeftTexture", Visible=True, Label="(no text)"
23:08:40.5712 [Debug] - UIObject @ 0x1eb8c39c, Name="GMChatFrameButtonFrameBackground", Visible=True, Label="(no text)"
23:08:40.5712 [Debug]
23:08:40.5712 [Debug] Object @ 0x1ec48844: "GMChatFrameButtonFrameBottomButton", visible=True, label="(no text)"
23:08:40.5712 [Debug] Dumping children of "GMChatFrameButtonFrameBottomButton"
23:08:40.5712 [Debug] - UIObject @ 0x1eb8cde0, Name="GMChatFrameButtonFrameBottomButtonFlash", Visible=False, Label="(no text)"
23:08:40.5712 [Debug]
23:08:40.5722 [Debug] Object @ 0x1ec48a7c: "GMChatFrameButtonFrameDownButton", visible=True, label="(no text)"
23:08:40.5722 [Debug] Dumping children of "GMChatFrameButtonFrameDownButton"
23:08:40.5722 [Debug] No children!
23:08:40.5722 [Debug]
23:08:40.5722 [Debug] Object @ 0x1ec48cb4: "GMChatFrameButtonFrameUpButton", visible=True, label="(no text)"
23:08:40.5722 [Debug] Dumping children of "GMChatFrameButtonFrameUpButton"
23:08:40.5722 [Debug] No children!
23:08:40.5722 [Debug]
23:08:40.5732 [Debug] Object @ 0x16be1b8c: "GMChatFrameEditBox", visible=True, label="(no text)"
23:08:40.5732 [Debug] Dumping children of "GMChatFrameEditBox"
23:08:40.5742 [Debug] - UIObject @ 0x168f36dc, Name="GMChatFrameEditBoxHeaderSuffix", Visible=False, Label=": "
23:08:40.5742 [Debug] - UIObject @ 0x168f35ac, Name="GMChatFrameEditBoxHeader", Visible=True, Label="Шепнуть Табикаджину: "
23:08:40.5742 [Debug] - UIObject @ 0x1eb8ea64, Name="GMChatFrameEditBoxFocusMid", Visible=True, Label="(no text)"
23:08:40.5742 [Debug] - UIObject @ 0x1eb8e940, Name="GMChatFrameEditBoxFocusRight", Visible=True, Label="(no text)"
23:08:40.5742 [Debug] - UIObject @ 0x1eb8e81c, Name="GMChatFrameEditBoxFocusLeft", Visible=True, Label="(no text)"
23:08:40.5742 [Debug] - UIObject @ 0x1eb8e6f8, Name="GMChatFrameEditBoxMid", Visible=True, Label="(no text)"
23:08:40.5742 [Debug] - UIObject @ 0x1eb8e5d4, Name="GMChatFrameEditBoxRight", Visible=True, Label="(no text)"
23:08:40.5742 [Debug] - UIObject @ 0x1eb8e4b0, Name="GMChatFrameEditBoxLeft", Visible=True, Label="(no text)"
23:08:40.5752 [Debug]
23:08:40.5752 [Debug] Object @ 0x0b2e0a74: "GMChatTab", visible=True, label="(no text)"
23:08:40.5752 [Debug] Dumping children of "GMChatTab"
23:08:40.5752 [Debug] - UIObject @ 0x168f380c, Name="GMChatTabText", Visible=True, Label="Общение с ГМ"
23:08:40.5752 [Debug] - UIObject @ 0x1eb8eef4, Name="GMChatTabMiddle", Visible=True, Label="(read failed)"
23:08:40.5752 [Debug] - UIObject @ 0x1eb8edd0, Name="GMChatTabRight", Visible=True, Label="(read failed)"
23:08:40.5762 [Debug] - UIObject @ 0x1eb8ecac, Name="GMChatTabLeft", Visible=True, Label="(read failed)"

[xalcon]

Well, yes, a GM Chatframe is created when a GM is talking to you. But when receiving multiple messages, how do you distinct between those? :P It's possible, ofc.. but way more work then just subscribing to CHAT_MESSAGE events and checking the arguments from those events.

[namreeb]

On the packet level, there is (or used to be) a 'chat tag' byte that would specify if someone were a GM.

[VesperCore]

The fact is: If you get contacted by a GM running a bot, that mean you are already dead. They just contact you to listen the bullshit you prepared for them.
But they already did some things to you, like teleport, or morphing, and they will ask you "what did you do in the last 5 minutes."

So even if you make a huge sound alert so you can talk to that gm, all you will get is a ban in the end.