WoWCreatureType

[DurotarHeights]

I'll start off by saying I've done as much research and searching as I can before I asked a question!

I've spent the last few weeks writing my own completely out of memory Radar in C++ (I'm hoping to graduate it to a custom bot when finished) and I've learned a lot and thank you guys for the extensive help you've already given me.

I found this in the "Enums" thread:

public enum WoWCreatureType
{
Unknown = 0,
Beast,
Dragon,
Demon,
Elemental,
Giant,
Undead,
Humanoid,
Critter,
Mechanical,
NotSpecified,
Totem,
NonCombatPet,
GasCloud
}

But I've searched the memory fairly completely and can't find a memory address that corresponds to these values.

I want my Radar to filter out NPCs. I keep looking at the memory struct for my Pet Water elemental, and I never find an address that corresponds to the value "4" (I'm assuming this is NOT a mask, correct? I looked for as a mask and still couldn't find it.)

Is the WoWCreatureType stored in the Object list, or is it stored in the Descriptor? And is it a mask or not? I'd appreciate an offset if you have it, but I might be able to find it on my own.

[Jadd]

From CreatureType.dbc:

public enum CreatureType {
    Invalid,
    Beast,
    Dragonkin,
    Demon,
    Elemental,
    Giant,
    Undead,
    Humanoid,
    Critter,
    Mechanical,
    NotSpecified,
    Totem,
    NonCombatPet,
    GasCloud,
    WildPet,
    Abberation
}

Returned by this:


Of course I recommend simply calling the function to keep it clean. It's located at 0x006E8767 (x86 non-rebased.)

[csoldjb]

Hi,Jadd
How did you got this decompiled code with some symbols?

[Jadd]

I named it all myself, based off an older debug build (6.0.1.18179).

[DurotarHeights]

Oh wow, that's why I couldn't find it.

I'm staying completely out of process, so more work to do.

[Jadd]

Oh wow, that's why I couldn't find it.

I'm staying completely out of process, so more work to do.

It's quite simple if you have the data ready. Getting the shapeshift form is easy, just a few memory reads:


Then just get the creature type (m_creatureType) from SpellShapeshiftForm.dbc:


The common ones:

public enum ShapeshiftForm {
    None,
    Cat = 1,
    TreeOfLife = 2,
    TravelForm = 3,
    AquaticForm = 4,
    BearForm = 5,
    Ghoul = 7,
    DireBearForm = 8,
    TharonjaSkeleton = 10,
    CreatureBear = 14,
    CreatureCat = 15,
    GhostWolf = 16,
    Zombie = 21,
    Metamorphosis = 22,
    Undead = 25,
    Frenzy = 26,
    FlightFormEpic = 27,
    Shadowform = 28,
    FlightForm = 29,
    Stealth = 30,
    MoonkinForm = 31,
    SpiritOfRedemption = 32
}

private static readonly Dictionary<ShapeshiftForm, CreatureType> _shapeshiftCreatureTypes =
    new Dictionary<ShapeshiftForm, CreatureType> {
        { ShapeshiftForm.Cat, CreatureType.Beast },
        { ShapeshiftForm.TreeOfLife, CreatureType.Humanoid },
        { ShapeshiftForm.TravelForm, CreatureType.Beast },
        { ShapeshiftForm.AquaticForm, CreatureType.Beast },
        { ShapeshiftForm.BearForm, CreatureType.Beast },
        { ShapeshiftForm.Ghoul, CreatureType.Undead },
        { ShapeshiftForm.DireBearForm, CreatureType.Beast },
        { ShapeshiftForm.TharonjaSkeleton, CreatureType.Undead },
        { ShapeshiftForm.CreatureBear, CreatureType.Beast },
        { ShapeshiftForm.CreatureCat, CreatureType.Beast },
        { ShapeshiftForm.GhostWolf, CreatureType.Beast },
        { ShapeshiftForm.Zombie, CreatureType.Undead },
        { ShapeshiftForm.Metamorphosis, CreatureType.Humanoid },
        { ShapeshiftForm.Undead, CreatureType.Undead },
        { ShapeshiftForm.Frenzy, CreatureType.Beast },
        { ShapeshiftForm.FlightFormEpic, CreatureType.Beast },
        { ShapeshiftForm.FlightForm, CreatureType.Beast }
    };

And if no shapeshift form is present:

if ([unitPtr + 0xC04])
    creatureType = [[unitPtr+0xC04]+0x24];
else
    creatureType = [[unitPtr+0x124]+0xB0] > 0 ? CreatureType.Humanoid : CreatureType.Invalid;