[Request][Question] Exploration macro

[Nyarly]

Hi, i would like this in macro code :

 
int step = 100;
int min = 0;
int max = 15000;
int ymin = 0;
int ymax = 15000;
int z = 10 
int mapid = 1;
 
for (x=min,x<max,x= x + step) do
for (y=min,y<max,y= y + step) do
Printscreen;
wait(5); 
.worldport mapid x y z 
wait(10) 
endfor
end for

Basically, i want to take automatic screenshots of a map with a configurable step.
Is it possible? If so, i really suck at creating macros, can someone do the translation in macro code for me?

Thanks !


Edit :
better view here http://pastebin.org/247698

[Nyarly]

After some researches i found that you can't use a wait in a macro so i tryed this :
http://pastebin.com/VPNseBm7

But it's not working, so i have questions :
- local : can i use this like a variable?
- in (found here : http://www.wowwiki.com/UI_FAQ/Macros_and_scripts) : can i use it the way i do?
- / and . : we tryed a lot of things and i can't understand how it work. See :

 
/script in 1 console .server info;
Message: [string "in 1 console .server info;"]:1: unexpected symbol near 'in'

 
/script console .server info;
Message: [string "console .server info;"]:1: '=' expected near 'info'
 
/script console server info;
Message: [string "console server info;"]:1: '=' expected near 'server'
 
/script server info;
Message: [string "server info;"]:1: '=' expected near 'info'

Message: [string "for i=0,10 do /say salut; end;"]:1: unexpected symbol near '/'
Message: [string "for i=0,10 do .server info; end;"]:1: unexpected symbol near '.'

I can't run wow atm so a friend of mine tested theses with server info because he's a simple user and can't worldport.

But this work :

 
/script for i=0,2 do SendChatMessage(".server info") ;end;

However you can't put variables in a string, or do you?

 
local x = 2
SendChatMessage("my int &i",x);

Is there anything like this so i could use SendChatMessage(".worldport %i %i %i %i",mapid,x,y,z); ?



Worst case : would it be easier to create an addon?

Thanks

[nightcracker]

Ok, I'm a Lua expert, and I don't really know what you want to accomplish. But I'll try my best!

/run CreateFrame"Frame":SetScript("OnUpdate",function(f,e)f.e=(f.e or 0)+e if f.e<1 then return end f.e=0 Screenshot()end)

This takes a screenshot every second. Now if we want to add worldport we could do something like this:

/run local x,y,z,i,s=0,0,10,1,100 CreateFrame"Frame":SetScript("OnUpdate",function(f,e)f.e=(f.e or 0)+e if f.e<1 then return end f.e=0 SendChatMessage(format(".worldport %s %s %s %s",i,x,y,z))x,y=x+s,y+s Screenshot()end)

x = x location
y = y location
z = z location
i = map id
s = step

I used the values of your example.

[Nyarly]

That's exactly what i want. +cookies for you ;D

But i plan to use it to take screenshots of an entire map so there will be lot and lot of screenshots taken. I'm afraid that 1sc isn't enought to take/save screenshot and worldport.

Like what happens if my screenshot takes 2sc to be saved ?
will i lose one screenshot or take two screenshot at the same location or will it be handled ?
It's the OnUpdate that do the timer or f.e<1 (btw what's f.e ?) ? Is there anyway to increase the time between iterations?

Sorry, that's a lot of questions ^^ I should test it but i can't until next week


(and there's nothing to get the minimum z to land on the ground have x and y coords? :/)

[nightcracker]

/run local x,y,z,i,s=0,0,10,1,100 CreateFrame"Frame":SetScript("OnUpdate",function(f,e)f.e=(f.e or 0)+e if f.e<1 then return end f.e=0 SendChatMessage(format(".worldport %s %s %s %s",i,x,y,z))x,y=x+s,y+s Screenshot()end)

The number 1 is the number of wait time in seconds. So you could make it f.e<2 for 2 seconds or f.e<8.6 for 8.6 seconds. f.e stands for the frame object which I'm using for the OnUpdate handler, the e is the table index of f which contains the complete time elapsed. Fully written out it would be like this:

local frame = CreateFrame("Frame")
local elapsed = 0
frame:SetScript("OnUpdate", function(frame, timesincelastupdate)
    elapsed = elapsed + timesincelastupdate
    if elapsed < 1 then return end -- if less then 1 second passed then we exit the function here
    elapsed = 0 -- reset the timer

    -- do shit here(take screenshot, worldport and increase values by step

end) -- and end the function

[Nyarly]

That's perfect ;D

Thank you so much !