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Forum: General Authoring Discussion 08/18/14, 08:40 PM
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Posted By Khaibit
So, just because I hate it when I find stuff with...

So, just because I hate it when I find stuff with Google later that never ends in an actual solution...I figured out what was causing this behavior. Apparently, leading off with a color code at the...
Forum: General Authoring Discussion 08/08/14, 12:52 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 5,610
Posted By Khaibit
Thanks Garkin, see my second code block there for...

Thanks Garkin, see my second code block there for how I'm currently doing it (using AddMessage as you suggest); I only mention DisplayMessage as I tried using it to see if it made any difference in...
Forum: General Authoring Discussion 08/07/14, 08:55 PM
Replies: 5
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Posted By Khaibit
Reviving this as I still haven't found a...

Reviving this as I still haven't found a fix...are we just not "supposed" to add messages to the center screen announce object, or is there some way that I am supposed to clean up after adding a...
Forum: General Authoring Discussion 08/04/14, 12:01 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 8,801
Posted By Khaibit
Ah, thanks for that - I wasn't totally clear on...

Ah, thanks for that - I wasn't totally clear on arguments for zo_strformat. That sounds a whole lot easier and not regressive :)

Edit: Just to follow up - zo_strformat("<<t:1>>", itemLink)...
Forum: General Authoring Discussion 08/04/14, 11:49 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 8,801
Posted By Khaibit
The former includes the control characters. The...

The former includes the control characters. The latter strips them. They both don't correctly title-case names though. Going to see what happens if I strip out the name via gsub and force them...
Forum: General Authoring Discussion 08/04/14, 11:37 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 8,801
Posted By Khaibit
Actually...bloody hell. They changed the link...

Actually...bloody hell. They changed the link format AGAIN - the name is included in the link. Just checked my savedvars after testing, and new items look...
Forum: General Authoring Discussion 08/04/14, 11:20 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 8,801
Posted By Khaibit
Interesting, all of these are actually links...

Interesting, all of these are actually links pulled directly from the Guild Store sales history as of this morning - no old data being used. I will continue poking, however! This code was working...
Forum: General Authoring Discussion 08/04/14, 11:01 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 8,801
Posted By Khaibit
Patch 1.3.3 Item Link handling

Well, my addon was working fine on the PTS, but it appears they've yet again changed something between the PTS build and the live build. Previously, this worked:


-- assume we have a Button called...
Forum: General Authoring Discussion 07/21/14, 12:11 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 8,293
Posted By Khaibit
From what I understand, ipairs only works with...

From what I understand, ipairs only works with "well-formed" tables (i.e. sequential indices without any gaps, 1-indexed). Your table is missing index 5, which is why ipairs stops there.
Forum: General Authoring Discussion 07/19/14, 08:48 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 3,194
Posted By Khaibit
In general, taking actions, especially combat...

In general, taking actions, especially combat actions, cannot be automated by the addon API on purpose.
Forum: General Authoring Discussion 07/17/14, 04:35 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 5,983
Posted By Khaibit
Looks right, after I added an extra equals for...

Looks right, after I added an extra equals for you ;) Although it's the sort of thing you might want to add a comment above since it's not that easily readable to those not familiar with LUA :)

To...
Forum: General Authoring Discussion 07/17/14, 12:20 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 5,983
Posted By Khaibit
As a side note, the 'and' and 'or' operators in...

As a side note, the 'and' and 'or' operators in LUA don't necessarily work the way you expect from other languages. They don't always return false or true; consider for example the...
Forum: General Authoring Discussion 07/17/14, 08:39 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 5,983
Posted By Khaibit
It seems like you might want to do the following...

It seems like you might want to do the following if you want a sort by value primarily, then key as a tie-breaker:


local function CompareKeyValuePair(a, b)
--assert valid input
assert(type(a)...
Forum: General Authoring Discussion 07/16/14, 08:11 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 19,093
Posted By Khaibit
I'm hoping that those functions (likely just...

I'm hoping that those functions (likely just being table lookups) will be relatively lightweight in terms of performance hit. I'm trying to decide whether to pull the name once the first time my...
Forum: General Authoring Discussion 07/16/14, 01:22 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 5,610
Posted By Khaibit
Center Announce messages 'stuck' when returning to fullscreen?

So, I've had a few users comment that the center screen announce messages that my addon generates all re-appear and get stuck on-screen if you alt-tab out of the game and then alt-tab back in. I...
Forum: General Authoring Discussion 07/11/14, 02:05 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 19,093
Posted By Khaibit
I'm fortunate in that my addon is useless if...

I'm fortunate in that my addon is useless if someone isn't in at least one guild anyway, so I have that workaround - but it would definitely be nice if they introduced a new, different function that...
Forum: General Authoring Discussion 07/10/14, 03:08 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 5,221
Posted By Khaibit
It's mentioned in the thread for the 1.3.0 PTS...

It's mentioned in the thread for the 1.3.0 PTS changes, but just to keep the discussion here also relevant, it looks like we'll soon have all the API calls we need to pull each piece out of tooltips,...
Forum: General Authoring Discussion 07/10/14, 02:55 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 10,360
Posted By Khaibit
Hallelujah! Comparison of item names when all...

Hallelujah! Comparison of item names when all you have is links will be possible again, quite pleased :)
Forum: General Authoring Discussion 07/08/14, 08:21 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 5,221
Posted By Khaibit
Why does it feel like ZOS has systematically...

Why does it feel like ZOS has systematically closed off every possible way to get information on an item that isn't currently in an accessible bag? Very frustrating for those of us trying to work...
Forum: Released AddOns 07/03/14, 03:19 PM
Replies: 0
Views: 6,120
Posted By Khaibit
Announcing Shopkeeper - A Successor to Luminary Trade Sales History

As awesomebilly has not updated the fantastic addon Luminary Trade Sales History (http://www.esoui.com/downloads/fileinfo.php?id=247) in quite some time, and patch 1.2.3 broke it bad, I have written...
Forum: General Authoring Discussion 07/03/14, 09:42 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 5,220
Posted By Khaibit
Hrm, maybe I was mangling them somewhere, I was...

Hrm, maybe I was mangling them somewhere, I was just getting raw link data output to the announce object when I tried it earlier this week. I'll take another look at it, thanks Garkin!

Edit: It...
Forum: General Authoring Discussion 07/03/14, 08:43 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 5,220
Posted By Khaibit
Yeah, that's where I'm at right now, although I'm...

Yeah, that's where I'm at right now, although I'm still trying random things. It really sucks because I'm finishing up a replacement for Awesomebilly's Luminary Trade Sales History, and because I...
Forum: General Authoring Discussion 07/03/14, 01:42 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 5,220
Posted By Khaibit
Extracting string item names from links post-1.2.3?

I've had this discussion a little with farangkao in a patch thread, but I wanted to open it up to anyone else's ideas. For background - item link format changed recently, see...
Forum: General Authoring Discussion 07/01/14, 01:27 PM
Replies: 53
Views: 40,623
Posted By Khaibit
Thank you, I appreciate anything you come up...

Thank you, I appreciate anything you come up with, even it it's just random things for me to try.

Ultimately, part of the addon I'm writing involves being able to search a list of guild sales...
Forum: General Authoring Discussion 07/01/14, 08:17 AM
Replies: 53
Views: 40,623
Posted By Khaibit
Hmm...so, if I'm understanding you correctly,...

Hmm...so, if I'm understanding you correctly, farangkao, there's absolutely no way to reconstruct an item's name from that link for Guild Store sales history events? (Since once an item shows up in...
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