GetRecentlyCompletedAchievements() Advice on returns

hisdad · 04/02/15, 01:07 AM

Hi,
I'm baffled by this, as the return type seems strange.
What I want to do is dump out all a chars achievements and then iterate over them.
d() tells me it does something, but I'm unsure what..

Any advice greatfully received.

--Dad

votan · 04/02/15, 05:20 AM

It returns a dynamic list of achievement-ids.

Lua Code:

local max_returned = 6
local achievementIds = {GetRecentlyCompletedAchievements(max_returned)}
for i=1,#achievementIds do
  local achievementId = achievementIds[i]
  local name = GetAchievementInfo(achievementId) -- See WIKI for more
  d(name)
end

(untested)

hisdad · 04/02/15, 01:43 PM

Originally Posted by votan

It returns a dynamic list of achievement-ids.

Lua Code:

local max_returned = 6
local achievementIds = {GetRecentlyCompletedAchievements(max_returned)}
for i=1,#achievementIds do
  local achievementId = achievementIds[i]
  local name = GetAchievementInfo(achievementId) -- See WIKI for more
  d(name)
end

(untested)

Thx Votan,
It works with the problem that no matter how many I want (9999) it returns a max of 10.
Is there a better way of doing this?

--Dad

votan · 04/02/15, 02:16 PM

That's using offical API functions:

Lua Code:

local function GetAll()
  local function GetAchievements(topLevelIndex, categoryIndex, numAchievements)
    for achievementIndex=1,numAchievements do
      local achievementId = GetAchievementId(topLevelIndex, categoryIndex, achievementIndex)
      local _, _, _, _, completed = GetAchievementInfo(achievementId)
      while achievementId ~= 0 do
        d(achievementId)
        achievementId = GetNextAchievementInLine(achievementId)
      end
    end
  end
 
  local numCategories = GetNumAchievementCategories()
  for topLevelIndex=1,numCategories do
    local _, numSubCatgories, numAchievements = GetAchievementCategoryInfo(topLevelIndex)
    GetAchievements(topLevelIndex, nil, numAchievements) -- General
    for subCategoryIndex=1,numSubCatgories do
      local _, numAchievements = GetAchievementSubCategoryInfo(topLevelIndex, subCategoryIndex)
      GetAchievements(topLevelIndex, subCategoryIndex, numAchievements)
    end
  end
end

But you can probe the ids with local name = GetAchievementInfo(id) until name is nil.

Originally Posted by hisdad

Thx Votan,
It works with the problem that no matter how many I want (9999) it returns a max of 10.
Is there a better way of doing this?

--Dad

hisdad · 04/02/15, 02:30 PM

Originally Posted by votan

That's using offical API functions:

Lua Code:

local function GetAll()
  local function GetAchievements(topLevelIndex, categoryIndex, numAchievements)
    for achievementIndex=1,numAchievements do
      local achievementId = GetAchievementId(topLevelIndex, categoryIndex, achievementIndex)
      local _, _, _, _, completed = GetAchievementInfo(achievementId)
      while achievementId ~= 0 do
        d(achievementId)
        achievementId = GetNextAchievementInLine(achievementId)
      end
    end
  end
 
  local numCategories = GetNumAchievementCategories()
  for topLevelIndex=1,numCategories do
    local _, numSubCatgories, numAchievements = GetAchievementCategoryInfo(topLevelIndex)
    GetAchievements(topLevelIndex, nil, numAchievements) -- General
    for subCategoryIndex=1,numSubCatgories do
      local _, numAchievements = GetAchievementSubCategoryInfo(topLevelIndex, subCategoryIndex)
      GetAchievements(topLevelIndex, subCategoryIndex, numAchievements)
    end
  end
end

But you can probe the ids with local name = GetAchievementInfo(id) until name is nil.

Heh! I was wondering about that. But that categories code is good since I want to capture that info anyway.
Rather than starting with ID's and working back I'll do as you suggest and work forward.

Thx V Much

--Dad