[outdated] GetUnitSubZoneIndex() & GetSubZoneNameByIndex()

[Terrillyn]

In looking for a way to get the characters current subzone (in order to determine if we are in a city or not) there doesn't seem to be a way to even get the subzone index the best I can do is create a table with all the city names in every language and do a pattern compare to GetPlayerLocationName() or string.match(GetPlayerLocationName(), "([%w%p]+)%s?") (but this doesn't work with other languages). There needs to be a way to identify the players subzone location particularly the subZoneIndex, the only other way atm is to use the map api, but this wont work properly if the player is using the map or if the map hasn't loaded.

I suggest two functions GetUnitSubZoneIndex() and GetSubZoneNameByIndex().

GetUnitSubZoneIndex(unitTag)
    returns number: subZoneIndex
GetSubZoneNameByIndex(subZoneIndex)
    returns string: subZoneName, string: subZoneMapName

[circonian]

Try this:

local zoneIndex, poiIndex = GetCurrentSubZonePOIIndices()
if poiIndex then
    local normalizedX, normalizedZ, poiType, iconPath = GetPOIMapInfo(zoneIndex, poiIndex) 
    if iconPath:find("poi_city") then
        -- in a city
    end
end

Should work in any language.

[Baertram]

I tried this code to check if I'm in a delve e.g. (if iconPath:find("poi_delve") then ) but GetCurrentSubZonePOIIndices() always returns nil for zoneIndex and poiIndex for me, except if I'm in some public dungeons or inside a group dungeon.

If I'm in a quest area, city, delve or other zone it will just always be nil (german client) :-(

Edit:
It is working in the Craglorn area all of sudden, but not in other areas as it seems.
If I'm inside a city of Glenumbra it will return nil for the zoneIndex and poiIndex, same as i'm inside a delve in Stormhaven e.g.

Edit2:
After beeing to Craglorn and porting back to Stormhaven the function returns correct information all of sudden!
It seems as if it needs an initiator (Craglorn area?) somehow... Should be reported to ZOS_Chip as a bug maybe?

Edit3:
I guess I understood the functions wrong.
I thought it will return the indices if I'm inside a delve too. For a city it is working if I'm inside the city (but only if i've been to Craglorn once as it seems).
But inside a delve it is not working. It will only work if I stand in front of a delve as the delve is shown as a POI on the map then.

[circonian]

Originally Posted by Baertram Edit3: I guess I understood the functions wrong. I thought it will return the indices if I'm inside a delve too. For a city it is working if I'm inside the city (but only if i've been to Craglorn once as it seems). But inside a delve it is not working. It will only work if I stand in front of a delve as the delve is shown as a POI on the map then.

If I remember right that was the same problem I had with WaypointIt, that it would not work inside the delve. Although that method can be used for other types of POIs besides cities. It works in public/group dungeons, wayshrines, dark anchors, group boss areas, mundus stones, cities, exc...