Help with global saved vars...

[Phinix]

I want to be able to dynamically create keys in a global saved variables table based on character name.

SomeAddon = {}
SomeAddon.Name = "SomeAddonName"

SomeAddon.GlobalTable = { }

...do stuff...

local function OnAddonLoaded(event, addonName)
	if addonName ~= SomeAddon.Name then return end
	EVENT_MANAGER:UnregisterForEvent("SomeAddon.Name", EVENT_ADD_ON_LOADED)
	SomeAddon.AccountSavedVariables = ZO_SavedVars:NewAccountWide("SomeAddonName", 1, nil, SomeAddon.GlobalTable)
end

EVENT_MANAGER:RegisterForEvent(SomeAddon.Name, EVENT_ADD_ON_LOADED, OnAddonLoaded)

I want to check this table for a key which contains a value that == the current character name, and if not create it. The first value in each key would be the character name, followed by a set of values I pass based on functions.

So for example:

SomeAddon.GlobalTable[1] = {name= "character", var1 = "0", var2 = "0", var3 = "0"}

I also need to be able to determine the size of this global variable table so that if I have to add a new key for the current character (based on a check if they already exist in the table), I can make the new key tablesize+1.

The trouble I am having is the syntax. Whether it is using for k,v in pairs(AccountSavedVariables.GlobalTable) and a variable + 1 to count the table size, or using the above format to add a key, I am getting "attempt to index a nil value" errors.

[Ayantir]

Hello,

First, you can use

ZO_SavedVars:New("SomeAddonName", 1, nil, defaultValues)

If you want, it will be a per character setting.

If you don't want, just do :

local defaultValues = {}
defaultValues.name = GetUnitName("player") -- returns local player name
SomeAddon.AccountSavedVariables = ZO_SavedVars:NewAccountWide("SomeAddonName", 1, nil, defaultValues)
 
d(SomeAddon.AccountSavedVariables.name) -- will print the character name.

In your exemple :

local defaultValues  = {}
table.insert(defaultValues, {name= GetUnitName("player"), var1 = 0, var2 = 0, var3 = 0})
 
SomeAddon.AccountSavedVariables = ZO_SavedVars:NewAccountWide("SomeAddonName", 1, nil, defaultValues)
 
 
 
for k, v in ipairs(SomeAddon.AccountSavedVariables)
    d(v.name) -- will print your name
end

If SomeAddon.AccountSavedVariables is not created, it will be created using the template defaultValues. If it already exists, the defaultValues won't be used

[Phinix]

Thanks, Ayantir. What I ended up doing in this case was to declare the empty structure of the global database and define it as the object I used as the template for the saved variables reference. After a test reload it is indeed getting the data now.

Just thought you might like to see the finished project. Well, the 1.0 release anyway.

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