Chat Categories

[zgrssd]

Somebody once made a partial list wich Chat Category Number (from the API) related to wich Category in the chat.
I am unable to remember where I saw it. Anybody knowing this so I can work the data into the Wiki?

[BadVolt]

Originally Posted by zgrssd Somebody once made a partial list wich Chat Category Number (from the API) related to wich Category in the chat. I am unable to remember where I saw it. Anybody knowing this so I can work the data into the Wiki?

You can do it by yourself.
Ie

Get zone channel ID

GetChatChannelId("zone")

Get Dynamic chat id:

local function GetChatId()
    -- search for 100 channels
    for i=1,100 do
        local name=GetDynamicChatChannelName(i)
        if name==GuildName then return i end
    end
    return false
end

Or here's dump from 100007

CHAT_CHANNEL_EMOTE = 6
CHAT_CHANNEL_GUILD_1 = 12
CHAT_CHANNEL_GUILD_2 = 13
CHAT_CHANNEL_GUILD_3 = 14
CHAT_CHANNEL_GUILD_4 = 15
CHAT_CHANNEL_GUILD_5 = 16
CHAT_CHANNEL_MONSTER_EMOTE = 10
CHAT_CHANNEL_MONSTER_SAY = 7
CHAT_CHANNEL_MONSTER_WHISPER = 9
CHAT_CHANNEL_MONSTER_YELL = 8
CHAT_CHANNEL_OFFICER_1 = 17
CHAT_CHANNEL_OFFICER_2 = 18
CHAT_CHANNEL_OFFICER_3 = 19
CHAT_CHANNEL_OFFICER_4 = 20
CHAT_CHANNEL_OFFICER_5 = 21
CHAT_CHANNEL_PARTY = 3
CHAT_CHANNEL_SAY = 0
CHAT_CHANNEL_SYSTEM = 11
CHAT_CHANNEL_UNUSED_1 = 5
CHAT_CHANNEL_USER_CHANNEL_1 = 22
CHAT_CHANNEL_USER_CHANNEL_2 = 23
CHAT_CHANNEL_USER_CHANNEL_3 = 24
CHAT_CHANNEL_USER_CHANNEL_4 = 25
CHAT_CHANNEL_USER_CHANNEL_5 = 26
CHAT_CHANNEL_USER_CHANNEL_6 = 27
CHAT_CHANNEL_USER_CHANNEL_7 = 28
CHAT_CHANNEL_USER_CHANNEL_8 = 29
CHAT_CHANNEL_USER_CHANNEL_9 = 30
CHAT_CHANNEL_WHISPER = 2
CHAT_CHANNEL_WHISPER_SENT = 4
CHAT_CHANNEL_YELL = 1
CHAT_CHANNEL_ZONE = 31
CHAT_CHANNEL_ZONE_LANGUAGE_1 = 32
CHAT_CHANNEL_ZONE_LANGUAGE_2 = 33
CHAT_CHANNEL_ZONE_LANGUAGE_3 = 34

[zgrssd]

Originally Posted by BadVolt You can do it by yourself. Ie Get zone channel ID GetChatChannelId("zone") Get Dynamic chat id: local function GetChatId()     -- search for 100 channels     for i=1,100 do         local name=GetDynamicChatChannelName(i)         if name==GuildName then return i end     end     return false end

I get what you tried to do there. Only the order and the actuall code seems a bit odd.

I will try it with this code later, when I am at my client:

local function dumpCatageoryNames()
    local result = { }

    for i=1, GetNumChatCtagoeries(), 1 do
      result[i] = { ID = i, name= GetDynamicChatChannelName(i) }
    end

    return result
end

That also means I can now rework UTC to use those constats to save and assign the Categories instead of the numbers (wich could have caused issues if the Order changed between API versions).

[Garkin]

Originally Posted by zgrssd Somebody once made a partial list wich Chat Category Number (from the API) related to wich Category in the chat. I am unable to remember where I saw it. Anybody knowing this so I can work the data into the Wiki?

If you want to get channel category, you can use:

local channelInfo = ZO_ChatSystem_GetChannelInfo()
for channel in pairs(channelInfo) do
   local category = GetChannelCategoryFromChannel(_G[channel])
   d("Channel: "..channel..", category: "..category)
end

[zgrssd]

The constant names can be found in the global table under "zz OTHER CONSTS". Unfortunatley they are jsut put there right next to groups of cosntants (no seperation by constant types).
Going over every entry in the global table and only extracting those that start with "CHAT_CATEGORY_" might be an option.
And I also need to make sure to get the Cateogry numbers, not the Channel Numbers (different things).

[zgrssd]

Perhaps to make my problem better undersood. What I have right now is:
(Name in the constants table) = (ChatCategoryID)
CHAT_CATEGORY_SAY = 1
CHAT_CATEGORY_YELL = 2
CHAT_CATEGORY_WHISPER_INCOMING = 3
CHAT_CATEGORY_WHISPER_OUTGOING = 4
With the names being constants I would have to change on API version change.

What I need is:
(ChatCategoryID) = (Name used in the constants table)
1 = CHAT_CATEGORY_SAY
2 = CHAT_CATEGORY_YELL
3 = CHAT_CATEGORY_WHISPER_INCOMING
4 = CHAT_CATEGORY_WHISPER_OUTGOING
With the values being read out at each launch of the UI.

With the added issue that apparently the 3 "CHAT_CATEGORY_HEADER" entries use the same numbers as one other category (I asume those are deprecated/not interesting for my cocerns).
So I must now include all values that start with "CHAT_CATEGORY_" but must exclude all that start with "CHAT_CATEGORY_HEADER_".
It's just like the whole Leap Year calculation all over again, just with strings.

[Garkin]

Originally Posted by zgrssd Perhaps to make my problem better undersood. What I have right now is: (Name in the constants table) = (ChatCategoryID) CHAT_CATEGORY_SAY = 1 CHAT_CATEGORY_YELL = 2 CHAT_CATEGORY_WHISPER_INCOMING = 3 CHAT_CATEGORY_WHISPER_OUTGOING = 4 With the names being constants I would have to change on API version change. What I need is: (ChatCategoryID) = (Name used in the constants table) 1 = CHAT_CATEGORY_SAY 2 = CHAT_CATEGORY_YELL 3 = CHAT_CATEGORY_WHISPER_INCOMING 4 = CHAT_CATEGORY_WHISPER_OUTGOING With the values being read out at each launch of the UI. With the added issue that apparently the 3 "CHAT_CATEGORY_HEADER" entries use the same numbers as one other category (I asume those are deprecated/not interesting for my cocerns). So I must now include all values that start with "CHAT_CATEGORY_" but must exclude all that start with "CHAT_CATEGORY_HEADER_". It's just like the whole Leap Year calculation all over again, just with strings.

So you probably want something like:

local channelTable = {}
 
for key, value in zo_insecurePairs(_G) do
   if (key):find("^CHAT_CATEGORY_") and not (key):find("HEADER") then
      channelTable[value] = key
   end
end

[zgrssd]

Originally Posted by Garkin So you probably want something like: local channelTable = {}   for key, value in zo_insecurePairs(_G) do    if (kepy):find("^CHAT_CATEGORY_") and not (key):find("HEADER") then       channelTable[value] = key    end end

Looks like actually going over the entire global table is the only way to get those.
Found the documentation for find/attern:
http://lua-users.org/wiki/PatternsTutorial

The ^ makes certain only the start of the string is checked (improoving performance). Have to test that code when I am home again.

[merlight]

Originally Posted by zgrssd The ^ makes certain only the start of the string is checked (improoving performance). Have to test that code when I am home again.

Improved performance is a side-effect, the important thing about ^ is that it anchors the match at the start of the string; without it, "MY_CUSTOM_CHAT_CATEGORY_WOULD_MATCH_TOO".
Now you only need to worry about them changing constant names (like they did with ITEMTYPE_SCROLL for example)

Originally Posted by zgrssd With the added issue that apparently the 3 "CHAT_CATEGORY_HEADER" entries use the same numbers as one other category (I asume those are deprecated/not interesting for my cocerns). So I must now include all values that start with "CHAT_CATEGORY_" but must exclude all that start with "CHAT_CATEGORY_HEADER_".

Indeed they're not interesting for you, they're only references to chat categories, points where chat options UI inserts headers.

[SI_CHATCHANNELCATEGORYHEADERS1] = "Channels",
[SI_CHATCHANNELCATEGORYHEADERS10] = "Guilds",
[SI_CHATCHANNELCATEGORYHEADERS45] = "Combat", -- options end before this one