Logout-Events

[Bl4ck M4ch!n3]

Hi there!

I'm writing my first AddOn and i'm new to Lua, so there is a lot to learn :-)

My AddOn tracks a couple of things which i'm saving in the SavedVariables-file. This is working pretty well, but it happens way too often in my opinion. I've already used the Search Forums-function but i only found the EVENT_MANAGER:RegisterForUpdate-method. That's a nice start but i need to know when the user wants to logout. So, is there an event which gets fired when the user wants to logout/quit?!

Greetings!

[Ayantir]

Why "it happens way too often in my opinion" ?

If you are absolutly sure an action MUST to be done at logout and not at quit/reloadui, you can :

-- PreHook ReloadUI, LogOut & Quit
    ZO_PreHook("ReloadUI", function() ...... end)
    ZO_PreHook("Logout", function() .... end)   
    ZO_PreHook("Quit", function() ... end)

PS : I clearly think you don't have to do this. SavedVars works well like without the need of modifying it.

[Bl4ck M4ch!n3]

That looks promising, thanks!

Why i think it happens to often? I hope i got that whole "SavedVariables"-stuff right.

For example :
AddOnExampleName.savedValues = ZO_SavedVars:New(........)

So, everytime i write something to AddOnExampleName.savedValues the SavedVariables-file is updated, right?
If it's just like this, then its happening too often. Because i call a method which is saving a couple of things at the following events:

EVENT_MONEY_UPDATE
EVENT_LOOT_RECEIVED
EVENT_INVENTORY_ITEM_USED
EVENT_INVENTORY_ITEM_DESTROYED
EVENT_INVENTORY_FULL_UPDATE
EVENT_INVENTORY_SINGLE_SLOT_UPDATE
EVENT_PLAYER_DEAD
EVENT_PLAYER_ALIVE
EVENT_EXPERIENCE_GAIN
EVENT_EXPERIENCE_GAIN_DISCOVERY
EVENT_EXPERIENCE_UPDATE

Maybe there is a event which is unnecessary? I assume its too often, but maybe i'm just a bit sensitive?
I just want to reduce the amount of calls. So i thought about saving those things if the user logs out of the game.

If i preHook the "Logout" will it work like this?
ZO_PreHook("Logout", AddOnExample.SaveThings())

Thanks in advance and sorry for my bad english!

Greetings

[Ayantir]

Originally Posted by Bl4ck M4ch!n3 That looks promising, thanks! Why i think it happens to often? I hope i got that whole "SavedVariables"-stuff right. For example : AddOnExampleName.savedValues = ZO_SavedVars:New(........) So, everytime i write something to AddOnExampleName.savedValues the SavedVariables-file is updated, right? Thanks in advance and sorry for my bad english! Greetings

No, SavedVar file is only writed on ReloadUI & LogOut, Quit and clean kick by game.

Per exemple, if you write something in your AddOnExampleName.savedValues, than have a crash 30min laters, your modification won't be stored.

[Bl4ck M4ch!n3]

Originally Posted by Ayantir No, SavedVar file is only writed on ReloadUI & LogOut, Quit and clean kick by game

Thats exactly what i wanted to achive, perfect! Thanks for clearing that up :-)

Originally Posted by Ayantir Per exemple, if you write something in your AddOnExampleName.savedValues, than have a crash 30min laters, your modification won't be stored.

Is there any possibility to store those values manually? Like an autosave-feature using the RegisterForUpdate-method?

Thanks so far!

[Baertram]

As we got no I/O functionailty to read and write files I'd say: NO.
You'll have to do a ReloadUI() function call manually to save the vars and the user interface will be reloaded then.
You could do this with a timer and do it every 10 minutes but I think it's annyoing and if this happens during you are in a dungeon etc.... I think you won't like it

[Bl4ck M4ch!n3]

Originally Posted by Baertram You could do this with a timer and do it every 10 minutes but I think it's annyoing and if this happens during you are in a dungeon etc.... I think you won't like it

Yeah you're right

So i'll leave it like it is. Thank you both very much! Have a nice evening!

Greetings