How "OnWeaponSwap()" equivalent

[rado98]

Hi

I need simple way to get a "True" if swapping weapons (as in mid weapon swap) as I understand the OnWeaponSwap() function would work (as that is private..

I am very inexperienced so the simpler the better.

[Baertram]

The game provides events for things like that and you need to register a callback function in your addon to this event.
https://wiki.esoui.com/Events

 EVENT_ACTIVE_WEAPON_PAIR_CHANGED (number eventCode, ActiveWeaponPair activeWeaponPair, boolean locked)

ActiveWeaponPair can be one of these globals: https://wiki.esoui.com/Globals#ActiveWeaponPair


Same like starting your addon via EVENT_MANAGER:RegisterforEvent("YourAddonName_event_AddOnLoaded", EVENT_ADD_ON_LOADED, callbackFuncForEventAddOnLoaded) you need to do soemthing like:

local function callbackFuncForEventActiveWeaponPairSwapped(eventId, activeWeaponPairId, locked)
  if activeWeaponPairId == ACTIVE_WEAPON_PAIR_MAIN then
 ---your code here for weapon bar 1
  elseif activeWeaponPairId == ACTIVE_WEAPON_PAIR_BACKUP then
 ---your code here for weapon bar 2
  end
end
 
EVENT_MANAGER:RegisterforEvent("YourAddonName_event_active_weapon_pair_swapped", EVENT_ACTIVE_WEAPON_PAIR_CHANGED , callbackFuncForEventActiveWeaponPairSwapped)

You can find getting started, examples and tutorials here, right side:
https://wiki.esoui.com/Main_Page

[rado98]

[quote=Baertram;46603]The game provides events for things like that and you need to register a callback function in your addon to this event.
https://wiki.esoui.com/Events

Thanks for the feed back but I think that would give me something other than what I need. I don't need anything to trigger based on bar swap. I need to know if I am in the middle of a bar swap. It would be part of a and/or statement

Along the lines of: "if XXX > 0 and n >= 3 and n <= 8 and.... or BAR SWAPPING" if that makes sense.

I am looking at tweaking an existing addon that is not being supported (not sure what the etiquette is on that mind you, other than not stealing the code as my own)

[Baertram]

There is no way to detect if you currently swap the bars afaik.
You'd either have to check the vanilla game code and see if the lua provides that but I doubt it, it will be handled at the C code outside of lua which we cannot reach (as the private function also tell us: Do not touch ).


Only the events telling you as the bar swap finished.
You can use the event and check the parameter "locked". Maybe it fires multiple times for a weapon bar change, like 1st with locked = true and old barId, then locked = false and new barId?
You'd have to test this.

About stealing addon code please read this and follow the rules if you want to revive any addon:
https://www.esoui.com/forums/showthread.php?t=9865
-> If you request an addon fix/update/revive
-> If you want to take-over an abandoned addon/Before creating a patch/copy of an addon

[rado98]

Thanks again for the feedback. I thought that what I neededwas not going to that straigth forward.

Hmm, maybe add a delay after a new bar is set, as a bar swapping period.

Still probably a bit beyond my skill level but I'll have a look.