Change to account-wide settings? (ResourceRadar)

[NeuroticPixels]

Hi.
I looked through https://www.esoui.com/forums/showthread.php?p=41611 to see if I could figure out how to edit a lua to make it use account-wide settings.

I couldn't figure it out. I tried and failed. Received an error upon logging in to ESO.

I have this saved as a reminder:



But..... I've never seen an addon use this before:

    ResourceRadar_SavedVars = ResourceRadar_SavedVars or {}
    local characterId = GetCurrentCharacterId()
    ResourceRadar_SavedVars.character = ResourceRadar_SavedVars.character or {}
    ResourceRadar_SavedVars.character[characterId] = ResourceRadar_SavedVars.character[characterId] or {}
    self.currentProfile = ResourceRadar_SavedVars.character[characterId]
    
    self:InitializeDefaults()

The addon (ResourceRadar) currently doesn't save any settings that I set from one character to the next. I'd like the settings to be account-wide.

I tried looking at the Saved Variables to see if I could edit those. But it seems to be missing the line for my character name, so I don't know how to add that. I don't know if everything has to be indented properly.... I don't know where exactly to put brackets... ugh.

This is what the saved variables currently say:

ResourceRadar_SavedVars =
{
    ["character"] = 
    {
        ["8796093035941557"] = 
        {
            ["worldPinPulse"] = false,
            ["displayNodesInWorld"] = true,
            ["compassPinSize"] = 20,
            ["displayNodesOnMap"] = false,
            ["worldPinSize"] = 66,
            ["displayNodesOnCompass"] = false,
            ["removeOnDetection"] = 
            {
                [1] = false,
                [2] = false,
                [3] = false,
                [4] = false,
                [5] = false,
                [6] = false,
                [7] = false,
                [8] = false,
                [9] = false,
                [100] = false,
            },
            ["mapPinSize"] = 16,
            ["worldPinTexture"] = "esoui/art/ava/ava_rankicon64_centurion.dds",
            ["pinTextures"] = 
            {
                [1] = "esoui/art/crafting/smithing_tabicon_refine_down.dds",
                [2] = "esoui/art/icons/servicemappins/servicepin_clothier.dds",
                [3] = "esoui/art/icons/mapkey/mapkey_lumbermill.dds",
                [4] = "esoui/art/crafting/enchantment_tabicon_essence_down.dds",
                [5] = "esoui/art/crafting/alchemy_tabicon_reagent_down.dds",
                [6] = "esoui/art/icons/servicemappins/servicepin_dyestation.dds",
                [7] = "ResourceRadar/Textures/waterplant.dds",
                [8] = "esoui/art/treeicons/store_indexicon_consumables_down.dds",
                [9] = "esoui/art/icons/servicemappins/servicepin_alchemy.dds",
                [100] = "esoui/art/icons/poi/poi_crafting_complete.dds",
            },
            ["pinColors"] = 
            {
                [1] = 
                {
                    [4] = 1,
                    [1] = 0.4470000000,
                    [2] = 0.4900000000,
                    [3] = 1,
                },
                [2] = 
                {
                    [4] = 1,
                    [1] = 0.5880000000,
                    [2] = 0.9880000000,
                    [3] = 1,
                },
                [3] = 
                {
                    [4] = 1,
                    [1] = 1,
                    [2] = 0.6940000000,
                    [3] = 0.4940000000,
                },
                [4] = 
                {
                    [4] = 1,
                    [1] = 1,
                    [2] = 0.4550000000,
                    [3] = 0.4780000000,
                },
                [5] = 
                {
                    [4] = 1,
                    [1] = 0.4510000000,
                    [2] = 0.5690000000,
                    [3] = 0.4240000000,
                },
                [6] = 
                {
                    [4] = 1,
                    [1] = 0.5570000000,
                    [2] = 1,
                    [3] = 0.5410000000,
                },
                [7] = 
                {
                    [4] = 1,
                    [1] = 0.4390000000,
                    [2] = 0.9370000000,
                    [3] = 0.8080000000,
                },
                [8] = 
                {
                    [4] = 1,
                    [1] = 0.5690000000,
                    [2] = 0.8270000000,
                    [3] = 1,
                },
                [9] = 
                {
                    [4] = 1,
                    [1] = 0.9340000000,
                    [2] = 0.3450000000,
                    [3] = 0.5370000000,
                },
                [100] = 
                {
                    [4] = 1,
                    [1] = 1,
                    [2] = 0.0117647061,
                    [3] = 0,
                },
            },
        },
    },
}

Would I just change ["character"] to ["default'] and ["8796093035941557"] to [$AccountWide]?
I figured I needed to put in the account name between those. (["@NeuroticPixels"]). But I don't know about all the indents for each line and how to connect the brackets.
I've only ever edited what's in a saved vars. I've never had to add any new lines.

I apologize for my ignorance. Please be gentle with me.

[Baertram]

Seems the addon is not using the ZO_SavedVars wrapper for accessing the SV table ResourceRadar_SavedVars.
-> The wrapper is creating the subtables ["default'] and [$AccountWide] e.g. so they are missing because ZO_SavedVars was not used!

Exaplanation:
SavedVars defined as ## SavedVariables in the addon's txt file are just a global table.
So ResourceRadar_SavedVars is a table.
And the addon decided to add the structures like the characterId etc. "manually" to that table instead of using the Zos wrapper for that, called "ZO_SavedVars".

If you want to change the addon's SV table from characterId to accountWide you need to replace each occurence of characterId in there with your accountName (API function: GetDisplayName())

This applies to the code you had copied here, but also to the settings menu and every other file and code where ResourceRadar_SavedVars is currently used with the .character[characterId].

I'd keep the .character subtable in the SV table ResourceRadar_SavedVars, and just add a new subtable .account.
That way you could switch back to characterId SV later. See further down below!

Code now:

ResourceRadar_SavedVars = ResourceRadar_SavedVars or {}
    local characterId = GetCurrentCharacterId()
    ResourceRadar_SavedVars.character = ResourceRadar_SavedVars.character or {}
    ResourceRadar_SavedVars.character[characterId] = ResourceRadar_SavedVars.character[characterId] or {}
    self.currentProfile = ResourceRadar_SavedVars.character[characterId]

Could be changed to:

ResourceRadar_SavedVars = ResourceRadar_SavedVars or {}
    local characterId = GetCurrentCharacterId()
    ResourceRadar_SavedVars.character = ResourceRadar_SavedVars.character or {}
    ResourceRadar_SavedVars.character[characterId] = ResourceRadar_SavedVars.character[characterId] or {}
    --self.currentProfile = ResourceRadar_SavedVars.character[characterId] --Commented as the currentProfile should be used from account data now, see below!
 
    local currentAccount = GetDisplayName()
    ResourceRadar_SavedVars.account = ResourceRadar_SavedVars.account  or {} --reuses the account subtable or creates an empty one if missing
    ResourceRadar_SavedVars.account[currentAccount] = ResourceRadar_SavedVars.account[currentAccount] or {}
    self.currentProfile = ResourceRadar_SavedVars.account[currentAccount ]

And after that you need to find EACH code line where currently ResourceRadar_SavedVars.character[characterIdHere] is used and replace it with
ResourceRadar_SavedVars.account[GetDisplayName()] so that the SV table will be read from your account data now.

After 1st login and 1x /reloadui ingame., with that changed SV data subtable .account, you should see the .account table in the SV file in your live/SavedVariables/<addonFolderName>.lua file.

And you can logout then, backup the file and manually copy over your character entry of 1 of your characters to the account["@YourAccountNameHere"] table.



If you have kept the .character subtables:
You could even add a settings menu entry to switch that dynamically via the LibAddonMenu settings.
Like always read the account SV first and if there is saved something like a boolean (true/false) variable savePerCharacter you can switch the SV usage with it.
-> Checkbox in LAM settings of the addon should change ResourceRadar_SavedVars.account[currentAccount].savePerCharacter via it's setFunc and read the same via the getFunc.

At the SV initialization you can read it explicitly then and switch the SV usage:

local sv -- define that at the top of the file so it's accessible properly within all functions and within the LibAddonMenu settings
 
--In the EVENT_AD_ON_LOADED callback function:
if ResourceRadar_SavedVars.account[currentAccount].savePerCharacter == true then
 --Use character SavedVars
   sv = ResourceRadar_SavedVars.character[GetCurrentCharacterId()]
else
  --Use account savedVars
   sv = ResourceRadar_SavedVars.account[GetDisplayName()]
end

You'd have to change the hardcoded usage of ResourceRadar_SavedVars.account or ResourceRadar_SavedVars.character to use the "sv" variable then, as it will "reference" then either the character or the account SV subtable for your saved data, for reading and writing.

[NeuroticPixels]

Thank yoooou! You are a king, good sir!