unitTag or DisplayName

[Carter_DC]

Hi guys, i got a list of guildmates (displayName and CharName) and trying to get a zoneName for each of them.

Since the only way i know of getting an area name is the GetUnitZone(unitTag),
is there a way to go from a displayName (@accountName) to a unitTag ?

or any other way to get the areaName for theses only 2 vars i got ?

(btw, are zoneNames already localized ? )

[Ayantir]

http://wiki.esoui.com/API#Guild

for guild = 1, GetNumGuilds() do
 
    -- Guildname
    local guildId = GetGuildId(guild)
    local guildName = GetGuildName(guildId)
    
    -- Occurs sometimes
    if(not guildName or (guildName):len() < 1) then
        guildName = "Guild " .. guildId
    end
    
    -- some code
    
    for member = 1, GetNumGuildMembers(guildId) do
    
    --  GetGuildMemberCharacterInfo(integer guildId, luaindex memberIndex)
    --      Returns: bool hasCharacter, string characterName, string zoneName, integer classId, integer alliance, integer level, integer veteranRank 
    
    -- some code
    
    end
 
end

Maybe a zo_strformat for zoneName then.

[Carter_DC]

thx Ayantir, but that's precisely what i wanted to avoid ;p
i really hope there's another way than iterrating throughout the entire roster waiting to find the characterName i want ^^

as for the zo_strformat, i can't find a list of parameters to get the localized version of a string...

[sirinsidiator]

You cannot get a unit tag for players that are not
a) in your group,
b) targeted by you,
c) yourself.

You can build a lookup table for the guild member index based on the character/display name.
When the guild roster changes you set it dirty and rebuild it when necessary.
I used this method in Social Indicators if you need a code example.

[Garkin]

Originally Posted by Carter_DC (btw, are zoneNames already localized ? )

Yes, zone names are localized. If game client is in any other language then English, zone names will contain control characters at the end of the string which specify gender (masculine/femine/neuter), number (singular/plural) and few other things (anyone knows what is the meaning of "d", "g" or "x" characters?). In order to correctly format such names you can use zo_strformat function as was suggested by Ayantir.

Originally Posted by Carter_DC as for the zo_strformat, i can't find a list of parameters to get the localized version of a string...

In this topic as all I know about zo_strformat:
http://www.esoui.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1443

And what do you mean by localized version of a string? There is no way to get string in different language then which game currently uses. Only what you can do is dumping strings you need to your own table and use localized strings from that table. The same way as I did in English POI and Keep Names.