GroupKickByName question

[Kelnoreem]

I added and tested my use of GroupInviteByName(name), had no issues.

When I added GroupKickByName(name), the function was called, but the name was not kicked.

This is what I am using, the Kicking debug was shown.
SLASH_COMMANDS["/tntinv"] = function(name)
GroupInviteByName(name)
end
SLASH_COMMANDS["/tntkick"] = function(name)
d("|cFF0000Kicking " .. name)
GroupKickByName(name)
end

The party window does not display the @name, which is what I think it wants. Am I doing the kick wrong?

[Weolo]

If I was to guess GroupKickByName(name) uses a different format of name than GroupInviteByName(name) does. A "rawName".

It looks like IsPlayerInGroup(rawName) may also use the same format. Try experimenting with the rawName being the characters name and then the account name. I bet only one of those works for both IsPlayerInGroup and GroupKickByName.

Just found this which may help

GetRawUnitName(string UnitTag)
Returns: string rawName

Under http://wiki.esoui.com/API#Unit

[merlight]

It seems kick by name expects raw character name, with gender markup. If that's true, you might have to look the "pretty" name up yourself:

SLASH_COMMANDS["/tntkick"] = function(name)
    local lcname = zo_strlower(zo_strtrim(name))
    for i = 1, GetGroupSize() do
        local unitTag = GetGroupUnitTagByIndex(i)
        if unitTag and not IsUnitGroupLeader(unitTag) then
            --local rawCharacterName = GetRawUnitName(unitTag)
            local characterName = GetUnitName(unitTag)
            if lcname == zo_strlower(characterName) then
                GroupKick(unitTag)
                break
            end
        end
    end
end

Btw there's builtin /invite that does the same thing as yours. But no /kick counterpart.

[Kelnoreem]

Originally Posted by Weolo If I was to guess GroupKickByName(name) uses a different format of name than GroupInviteByName(name) does. A "rawName". It looks like IsPlayerInGroup(rawName) may also use the same format. Try experimenting with the rawName being the characters name and then the account name. I bet only one of those works for both IsPlayerInGroup and GroupKickByName. Just found this which may help GetRawUnitName(string UnitTag) Returns: string rawName Under http://wiki.esoui.com/API#Unit

Yes, this was my guess too, I tried the @Name, and the player name. This got interesting because the only player name I had as a test was two words with a space in the middle. I could not get it to work. Back tracking from this test, I noticed the player window does not use the @name, so I started wondering if it was the player name. Too much wondering, I decided to ask for help.

I'll try your ideas, thanks.

[Kelnoreem]

Originally Posted by merlight It seems kick by name expects raw character name, with gender markup. If that's true, you might have to look the "pretty" name up yourself: SLASH_COMMANDS["/tntkick"] = function(name)     local lcname = zo_strlower(zo_strtrim(name))     for i = 1, GetGroupSize() do         local unitTag = GetGroupUnitTagByIndex(i)         if unitTag and not IsUnitGroupLeader(unitTag) then             --local rawCharacterName = GetRawUnitName(unitTag)             local characterName = GetUnitName(unitTag)             if lcname == zo_strlower(characterName) then                 GroupKick(unitTag)                 break             end         end     end end Btw there's builtin /invite that does the same thing as yours. But no /kick counterpart.

This looks interesting, I will try it. There is so much to learn, so I appreciate the help.

[Sasky]

When I looked into this for adding the kick feature for AutoInvite, I just gave up and wrote my own:

--Since KickByName doesn't seem to be working
function AutoInvite.kickByName(name)
    --...
    for i=1,GetGroupSize() do
        local tag = GetGroupUnitTagByIndex(i)
        if GetUnitName(tag) == name then
            GroupKick(tag)
            return
        end
    end
    --...
end

So if you get stuck with merlight's suggestion feel free to use something like that.