2.1 API Patch Notes

[ZOS_ChipHilseberg]

The new API notes have been posted http://forums.elderscrollsonline.com...change-log-pts. Please comment in this thread or on the official forums with any questions or concerns.

[Ayantir]

Well first thank you for posting here so often, it's a real pleasure.

Then after reading your patchnotes,

Combat and Effect API Changes
- Very good improvements for combat managment, dots and buffs, I hope we'll improve our way to play. maybe some new tricks will appear, I guess, we'll see.

Currency
- Nothing to do, was needed with new systems..

Display Names
- Ah, this ones sounds very good. I'll test it.

Event Filters
- Thank you, a lot of us are playing with unit tag player, reticleover or powertype health. it could help us to go faster ..

Guild
- 2 little functions very useful, thanks.

Label changes are also very interesting. and few events added will be also useful.

so thank you again, some change needed for you, and some changes you didn't need to do (?) but present, and they'll be useful for us. it's very enjoyable for my point of view.

[sirinsidiator]

These changes make me very happy

I haven't looked into combat events too deeply, but I always wonder what the isError parameter is for? Maybe someone can enlighten me?

Does GetUnitDisplayName(unitTag) return the name for any player or just those in our friend list or guild roster?

EVENT_PLAYER_REINCARNATED - What is the difference between this and EVENT_PLAYER_ALIVE?
Does this refer to a player that we have resurrected with a soul gem?
Right now there is no indication when a player resurrection is pending. There is not even a clear difference between a successful resurrection and one where we stopped before it completed. Maybe something you could add in the future if this event is not what I hope for.

On another note, some updates ago there was an entry type in the guild activity log which told us when someone invited a player to a guild, but this was removed some time ago. Could you please bring this back or maybe add a field to the joined entries which tells us who invited a certain member? There is some interest in this feature so trading guilds can give players an incentive to invite new members.

[Fyrakin]

Originally Posted by ZOS_ChipHilseberg •OnTextureLoaded which is fired when a texture control has loaded its file into memory.

Will it fire every time when new valid texture file is set by control:SetTexture("texture path")?

[ZOS_ChipHilseberg]

Originally Posted by sirinsidiator Does GetUnitDisplayName(unitTag) return the name for any player or just those in our friend list or guild roster?

Any player that you have a unit tag for.

Originally Posted by sirinsidiator EVENT_PLAYER_REINCARNATED - What is the difference between this and EVENT_PLAYER_ALIVE?

Reincarnated will be sent when the player transitions from ghost to a normal player after reviving. Alive should be sent in every case where the player transitions from dead to alive.

Originally Posted by sirinsidiator On another note, some updates ago there was an entry type in the guild activity log which told us when someone invited a player to a guild, but this was removed some time ago. Could you please bring this back or maybe add a field to the joined entries which tells us who invited a certain member? There is some interest in this feature so trading guilds can give players an incentive to invite new members.

I'll have to ask around about why that was pulled.

[ZOS_ChipHilseberg]

Originally Posted by Fyrakin Will it fire every time when new valid texture file is set by control:SetTexture("texture path")?

It will fire whenever a loaded texture becomes available on the control. Either when SetTexture is called if the texture is different and it is already in memory, or it will fire later when the texture is loaded into memory from file.

•Arrows are now easier to see while they’re traveling to your knee

oh my, this one is a carreer saver!!

[merlight]

I haven't updated the client yet, just noticed a Good Thing in the notes -- seems you've left legacy/deprecated functions, e.g. *Money, in the API. *thumbs up*

not exactly "API", but am I missing something in the achievement journal or some craft items (style books...) / fishes are already implemented for the next (next) dlc on the test server?

if there are really available with no corresponding achievement i'd like to know to be sure they don't show false info in my addon.
(i'd be more precise but i'm afraid of spoiling... i'm not speaking of glass or xyvkin, nor imperial city fishes...)

[sirinsidiator]

Originally Posted by merlight I haven't updated the client yet, just noticed a Good Thing in the notes -- seems you've left legacy/deprecated functions, e.g. *Money, in the API. *thumbs up*

This was also one of the first things that I noticed and I like the direction this is going. Now we just need deprecation tags on functions that will be removed in the future.

Originally Posted by ZOS_ChipHilseberg Any player that you have a unit tag for.

Excellent. Makes some things that I have planned for Social Indicators 2.0 much easier.

Originally Posted by ZOS_ChipHilseberg I'll have to ask around about why that was pulled.

Please do. Besides knowing who invited someone it would also be interesting to know when they joined. Maybe you could add two new return values joinTime and invitedBy to GetGuildMemberInfo instead of just bringing the activity log entry back.

[kerb9729]

GetGuildMemberIndexFromDisplayName (displayName) – member index.

I don't see how this can work without a 2nd argument specifying which guild.

[Ayantir]

Originally Posted by kerb9729 I don't see how this can work without a 2nd argument specifying which guild.

Look at txt file !

* GetGuildMemberIndexFromDisplayName(*integer* _guildId_, *string* _displayName_)
** _Returns:_ *luaindex:nilable* _memberIndex_

I've already updated 2 addons with this function, works like a charm.

[kerb9729]

Originally Posted by Ayantir Look at txt file ! * GetGuildMemberIndexFromDisplayName(*integer* _guildId_, *string* _displayName_) ** _Returns:_ *luaindex:nilable* _memberIndex_ I've already updated 2 addons with this function, works like a charm.

Somehow I did not notice those files embedded in the post. Thanks for pointing it out to me!

[Garkin]

I can't find any description for newly added function GetMapFilterType().
It seems to be useful function which I can use in LibMapPins library.

[sirinsidiator]

Originally Posted by Garkin I can't find any description for newly added function GetMapFilterType(). It seems to be useful function which I can use in LibMapPins library.

This function seems to be a replacement for

ZO_WorldMap_GetMapOptionContext() == MAP_OPTION_CONTEXT_PVE

From the context I would say it returns either MAP_FILTER_TYPE_STANDARD, MAP_FILTER_TYPE_AVA_CYRODIIL or MAP_FILTER_TYPE_AVA_IMPERIAL.

for what i've seen mob trophies are now ITEMTYPE_COLLECTIBLE, that was expected although i can't find the function returning the values COLLECTIBLE_ITEM_TYPE_TROPHY/NONE/FISH as all functions using the word collectible seem to refer to the crown store.

but it doesn't really matter because fishes appear to not be bankable anymore (so will be the trophies but guess what, i wont lose my time checking that, i got some fishing to do on live).
I really hope this isn't intended.