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Condition for when the player has joined a covenant?

I want to do the following if the player hasn't joined a covenant:

local function LoadMinimap()

if not player.has.covenant then
GarrisonLandingPageMinimapButton:ClearAllPoints()
end

end

How do I put that criteria down properly in the if condition?

A quick glance through the API reveals the COVENANT_CHOSEN event. Have a look to see if it fits your bill.

How do I make that reference the player?

Lua Code:

if not playerunit.COVENANT_CHOSEN:0 then

Like this?

No, it is an event, which means you need to handle it.

To find out if a player has or has not joined a Covenant, handle the event, and if the argument == 0 then the player has not joined, so do whatever. If the argument is >= 1 =< 4 then the player has joined and the event tells you which Covenant, so do something else.

Since that is an event, doesn't it only happen when the player chooses a covenant? Or is it an event that happens all the time?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Krainz (Post 337888)

Since that is an event, doesn't it only happen when the player chooses a covenant? Or is it an event that happens all the time?

It might be an event that triggers on login as well.

I'm trying to debug this so I can learn how to handle an event properly

I put the covenant event handler within a code that disables spell activation overlay just to see how it works

Lua Code:

local addon, ns = ...
 
local f = CreateFrame("Frame")
f:RegisterEvent("PLAYER_ENTERING_WORLD")
f:RegisterEvent("PLAYER_REGEN_ENABLED")
f:RegisterEvent("COVENANT_CHOSEN")
f:SetScript("OnEvent", function(self, event, ...)
    if event == "PLAYER_ENTERING_WORLD" then
        SetCVar("displaySpellActivationOverlays", 0)
        SetCVar("nameplateShowAll", 0)
    elseif event == "PLAYER_REGEN_ENABLED" and not IsAddOnLoaded("ConsolePort") then
        SetCVar("nameplateShowAll", 0)
    elseif event == "COVENANT_CHOSEN" then
        print("Hello World! Hello " .. event);
    end
end)
 
local function eventHandler(self, event, ...)
 print("Hello World! Hello " .. event);
end
f:SetScript("OnEvent", eventHandler);
 
if (MouseIsOver(MacroButton)) then
   -- do something
end
 
if (MouseIsOver(MacroNewButton)) then
   -- do something
end

The only message I get in-game is

Code:

11:33:15 | Hello World! Hello PLAYER_ENTERING_WORLD

Shouldn't I be getting a Hello COVENANT_CHOSEN?

I'd check out C_Covenants.GetActiveCovenantID(). You can also look at the other covenant functions here.

PS: COVENANT_CHOSEN only fires if the choice is made in the current session. Otherwise, use PLAYER_LOGIN as that signals most character data should be available by then.

Quote:

Originally Posted by SDPhantom (Post 337893)

I'd check out C_Covenants.GetActiveCovenantID(). You can also look at the other covenant functions here.

Is it possible to use C_Covenants.GetActiveCovenantID in the local function LoadMinimap() ?

If not then how do I use it?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Krainz (Post 337894)

Is it possible to use C_Covenants.GetActiveCovenantID in the local function LoadMinimap() ?

If not then how do I use it?

As was suggested you can use it amongst your Player Login process to store the active covenant when the game is aware of it. You won't need to check it again. Because you also have the ability to switch covenants tracking the event is still useful.

So create a variable for the addon such as covenantID and then update it with the appropriate value from C_Covenants.GetActiveCovenantID() on PLAYER_LOGIN or when the COVENANT_CHOSEN event fires. You can then use the variable for checks elsewehere in the addon.

I think I got something to work!

I was testing in-game and wrote this

/script local covenantID=C_Covenants.GetActiveCovenantID(); print(covenantID);

The game returned me the value 4, which should be accurate since my character has chosen Necrolord

I'll try to work from here and if I end up having any issues I'll post again. Thanks for helping!