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How to keep data, up to date

Hi, I'm working on my first addon. Its a profession tracker, to show where trainers are, herb/ore tracking status, what veins + herbs I can or can't harvest and what skill I need to harvest them, etc etc.

Anyway, as soon as I login to the world, I toggle the addon via slash command and it correctly shows skill levels and tracking status etc, but if I gain skills, or change from herb to ore tracking, it doesn't update.

How do I keep the data up to date? I basically want to refresh my addon every second. How would I go about doing this?

Hi, if you want to execute code every second no matter what, you could do it like this:

Code:

local lastCall = GetTime()

local updateFrame = CreateFrame("Frame")

updateFrame:SetScript("onUpdate", function()

  if GetTime() - lastCall > 1 then

    lastCall = GetTime()

  

    -- Your stuff here that gets executed every second.

    

  end

end)

Or alternatively (I don't know, maybe because not using GetTime() is more efficient?):

Code:

local timePassed = 0

local updateFrame = CreateFrame("Frame")

updateFrame:SetScript("onUpdate", function(elapsed)

  timePassed = timePassed + elapsed

  if timePassed > 1 then

    timePassed = 0

  

    -- Your stuff here that gets executed every second.

    

  end

end)

But you know that there are also the game EVENTS, which you can register for, such that your code only gets executed after the respective event?

Thankyou, exactly what I needed.

For timers there is C_Timer: https://wow.gamepedia.com/API_C_Timer

But in this case you should look into events like LudiusMaximus mentioned it.