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10-25-19, 09:35 PM   #1
Nightness
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Fallout and proposed workaround to the recent SendWho() restrictions in Classic

Blizzard placed a restriction on scripts using SendWho() and got rid of SendWhoToUI(), to kill the use of Who in scripts like LFG addons for classic and perhaps this is good thing. But one thing needs to come back (or be unbroken) is basic information request about players... Finding basic player information { Class, Race, Sex, Level } if the player's name is known. Addons that color names in channels by class is an example of when then this information is needed.

If all the devs with addons that need this information implement the exact same protocol for querying the information, we can get this information request ability back... Using whisper addon messages, an online player has the option (by having or not having the addon installed) to give information about themselves; it's a simple request / respond protocol.


Click here for the most recent version of the proposed workaround (pastebin)...

Last edited by Nightness : 10-25-19 at 09:38 PM.
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