Originally Posted by Phanx
Can't you use ChatFrame_AddMessageEventFilter and just catch the language argument (arg3) passed with the chat message? I can't recall the last time I saw anyone /say or /yell anything in a language other than their faction's default language, so just checking for Orcish or Common should catch 99% of cases.
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As mentioned, even with the slim chance of it ever happening, the language passed isn't specific enough when dealing with the Pandaren racial language. This was one of the first solutions I checked out previously.
Originally Posted by Phanx
Another option would be to do what BadBoy_Levels does to check levels, and attempt to add the player to your friends list and catch the result message. If it's successful, the player is part of your faction; if it failed, the player is of the opposing faction. This wouldn't work for cross-realm players, but I think the chances of someone of the opposite faction from another server /saying or /yelling anything in a non-default language are pretty slim.
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This method is similar to what
GAOA does to check if a player is online, the only difference is it uses the addon channel to ping the chat server (not the player, resulting in an addon that works one-sided). If the server comes back with a player offline message, the addon reacts accordingly. Otherwise, it waits a timeout period before assuming the player is online. There may be better methods for that addon, but that's irrelevant at this moment.
As for the other addon examples, this may be an option, but for
ChatLinkIcons, requesting additional data from the servers costs additional time that doesn't fit the time restraint I feel is appropriate.
Originally Posted by Phanx
Finally, SendAddonMessage doesn't need a return value, as it's trivial to catch the message printed to the chat frame when sending fails, and hide it from the user.
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Did this get posted on the wrong thread?
