VARIABLES_LOADED - except they're not

[kerrang]

I have some code in my addons which is called when VARIABLES_LOADED fires

It relies on SavedVariables - and it seems that on initial login, they are NOT set when VARIABLES_LOADED fires - tho they tend to be on /console reloadui

This is obviously a bug (or that event has a WAY misleading name!)

Where SHOULD I put such code - I only want it executed once at each login (so PLAYER_ENTERING_WORLD is no use) and SavedVariables must be set before it runs

Any ideas?

[Tristanian]

I don't really understand why VARIABLES_LOADED doesn't work for you, it should ensure that all non-lod addons have finished loading and their savedvars are availaible. The only other option, is PLAYER_LOGIN I guess (if you don't want to use PLAYER_ENTERING_WORLD).

[Seerah]

why is PEW of no use?

[VincentSDSH]

Originally Posted by Seerah why is PEW of no use?

Didn't PEW use to be triggered when you zoned? (I know they mucked about with it a few years ago, can't recall how it's triggered now)

One trick you might explore is to have VAR_LOADED call a delay timer (aka single-execute Metrognome event) or, as I do with mods that have to bootstrap when not in combat, have it check for your vars and, if not found, set up the delay and immediately exit. The function Metrognome could trigger would be the bootstrap for your mod.

[Seerah]

Ah yes, it does (had forgotten about that). PLAYER_LOGIN is your other option.

[kerrang]

I've been playing with this (whilst watching the Warhammer forums and laughing a lot - but that's another story) and it seems that (on live and BETA)

PEW fires on all zoning (instance/continent/expansion)

PL fires on all zoning EXCEPT instances...

VL is 100% unreliable the first time you login to a character - but is 100% reliable from that point forward (e.g. reloadui)

Another thing I've noticed - which is ever weirder - is that a variable declared and assigned at the highest level in my lua has NO value on the first VARIABLES_LOADED either....

e.g.

MYSTRING = ""
MYTABLE = {"A","B","C")

MYVLFUNC() -- called on VARIABLES_LOADED
for val in pairs(MYTABLE) do
MYSTRING = MYSTRING .. val
end
end

With code like that, the first time I login MYSTRING will be blank - a reloadui and it will be "ABC" - logout and back in and it's blank again and so on...

Something is ROYALLY screwed here???

[slizen]

Originally Posted by VincentSDSH Didn't PEW use to be triggered when you zoned? (I know they mucked about with it a few years ago, can't recall how it's triggered now)

Why not use it and then just unregister it when it has run once?

[VincentSDSH]

Originally Posted by slizen Originally Posted by VincentSDSH Didn't PEW use to be triggered when you zoned? (I know they mucked about with it a few years ago, can't recall how it's triggered now) Why not use it and then just unregister it when it has run once?

Try asking the author that question; I was only attempting to relay a possibility as to why the author felt that PEW was unusable.