API changes in Legion

[p3lim]

See this thread for diffs: http://www.wowinterface.com/forums/s...ad.php?t=53455

[siweia]

Are we gonna activated any beta accounts through WOWINTERFACE, just as what we did in WoD beta?

[TOM_RUS]

Globals diff dump build 20810 vs 20914

[Tim]

Originally Posted by siweia Are we gonna activated any beta accounts through WOWINTERFACE, just as what we did in WoD beta?

This isn't the place to discuss this but, when addons are enabled via Blizzard and not edited clients then sites such as this and others in the ZAM Network as well as Curse will more than likely get them. Do not expect anything for at least another 3 months.

[TOM_RUS]

Current changes Live (20779) vs Beta (20773): http://paste2.org/p02kj199.

[p3lim]

Originally Posted by TOM_RUS Current changes Live (20779) vs Beta (20773): http://paste2.org/p02kj199.

Global dump?

[TOM_RUS]

Originally Posted by p3lim Global dump?

Yes.

10 chars.

[Spyro]

They have added events and API for nameplates, am I dreaming?

[p3lim]

Originally Posted by Spyro They have added events and API for nameplates, am I dreaming?

They are units like anything else (nameplate1-30). What we've seen so far is only 30 units though, but the system may be dynamic and create more that we couldn't see from our scraping.

[acapela]

Originally Posted by Spyro They have added events and API for nameplates, am I dreaming?

Looks like a few events (lifecycle-related: create, display size changed, buff/debuff manifest changed, etc), and indeed some sort of API available via the "C_NamePlate" global.

Another poster seems to suggest that the "name plate unit" concept I am seeing in the Blizzard LUA is not an actual unitid, but some sort of simplistic numbering scheme. However, I am seeing this identifier used in conjunction with checks to see if it corresponds to the player or a friendly unit, to fetch the nameplate corresponding to it (via a function member of "C_NamePlate"), and collect buff/debuff information, etc. This suggests this is not some vacuous abstraction, but something that can be used to validate certain information about the unit in question. Maybe an actual unit "GUID"?

Dunno what restrictions on changing look/feel will come along with this. Some of their changes in the past have seemed to be aimed at making it difficult to use nameplates as a targeting aid in PvP.

[Tuller]

Originally Posted by TOM_RUS Current changes Live (20779) vs Beta (20773): http://paste2.org/p02kj199.

I feel like I'm going to like these:

• CreateFramePool
• CreateFromMixins
• CreateObjectPool
• CreateTexturePool
  
• FramePool_Hide
• FramePool_HideAndClearAnchors
• FramePoolMixin.Acquire
• FramePoolMixin.EnumeracteActive
• FramePoolMixin.GetNextActive
• FramePoolMixin.GetNumActive
• FramePoolMixin.OnLoad
• FramePoolMixin.Release
• FramePoolMixin.ReleaseAll
  
• ObjectPoolMixin.Acquire
• ObjectPoolMixin.EnumeracteActive
• ObjectPoolMixin.GetNextActive
• ObjectPoolMixin.GetNumActive
• ObjectPoolMixin.OnLoad
• ObjectPoolMixin.Release
• ObjectPoolMixin.ReleaseAll

[Resike]

These seems intresting:

• CreateRectangle
• DrawLine
• GetTickTimeMs
• GetUICameraInfo
• HasAttachedGlyph
• Model_ApplyUICamera
• PercentageBetween
• Saturate

What the hell are these?

• Lerp
• FrameDeltaLerp
• IsKioskModeEnabled

[semlar]

Originally Posted by Resike What the hell are these? Lerp FrameDeltaLerp IsKioskModeEnabled

Lerp is linear interpolation, kiosk mode is a more restricted environment for when they set up the demo on blizzcon computers and such.

[TOM_RUS]

Globals diff dump build 20979 vs 21063

[jaliborc]

Originally Posted by Tuller I feel like I'm going to like these: CreateFramePool CreateFromMixins CreateObjectPool CreateTexturePool FramePool_Hide FramePool_HideAndClearAnchors FramePoolMixin.Acquire FramePoolMixin.EnumeracteActive FramePoolMixin.GetNextActive FramePoolMixin.GetNumActive FramePoolMixin.OnLoad FramePoolMixin.Release FramePoolMixin.ReleaseAll ObjectPoolMixin.Acquire ObjectPoolMixin.EnumeracteActive ObjectPoolMixin.GetNextActive ObjectPoolMixin.GetNumActive ObjectPoolMixin.OnLoad ObjectPoolMixin.Release ObjectPoolMixin.ReleaseAll

Omg, that had been a problem for such a long time.

[Pyrates]

SPEC_CORE_ABILITY_TEXT seems missing, it's still included at https://github.com/tomrus88/BlizzardInterfaceCode though... does anyone know a recent source for the Blizzard UI code? Or even better, anyone knows a replacement for SPEC_CORE_ABILITY_TEXT?

[ObbleYeah]

I'm probably being an idiot. but say i want to build onto or modify a frame created using blizzards new framepool api — how do i actually reference the individual frames within that?

for examples:

--
    local reward = function()
        local pool  = QuestInfoFrame.rewardsFrame.followerRewardPool
        local num   = pool:GetNumActive()
        local f     = pool:Acquire()
        for i = 1, num do           -- option 1?
            -- ?
        end
        f.tex = f:CreateTexture()   -- 2?
    end

as far as i understand it blizzard is using #2 in the source but it appears to offer no option for creation, only iterating over existing elements found in the framepool template or mixin.

[TOM_RUS]

Originally Posted by Pyrates SPEC_CORE_ABILITY_TEXT seems missing, it's still included at https://github.com/tomrus88/BlizzardInterfaceCode though... does anyone know a recent source for the Blizzard UI code? Or even better, anyone knows a replacement for SPEC_CORE_ABILITY_TEXT?

Its not missing. Part of Blizzard_TalentUI addon.