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07-29-21, 07:26 PM   #1
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BCC: Any good way to tell if a mount can fly?

Hi! I'm trying to figure out if a mount, say, the Great While Kodo (ID 18793), can fly. I know it can't, but is there an API function that could tell me if a mount can fly? The best I could come up with is to exhaustively check for the name of the flying mounts:

string.find(mount.name, "Windrider")

- Griffon
- Windrider
- Cenarion War Hippogryph (33999)
- Netherwing Drake
- Nether Ray
- Ashes of Al'ar (32458)
- Flying Machine

This is for BCC.

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07-29-21, 09:30 PM   #2
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Code:
creatureDisplayInfoID, description, source, isSelfMount, mountTypeID,
uiModelSceneID, animID, spellVisualKitID, disablePlayerMountPreview
   = C_MountJournal.GetMountInfoExtraByID(mountID)
   = C_MountJournal.GetDisplayedMountInfoExtra(index)
https://wowpedia.fandom.com/wiki/API...tInfoExtraByID

One of the returns is the mountTypeId with for flying should be 248 for most flying mounts.
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07-30-21, 07:44 AM   #3
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Is C_MountJournal available in BCC?
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07-30-21, 06:12 PM   #4
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It isn't available in BCC. You'll have to build your own database for item and/or spell IDs depending on if you're checking inventory or buffs.
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07-30-21, 06:41 PM   #5
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It might be better to watch the 2.5.2 PTR and how it progresses.
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07-31-21, 03:31 AM   #6
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Originally Posted by Fizzlemizz View Post
It might be better to watch the 2.5.2 PTR and how it progresses.
They're not going to make major system changes like this to the client in the middle of an expansion.
Especially when there was no precedent for it in the reference content. Mount Journal didn't exist until WoD.
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07-31-21, 09:09 AM   #7
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I came up with the following function:

Lua Code:
  1. function Lunar.Items:BCCIsFlyingMount(mount)
  2.     local items = { "Windrider", "Gryphon", "Cenarion War Hippogryph", "Netherwing Drake", "Nether Ray", "Ashes of Al'ar", "Flying Machine" }
  3.  
  4.     for _,v in pairs(items) do
  5.         if string.find(mount, v) then
  6.             return true
  7.         end
  8.     end
  9.     return false
  10. end

Where mount is the item's name.
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08-01-21, 12:55 PM   #8
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tContains do the same thing:

Lua Code:
  1. function Lunar.Items:BCCIsFlyingMount(mount)
  2.     local items = { "Windrider", "Gryphon", "Cenarion War Hippogryph", "Netherwing Drake", "Nether Ray", "Ashes of Al'ar", "Flying Machine" }
  3.         return tContains(items, mount)
  4. end
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tContains() doesn't run string pattern matching.
Also, it's better to compare by itemID rather than name, otherwise localization will be a problem.
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08-04-21, 09:53 AM   #10
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Originally Posted by SDPhantom View Post
tContains() doesn't run string pattern matching.
Unless I missed something, after testing with tContains, Lunar.Items:BCCIsFlyingMount("Gryphon") returns true.
Originally Posted by SDPhantom View Post
Also, it's better to compare by itemID rather than name, otherwise localization will be a problem.
Right.
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There is no mount simply named "Gryphon". For example, if you tried to match with Ebon Gryphon, tContains() will return false while the manual search returns true because tContains() (using tIndexOf()) doesn't do pattern matching. This is what string.find() is doing.
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08-04-21, 11:32 PM   #12
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OK, I understand.
Thank you for your explanation SDPhantom.
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Originally Posted by SDPhantom View Post
tContains() doesn't run string pattern matching.
Also, it's better to compare by itemID rather than name, otherwise localization will be a problem.
That's a great point, I'll switch to a (longer) list of item IDs.

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