How to tell you're in a BG

[kerrang]

I need to tell, within an addon, whether you're in a BG or not.

I didn't want to faff-about with zone names - those being localised etc. - so I hunted around the API and found this

GetBattlefieldInstanceRunTime()

It's SUPPOSED to report the instance's runtime in ms - and mostly that's what it does - however it also reports '0' quite often - so it's not a great deal of use!!

I'm assuming this relates to the way that 'Run Time' on the scoresheet is often blank - e.g. it's a server 'issue'.

Are there any other easy/sure-fire ways to detect whether you're in a BG without resorting to crude things like the zone name?

I wondered about querying things like the scores - but as they are often not available within BGs for long periods I guess they're also prone to 'server issues'???

[Macniel]

To determinate that your are in an active Battlefield you can query your battlefield queues for an active status:

http://www.wowwiki.com/API_GetBattlefieldStatus

this should allways work

[Soulsbane]

do something like

if select(2, IsInInstance()) == "pvp" then
-- Do stuff
end

[kerrang]

Originally Posted by Macniel To determinate that your are in an active Battlefield you can query your battlefield queues for an active status: http://www.wowwiki.com/API_GetBattlefieldStatus this should allways work

I tried (something close to) this earlier - as a brute-force test of that - and it failed completely...

for x in 1,3 do -- upto 3 queus possible
If GetBattlefieldStatus(x) then DEFAULT_CHAT_FRAME:AddMessage("YO"); end;
end;

It returned nothing whatsoever DESPITE me being in AV and the queues for AB and EOTS which suggests it's as prone to returning nonsense/nothing as the GetBattlefieldInstanceRunTime() call...

[kerrang]

Originally Posted by Soulsbane do something like if select(2, IsInInstance()) == "pvp" then -- Do stuff end

I like the sound of that because it's not the GetBattlefield... functions which are - it would appear - heavily unreliable

Thanks!

[Macniel]

Originally Posted by kerrang I tried (something close to) this earlier - as a brute-force test of that - and it failed completely... for x in 1,3 do -- upto 3 queus possible If GetBattlefieldStatus(x) then DEFAULT_CHAT_FRAME:AddMessage("YO"); end; end; It returned nothing whatsoever DESPITE me being in AV and the queues for AB and EOTS which suggests it's as prone to returning nonsense/nothing as the GetBattlefieldInstanceRunTime() call...

This is very odd, As I joined an EotS Battleifled and dumped GetBattelFieldStatus(1) (it was the only queue I joined in fact) i got the values : "active", "Auge des Sturms", 70, 70, 15, nil back

[Seerah]

Originally Posted by Soulsbane do something like if select(2, IsInInstance()) == "pvp" then -- Do stuff end

this is usually what's suggested/used.

[Mera]

IsInInstance is cool because you can detect wether you are in BG "pvp" arenas "arena" or in pve instances "raid" & "party" only with it.

[kerrang]

Originally Posted by Macniel This is very odd, As I joined an EotS Battleifled and dumped GetBattelFieldStatus(1) (it was the only queue I joined in fact) i got the values : "active", "Auge des Sturms", 70, 70, 15, nil back

I've used GetBattlefieldInstanceRunTime() for a while and it's generally worked aok.

Something was breaking my 'BG detector' from time-to-time tho - and extensive monitoring of the values it was checking shows that function can report 0 even in a BG for extended periods of time - even across multiple BGs/queues - which suggests it's something on the server-side which is being disabled/failing perhaps?

I've had a few BGs recently which reported no Elapsed/Total time - I've had several occasions where the scores could not be shown mid-game too - so I guess it's a "load" issue of some sort?

IsInInstance is working very well so far tho - seems a much more reliable test...