How to detect pet after reloadUI?

[galvin]

I've looked at blizzard pet bar code, but can't figure out how theirs knows to show the pet bar right after a reloadUI. No events get fired to detect this. I tried every pet event they use and none of them fire after a /console reloadui.

For testing using a frost mage water elemental.

Any ideas?

[Fizzlemizz]

I think you looking for the secure RegisterUnitWatch see under

[SDPhantom]

The code behind RegisterUnitWatch() essentially falls back to a throttled OnUpdate script with events registered bypassing the throttle, which isn't exactly the best idea. You can have your pet frame listen to both UNIT_PET and PLAYER_LOGIN. PLAYER_LOGIN is one of the first events to fire after logging in and signifies that all player-specific data should be available at this point. It does fire after a reload even though all player data is already in memory and could be queried beforehand.

[galvin]

Well I'm using ace3 which calls OnEnable() which I believe gets called on PLAYER_LOGIN after reloading UI. But functions like PetHasActionBar() or HasPetUI() return false. They return true after second or 2 though.

I already use UNIT_PET but it doesn't fire on a reloadui.

[SDPhantom]

Looks like the default UI triggers off these 3 in addition to OnLoad.

PET_BAR_UPDATE
PET_UI_UPDATE
UNIT_PET

PET_BAR_HIDE is also used to force-hide the action bar.

[galvin]

Just tested those they don't fire after reloadUI.

But even if I call PetHasActionBar() or HasPetUI() they both return false right after reloadUI.

Looks like pet stuff doesn't load at the same time as a player does.

The only way is I may have to do a timer that polls for it for X amount of time, then stop. Its ugly but not sure if anything else will work.

[semlar]

local tx = UIParent:CreateTexture()
tx:SetTexture('interface/icons/inv_mushroom_11')
tx:SetPoint('CENTER')
tx:SetSize(64, 64)
tx:Hide()
 
local f = CreateFrame('frame')
f:SetScript('OnEvent', function(self, event, ...)
    print(event, GetTime(), PetHasActionBar(), HasPetUI())
    tx:SetShown(PetHasActionBar() and UnitIsVisible('pet'))
end)
f:RegisterEvent('UNIT_PET')

UNIT_PET works fine after a reload (although it inexplicably doesn't work with RegisterUnitEvent).

[galvin]

That was it, I was registering it under UnitEvent. Changed it to normal and it fires after reloadUI.

I just don't want every UNIT_PET going off for everyone in a raid. So I tend to use UnitEvents when ever possible.

Thanks, that was driving me nuts

[semlar]

Originally Posted by galvin Must be by the time OnEnable() gets called that its too late, and events like UNIT_PET are not seen. I'm pretty sure OnEnable() gets called after PLAYER_LOGIN. And the pet events may be firing before that or at the same time. I don't register events till after OnEnable(). I really cant do anything before that cause no profile has been loaded yet.

If UNIT_PET has already fired by the time your code runs, then you can simply check whether your pet is out.