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Quote from Pyrrhus

Would it be possible to suggest some new API functions?

example

A function which returns specific Attributes of an Object

Code

info = GetObjectInfo(ID, field)
-- name = GetObjectInfo(ID, "name")

in cpp:

Code

void LUA_GetObjectInfo( lua_State *L ) {
    int id = luaL_checkint( L, 1 );
    const char* field = luaL_checkstring(L, 2);
    GameObjDbStructEx* obj = g_ObjectData->GetObj( id );
    if (obj==NULL || strcmp(field, "")==0) {
        lua_pushnil( L );
        return;
    }
    if (strcmp(field, "name")==0) {
        lua_pushstring( L, obj->GetName() );
        return;
    }
    if (strcmp(field, "note")==0) {
        lua_pushstring( L, obj->Note );
        return;
    }
    lua_pushnil( L );
    return;
}

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Working with metatables would probably be better but i currently don't know how to implement something like that.

=> Less accesses to GetObj(id) -> better performance (GetObj is O(log(n)) )

=> strcmp not necessarily needed.

=> cleaner API due to Inheritance.

Pro:

• database Addons (charplan, dailynotes, dungeonloots, itempreview, ...) don't need an own database anymore (except maybe an ID-List) -> less memory usage
• faster than using own databases
• no database updates needed
• combined fields possible (e.g. HP/MP/etc.): Addon devs don't have to know the formula

Contra:

• lots of programming work
• current addons obviously don't use that function

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Hello Pyrrhus,

After consulation with team we agreed to create such function, since addon developers indeed can access this information already in files, so that would just improve their workflow.

I am not able to give you estimated time of creation, depends how hard will be with array values, returning errors (like ID of such type of object doesn't contain such field to help addon developers) and our general time. I can not promise it would be done this year yet, but we will try do it as soon as possible.

Greetings