WoWInterface - Function to distinguish party from raid?

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indoviet

11-15-12 07:35 AM

Function to distinguish party from raid?

Hi,
I've scoured the WoW API for a function that can return whether the player is in a party or a raid but can't seem to find one that does the job. Is there a function specifically designated for this or another way to check this?

Thanks!

d87	11-15-12 07:52 AM

UnitInRaid("player"), IsInRaid()
UnitInParty, IsInGroup

indoviet

11-15-12 07:59 AM

Thanks heaps, I don't know why I couldn't find those.

Dridzt

11-15-12 08:46 AM

Just a note that IsInGroup() returns true for both party and raid.

A typical check is

Code:

if IsInRaid() then

  -- we're in a raid

elseif IsInGroup() then

  -- we're not in a raid but we are in a group, hence party

end

Similarly GetNumGroupMembers() always returns the size of the widest group the player belongs to (raid members if in raid, party members if in party)
while GetNumSubGroupMembers() always returns the size of the narrowest group the player belongs to (Group2 members if player is in G2 in a raid, party members if in a party)

indoviet

11-15-12 06:51 PM

Great tip, thanks a a lot.

Ketho

11-15-12 07:41 PM

This is probably trivial and superfluous information now but here is also some kind of truth table to compare against

Lua Code:

.                      solo     party(5)  raid(25)
 
IsInRaid               false    false     true
IsInGroup              false    true      true
 
GetNumGroupMembers     0        5         25
GetNumSubgroupMembers  0        4         4
 
UnitInRaid("player")   nil      nil       11
UnitInParty("player")  nil      1         1

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