How to know the InstanceID in a Battleground

[Cidwel]

Hi all!

I want to make an addon that reports the Instance ID of the player's active battleground. I think that can be get with GetBattlefieldInstanceInfo(index) but I don't know how to handle this. This will be added in this way using SendChatMessage:

[Guild][Cidwel] We're inside Alterac Valley no. 3 and there's 3 slots available.

I know how to do anything except the number Id of the active Balttleground. I searched in wowinterface, wowprogramming and wowwiki without any results . Anyone knows how to do this? Thanks!

[ravagernl]

You can't really do that with GetBattleFieldStatus()

Originally Posted by wowwiki instanceID Integer - Battlefield instance (returns 0 until you are inside an active battlefield)

Besides, GetBattleFieldStatus() does not return the number of players currently active in that battlefield.

Trying to find the right API now.

[xConStruct]

Originally Posted by Cidwel I know how to do anything except the number Id of the active Balttleground.

Maybe iterating through all indizes and then checking whether it is active or not:

local activeID
for i=1, MAX_BATTLEFIELD_QUEUES do
    if GetBattlefieldStatus(i) == "active" then
        activeID = i
    end
end

[Cidwel]

whoops. Didn't work I tried the solution that Cargor have submited but it return to me other variables instead the BG instance number.

I tried to read the api over9000 times but no class is programmed to solve my trouble

[xConStruct]

I should maybe clarify a bit: This is the index you need for GetBattlefieldInstanceInfo(index) to fetch the correct data

EDIT: Okay, well, tested it - there are still problems :/ Give me some minutes

EDIT2: select(3, GetBattlefieldStatus(index)) is the way you go

[Cidwel]

haha oh wow. It worked!

Many thanks to both!!!!