Detecting Socket Bonus

[jmlsteele]

I'm trying to find a way to programmatically (in an addon) detect if a piece of gear (that is either worn or linked) is correctly socketed.

The basic code is..

		local numSockets = GetNumSockets();
		local bonus = true

		for i=1, numSockets do
			local _, _, gemMatchesSocket = GetExistingSocketInfo(i);
			if (not gemMatchesSocket) then
				bonus = false
				break
			end
		end

		if (bonus) then
			--Scan the socket bonus line
		end

However calls to GetNumSockets() and GetExistingSocketInfo(<socket num>) require the ItemSocketingUI to be loaded. What I'm wondering is is there a way to programmatically load the UI with a piece of gear OR is there another way o go about checking the socket bonus.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[JoshBorke]

Something I read cladhaire mention was to check the color of the text on the tooltip for the socket bonus. Perhaps that's an avenue?

[jmlsteele]

First thing i thought of checking even before BC came out and I had just seen picutres

The colour code isn't sent along with the "Socket Bonus:" line as far as I can tell

[JoshBorke]

ltext = getglobal(fname.."TextLeft"..index):GetTextColor()
rtext = getglobal(fname.."TextRight"..index):GetTextColor()

use GetTextColor to check the color of the Socket Bonus line in the tooltip.

[jmlsteele]

Well I can't test this right now (booo maintenance) but from the looks of it it should work perfectly.

If thats the case I <3 you ^^