Is there a way to get a different player's position?

[phelaan]

Im currently working on an addon to show other players direction and distance, but im having trouble finding a good way to get a precise location (continent, map, x, y) of players in my party/raid if they're not in the same zone as i.

I've gotten so far that i found that i can use the distance-routine in Astrolabe, but that requires the above mentioned infos' for the person i wanna "track".

I can get the information for myself ("player") by using these API calls:

local continent = GetCurrentMapContinent();
local map = GetCurrentMapZone();
local x, y = GetPlayerMapPosition("player");

So, my question is: How do i get the same information for ie. my target (if my target is in my group/raid?)

Hope to get some tips/feedback on this... thanks in advance

[Voonka]

Not sure what code to use exactly, but you might take a look at the guild map plugin for cartographer. I'm sure it uses similar routines since it can pinpoint on the map guildies' zones, and coords. I'd imagine looking at the code for it would be helpful. Hope that is at least a point in the right direction

[phelaan]

Thx Voonka, i'll do that. Actully i had it loaded in an editor to try to peek into some of the code, as i did recall that i shows the small icons on the maps over guildies.

I'll post more info here when i find a solution. Right now im at work, and better focus on that hehe.

I bet there must be some way to get it by looking how the guild-tab shows which zone people are in also... hmm

[phelaan]

Originally Posted by Voonka guild map plugin for cartographer. I'm sure it uses similar routines since it can pinpoint on the map guildies' zones, and coords

It appears that Cartographer uses addon-addon communication to show guildies positions. That explains why i've sometimes experienced that i can see where some people in my guild are, and some i can't see.

I wonder if there's another way around though... i sure hope so.

[Seerah]

It uses the addon communication channel so that it can get their locations when they are not in your group. The default UI shows you on your map where your party and raid members are, though I'm not sure of a function to get that data.

[fisknils]

I'm too lazy to read all the replies to this post, so if you've solved the problem, then just ignore me.

The code to get your target player name (which I assume is the problem) is:

UnitName("Target");

So I guess you could just do...

posX, posY = GetPlayerMapPosition(UnitName("Target"));

To solve your problem.

[dafire]

GetPlayerMapPosition works directly with the unitid .. not with the name.. so this won't work.

The function also don't accept all unitid's to prevent botting... "player", "partyX" and "raidX" should work. pet's won't work and I don't think "target" works.

see: http://www.wowwiki.com/API_GetPlayerMapPosition