UnitAlternatePowerInfo returns nothing!

[SuperRookie]

Title says pretty much all.

Wowprogramming.com says that UnitAlternatePowerInfo should return various infos with input of unitID or name.

So I dumped it and it returns empty

/dump UnitAlternatePowerInfo("player")

I've tested it on feral druid, shadow priest and so on.

Any ideas, please?

[Fizzlemizz]

I don't believe this is for say mana when a druid is in cat form, rather when you are in an event or quest that shows an alternate power bar eg. the bar that shows when doing the Ley Mana Race WQ.

From the UnitPowerBarAlt code:

	
elseif ( event == "UNIT_POWER" ) then
    if ( arg1 == self.unit and arg2 == "ALTERNATE" ) then
	local barType, minPower = UnitAlternatePowerInfo(self.unit);
	local currentPower = UnitPower(self.unit, ALTERNATE_POWER_INDEX);
...

The WoWProgramming description is a bit vague.

[SuperRookie]

Originally Posted by Fizzlemizz I don't believe this is for say mana when a druid is in cat form, rather when you are in an event or quest that shows an alternate power bar eg. the bar that shows when doing the Ley Mana Race WQ. From the UnitPowerBarAlt code: elseif ( event == "UNIT_POWER" ) then if ( arg1 == self.unit and arg2 == "ALTERNATE" ) then local barType, minPower = UnitAlternatePowerInfo(self.unit); local currentPower = UnitPower(self.unit, ALTERNATE_POWER_INDEX); ... The WoWProgramming description is a bit vague.

Damn.... I got baited lol...

Thanks for the clarification, Fizz!

[Fizzlemizz]

The druid mana or energy when in cat form or mana vs insanity type situations are handled via the normal UNIT_POWER/UNIT_POWER_FREQUENT event(s). You just have to keep track of your current form/spec etc. to know what power types you are looking for and the event parameters tell which "power" is being updated.

[Seerah]

UnitPower() takes an optional second argument. This is how you query mana when in cat/bear form, for example.

http://wowprogramming.com/docs/api/UnitPower