patch 7.3 and artifact knowledge level

[gmarco]

Hi all,

I made a little addon to track artifact progress.
It works fine until patch 7.3 when it stops track knowledge level (currently 41).
It shows 40

The code is:

kl = select(2,GetCurrencyInfo(1171))

Now I begin to think that this currency is outdated and probably it doesn't reflect the new patch content.
Anyone has some clue ?

Thanks all.

[Terenna]

They probably just changed to a different currency? Could try

for i = 1, 3000 do
    local name = GetCurrencyInfo(i)
    if (name and name == 'Artifact Knowledge') then
        print(i)
    end
end

to see if any new IDs have popped up other than 1171.

Then just see if there's a hand off in game. That is, if a person is at or below 40, does it use currencyID 1171? Or do they just now use this potential new currencyID at any AK level?

[lightspark]

Originally Posted by Terenna Then just see if there's a hand off in game. That is, if a person is at or below 40, does it use currencyID 1171? Or do they just now use this potential new currencyID at any AK level?

No one can be below AK 41 now.

I guess that the reason why they don't use currency for tracking anymore and that's why it caps at 40.

[gmarco]

Thanks all for the replies.

So there should be a new function to get it from elsewhere (hopefully

Where I can begin to dig to find it ?

Thanks

P.s.
Because everyone now get the same value I think Blizzard should remove happily the knowledge level from the game

[Terenna]

I looked through both wowhead and wowdb databases and found these:

http://ptr.wowdb.com/spells/238562-artifact-knowledge
http://ptr.wowdb.com/spells/235765-a...ledge-research

IDK if these are relevant, but perhaps a GetSpellInfo on either of them will return the rank? Alternatively doesn't the artifact weapon UI have the information as a string? I want to say if you mouseover the amount of artifact power you've earned for the weapon it shows your artifact knowledge level. This means there should be some way to get that info from the server.

[lightspark]

Originally Posted by Terenna This means there should be some way to get that info from the server.

Ofc there's, but it's a bit PITA because it requires artefact UI to be opened, that's the reason why many used AK currency for tracking.

-- edit #1

Anyways, you basically have to do something like this:

ShowUIPanel(SocketInventoryItem(16)) -- shows artefact UI w/o errors
local ak = C_ArtifactUI.GetArtifactKnowledgeLevel()
HideUIPanel(ArtifactFrame)

But you'll obv hear typical frame opening and closing sounds.

[gmarco]

Originally Posted by lightspark Ofc there's, but it's a bit PITA because it requires artefact UI to be opened, that's the reason why many used AK currency for tracking. -- edit #1 Anyways, you basically have to do something like this: ShowUIPanel(SocketInventoryItem(16)) -- shows artefact UI w/o errors local ak = C_ArtifactUI.GetArtifactKnowledgeLevel() HideUIPanel(ArtifactFrame) But you'll obv hear typical frame opening and closing sounds.

Being AK a weekly server update, I think (please correct me if wrong), probably it should be enough to read the value at PLAYER_ENTERING_WORLD or PLAYER_LOGIN and cross fingers praying the AK change will not happens during the player game session

Really thanks for yours kind replies.

[gmarco]

Reading it in this way, works ... even if it is not an elegant solution

[lightspark]

Originally Posted by gmarco Being AK a weekly server update, I think (please correct me if wrong), probably it should be enough to read the value at PLAYER_ENTERING_WORLD or PLAYER_LOGIN and cross fingers praying the AK change will not happens during the player game session Really thanks for yours kind replies.

Well, if you're going to check it on PEW you don't need to worry about AK changing while playing, it fires every time player sees a loading screen, unless you unregister it after 1st time. PL is a one time event though.

And yes, AK is a weekly region-wide thingy now.

[p3lim]

Originally Posted by gmarco Reading it in this way, works ... even if it is not an elegant solution

Not to be an asshole or anything, but...
https://www.google.com/search?q=knowledge

[gmarco]

Ehehehe

Fixed thanks