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Hi all. There is a game event.

1) And there are prescribed text tasks.
2) There is a date file that already contains all these texts.

How can I make an addon react when certain text appears on an event?

I can do this with emotion via CHAT_MSG_MONSTER_EMOTE and with NPC messages via CHAT_MSG_MONSTER_SAY. What to do with an event? I can do it if I write in the chat. What if you don’t write?

Screenshot of the event.

It depends on what tasks you want to do. Keep in mind things like moving, casting a spell, using abilities, etc are protected actions and can't be run autonomously.

Quote:

Originally Posted by SDPhantom (Post 343247)

It depends on what tasks you want to do. Keep in mind things like moving, casting a spell, using abilities, etc are protected actions and can't be run autonomously.

Hello. I want this or that task to happen. A direction arrow appeared to show where to perform.

I think one of the lines is responsible for this:
DISPLAY_EVENT_TOASTS
DISPLAY_EVENT_TOAST_LINK
SCENARIO_UPDATE

At the most basic, the following allows you to monitor specific events and handle what to do when they trigger. This code in a lua file and the addon's toc file will be a simple addon.

Just replace < EVENT # > tags with a particular event name and add the appropriate code. For example I am just printing the event name and it's arguments. Just add a new else if section for each new event you want to watch and react to.

But, like SDPhantom said, there are restrictions to what you are allowed to do.

Lua Code:

local eventWatcher = CreateFrame("Frame")
 
local function OnEvent(self,event,...)
    local args = { ... }
    
    if event == "< EVENT 1 >" then
        -- What to do if this event triggers
        print(event,...)
 
    elseif event == "< EVENT 2 >" then
        -- What to do if this event triggers
        print(event,...)
 
    end     
    
end
 
eventWatcher:SetScript( "OnEvent", OnEvent );
eventWatcher:RegisterEvent( " < EVENT 1 >" );
eventWatcher:RegisterEvent( " < EVENT 2 >" );