Event changes in Legion

[p3lim]

See this thread for diffs: http://www.wowinterface.com/forums/s...ad.php?t=53455

[yoshimo]

Which events are used for learned appearances and for the new class spells you get when your demon hunter kills a certain quest npc?

[Nevcairiel]

As a follow up to UNIT_SPELLCAST_* events, the 5th argument does represent the actual spellID now. It was always supposed to, but was apparently bugged initially. So you don't need to parse the GUID just for that.

[galvin]

Thank god!, woot!

[Nevcairiel]

Originally Posted by galvin Thank god!, woot!

It really isn't that big of a deal.

[galvin]

There any lists I can look into?
UNIT_SPELLCAST_START returns different info than live. Having a hardtime finding what it is.

[TOM_RUS]

Originally Posted by galvin There any lists I can look into? UNIT_SPELLCAST_START returns different info than live. Having a hardtime finding what it is.

if event == "UNIT_SPELLCAST_START" then
    local unitTag, spellName, rank, lineID, spellID = ...;
end

[galvin]

SpellID is not a spellID anymore.
Here is the info I got back from the event.
This is for Solar Wrath spellID 190984

Unit: player
Name: Solar Wrath
Rank: Solar
LineID: 3-2084-1-152-190984-00001D7EA8
SpellID: 569608

Edit: With more testing the last set of digits on the lineID changes when casting over and over. There must be a function to parse the lineID. The SpellID is a random number each time. So its most likely a useless parm now.

[Resike]

Originally Posted by galvin SpellID is not a spellID anymore. Here is the info I got back from the event. This is for Solar Wrath spellID 190984 Unit: player Name: Solar Wrath Rank: Solar LineID: 3-2084-1-152-190984-00001D7EA8 SpellID: 569608 Edit: With more testing the last set of digits on the lineID changes when casting over and over. There must be a function to parse the lineID. The SpellID is a random number each time. So its most likely a useless parm now.

This is retaded, we seriously have to parse a guid string just for the spellID?

[Nevcairiel]

We decomposed the new UNIT_SPELLCAST_* GUID some time ago, this is the layout:

3-[server id]-[instance id]-[zone uid]-[spell id]-[cast UID]

So yes, you need to parse this GUID to get the spell id. The cast UID is unique to every single spell cast.
What the last parameter is on the U_S_* events is not yet known. It looks like flags of some sort, but I was unable to determine their meaning.

The GUID has a bunch of advantages, it allows you to clearly group spell cast events together, like the appropriate start with the success or cancel, or whichever.
The previous method the old events offered was generally not very reliable.

Interestingly the FrameXML UI itself seems to not have been updated to properly use these new events.