Lore archive · Warcraft Wiki, 2023 dump
Patch 8.0.1/API changes
Last wiki revision 2023-07-20
Battle for Azeroth alpha UI changes observations:
- https://github.com/Ellypse/wow-ui-source/wiki/Battle-for-Azeroth-alpha-UI-changes-observations
- New table.
- New table.
- ,, and have been moved inside the new namespace.
- COMBAT_LOG_EVENT_UNFILTERED event no longer provides a loadout. should be used OnEvent to retrieve that info.
- now raises an error when trying to register an unknown event.
- no longer accepts a spell name as a filter. You can use the new instead, implemented in Lua.
- UNIT_POWER is now UNIT_POWER_UPDATE
- The limit on the number of chat channels that can be joined by the player has been increased from 10 to 20.
- C_Vignettes replaced by C_VignetteInfo
- "all map API was removed", including functions like or.
- has been removed. Use ("player") to get the current uiMapID for the player or WorldMapFrame:GetMapID to get the uiMapID map currently displayed in the World Map Frame UI.
- has been removed. Use (uiMapID, unitToken) to get the position of the unit (only works for the player and party members).
- has been removed, use EJ_GetInstanceForMap(C_Map.GetBestMapForUnit("player")) instead to get the current instance ID.
- GLYPH_ADDED, GLYPH_REMOVED, and GLYPH_UPDATED have been removed.
- FindSpellOverrideNameByName, FindBaseSpellNameByName, and SearchGuildRecipes have been removed.
These events were added or initially documented in Blizzard API Documentation.
These events were removed.
Source
https://warcraft.wiki.gg/wiki/Patch_8.0.1/API_changes · retrieved 2023-11-13 · CC BY-SA 4.0
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