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API GetBattlefieldStatus
Last wiki revision 2022-08-01
Returns the status of the battlefield the player is either queued for or inside. status, mapName, teamSize, registeredMatch, suspendedQueue, queueType, gameType, role, asGroup, shortDescription, longDescription = GetBattlefieldStatus(index)
- index: - Index of the battlefield you wish to view, in the range of 1 to GetMaxBattlefieldID
- status: - Battlefield status, one of:
- queued - Waiting for a battlefield to become ready, you're in the queue
- confirm - Ready to join a battlefield
- active - Inside an active battlefield
- none - Not queued for anything in this index
- error - This should never happen
- mapName: - Localized name of the battlefield (eg. Warsong Gulch or Blade's Edge Arena)
- teamSize: - Team size of the battlefields queue (2, 3 or 5 in an arena queue, or 0 in other queue types)
- registeredMatch: - 1 in a registered arena queue, or 0 in a skirimish or non-arena queue; use teamSize to check for arenas.
- suspendedQueue: - (used to determine whether the eye icon on the LFG minimap button should animate, presumed boolean or 1/nil)
- queueType: - The type of battleground, one of:
- ARENA
- BATTLEGROUND
- WARGAME
- gameType: - ??? (displayed as-is to the user on the queue ready dialog, so presumed localized; can be an empty string)
- role: - The role assigned to the player (TANK, DAMAGER, HEALER) in a non-rated battleground, or nil for other queue types.
- asGroup:
- shortDescription:
- longDescription:
Source
https://warcraft.wiki.gg/wiki/API_GetBattlefieldStatus · retrieved 2023-11-13 · CC BY-SA 4.0
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