Setup script for login

Shuichi · February 2015

I'm trying to create an addon to run a simple one line script every time I log in so that I don't have to type it in myself.

I think this is what I need but have never scripted an addon:

addon.active = true

function addon.init ()
/script function "script" return true
end

function addon.playerinit()
if IsPlayerInWorld then
addon.init
end

Am I anywhere close to this?

Syntse · February 2015

http://wiki.esoui.com/Writing_your_first_addon

Garkin · February 2015

Take a look to other addons, you will get an idea how addons look like.

But if it is just one line, it should be easy.

You will have to create some folder in Addons, then create .txt file with the same name as folder and write somethig like:

My Documents/Elder Scrolls Online/live/Addons/MyAddon

MyAddon.txt:

## APIVersion: 100010
## Title: My Addon
## Description: My first addon
## Author: Me
## Version: 1

MyAddon.lua

Then create a new .lua file and now depends on what you want to do write some code. In most case it is something like:

MyAddon.lua:

local function MyFunction(eventCode, addonName)
    if addonName == "MyAddon" then
        --here some code what you want to do for example:
        SelectPlayerStatus(PLAYER_STATUS_DO_NOT_DISTURB)
    end
end

EVENT_MANAGER:RegisterForEvent("MyAddon", EVENT_ADD_ON_LOADED, MyFunction)

Shuichi · February 2015

Thanks a lot Garkin, and Syntse for sending me to the right place.

Here is my base addon, but I cannot get the script to run for some reason.

"
local CONTROLLER_IsInit = false

function CONTROLLER_IsInit()
return CONTROLLER_IsInit
end

local function CONTROLLER_Init()
CONTROLLER_IsInit = true
end

local function controller_OnLoad(p_eventCode, p_addOnName)
if p_addOnName ~= "CONTROLLER" then
return
end

"/script function IsInGamepadPreferredMode() return true end"

EVENT_MANAGER:UnregisterForEvent("CONTROLLER_EVENT_ADD_ON_LOADED", EVENT_ADD_ON_LOADED)
end

EVENT_MANAGER:RegisterForEvent("CONTROLLER_EVENT_ADD_ON_LOADED", EVENT_ADD_ON_LOADED, controller_OnLoad)
"

Is there no way to send a chat message through an addon, as far as I'm concerned this is the only way to activate a script, but clearly I don't know what I'm talking about.

Shuichi · February 2015

I DID IT!!!!!

"local CONTROLLER_IsInit = false

function CONTROLLER_IsInit()
return CONTROLLER_IsInit
end

local function CONTROLLER_Init()
CONTROLLER_IsInit = true
end

local function controller_OnLoad(p_eventCode, p_addOnName)
if p_addOnName ~= "CONTROLLER" then
function IsInGamepadPreferredMode() return true end
return
end

EVENT_MANAGER:UnregisterForEvent("CONTROLLER_EVENT_ADD_ON_LOADED", EVENT_ADD_ON_LOADED)
end

EVENT_MANAGER:RegisterForEvent("CONTROLLER_EVENT_ADD_ON_LOADED", EVENT_ADD_ON_LOADED, controller_OnLoad)
"

I'm sure there's a much simpler way to do this, but I receive no errors and get the UI I actually want to use. Thanks so much for the help everyone!

Shuichi · February 2015

Now I have another problem. Radial menu support is not there on the mouse, I need to devise a way to set the mouse movements to the gamepad directionals. I'll be looking into tomorrow but for now it's time for ZzZs

Garkin · February 2015

You don't need to wait for EVENT_ADD_ON_LOADED, you can redefine IsInGamepadPreferredMode function right away. So your .lua file can be simplified to:

IsInGamepadPreferredMode = function() return true end

Shuichi · February 2015

Yeah I noticed that. Unfortunately without a way to set commands to the radial context menus this endeavor seems pointless.

Smaxx · February 2015

Wait, overriding that function actually works now? I remember trying that a big ago and unfortunately it did nothing. Or do I have to do it while addons load?

Garkin · February 2015

You can redefine every single global function.

Smaxx wrote: »

Wait, overriding that function actually works now? I remember trying that a big ago and unfortunately it did nothing. Or do I have to do it while addons load?

Everything depends on what you want to do, but you should be able to redefine every single global function in game.