Events/Communication

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Communication related events

Fired when a player in your vicinity completes an achievement.

arg1 

The full body of the broadcast message.

arg2, arg5 

The name of player who has just completed the achievement.

arg7, arg8 

Some integer.

(new with patch 1.12)

Fired when the client receives a message from SendAddonMessage

arg1 

prefix

arg2 

message

arg3 

distribution type ("PARTY", "RAID", "GUILD", "BATTLEGROUND" or "WHISPER")

arg4 

sender

Fired when the client receives an AFK auto-response

arg1 

AFK response message

arg2 

author

(new with patch 1.12)

Fired when a message is received through the battleground group channel

arg1 

chat message

arg2 

author

arg3 

language

(new with patch 1.12)

Fired when a message is received from the leader of the battleground group

arg1 

chat message

arg2 

author

arg3 

language

Fired for alliance specific events in the battleground such as assaulting a graveyard.

arg1 

Battleground Message (eg. "The Alliance has taken the Blacksmith!")

Fired for horde specific events in the battleground such as assaulting a graveyard.

arg1 

Battleground Message (eg. "The Horde has taken the Blacksmith!")

Fired for non faction specific events in the battlegrounds such as the battle start announcement.

arg1 

Battleground Message (eg. "Let the battle for Warsong Gulch begin.")

Fired when the client receives a channel message.

arg1 

chat message

arg2 

author

arg3 

language

arg4 

channel name with number ex: "1. General - Stormwind City"

• zone is always current zone even if not the same as the channel name

arg5 

target

• second player name when two users are passed for a CHANNEL_NOTICE_USER (E.G. x kicked y)

arg6 

AFK/DND/GM "CHAT_FLAG_"..arg6 flags

arg7 

zone ID used for generic system channels (1 for General, 2 for Trade, 22 for LocalDefense, 23 for WorldDefense and 26 for LFG)

• not used for custom channels or if you joined an Out-Of-Zone channel ex: "General - Stormwind City"

arg8 

channel number

arg9 

channel name without number (this is _sometimes_ in lowercase)

• zone is always current zone even if not the same as the channel name

Fired when someone joins a chat channel you are in

arg1 

seems to be empty

arg2 

Name of the player that joined

arg3 

seems to be empty again

arg4 

Number and name of the channel (e.g. "5. MyOwnChannel")

arg8 

Channel number

arg9 

channel name without number (this is sometimes in lowercase)

Fired when a player leaves a channel that you are currently inside.

arg1 

Appears to be left blank

arg2 

Player name that left

arg4 

Channel name with number

arg7 

Appears to be left zero and no longer the channel number

arg8 

Channel number

arg9 

Channel name without number

Fired when ListChannels() or ListChannelByName() is called, and the message is displayed in the chat frame.

arg1

The list of values displayed by ListChannels() or ListChannelByName() in one string.

arg4

The number and name of the channel the message came from. ie: "1. General"

Fired when you enter or leave a chat channel (or a channel was recently throttled)

arg1 

type ( "YOU_JOINED" if you joined a channel, or "YOU_LEFT" if you left, or "THROTTLED" if channel was throttled )

arg4 

Channel name with number (e.g. "6. TestChannel")

arg7 

Channel Type (e.g. 0 for any user channel, 1 for system-channel "General", 2 for "Trade")

arg8 

Channel Number

arg9 

Channel name without number

Fired when something changes in the channel like moderation enabled, user is kicked, announcements changed and so on.

CHAT_*_NOTICE in GlobalStrings.lua has a full list of available types.

arg1 

type ("ANNOUNCEMENTS_OFF", "ANNOUNCEMENTS_ON", "BANNED", "OWNER_CHANGED", "INVALID_NAME", "INVITE", "MODERATION_OFF", "MODERATION_ON", "MUTED", "NOT_MEMBER", "NOT_MODERATED", "SET_MODERATOR", "UNSET_MODERATOR" )

arg2 

If arg5 has a value then this is the user affected ( eg: "Player Foo has been kicked by Bar" ), if arg5 has no value then it's the person who caused the event ( eg: "Channel Moderation has been enabled by Bar" )

arg4 

Channel name with number

arg5 

Player that caused the event (eg "Player Foo has been kicked by Bar" )

Fired when the client receives a Do-Not-Disturb auto-response

arg1 

DND response message

arg2 

author

Fired on sending or receiving a custom emote (one used by /e, /emote or a send chat message command with the emote flag)

arg1 

Message that was sent/received

arg2 

Name of the player who sent the message

Fired when a message is sent or received in the Guild channel.

arg1 

Message that was sent

arg2 

Author

arg3 

Language that the message was sent in

Fired when a guild member completes an achievement.

arg1 

The full body of the broadcast message.

arg2, arg5 

The name of player who has just completed the achievement.

arg7, arg8, arg11 

Some integer that (but not the achievement ID, or the total number of achievement points for the player; this seems to increment if two consecutive achievements are posted (needs to be verified)).

Fired when you whisper a player that is ignoring you

When testing this event the character name is sent twice as arg1 and arg2, Blizzard appears to use arg2 and ignores arg1.

arg1 

Character name of who you tried to message

arg2 

Character name of who you tried to message

Fired for emotes from a monster, such as 'Murloc Forager attempts to run away in fear!'

arg1 

The body of the emote: '%s attempts to run away in fear!'

arg2 

The name of the monster: 'Murloc Forager'

(Note: As of 1.12 arg1 now contains a %s string variable for where the mob name should be placed)

Fired when a NPC says something.

arg1 

Message

arg2 

NPC name

arg3 

Language used

Fired when a NPC whispers you something

Fired when a NPC yells, example would be the yells during an Alterac Valley from the Herald or a raid boss.

arg1 

Message

arg2 

NPC Name (eg: Onyxia)

Fired when a message is sent or received in the Guild Officer channel.

arg1 

Message that was received

arg2 

Author

arg3 

Language used

Fired when a message is sent or received in the Party channel.

arg1 

Message that was received

arg2 

Author

arg3 

Language used

Fired when a message is sent or received in the Raid.

arg1 

chat message

arg2 

author

arg3 

language

arg1 

emote message

arg2 

Name of the boss

Fired when a message is sent or received from the raid leader.

arg1 

chat message

arg2 

author

arg3 

language

Fired when a warning message is sent or received from the raid leader.

arg1 

chat message

arg2 

author

arg3 

language

Fired when a message is sent or received in the Say channel.

arg1 

chat message

arg2 

author

arg3 

language

Example:
Place this:RegisterEvent("CHAT_MSG_SAY"); in the <OnLoad>/</OnLoad> section of your MyMod.xml file.
Then, have an if (event == "CHAT_MSG_SAY") then MyMod_Say(event, arg1, arg2, arg3); end line, or something like it, in the <OnEvent>/</OnEvent> section

of your MyMod.xml file.

Then, have a function like the following in your MyMod.lua file:

function MyMod_Say(event, arg1, arg2, arg3)
  PrevMsg = arg1;
  PrevPlyr = arg2;
  PrevLang = arg3;
end

This would store the previous message, player who said it, and language it was said in into some variables.

Fired when a system chat message (they are displayed in yellow) is received.

arg1 

The content of the chat message.

arg1 formats are found in Blizzard's GlobalStrings.lua. Some possibilities:

• ERR_LEARN_RECIPE_S (eg. "You have learned how to create a new item: Bristle Whisker Catfish.")
• MARKED_AFK_MESSAGE (eg. "You are now AFK: Away from Keyboard")

Note: Be very careful with assuming when the event is actually sent. For example, "Quest accepted: Quest Title" is sent before the quest log updates, so at the time of the event the player's quest log does not yet contain the quest. Similarly, "Quest Title completed." is sent before the quest is removed from the quest log, so at the time of the event the player's quest log still contains the quest.

Fired for emotes with an emote token. /dance, /healme, etc

arg1

Emote Message

arg2

Name of person who emoted

Fired when a whisper is received from another player.

The rest of the arguments appear to be nil

arg1 

Message received

arg2 

Author

arg3 

Language (or nil if universal, like messages from GM) (always seems to be an empty string; argument may have been kicked because whispering in non-standard language doesn't seem to be possible [any more?])

arg6 

status (like "DND" or "GM")

arg7 

(number) message id (for reporting spam purposes?) (default: 0)

arg8 

(number) unknown (default: 0)

Fired when the player sends a whisper to another player

arg1 

Message sent

arg2 

Player who was sent the whisper

arg3 

Language

Fired when a message is sent or received in the Yell channel.

arg1 

Message that was received

arg2 

Author

arg3 

Language used

Appears in Patch 2.2 PTR. Apparently signals that a player has started speaking using Voice Chat.

arg1 

The UnitId (eg. "player", "party1", etc) of the player that started the voice chat.

Appears in Patch 2.2 PTR. Supposidly indicates that a player has stopped speaking using Voice Chat.

Fired when...

1. You log in
2. Open the friends window (twice)
3. Switch from the ignore list to the friend's list
4. Switch from the guild, raid, or who tab back to the friends tab (twice)
5. Add a friend
6. Remove a friend
7. Friend comes online
8. Friend goes offline

No args.

Fired when a player is added or removed from the ignore list. Event is called twice. Not certain why it is called twice.

When fired prompts the LFG UI to update the list of available LFG categories and objectives (i.e. new quests, zones, instances available to LFG). See API GetLFGTypes

This event fires when a Unit's flags change (eg: due to /afk, /dnd, etc.)

arg1 

The UnitId affected, eg: "player"

NOTE 

WoW appears to condense simultaneous flag changes into a single event. If you are currently AFK and not(DND) but you type /dnd you'll see two Chat Log messages ("You are no longer AFK" and "You are now DND: Do Not Disturb") but you'll only see a single PLAYER_FLAGS_CHANGED event.

Fired when the client received a time played message.

arg1 

Total time

arg2 

Current time at this level

Fired when the interface generates a message. These are the yellow messages in the top middle of the window. "No fish are hooked." is one example.

arg1 

message

Fired when the chat colour needs to be updated. Refer to the ChangeChatColor API call for details on the parameters.

arg1 

Chat type

arg2 

red

arg3 

green

arg4 

blue

Fired when there's a reason to update the chat windows.

When fired prompts the LFG UI to update the list of LFG players. Signals LFG query results are available. See API LFGQuery.

Fired when the client receives the result of a SendWho() request from the server. use API SetWhoToUI to manipulate this functionality. This event is only triggered if the Who panel was open at the time the Who data was received (this includes the case where the Blizzard UI opens it automatically because the return data was too big to display in the chat frame).

This doesn't seem to be sent for WorldDefense - it comes in on CHAT_MSG_CHANNEL and totally skips the ZONE_UNDER_ATTACK code in the client. Is the same true for LocalDefense?