using MM to pass information to addon?

[lisa]

you will probably find if you change the value it will update automatically back, in order to stop the updates you would need to stop the function that updates the value.
Like how the attack works now or swimhack.
It removes the code that updates the value and then once you are done with it then puts the function back the way it was.

It can get complicated but I think I might see where you are going with it, for instance farming to not need a reseter.
I seriously doubt you could do honor parties like this as it would have checks for party member lvl aswell.

[silinky]

yeah, this would be a possibility also.
for now i am only interested about the theory behind this so i could be able to find these things alone and not be forced to wait for the experts to mouth-feed me with every trivial task
lisa you have a PM also please check it

[silinky]

You could create a bot function or waypoint onload code that keeps checking if the player has a target. If so, the easy solution would be to change a variable in game, eg

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RoMScript("} targetdistance = "..distance.." a={")

Then just have the addon use that value when it's there.

But to get faster speed than using a RoMScript you could write to a macro instead, eg.

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writeToMacro(macroNum, distance)

Then you can have the addon read the macro using GetMacroInfo function. Of course you would have to make sure they use the same macro.

i finally reached the point when this has made sence, and i could use successfully the first one, but this does not work:

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writeToMacro(7, targetdistance)

targetdistance is printed in mm window so it is ok.
is there anything i should do for macro slot 7?
should there be an empty macro created? or is it a problem if it already has some value? has to be clear?

[lisa]

my guess is you missed this step

Then you can have the addon read the macro using GetMacroInfo function. Of course you would have to make sure they use the same macro.

[silinky]

oh, no, i did this step
and when i write smtg in that macro slot, the getmacroinfo is printing my macro text.

it's just that MM does not update that text.
and i cannot figure out why bc it gives me no error message

[rock5]

It doesn't update itself. You have to keep updating it. Here's an example in a waypoint onload.

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<waypoints>
<onLoad>
repeat
    player:update()
    local target = player:getTarget()
    if target then
        local dist = distance(player.X,player.Z,target.X,target.Z)
        writeToMacro(7, dist)
    else
        writeToMacro(7, nil)
    end
    yrest(200)
until false
</onLoad>
</waypoints>

So while this waypoint file is running, when you read the macro with your addon, it will have an updated distance to the target or nil if you don't have a target.

[silinky]

i have it in a loop
i think something else is wrong there, the function just does nothing in my wp.

i wil try to get a gode that updates it, maybe this one you posted and try to find out what is keeping it from working

[silinky]

progress is going OK, but i need another info, if available.
how can i check an object's buff? before targeting. so me targeting it depends on what buffs it has.
thx

[lisa]

you need to create a pawn of the object and that is pretty much it.

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local mob = CPawn(obj.Address)
if mob:hasBuff(buffname, count) then
--do stuff
end

[silinky]

thank you lisa
i didn't know that i could do that.

[lisa]

In a nut shell, if you use any code that uses the objectlist,like findNearestNameOrId, it will have these variables.

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		self.Address = ptr;
		self.Name = "<UNKNOWN>";
		self.Id = 0;
		self.Type = PT_NONE;
		self.X = 0.0;
		self.Y = 0.0;
		self.Z = 0.0;

If you want any more info than that from a mob/npc/obj then you need to make it a pawn using it's address, once you do that then you have all the info in pawn.lua.
Not going to post it as it is pretty long and I am sure you know how to have a look in the file =)

[Bubi]

Hi Lisa,
I used the userfunction "pawnlog" and got the info i want. Now I try to write a different value to the memory. I looked at the swimhack userfunktion but its not working that way for me

thats the pawnlog I got

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Bits,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0, XXXX

thats what I want to write to memory

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Bits,0,0,0,0,1,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,1,1,0,1,1,1,0,0,0

so in Code:

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if (bitAnd(inp,0x8000000) and bitAnd(inp,0x2000000)) then 
???
memoryWriteIntPtr(getProc(), obj.Address, addresses.pawnAttackable_offset, active);
""0x4000000=0"" 
???
end

Thanks for your help

[rock5]

I did something similar recently so I know how to do it.

If inp is the byte that you read from memory and 0x8000000 is the bit you want to add or remove then.

To add a bit you can just do

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inp = bitOr(inp,0x8000000)

It will only add the bit if it doesn't already exist.

To remove a bit you can just minus the value but you have to check that is exists first

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if bitAnd(inp,0x8000000) then
    inp = inp - 0x8000000
end

You can also add the bit in this way too

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if bitAnd(inp,0x8000000) then
    inp = inp + 0x8000000
end

Then just rewrite the byte back to memory.

Hope that helps.

[Bubi]

Hi Rock5,
thanks allot for the fast answer.
Just one more noob question.

Then just rewrite the byte back to memory.

how to rewrite back to memory?

[rock5]

Writing is similar to reading but I see you made a mistake in that too. So I'll just point you to the wiki.
http://www.solarstrike.net/wiki/index.p ... _Functions
Note: Some functions are for pointers and others are not. Learn the difference.

[Bubi]

Note: Some functions are for pointers and others are not. Learn the difference.

I will