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Note that this page is automatically generated; editing it is pointless. To edit event descriptions, edit the entries in the alphabetical pages, e.g. Events/A, Events/B, etc. Changes there will be copied over to here within a few hours. Player related events

"ACTIVE_TALENT_GROUP_CHANGED"	Category: Player

Fired when a player switches changes which talent group (dual specialization) is active. arg1 Number - Index of the talent group that is now active.

"CANCEL_SUMMON"	Category: Player

"CHARACTER_POINTS_CHANGED"	Category: Player

Fired when the player's available talent points change arg1 indicates number of talent points changed: -1 indicates one used (learning a talent), 1 indicates one gained (leveling)

"CHAT_MSG_COMBAT_XP_GAIN"	Category: Player

Fired when you gain XP from killing a creature or finishing a quest. Does not fire if you gain no xp from killing a creature. arg1 chat message

"CHAT_MSG_SKILL"	Category: Player,Skill

Fired when some chat messages about skills are displayed. arg1 The content of the chat message. arg1 formats are found in Blizzard's GlobalStrings.lua. Some possibilities: ERR_SKILL_GAINED_S (eg. "You have gained the Blacksmithing skill.") ERR_SKILL_UP_SI (eg. "Your skill in Cooking has increased to 221.")

"COMBAT_RATING_UPDATE"	Category: Player

"CURRENCY_DISPLAY_UPDATE"	Category: Player,Misc

"DISABLE_LOW_LEVEL_RAID"	Category: Raid,Player

Fired when SetAllowLowLevelRaid is used to disable low-level raids on the character.

"DISABLE_XP_GAIN"	Category: Player

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"ENABLE_LOW_LEVEL_RAID"	Category: Raid,Player

Fired when SetAllowLowLevelRaid is used to enable low-level raids on the character.

"ENABLE_XP_GAIN"	Category: Player

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"EQUIPMENT_SWAP_PENDING"	Category: Item,Player

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"KNOWN_TITLES_UPDATE"	Category: Player

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"LEVEL_GRANT_PROPOSED"	Category: Player

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"PLAYER_CAMPING"	Category: Player

Fired when the player is camping

"PLAYER_CONTROL_GAINED"	Category: Player,Combat

Fires after the PLAYER_CONTROL_LOST event, when control has been restored to the player.

"PLAYER_CONTROL_LOST"	Category: Player,Combat

Fires whenever the player is unable to control the character. Examples are when afflicted by fear, mind controlled, or when using a taxi.

"PLAYER_DIFFICULTY_CHANGED"	Category: Player,Raid

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"PLAYER_ENTERING_BATTLEGROUND"	Category: Player

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"PLAYER_ENTERING_WORLD"	Category: System,Player,Instance

Fired when the player enters the world, enters/leaves an instance, or respawns at a graveyard. Also fires any other time the player sees a loading screen. To check if the player is entering an instance, check GetPlayerMapPosition to see if both X and Y are zero. Correction on the above comment: When PLAYER_ENTERING_WORLD fires, you'll notice that WORLD_MAP_UPDATE fires just before it. My instincts tell that leaving an instance puts the player in void space momentarily. So for the case that you are entering AND leaving an instance, GetPlayerMapPosition always returns the coordinates [0,0] and hence there is no way to determine using the event PLAYER_ENTERING_WORLD if the player is entering an instance or not. When leaving an instance the following events fire (ignoring party/raid events). WORLD_MAP_UPDATE PLAYER_ENTERING_WORLD WORLD_MAP_UPDATE <--- Player coordinates are non-zero here Instances do have coordinates for units once the second WORLD_MAP_UPDATE event has fired. For the case of entering a battleground such as WSG, WORLD_MAP_UPDATE won't fire until you leave Silverwing Hold or Warsong Lumber Mill and you are outside. --Salanex

"PLAYER_FARSIGHT_FOCUS_CHANGED"	Category: Player,Spell

"PLAYER_FLAGS_CHANGED"	Category: Player,Communication

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.

"PLAYER_EQUIPMENT_CHANGED"	Category: Player

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"PLAYER_GAINS_VEHICLE_DATA"	Category: Player,Vehicle

"PLAYER_GUILD_UPDATE"	Category: Guild,Player

This appears to be fired when a player is gkicked, gquits, etc. Reference handler in [DEPRECATED http://wowprogramming.com/utils/xmlbrowser/live/FrameXML/FriendsFrame.lua FriendsFrame.lua].

"PLAYER_LEVEL_UP"	Category: Player

Fired when a player levels up. arg1 New player level. Note that UnitLevel("player") will most likely return an incorrect value when called in this event handler or shortly after, so use this value. arg2 Hit points gained from leveling. arg3 Mana points gained from leveling. arg4 Talent points gained from leveling. Should always be 1 unless the player is between levels 1 to 9. arg5 Number of new PvP Talents. arg6 - arg9 Attribute score increases from leveling. Strength (6) / Agility (7) / Stamina (8) / Intellect (9).

"PLAYER_LOSES_VEHICLE_DATA"	Category: Player,Vehicle

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"PLAYER_MONEY"	Category: Player

Fired whenever the player gains or loses money. To get the amount of money earned/lost, you'll need to save the return value from GetMoney() from the last time PLAYER_MONEY fired and compare it to the new return value from GetMoney(). Example

"PLAYER_PVP_KILLS_CHANGED"	Category: Player,Honor

Fired when you slay another player

"PLAYER_REGEN_DISABLED"	Category: Player,Combat

Fired whenever you enter combat, as normal regen rates are disabled during combat. This means that either you are in the hate list of a NPC or that you've been taking part in a pvp action (either as attacker or victim).

"PLAYER_REGEN_ENABLED"	Category: Player,Combat

Fired after ending combat, as regen rates return to normal. Useful for determining when a player has left combat. This occurs when you are not on the hate list of any NPC, or a few seconds after the latest pvp attack that you were involved with.

"PLAYER_SKINNED"	Category: Player,Battleground

Fired when the player's insignia is removed in a Battleground.

"PLAYER_TALENT_UPDATE"	Category: Player

Fired when the player changes between dual talent specs, and possibly when learning or unlearning talents (?).

"PLAYER_TOTEM_UPDATE"	Category: Player

This event fires whenever a totem is dropped (cast) or destroyed (either recalled or killed). arg1 The number of the totem slot (1-4) affected by the update. See for example GetTotemInfo() for the uses of the totem slot number.

"PLAYER_UPDATE_RESTING"	Category: Player

Fired when the player starts or stops resting, i.e. when entering/leaving inns/major towns.

"PLAYER_XP_UPDATE"	Category: Player

Fired when the player's XP is updated (due quest completion or killing). arg1 The UnitId affected, eg: "player"

"PLAYTIME_CHANGED"	Category: Player

Fired when the playtime state changes.

"PREVIEW_TALENT_POINTS_CHANGED"	Category: Player

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"RAISED_AS_GHOUL"	Category: Player

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"RECEIVED_ACHIEVEMENT_LIST"	Category: Player,Achievements

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"RUNE_POWER_UPDATE"	Category: Player

New in 3.x. Fired when a rune's state switches from usable to un-usable or visa-versa. arg1 the rune that it's referencing to arg2 is the rune usable (if usable, it's not cooling, if not usable it's cooling)

"RUNE_TYPE_UPDATE"	Category: Player

New in 3.x. Fired when a rune's type is changed / updated. arg1 the rune that it's referencing to

"TALENTS_INVOLUNTARILY_RESET"	Category: Player,Talents

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"TIME_PLAYED_MSG"	Category: Player,System,Communication

Fired when the client received a time played message. arg1 Total time arg2 Current time at this level

"UNIT_ENERGY"	Category: Unit Info,Player

Fired whenever a units energy is affected. Removed in Patch 4.0, use UNIT_POWER instead. arg1 the name of the unit whose energy is affected Seen unit names: player

"UPDATE_EXHAUSTION"	Category: Player

Fired when your character's XP exhaustion (i.e. the amount of your character's rested bonus) changes. Use GetXPExhaustion() to query the current value.

"UPDATE_FACTION"	Category: Player

Fired when your character's reputation of some faction has changed.

"UPDATE_INVENTORY_ALERTS"	Category: Item,Player

Fires whenever an item's durability status becomes yellow (low) or red (broken). Signals that the durability frame needs to be updated. May also fire on any durability status change, even if that change doesn't require an update to the durability frame.

"UPDATE_INVENTORY_DURABILITY"	Category: Item,Player

Should fire whenever the durability of an item in the character's possession changes. (?)

"UPDATE_SHAPESHIFT_COOLDOWN"	Category: Player,Action Bar

"UPDATE_SHAPESHIFT_USABLE"	Category: Player,Action Bar

"WEAR_EQUIPMENT_SET"	Category: Player,Item

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