WoW:API GetNetStats: Difference between revisions

WoW:API GetNetStats (source)

294 bytes added , 9 February 2011

Clarifying print message example

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 Retrieve info about net statistics.
-	down, up, lag = GetNetStats();
+	down, up, lagHome, lagWorld = GetNetStats();
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 :;up : Current outgoing bandwidth (upload) usage, measured in KB/s.
-:;lag : Floating Point Number - Average roundtrip latency to the server (only updated every 30 seconds).
+:;lagHome : Floating Point Number - Average roundtrip latency of your connection to the server (only updated every 30 seconds).
+:;lagWorld : Floating Point Number - Average dynamic latency of the area you are in within the world
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 ;''Example''
-  local down, up, lag = GetNetStats();<br>
+  local down, up, lagHome, lagWorld = GetNetStats();<br>
-  message("Lag: "..lag.." milliseconds.");
+  message("Connection Lag: "..lagHome.." milliseconds, World Lag: "..lagWorld );
 ;''Result''
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 : Retrieve information about your current net statistics.
+: Note that WoW 4.0.6 has added a return value so that two distinct latency values are now returned...