WoW:USERAPI GetPlayerBearing

Template:Localuserfunc Returns the player's current facing bearing based on the rotation of the minimap arrow.

bearing = GetPlayerBearing();

Return values

bearing

number [0, 360] - the player's current bearing, 000 being North, 090 East, 180 South and 270 West; nil if the function is unable to determine the bearing.

Example Implementation

local function GetPlayerBearing()
	local obj; -- Remains an upvalue
	do
		local t = {Minimap:GetChildren()}; -- Becomes garbage
		for k, v in pairs(t) do
			if v:IsObjectType("Model") and not v:GetName() and v:GetModel() == "interface\\minimap\\minimaparrow.m2" then
				obj = v; break;
			end
		end
	end
	if not obj then return; end

	-- If we've found what we were looking for, rewrite function to skip the search next time.
	GetPlayerBearing = function() return (1-obj:GetFacing()/math.pi/2)*360; end
	return GetPlayerBearing();
end