Documentation and examples updated!

[Digital_Utopia]

When I try to access the links in the OP, I get whole screens of this:

Short Answer: Right click on the link and select "Save Link As" or "Save Target As" and download it that way.

Long Explanation: The MimeType on the server is set wrong for 7zip files, so browsers that strictly obey mimetypes (i.e. the content type the server claims it is), will display that garbage when you open the link- because the server is saying it's a text file.

[Erobor]

because the server is saying it's a text file.

In fact, two possible situations:
server does not say anything and client assumes it's "text/html" (by default)
OR
server does say it's "application/x-7z-compressed", but client does not understand this and falls back to default "text/html"...

but anyway, just use "save target as..."

[aleczander]

so I manually changed all the ".GetInstance" calls in my add-ons..and voila
it's a shame there is no similar workaround/fix for the inventory add-ons

no dev update yet?

[Jhenox]

I, for one, am anxiously awaiting these corrections. I know it is in Beta but the Lua API should receive a lot more active attention (if it's not already) in my opinion. It's just that important to a lot of people's enjoyment of the game.

[Almagnus1]

Hey Narrel!

Any news?

[Euthanazia]

Short Answer: Right click on the link and select "Save Link As" or "Save Target As" and download it that way.

Long Explanation: The MimeType on the server is set wrong for 7zip files, so browsers that strictly obey mimetypes (i.e. the content type the server claims it is), will display that garbage when you open the link- because the server is saying it's a text file.

I did this, it downloaded 89kb of info and is completely useless. Short Answer: these aren't worth the pain in **** to repair/patch everytime Turbine updates.

Long Explanation: Thanks to all who use their time and knowledge to develop plug-ins, some of them are really spectacular. However, the snafus and dilligaf position of the parent company will prohibit me from trying many of your plugins, because quite simply, I don't have a lot of playtime, and I don't want to spend it trying to figure out why something is not WAI. Hell, I can't even get the LINKS in the original message to allow me to download the info I need to run your programs.../ack.

Seriously though, you guys do some great work, I just wish someone could develop a plugin autopatcher. I don't have the knowledge or skillset, otherwise I wouldn't be navel gazing; I'd be trying to develop one.

[Digital_Utopia]

I did this, it downloaded 89kb of info and is completely useless. Short Answer: these aren't worth the pain in **** to repair/patch everytime Turbine updates.

Long Explanation: Thanks to all who use their time and knowledge to develop plug-ins, some of them are really spectacular. However, the snafus and dilligaf position of the parent company will prohibit me from trying many of your plugins, because quite simply, I don't have a lot of playtime, and I don't want to spend it trying to figure out why something is not WAI. Hell, I can't even get the LINKS in the original message to allow me to download the info I need to run your programs.../ack.

Seriously though, you guys do some great work, I just wish someone could develop a plugin autopatcher. I don't have the knowledge or skillset, otherwise I wouldn't be navel gazing; I'd be trying to develop one.

You also need to download 7-zip in order to extract that format (available here)

In fact, two possible situations:
server does not say anything and client assumes it's "text/html" (by default)
OR
server does say it's "application/x-7z-compressed", but client does not understand this and falls back to default "text/html"...

but anyway, just use "save target as..."

Response headers show: "Content-Type text/plain; charset=UTF-8"

Opera and Firefox pay attention to the headers, IE, Safari and Chrome apparently just go by the extension.

[Almagnus1]

Response headers show: "Content-Type text/plain; charset=UTF-8"

Opera and Firefox pay attention to the headers, IE, Safari and Chrome apparently just go by the extension.

You mean code written by Microsoft (IE) and Apple (Webkit - what makes Safari and Chrome work) doesn't want to play nicely with the rest of us?

Now there's a shocker....

[Digital_Utopia]

You mean code written by Microsoft (IE) and Apple (Webkit - what makes Safari and Chrome work) doesn't want to play nicely with the rest of us?

Now there's a shocker....

Yeah, I mean standards? who needs those? If every browser generated pages exactly the same, that would be way too boring.

[Laurefinde]

Firefox gives you the option to Save as... In the window under the file it says save as txt file, but you can change that to save as all files from the drop-down menu - then it will see the type of file it is and save it correctly. Worked for me. Thanks for all your hard work everyone!

[VincentAC]

It would REALLY be nice if this was brought up to date with Update 7. It would save hours of digging and searching for more information on the new/changed features.

[Banaticus]

So November 2010 was the last time the documentation was updated? Nothing new since then?

[Garan]

So November 2010 was the last time the documentation was updated? Nothing new since then?

The latest docs are from Nov 20, 2013 when Helm's Deep was released. They can be found at lotrointerface.com at:
http://www.lotrointerface.com/downlo...mentation.html

[Banaticus]

Perhaps the original post in this thread should be updated: "Last edited by Narrel; Oct 19 2011 at 01:24 PM."
Surely there have been changes since 2011?

[Hyos]

Perhaps the original post in this thread should be updated: "Last edited by Narrel; Oct 19 2011 at 01:24 PM."
Surely there have been changes since 2011?

What you are seeing is a forum function that shows when the forum post itself was updated. You can find it in any updated post on the forum. It has nothing to do with the specific content of the post. Also only the original author or a forum admin can do that.

[Banaticus]

What you are seeing is a forum function that shows when the forum post itself was updated.

Yeah. When new documents come out, the original post should be updated to reflect that, to list API fixes/changes. It's almost been two years now since I last posted here. Still no updates?

[Garan]

Yeah. When new documents come out, the original post should be updated to reflect that, to list API fixes/changes. It's almost been two years now since I last posted here. Still no updates?

It is highly unlikely that there will ever be any new documentation or updates to the LUA API as the developers that donated their time to implement LUA are no longer working on LOTRO per the prior Executive Producer, Vyvyanne, in a PM. They may not even be employed by Turbine at this point but that I don't know. Sadly, Vyvyanne didn't even know what LUA was until I asked her about the status of LUA and updates back in August of 2015. She did look into it enough to find out that the devs were no longer working on LOTRO and there were no plans to expand the API at that time. I doubt after all this time whether any other developer would voluntarily (LUA was implemented in LOTRO voluntarily by a couple of devs on their own time) risk messing around in code written by other devs over two years ago.

[Silorien]

New API Documentation uploaded:

http://www.lotrointerface.com/downlo...mentation.html

[Garan]

Wow! I stand corrected, and happily so.

Thanks, Silorien. Are you or someone else actually working on Lua updates or was this just to document the current API?

[Thurallor]

New API Documentation uploaded:

http://www.lotrointerface.com/downlo...mentation.html

Did you change anything other than replacing "Turbine" with "SSG" and deprecating SetMaxItemsPerLine?

The format makes it difficult for us to scan for differences ourselves.

[Silorien]

Are you or someone else actually working on Lua updates or was this just to document the current API?

Mostly the latter. I have so far only updated Lua where required or where modifications were made to existing controls. I don't think the API documentation has been published since Isengard, so an API update is long overdue since a lot has changed.

Did you change anything other than replacing "Turbine" with "SSG" and deprecating SetMaxItemsPerLine?
The format makes it difficult for us to scan for differences ourselves.

Since this whole process is a bit arcane for everyone involved, I found it difficult to determine the differences as well. Here is a list of interface changes generated from a complete Lua folder diff of auto-generated .html files as compared to the last published API:

Removed:

Turbine.Gameplay.Actor.NameChanged
Turbine.Gameplay.Attributes.BurglarAttributes.IsCriticalTier3Available
Turbine.Gameplay.Attributes.BurglarAttributes.IsCriticalTier3Changed
Turbine.Gameplay.Attributes.ChampionAttributes.IsInEnemyDefeatResponse
Turbine.Gameplay.Attributes.ChampionAttributes.IsInEnemyDefeatResponseChanged
Turbine.Gameplay.Attributes.HunterAttributes.IsInParryResponse
Turbine.Gameplay.Attributes.HunterAttributes.IsInParryResponseChanged
Turbine.Gameplay.Entity.RegisterForClickHandling
Turbine.UI.CheckBox.SizeChanged

New:

Turbine.Engine.GetLanguage
Turbine.Gameplay.ActiveSkill
Turbine.Gameplay.ActiveSkill.GetBaseCooldown
Turbine.Gameplay.ActiveSkill.GetCooldown
Turbine.Gameplay.ActiveSkill.GetResetTime
Turbine.Gameplay.ActiveSkill.IsUsable
Turbine.Gameplay.ActiveSkill.ResetTimeChanged
Turbine.Gameplay.Actor.GetTarget
Turbine.Gameplay.Actor.TargetChanged
Turbine.Gameplay.Attributes.BeorningAttributes
Turbine.Gameplay.Attributes.BeorningAttributes.FormChanged
Turbine.Gameplay.Attributes.BeorningAttributes.GetWrath
Turbine.Gameplay.Attributes.BeorningAttributes.IsInBearForm
Turbine.Gameplay.Attributes.BeorningAttributes.WrathChanged
Turbine.Gameplay.Attributes.FreePeopleAttributes.GetArmor
Turbine.Gameplay.Attributes.FreePeopleAttributes.GetBaseArmor
Turbine.Gameplay.Attributes.FreePeopleAttributes.GetProfessionInfo
Turbine.Gameplay.Attributes.FreePeopleAttributes.GetVocation
Turbine.Gameplay.Attributes.HighElfAttributes
Turbine.Gameplay.Attributes.MonsterPlayerAttributes.GetDestinyPoints
Turbine.Gameplay.Attributes.MonsterPlayerAttributes.GetMoney
Turbine.Gameplay.Attributes.MonsterPlayerAttributes.GetMoneyComponents
Turbine.Gameplay.Attributes.WardenAttributes.GetStance
Turbine.Gameplay.Attributes.WardenAttributes.GetTrainedGambits
Turbine.Gameplay.Attributes.WardenAttributes.GetUntrainedGambits
Turbine.Gameplay.Attributes.WardenAttributes.StanceChanged
Turbine.Gameplay.Attributes.WardenStance
Turbine.Gameplay.Bank
Turbine.Gameplay.Bank.CapacityChanged
Turbine.Gameplay.Bank.ChestNameChanged
Turbine.Gameplay.Bank.CountChanged
Turbine.Gameplay.Bank.GetCapacity
Turbine.Gameplay.Bank.GetChestCount
Turbine.Gameplay.Bank.GetChestName
Turbine.Gameplay.Bank.GetCount
Turbine.Gameplay.Bank.GetItem
Turbine.Gameplay.Bank.IsAvailable
Turbine.Gameplay.Bank.IsAvailableChanged
Turbine.Gameplay.Bank.ItemAdded
Turbine.Gameplay.Bank.ItemMoved
Turbine.Gameplay.Bank.ItemRemoved
Turbine.Gameplay.Bank.ItemsRefreshed
Turbine.Gameplay.Bank.PerformShortcutDrop
Turbine.Gameplay.BasicMount
Turbine.Gameplay.BasicMount.GetMaxMorale
Turbine.Gameplay.BasicMount.GetMorale
Turbine.Gameplay.BasicMount.MaxMoraleChanged
Turbine.Gameplay.BasicMount.MoraleChanged
Turbine.Gameplay.CombatMount
Turbine.Gameplay.CombatMount.BaseMaxMoraleChanged
Turbine.Gameplay.CombatMount.BaseMaxPowerChanged
Turbine.Gameplay.CombatMount.FuryChanged
Turbine.Gameplay.CombatMount.GetAgility
Turbine.Gameplay.CombatMount.GetArmor
Turbine.Gameplay.CombatMount.GetBaseAgility
Turbine.Gameplay.CombatMount.GetBaseArmor
Turbine.Gameplay.CombatMount.GetBaseMaxMorale
Turbine.Gameplay.CombatMount.GetBaseMaxPower
Turbine.Gameplay.CombatMount.GetBaseStrength
Turbine.Gameplay.CombatMount.GetFury
Turbine.Gameplay.CombatMount.GetMaxFury
Turbine.Gameplay.CombatMount.GetMaxMorale
Turbine.Gameplay.CombatMount.GetMaxPower
Turbine.Gameplay.CombatMount.GetMaxTemporaryMorale
Turbine.Gameplay.CombatMount.GetMaxTemporaryPower
Turbine.Gameplay.CombatMount.GetMorale
Turbine.Gameplay.CombatMount.GetPower
Turbine.Gameplay.CombatMount.GetStrength
Turbine.Gameplay.CombatMount.GetTemporaryMorale
Turbine.Gameplay.CombatMount.GetTemporaryPower
Turbine.Gameplay.CombatMount.MaxMoraleChanged
Turbine.Gameplay.CombatMount.MaxPowerChanged
Turbine.Gameplay.CombatMount.MaxTemporaryMoraleChanged
Turbine.Gameplay.CombatMount.MaxTemporaryPowerChanged
Turbine.Gameplay.CombatMount.MoraleChanged
Turbine.Gameplay.CombatMount.PowerChanged
Turbine.Gameplay.CombatMount.TemporaryMoraleChanged
Turbine.Gameplay.CombatMount.TemporaryPowerChanged
Turbine.Gameplay.CraftTier
Turbine.Gameplay.Entity.IsLocalPlayer
Turbine.Gameplay.Entity.NameChanged
Turbine.Gameplay.GambitSkill
Turbine.Gameplay.GambitSkillInfo
Turbine.Gameplay.GambitSkillInfo.GetGambit
Turbine.Gameplay.GambitSkillInfo.GetGambitCount
Turbine.Gameplay.Item.GetItemInfo
Turbine.Gameplay.ItemInfo
Turbine.Gameplay.ItemInfo.GetBackgroundImageID
Turbine.Gameplay.ItemInfo.GetCategory
Turbine.Gameplay.ItemInfo.GetDescription
Turbine.Gameplay.ItemInfo.GetDurability
Turbine.Gameplay.ItemInfo.GetIconImageID
Turbine.Gameplay.ItemInfo.GetMaxQuantity
Turbine.Gameplay.ItemInfo.GetMaxStackSize
Turbine.Gameplay.ItemInfo.GetName
Turbine.Gameplay.ItemInfo.GetNameWithQuantity
Turbine.Gameplay.ItemInfo.GetQuality
Turbine.Gameplay.ItemInfo.GetQualityImageID
Turbine.Gameplay.ItemInfo.GetShadowImageID
Turbine.Gameplay.ItemInfo.GetUnderlayImageID
Turbine.Gameplay.ItemInfo.IsMagic
Turbine.Gameplay.ItemInfo.IsUnique
Turbine.Gameplay.LocalPlayer.GetMount
Turbine.Gameplay.LocalPlayer.GetSharedStorage
Turbine.Gameplay.LocalPlayer.GetTrainedSkills
Turbine.Gameplay.LocalPlayer.GetUntrainedSkills
Turbine.Gameplay.LocalPlayer.GetVault
Turbine.Gameplay.LocalPlayer.GetWallet
Turbine.Gameplay.LocalPlayer.MountChanged
Turbine.Gameplay.Mount
Turbine.Gameplay.Mount.GetName
Turbine.Gameplay.Pet
Turbine.Gameplay.Player.GetPet
Turbine.Gameplay.Player.IsVoiceActive
Turbine.Gameplay.Player.IsVoiceActiveChanged
Turbine.Gameplay.Player.PetChanged
Turbine.Gameplay.Profession
Turbine.Gameplay.ProfessionInfo
Turbine.Gameplay.ProfessionInfo.GetMasteryExperience
Turbine.Gameplay.ProfessionInfo.GetMasteryExperienceTarget
Turbine.Gameplay.ProfessionInfo.GetMasteryLevel
Turbine.Gameplay.ProfessionInfo.GetMasteryTitle
Turbine.Gameplay.ProfessionInfo.GetName
Turbine.Gameplay.ProfessionInfo.GetProficiencyExperience
Turbine.Gameplay.ProfessionInfo.GetProficiencyExperienceTarget
Turbine.Gameplay.ProfessionInfo.GetProficiencyLevel
Turbine.Gameplay.ProfessionInfo.GetProficiencyTitle
Turbine.Gameplay.ProfessionInfo.GetRecipe
Turbine.Gameplay.ProfessionInfo.GetRecipeCount
Turbine.Gameplay.ProfessionInfo.MasteryExperienceChanged
Turbine.Gameplay.ProfessionInfo.MasteryExperienceTargetChanged
Turbine.Gameplay.ProfessionInfo.MasteryLevelChanged
Turbine.Gameplay.ProfessionInfo.MasteryTitleChanged
Turbine.Gameplay.ProfessionInfo.ProficiencyExperienceChanged
Turbine.Gameplay.ProfessionInfo.ProficiencyExperienceTargetChanged
Turbine.Gameplay.ProfessionInfo.ProficiencyLevelChanged
Turbine.Gameplay.ProfessionInfo.ProficiencyTitleChanged
Turbine.Gameplay.ProfessionInfo.RecipeAdded
Turbine.Gameplay.ProfessionInfo.RecipeRemoved
Turbine.Gameplay.Recipe
Turbine.Gameplay.Recipe.GetBaseCriticalSuccessChance
Turbine.Gameplay.Recipe.GetCategory
Turbine.Gameplay.Recipe.GetCategoryName
Turbine.Gameplay.Recipe.GetCooldown
Turbine.Gameplay.Recipe.GetCriticalResultItemInfo
Turbine.Gameplay.Recipe.GetCriticalResultItemQuantity
Turbine.Gameplay.Recipe.GetExperienceReward
Turbine.Gameplay.Recipe.GetIngredient
Turbine.Gameplay.Recipe.GetIngredientCount
Turbine.Gameplay.Recipe.GetIngredientPack
Turbine.Gameplay.Recipe.GetName
Turbine.Gameplay.Recipe.GetOptionalIngredient
Turbine.Gameplay.Recipe.GetOptionalIngredientCount
Turbine.Gameplay.Recipe.GetProfession
Turbine.Gameplay.Recipe.GetResultItemInfo
Turbine.Gameplay.Recipe.GetResultItemQuantity
Turbine.Gameplay.Recipe.GetTier
Turbine.Gameplay.Recipe.HasCriticalResultItem
Turbine.Gameplay.Recipe.IsSingleUse
Turbine.Gameplay.RecipeIngredient
Turbine.Gameplay.RecipeIngredient.GetCriticalChanceBonus
Turbine.Gameplay.RecipeIngredient.GetItemInfo
Turbine.Gameplay.RecipeIngredient.GetRequiredQuantity
Turbine.Gameplay.SharedStorage
Turbine.Gameplay.Skill
Turbine.Gameplay.Skill.GetSkillInfo
Turbine.Gameplay.SkillInfo
Turbine.Gameplay.SkillInfo.GetDescription
Turbine.Gameplay.SkillInfo.GetIconImageID
Turbine.Gameplay.SkillInfo.GetName
Turbine.Gameplay.SkillInfo.GetType
Turbine.Gameplay.SkillList
Turbine.Gameplay.SkillList.GetCount
Turbine.Gameplay.SkillList.GetItem
Turbine.Gameplay.SkillType
Turbine.Gameplay.UntrainedSkill
Turbine.Gameplay.UntrainedSkill.GetPrice
Turbine.Gameplay.UntrainedSkill.GetRequiredLevel
Turbine.Gameplay.UntrainedSkill.GetRequiredRank
Turbine.Gameplay.Vault
Turbine.Gameplay.Vocation
Turbine.Gameplay.Wallet
Turbine.Gameplay.Wallet.GetItem
Turbine.Gameplay.Wallet.GetSize
Turbine.Gameplay.Wallet.ItemAdded
Turbine.Gameplay.Wallet.ItemRemoved
Turbine.Gameplay.WalletItem
Turbine.Gameplay.WalletItem.GetDescription
Turbine.Gameplay.WalletItem.GetImage
Turbine.Gameplay.WalletItem.GetMaxQuantity
Turbine.Gameplay.WalletItem.GetName
Turbine.Gameplay.WalletItem.GetQuantity
Turbine.Gameplay.WalletItem.GetSmallImage
Turbine.Gameplay.WalletItem.IsAccountItem
Turbine.Gameplay.WalletItem.MaxQuantityChanged
Turbine.Gameplay.WalletItem.QuantityChanged
Turbine.Language
Turbine.LotroPluginManager
Turbine.LotroPluginManager.ShowOptions
Turbine.UI.Control.DragStart
Turbine.UI.Control.GetBackground
Turbine.UI.DragDropInfo.IsSuccessful
Turbine.UI.DragDropInfo.SetSuccessful
Turbine.UI.Graphic
Turbine.UI.Graphic.Graphic
Turbine.UI.Graphic.Graphic(dataId)
Turbine.UI.Graphic.Graphic(filename)
Turbine.UI.Label.IsMarkupEnabled
Turbine.UI.Label.SetMarkupEnabled
Turbine.UI.ListBox.EnsureVisible
Turbine.UI.ListBox.GetFlippedLayout
Turbine.UI.ListBox.GetIgnoreCellAlignment
Turbine.UI.ListBox.GetMaxColumns
Turbine.UI.ListBox.GetMaxRows
Turbine.UI.ListBox.GetWrapIndentAmount
Turbine.UI.ListBox.SetFlippedLayout
Turbine.UI.ListBox.SetIgnoreCellAlignment
Turbine.UI.ListBox.SetMaxColumns
Turbine.UI.ListBox.SetMaxRows
Turbine.UI.ListBox.SetWrapIndentAmount
Turbine.UI.ListBox.Sort
Turbine.UI.Lotro.EntityControl
Turbine.UI.Lotro.ItemInfoControl
Turbine.UI.Lotro.ItemInfoControl.EnabledChanged
Turbine.UI.Lotro.ItemInfoControl.GetItemInfo
Turbine.UI.Lotro.ItemInfoControl.GetQuantity
Turbine.UI.Lotro.ItemInfoControl.SetItemInfo
Turbine.UI.Lotro.ItemInfoControl.SetQuantity
Turbine.UI.Lotro.Shortcut.Shortcut(type, data)
Turbine.UI.Lotro.Window.IsResizable
Turbine.UI.Lotro.Window.SetResizable
Turbine.UI.TextBox.TextChanged
Turbine.UI.TreeNode.Collapse
Turbine.UI.TreeNode.CollapseAll
Turbine.UI.TreeNode.EnsureVisible
Turbine.UI.TreeNode.Expand
Turbine.UI.TreeNode.ExpandAll
Turbine.UI.TreeNode.SelectedChanged
Turbine.UI.TreeView.GetFilter
Turbine.UI.TreeView.GetSortMethod
Turbine.UI.TreeView.Refresh
Turbine.UI.TreeView.SetFilter
Turbine.UI.TreeView.SetSortMethod
Turbine.UI.Window.GetMaximumHeight
Turbine.UI.Window.GetMaximumSize
Turbine.UI.Window.GetMaximumWidth
Turbine.UI.Window.GetMinimumHeight
Turbine.UI.Window.GetMinimumSize
Turbine.UI.Window.GetMinimumWidth
Turbine.UI.Window.SetMaximumHeight
Turbine.UI.Window.SetMaximumSize
Turbine.UI.Window.SetMaximumWidth
Turbine.UI.Window.SetMinimumHeight
Turbine.UI.Window.SetMinimumSize
Turbine.UI.Window.SetMinimumWidth