Autoloot Script

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This is a QoL script I am working on. If auto loot is not enabled, then I want to enable it. If it is enabled, then do nothing. Here is what I have and it is not working. I’m running this as a Lua script.

local cvar = “autoLootDefault”

al = C_CVar.GetCVar(cvar)

if al == 0 then

C_CVar.SetCVar(cvar,”1”)

end

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/run local cvar, toggle = "autoLootDefault" toggle = not C_CVar.GetCVarBool(cvar) C_CVar.SetCVar(cvar, toggle and "1" or "0") print("Auto Loot:", toggle and "\124cff00ff00ON!" or "\124cffff0000OFF")

Remove the /run if it’s for an addon.

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Thanks !!!

4

Misread the “do nothing”. What you want would just be:

C_CVar.SetCVar("autoLootDefault", "1")

as turning the CVar on again if it’s already on won’t make a difference.

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5

I took your code and made this, but it does not change the autoloot value.

al = C_CVar.GetCVarBool(“autoLootDefault”)

if al == 0 then

C_CVar.SetCVar(“autoLootDefault”,”1”)

end

What I want it to do is set auto loot to 1 (on) if it is not set. If it is set to on, then do nothing.

I’m trying to do this in and addon.

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You can just do what Fizzle said in their most recent post or do the following:

if not C_CVar.GetCVarBool("autoLootDefault") then
    C_CVar.SetCVar("autoLootDefault","1")
end
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If that’s all the code then it won’t work because CVars aren’t loaded when addon code is first run. You will need to wait until after the "VARIABLES_LOADED" event

local owner = {}
EventRegistry:RegisterFrameEvent("VARIABLES_LOADED")
EventRegistry:RegisterCallback("VARIABLES_LOADED", function() 
	C_CVar.SetCVar("autoLootDefault", "1")
	local on = C_CVar.GetCVarBool("autoLootDefault")
	print("Auto Loot:", on and "\124cff00ff00ON!" or "\124cffff0000OFF") 
end, owner)

You can edit it to get rid of the test and print once you know it’s working.

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8

It works, not the way I thought it would, but I’m happy.

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You can use the EventRegistry or you can create a frame, register the event and set an OnEvent script to do the same thing.

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