Guild Addon

[avalonhill]

OK, im looking for an addon that can pull data from a website and do updating when wow starts up, somthing that will popup when the user signs on and show them the most recent things going on in the guild, Raids etc.

any help would be appricated,

Code, addon already there somthing :) thanks

Avalonhill

[Jumpy]

Addons cannot read or write to anything other than Saved Variables within the game.

[avalonhill]

so you the game cant handle the idea of sockets and pulling data from other resources?

hmm i would have thought the game would have been dont a little better then that lol, i mean programs like mirc can pull sockets ;( that kinda sucks.

[Royce Nickel Nine]

so you the game cant handle the idea of sockets and pulling data from other resources?

hmm i would have thought the game would have been dont a little better then that lol, i mean programs like mirc can pull sockets ;( that kinda sucks.
Dont see the connection between WoW & mIRC. If you atleast took 1 minute to think about what causes it would have if you could do that, you wouldnt even ask:hanky:

[avalonhill]

well wow pulls data from some soft of a server though sockets of some sort, so there has to be a way to pull data from another site.

i mean it cant be completely impossible, i just cant even think of a way of doing it, but i know that itll have to have somthing to do with sockets.

[Xinh]

WoW is coded not to pull data from sources other than Blizzard's WoW servers and saved variable .lua files. Blizzard has likely done this for a couple of reasons. The big (public) reason would be to control exploits and such. The other (more hidden) reason is to keep firm control over the game. Blizzard is not real happy to see people using non Blizzard servers (you may remember the Bnet flap from a couple of years ago)

Trying to get WoW to pull data from sources other than offical WoW servers or saved variable .lua files will likely result in the user getting pummeled by the Blizzard Banhammer

[Royce Nickel Nine]

well wow pulls data from some soft of a server though sockets of some sort, so there has to be a way to pull data from another site.

i mean it cant be completely impossible, i just cant even think of a way of doing it, but i know that itll have to have somthing to do with sockets.
It is possible, everything is. No security is 100% water proof. But that's not for here.

[ohjiro]

Well just a small tip:

do not try to break the rules but go around the rules.
cosmos is a nice example. build a small executable that gets data from a website and write it to a lua file before the game starts. this way you will not be in violation of the rules and have your solution.

[Tunga]

Please don't ressurect old posts like this.