1. Posted by skyskewz on Sun, 05 Dec 2010 12:53:52

    I don't know if the GUID format has changed or if it was just a typo but

    in

     function GUIDToType(guid)
    local typeMask = 0x00F
    local upper = tonumber(guid:sub(1, 5))
    local type = bit.band(upper, typeMask)
    if type == 0 then
       print("GUID "..guid.." is a player")
    elseif type == 3 then
       print("GUID "..guid.." is an NPC")
    elseif type == 4 then
       print("GUID "..guid.." is an NPC")
    end
 end
 GUIDToType(UnitGUID("target"))

    the player has not been identified correctly.

    instead i used 

     if type == 8 then 
 print("GUID"..guid.." is a player")

    this worked.

  2. Posted by jnwhiteh on Sun, 05 Dec 2010 12:58:41

    It's possible that the GUID format and decoding have changed, thanks for the report.

  3. Posted by jnwhiteh on Sun, 05 Dec 2010 13:02:54

    Actually this code works properly for me, I can't reproduce your issue. What are you unable to identify?

  4. Posted by skyskewz on Sun, 05 Dec 2010 16:39:47

    Actually when i ran it in WoWLua, targeted a player or used UnitGUID("player") it did not print anything when i put 0, when i put 8 it returned "... is a player" when targeting a player. Not sure how it can work for you but not for me hmz.

  5. Posted by jnwhiteh on Sun, 05 Dec 2010 17:05:44

    Actually when i ran it in WoWLua, targeted a player or used UnitGUID("player") it did not print anything when i put 0, when i put 8 it returned "... is a player" when targeting a player. Not sure how it can work for you but not for me hmz.

    I copied the code as you put above exactly, and it worked properly. Perhaps you could post the GUID of your player, which seems to not be working with this function?

    /dump UnitGUID("player")

  6. Posted by skyskewz on Sun, 05 Dec 2010 17:24:45

    /dump UnitGUID("player") says :

    Dump: value=UnitGUID("player") [1]="0x048000000315C320"

  7. Posted by jnwhiteh on Sun, 05 Dec 2010 17:31:46

    I believe the typeMask actually needs to be 0x007, not 0x00F. I will update the errata, thanks.

  8. Posted by skyskewz on Sun, 05 Dec 2010 17:52:18

    i thank you for your responses