1. Posted by GeodesicDragon on Fri, 08 May 2009 15:57:18

    I'm trying to get my addon to play a sound depending on the user's race and gender.

    I know that UnitRace and UnitSex are used here, and that UnitSex returns a number (2=male, 3=female).

    However, I'm not sure how to get it working.

    What I have so far is:

     local race=UnitRace("player")
 local gender_code=UnitSex("player")
 -- If player is a Tauren Male, do something.
 if race=="Tauren" and gender_code=="2" then
 local soundFile = "SOUND HERE"
 SendAddonMessage("VGC", soundFile, "RAID")
 end

    I don't see anything wrong with it, but then again - I'm not the expert.

    Thanks again!

  2. Posted by jnwhiteh on Fri, 08 May 2009 16:55:06

    UnitGender() returns a number, not a string.

     > print("3" == 3)
 false
  3. Posted by GeodesicDragon on Fri, 08 May 2009 18:55:48

    Ah, I see.

    Now the problem I've got is my sound not playing.

    I'm using the same code you gave me before, except I've changed it (renamed a frame, new message, etc).

     if not ReceiveSoundFrameMana then
    ReceiveSoundFrameMana = CreateFrame("Frame")
 end

 local function OnEvent(self, event, prefix, message, channel, sender)
    if prefix == "VGCM" then
       print("|cFF00FF00VGComms:|r " ..sender .. "|cFF98CDCD is low on mana!|r")
       PlaySoundFile(message)
    end
 end

 local frame = ReceiveSoundFrameMana
 frame:RegisterEvent("CHAT_MSG_ADDON")
 frame:SetScript("OnEvent", OnEvent)

        local soundFile = "Sound\\Character\\Tauren\\TaurenMaleVocal\\TaurenMaleOutOfMana01.wav"
        SendAddonMessage("VGCM", soundFile, "RAID")
  4. Posted by jnwhiteh on Sat, 09 May 2009 08:23:03

    I don't see anything specifically wrong with it. You should always add debugging code to help figure out what's going on so you can answer the following questions:

    1. Is the addon message sent and received?
    2. Is the event handler being called?
    3. What specifically is not working, i.e. which line of code is the problem.