API:GetNameForObject

UI Lua API · Target functions
Version: WAR 1.4.8

Returns the name of a nearby world object.

name = GetNameForObject(objectId)

Arguments

objectId

number – Object id of the world object.

Returns

name

wstring – Name of the object, or L"".

Details

• L"" is returned when the object is not known to the client, when there is no player object, when the object does not accept the player's realm (Order or Destruction), or when it is more than 180 units away from the player.
• The stock interaction windows use it for the name of the NPC the player is talking to and check for L"".

Errors

None besides the generic Invalid Parameters message when the argument is missing or not a number.

Example

From ea_interactionwindow/source/interactionquestwindow.lua:

local targetName  = GetNameForObject(sourceID)
local displayName = L" "

if (targetName ~= L"")
then
    displayName = GetStringFormat( StringTables.Default.INTERACTOR_NAME_FORMAT, { targetName } )
end

See also

• GetUpdatedTargets