https://wiki.returnofreckoning.com/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=API%3AGetAbilityTableAPI:GetAbilityTable - Revision history2026-10-18T14:42:04ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.43.11https://wiki.returnofreckoning.com/index.php?title=API:GetAbilityTable&diff=30327&oldid=prevMaintenance script: UI Lua API import (WAR 1.4.8)2026-10-16T19:42:49Z<p>UI Lua API import (WAR 1.4.8)</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{LuaApi|group=Game}}<br />
Returns all abilities of one type that the player knows.<br />
<br />
<pre><br />
abilities = GetAbilityTable(abilityType)<br />
</pre><br />
<br />
== Arguments ==<br />
;abilityType : <code>number</code> – Ability type, a <code>GameData.AbilityType</code> value from 1 to 7.<br />
<br />
== Returns ==<br />
;abilities : <code>table</code> – Table keyed by ability id. Each value is an [[API:GetAbilityData#Ability data table|ability data table]]. It is not a sequence: use <code>pairs</code>.<br />
<br />
== Details ==<br />
* <code>abilityType</code> is converted to an integer.<br />
* Type 7 returns the guild's tactics instead of the player's abilities.<br />
* Type 6 does not compare <code>abilityType</code>; it selects abilities by a separate category the client stores for each known ability. For types 1–5 the result holds the known abilities whose <code>abilityType</code> equals the argument.<br />
* Any other value, or a missing ability list, makes the function return nothing. The stock UI checks the result for <code>nil</code>.<br />
* If there is no player object, or the Lua state is not available, the function returns nothing.<br />
* The stock UI caches every type in <code>Player.RefreshAbilityLookups()</code> (<code>easystem_utils/source/player.lua</code>). Its comment asks addons to use <code>Player.GetAbilityTable</code>, which returns the cached table.<br />
<br />
== Errors ==<br />
None.<br />
<br />
== Example ==<br />
From <code>easystem_utils/source/player.lua</code>:<br />
<pre><br />
for i = GameData.AbilityType.FIRST, GameData.AbilityType.NUM_TYPES do<br />
local abilityTable = GetAbilityTable (i)<br />
if (nil ~= abilityTable) then<br />
AbilityLookups[i] = { lookup = abilityTable }<br />
else<br />
DEBUG (L"Unable to retrieve ability table: "..i);<br />
end<br />
end<br />
</pre><br />
<br />
Guild tactics, from <code>ea_guildwindow/source/guildtacticslist.lua</code>:<br />
<pre><br />
GuildTacticsList.tacticsTable = GetAbilityTable (GameData.AbilityType.GUILD)<br />
</pre><br />
<br />
== See also ==<br />
* [[API:GetAbilityData|GetAbilityData]]<br />
* [[API:GetActiveTactics|GetActiveTactics]]</div>Maintenance script