InCinematic

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Added in 1.0.0 / 1.13.2

Returns true during simple in-game cinematics where only the camera moves, like the race intro cinematics.

inCinematic = InCinematic()

Returns

inCinematic

boolean

Example

Prints what type of cinematic is playing on CINEMATIC_START.

local function OnEvent(self, event, ...)
	if InCinematic() then
		print("simple cinematic")
	elseif IsInCinematicScene() then
		print("fancy in-game cutscene")
	end
end

local f = CreateFrame("Frame")
f:RegisterEvent("CINEMATIC_START")
f:SetScript("OnEvent", OnEvent)