PLAYER_ENTERING_WORLD

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Added in 1.0.0

Fires when the player logs in, /reloads the UI or zones between map instances. Basically whenever the loading screen appears.

PLAYER_ENTERING_WORLD: isInitialLogin, isReloadingUi

Payload

isInitialLogin

boolean - True whenever the character logs in. This includes logging out to character select and then logging in again.

isReloadingUi

boolean

Example

local function OnEvent(self, event, isLogin, isReload)
	if isLogin or isReload then
		print("loaded the UI")
	else
		print("zoned between map instances")
	end
end

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

Patch history

Patch 8.0.1 (2018-07-17): Added isInitialLogin, isReloadingUi params.

See also

• AddOn loading process