Patch 3.4.2/API changes

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Summary

• The client has pulled in many API changes from Patch 10.1.0.
• The new Settings panel introduced in Dragonflight is now also used in Classic.

Resources

• TOC: 30402
• Diffs: wow-ui-source, BlizzardInterfaceResources
• Official patch notes: Wrath Classic Patch Notes Version 3.4.2

Global API

3.4.1 (47612) → 3.4.2 (50375) Jul 7 2023

Added (63)

Removed (31)

C_AccountInfo.GetIDFromBattleNetAccountGUID C_AccountServices.IsAccountLockedPostSave C_AccountServices.IsAccountSaveEnabled C_AccountServices.IsAccountSaveInProgress C_AccountServices.SaveAccountData C_AddOns.GetAddOnMetadata C_ArrowCalloutManager.AcknowledgeCallout C_ArrowCalloutManager.HideCallout C_ArrowCalloutManager.HideWorldLootObjectCallout C_ArrowCalloutManager.SetWorldLootObjectCalloutFromGUID C_ArrowCalloutManager.SwapWorldLootObjectCallout C_AzeriteItem.IsUnlimitedLevelingUnlocked C_CameraDefaults.GetCameraFOVDefaults C_CharacterServices.AssignPCTDistribution C_CharacterServices.AssignRaceOrFactionChangeDistribution C_ChatInfo.GetChatLineSenderGUID C_ChatInfo.GetChatLineSenderName C_ChatInfo.GetChatLineText C_ChatInfo.IsChatLineCensored C_ChatInfo.UncensorChatLine C_ConsoleScriptCollection.GetCollectionDataByID C_ConsoleScriptCollection.GetCollectionDataByTag C_ConsoleScriptCollection.GetElements C_ConsoleScriptCollection.GetScriptData C_Debug.ViewInDebugWindow C_GenericWidgetDisplay.Acknowledge C_GenericWidgetDisplay.Close C_GossipInfo.SelectOptionByIndex C_GuildInfo.MemberExistsByName C_PlayerInfo.CanUseItem C_PlayerInfo.GetDisplayID C_PlayerInfo.GetPlayerCharacterData C_QuestInfoSystem.GetQuestRewardSpellInfo C_QuestInfoSystem.GetQuestRewardSpells C_QuestInfoSystem.GetQuestShouldToastCompletion C_QuestInfoSystem.HasQuestRewardSpells C_SpectatingUI.IsSpectating C_SpellBook.GetSpellLinkFromSpellID C_Texture.ClearTitleIconTexture C_Texture.GetTitleIconTexture C_Texture.IsTitleIconTextureReady C_Texture.SetTitleIconTexture C_Traits.GenerateInspectImportString C_Traits.GetTraitSystemFlags C_Traits.IsReadyForCommit C_Traits.ResetTreeByCurrency GetButtonMetatable GetCurrentGraphicsAPI GetEditBoxMetatable GetEquivalentDynamicDifficultyID GetFontStringMetatable GetFrameMetatable GetGraphicsCVarValueForQualityLevel GetQuestLogSelectedID GetSoundEntryCount IsGraphicsCVarValueSupported IsGraphicsSettingValueSupported IsUsingGamepad IsUsingMouse pcallwithenv QuestFlagsPVP StripHyperlinks SupportsClipCursor

BNSendSoR C_CharacterServices.AssignPFCDistribution C_Social.GetLastItem C_Social.GetLastScreenshot C_Social.GetNumCharactersPerMedia C_Social.GetScreenshotByIndex C_Social.GetTweetLength C_Social.IsSocialEnabled C_Social.RegisterSocialBrowser C_Social.SetTextureToScreenshot C_Social.TwitterCheckStatus C_Social.TwitterConnect C_Social.TwitterDisconnect C_Social.TwitterGetMSTillCanPost C_Social.TwitterPostAchievement C_Social.TwitterPostMessage C_Social.TwitterPostScreenshot CanSendSoRByText GetAddOnMetadata GetMouseClickFocus GetMouseMotionFocus GetNumFrames GetNumQuestLogRewardSpells GetNumRewardSpells GetNumSoRRemaining GetQuestLogRewardSpell GetQuestLogSpellLink GetQuestSpellLink GetRewardSpell GuildRosterSendSoR SendSoRByText

Widgets

Added (16)

Removed (2)

Region:EnableMouseMotion Region:IsMouseMotionFocus AnimationGroup:GetElapsed EditBox:OnUiMapChanged EditBox:GetFogOfWarBackgroundAtlas EditBox:GetFogOfWarBackgroundTexture FogOfWarFrame:GetFogOfWarMaskAtlas FogOfWarFrame:GetFogOfWarMaskTexture FogOfWarFrame:GetMaskScalar FogOfWarFrame:GetUiMapID FogOfWarFrame:SetFogOfWarBackgroundAtlas FogOfWarFrame:SetFogOfWarBackgroundTexture FogOfWarFrame:SetFogOfWarMaskAtlas FogOfWarFrame:SetFogOfWarMaskTexture FogOfWarFrame:SetMaskScalar FogOfWarFrame:SetUiMapID

GameTooltip:SetQuestLogRewardSpell GameTooltip:SetQuestRewardSpell

Events

Added (4)	Removed (4)
PLAYER_CAN_GLIDE_CHANGED SHOW_PARTY_POSE_UI UNIT_SPELLCAST_INTERRUPTIBLE UNIT_SPELLCAST_NOT_INTERRUPTIBLE	SOCIAL_ITEM_RECEIVED TWITTER_LINK_RESULT TWITTER_POST_RESULT TWITTER_STATUS_UPDATE

CVars

Added (26)

Removed (9)

acknowledgedArrowCalloutsacknowledgedArrowCallouts (Game) Default: 0, Scope: Character Bit field of Looking for guild player settings dnMTUpdatednMTUpdate (Graphics) Default: 1 Update Daynight in parralel. EnableAirlockLoggingEnableAirlockLogging (Game) Default: 0 If 1, enables airlock logging, which will print out the various steps as they happen so that timing can be done. excludedCensorSourcesexcludedCensorSources (Game) Default: 1, Scope: Account Inappropriate message source exemptions. 0 = Exempt nobody, 1 = Exempt Friends, 3 = Exempt Friends and Guildmates, 255 = Exempt All friendInvitesCollapsed_WowLabsfriendInvitesCollapsed_WowLabs (Game) Default: 0 The info for pending invites has been shown frontendMatchingModes_WowLabsfrontendMatchingModes_WowLabs (Game) Default: 1 0=All,1=DuoOnly,2=TrioOnly,3=DuoAndTrio guildAnnounceMemberDeathsguildAnnounceMemberDeaths (Game) Default: 1, Scope: Character Announce deaths of guild members GxFrameEndModeGxFrameEndMode (Graphics) Default: 0 Allow GxFrameEnd to overlap next frame (0=Disabled, 1=Safe, 2=Experimental) locateViewerMaxJobslocateViewerMaxJobs (Graphics) Default: 32 Maximum job threads for LocateViewer NamePlateClassificationScaleNamePlateClassificationScale (Game) Default: 1.0, Scope: Character Applied to the classification icon for nameplates. partyInvitesCollapsed_WowLabspartyInvitesCollapsed_WowLabs (Game) Default: 0 The info for pending invites has been shown pendingInviteInfoShown_WowLabspendingInviteInfoShown_WowLabs (Game) Default: 0 The info for pending invites has been shown RAIDshadowBlendCascadesRAIDshadowBlendCascades (Graphics) Default: 0 Blend between shadow cascades (0/1) shadowBlendCascadesshadowBlendCascades (Graphics) Default: 0 Blend between shadow cascades (0/1) softTargettingInteractKeySoundsoftTargettingInteractKeySound (Game) Default: 0, Scope: Account Setting for soft targeting that enables sound cues TargetAutoLockTargetAutoLock (Game) Default: 1, Scope: Character Lock targets auto-set by the game vrsValarEnvLumavrsValarEnvLuma (Graphics) Default: 0.05 Env. Luma for VALAR vrsValarKvrsValarK (Graphics) Default: 2.13 Quarter Rate Sensitivity (K) for VALAR vrsValarSensitivityThresholdvrsValarSensitivityThreshold (Graphics) Default: 0.31 Sensitivity Threshold for VALAR vrsValarUseAsyncComputevrsValarUseAsyncCompute (Graphics) Default: 0 Use async compute for VALAR vrsValarUseMotionVectorsvrsValarUseMotionVectors (Graphics) Default: 0 Use motion vectors for VALAR vrsValarUseWeberFechnervrsValarUseWeberFechner (Graphics) Default: 0 Use Weber-Fechner Algo for VALAR vrsValarWeberFechnerConstantvrsValarWeberFechnerConstant (Graphics) Default: 1.0 Weber-Fechner Constant for VALAR vrsValarvrsValar (Graphics) Default: 0 Generate a shading rate mask based on velocity and luminance. Requires VRS Tier 2. WalkableSurfacesValidationLogWalkableSurfacesValidationLog Default: 0 worldIntersectMaxJobsworldIntersectMaxJobs (Graphics) Default: 32 Maximum job threads for culling

DynamicVRSSensitivityThresholdDynamicVRSSensitivityThreshold (Graphics) Default: 0 Enable dynamic sensitivity threshold based on target FPS for VRS enableTwitterenableTwitter (Game) Default: 0, Scope: Account Whether Twitter integration is enabled seenTBCInfoPaneseenTBCInfoPane (Game) Default: 0 Whether or not the user has seen the TBC Info Pane at least once. showUnactivatedCharactersshowUnactivatedCharacters (Game) Default: 1 Show unactivated characters on Character Select. TargetPriorityValueBankTargetPriorityValueBank (Game) Default: 1 Selects the active targeting values bank for calculating target priority order twitterCharactersPerMediatwitterCharactersPerMedia (Game) Default: 23 Number of characters needed when attaching media to a Twitter post twitterGetConfigTimetwitterGetConfigTime (Game) Default: 0 Last time that we got Twitter configuration data successfully twitterShortUrlLengthHttpstwitterShortUrlLengthHttps (Game) Default: 23 Number of characters that https URLS get shortened to twitterShortUrlLengthtwitterShortUrlLength (Game) Default: 22 Number of characters that non-https URLS get shortened to