PlayerMadeQuests

Custom quest addon for WoW: Classic

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The message parameter allows you to specify a phrase or pattern that must be spoken by the player in order to complete an objective.

Value type

• String - the phrase or pattern that the player must say.

The full range of Lua patterns are supported for this parameter, but you can use the following examples to get started.

Note that all values for message are case-insensitive, meaning that “happy birthday” and “Happy Birthday” would both work in the first example.

Value	Result
“happy birthday”	The message must contain the phrase “happy birthday” somewhere inside it
“^happy b”	The message must start with the phrase “happy b”
“birthday$”	The message must end with the word “birthday”
“^happy bar mitzvah!$”	The message must be exactly the phrase “happy bar mitzvah	” with nothing else before or after it

Supported objectives

Objective	How it’s used
say	The message which the player must say in order to complete the objective

Usage notes

• While Lua patterns are case-sensitive, the value for this message parameter is intentionally not case-sensitive, meaning that you cannot force a player to say something in a specific casing style. For example, if you specify the pattern “Happy Birthday”, then a player will be able to say “happy birthday” to satisfy the condition. As such, it’s recommended to keep your patterns for message to all lowercase letters, for simplicity.
• It can be somewhat tedious to test complex message patterns in-game, so until there is a better testing method included with PMQ, consider using this Online Lua Compiler to test which phrases will or will not work with your message pattern. Simply copy/paste the following code into the editor linked, and click Run it (F8) to print the results below the code editor. Of course, you’ll want to change out the pattern and chat messages in the below code to suit your needs.

-- Change this pattern to the "message" pattern value you want to test
local pattern = "nothing %w-, nothing %w-"

local function testPattern(message)
  local result
  if string.match(message, pattern) then
    result = "[PASS]" -- This chat message would pass the objective
  else
    result = "[FAIL]" -- This chat message would NOT pass the objective
  end
  print(result, message)
end

-- Test any chat messages you want to test against the pattern
testPattern("nothing ventured, nothing gained")
testPattern("nothing spent, nothing saved")
testPattern("this message should not pass")