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[Vlad]

Blizzard define your realmList to a domain where your login server is located.

Luckily they prefix it, but they CAN use an IP directly breaking the code. It might also be different for Chinese servers.

For example http://wowchina.com/ don't even use the prefix like the us/eu does, so keep this in mind. The Chinese realmlist is cn#.grunt.wowchina.com

[Nimhfree]

I would guess the API to use would depend on what you need it for. I too use the portal value in Grail:

self.portal = GetCVar("portal")

because specific quests are not available to the European servers. Since this covers Europe and not a specific language the portal value seems to be the right way to go.

However, I have not checked on whether this is still set since I originally put in in place many moons ago.

[Lombra]

But for any EU realm, the EU realm list will be used, no? Am I missing the point?

[jaliborc]

Originally Posted by Vlad Blizzard define your realmList to a domain where your login server is located. Luckily they prefix it, but they CAN use an IP directly breaking the code. It might also be different for Chinese servers. For example http://wowchina.com/ don't even use the prefix like the us/eu does, so keep this in mind. The Chinese realmlist is cn#.grunt.wowchina.com

Thanks or the heads up.

Originally Posted by Lombra But for any EU realm, the EU realm list will be used, no? Am I missing the point?

Basically, it will work as long as we don't assume realmlists start all with the same format. One might simply check the entire realmlist string, for example.

[Rainrider]

Is it possible to get the server locale? Like deDE or something if it is a german server.

Btw: GetCVar("installLocale") is the same as GetLocale(). If you need to diffentiate between enUS/enGB then use GetCVar("locale") instead. Those are just the language preference of the client though.

[Resike]

Originally Posted by Rainrider Is it possible to get the server locale? Like deDE or something if it is a german server. Btw: GetCVar("installLocale") is the same as GetLocale(). If you need to diffentiate between enUS/enGB then use GetCVar("locale") instead. Those are just the language preference of the client though.

Nope, the insallLocale is the language of your game's disc, but since they were shipping enUS disc to enGB too its enUS for users in Europe too. At least is should be different for chinese and korean users.

The GetCVar("locale") could work that was my second tought.

[jaliborc]

I think realmlist is really the way to go, and has been working son far for me. I'm want to detect connected servers, so I don't care about languages. If one really wants to know if a server is enUS or enGB, or if it is esES or esMX, I guess the solution is to use the realmlist and GetLocale in conjunction.

[Phanx]

Originally Posted by jaliborc If one really wants to know if a server is enUS or enGB, or if it is esES or esMX, I guess the solution is to use the realmlist and GetLocale in conjunction.

GetLocale actually returns "esES" or "esMX" as appropriate, as those are separate localizations with a few differences in their translations (eg. a different word for "dungeon" is used).

However, it does return "enUS" in an enGB client, and "ptBR" in a ptPT client, as there are not actually separate localizations for the EU variants of English and Portuguese; they just use the enUS and ptBR translations, so in those cases you would need to use the realmlist if you need to distinguish between them.

Originally Posted by Resike Nope, the insallLocale is the language of your game's disc, but since they were shipping enUS disc to enGB too its enUS for users in Europe too. At least is should be different for chinese and korean users.

The installLocale is whatever language the user chose when they first downloaded the installer, which can be any language the game is playable in. If anyone is actually still buying physical discs, I know the expansions are available in languages other than English; I'd assume the base game or "battle chest" or whatever they're calling it now is too.