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I think I understand roughly how DBM knows if there is a wipe or kill:
1. They run every 3 (seconds?) a function that checks for a wipe.
2. They run a function that checks for boss (or boss related mobs) kill on every UNIT_DIED.
3. They check some msg (I think it's a boss yell or something like that), for boss kill.
If (1) happens before (2) or (3) then it's a wipe, if (2) or (3) happen before, it's a kill.
I think it's an ugly way to know if it is a kill or wipe... not blaming the authors ofc, it's the lack of proper API for boss fights. I just don't like the idea of running same function in a scheduled loop. I wish I could think of a cleaner solution for this problem.
By the way, regarding the suggestion (by Phanx) of taking into account players location (inside or outside the instance) - apparently you can do that only for raid members, using GetRaidRosterInfo(index). But I coudn't find a way to get the location of party members, so I can't use this method in 5men dungeons.
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