ArkInventory
ArkInventory (for The War Within)
:boom: Please ensure you are using the latest alpha version if you have the War Within client.
ArkInventory (for Retail, Classic, and Cataclysm)
ArkInventory's display windows are built from "virtual bars", you assign categories to bars so that items in that category are displayed on the specific bars you want. There is no limit to the number of bars you can have inside a window but obviously you only have so much screen real estate before it becomes "too many".
ArkInventory uses several methods to assign a default category to an item such as what professions you have, tooltip scanning, basic type/subtype and PeriodicTable. You then assign those categories to a virtual bar.
You can also over-ride the default category by creating a rule that matches either a single or multiple items.
Overview:
- user configurable window width and height
- separate keybindings for each location for easy viewing
- assign items to a category of your choice (overrides the default assignment)
- assign categories to the bar of your choice
- unlimited number of bars (there are practical limits though before your screen becomes full)
- sort each bar differently if required
- user configurable bars per row
- sell junk items automatically or manually (delete available via a keybinding or right clicking when at a vendor)
- random pet and mount summons. can also assign a group of them to select from
Key Bindings:
- Press ESCAPE to bring up the blizzard menu
- click on Key Bindings
- scroll down to AddOns > ArkInventory
- bind the keys you want to use
Need Help?
:memo: Wiki
:memo: Frequently Asked Questions
:memo: Sorting
:memo: Rules
:memo: If you are having an issue the first step is to disable all other mods and test with only ArkInventory loaded
:memo: If the issue is still there, please check for an existing issue and create a new issue if required.
:memo: If the issue is gone, re-enable your other mods one by one until the issue comes back, then note the last mod you enabled in your issue as well as notifying the author of the other mod
See ChangeHistory.md for changes to the latest version. See VersionHistory.md for all previous changes.
:boom: The NoLib variant
it seems quite a few people are somehow getting the NoLib variant from their download client when they didn't specifically ask for it, instead of the full variant, and its causing issues as they don't have the required libraries installed separately. Please ensure you are downloading the full. if you see nolib in the filename then its the wrong variant, unless you are actually installing all of the required libraries separately as well. If you have to you can manually download the full variant from CurseForge, WoWInterface, or Wago.
:boom: Junk Sell getting blocked
While auto-destroy remains blocked, From 30960 onwards you can setup a Key Binding to manually sell and destroy your items. Note that blizzard require one keypress per item deletion, so if you have multiple items that need to be deleted you will need to press the Key Binding multiple times. A message will be output if you have remaining items that can still be deleted.
:warning: Ensure you have backup copies of your saved variables file
Sometimes you cannot revert back to a previous version without a backup, especially alpha or beta versions, so before upgrading please make sure you have made a backup of your saved variables file
Your saved variables file is normally located at ...\World of Warcraft\_client_\WTF\Account\yourwowaccountname\SavedVariables\ArkInventory.lua
It is your responsibility to ensure you have adequate backups of your saved variables file. You dont have to do them frequently, just after you've made major changes to your config is probably fine for most people, but you should get into the habit of making backups because when it does corrupt you wont have to reconfigure everything from scratch.
If you have your download client set to automatically download alpha/beta versions you should definitely have backups.
A simple way to back up the saved variables file is to just do a copy and paste then rename the new file (using the version number of ArkInventory or the date is a good idea), eg ArkInventory-30900.lua, or ArkInventory-20191228.lua
o snap i was just about to post that i couldnt find it but long behold there it is. thanks for the info. wish i would have found this sooner.
datastore_inventory belongs to another mod, all my directories start with arkinventory
I have http://www.curse.com/addons/wow/datastore_inventory in my addons folder. Does Arkinventory use that?
If not, I'm assuming that's something installed by another addon I'm no longer using, and I'll get rid of it.
my saved variables and/or WTF files keep deleting/resetting themselves. i've had some luck manually replacing the files from an older archived version, but every once in a while since the 4.3 patch i will open my bags, and it will all be pure default settings. any help would be appreciated
thats a 4.3 patch bug, blizzards own variables dont save, eg the mature language filter and some others. addons have no control over the actual savedvariable file at all.
i presume theyll fix it eventually but its really annoying in the mean time.
stupid forum, why cant i reply to your post, it keeps sticking it here instead
its meant to do that, any rule that isnt assigned to a bar goes onto the one the system default is on
although i am changing that so that if a rule or category isnt assigned to a bar then it wont be enabled, should be a little bit more intuitive that way.
in the mean time you could add location( "bank" ) to your rule so that it only collects bank items
I'm having a bit of an issue since 4.3. I have my bags sorted (and have had them like this for a long time) basically by use. One of the bag slots is only my equipments set items, anything that is part of an equipment set goes there using the rule outfit("DPS","Tank","Fishing") and so on. For some reason since 4.3 and the last update any weapons that are part of a set won't go in the slot but instead get stuck in the slot that has only the System Default rule. No matter what I try I cannot get the weapons to not get put in the system default.
enable edit mode, click on the item and check the debug data - ie does it have a category assigned (which would override the rule)
OK, they're part of the rule Weapons which I only use in my bank. The Weapons rule isn't used at all in my bags. If I disable the Weapons rule then these weapons will go where they're supposed to in my bags with the Outfits, but then I don't have them sorted in my bank obviously like I would like. I guess I'm wondering why that rule is taking any effect in my bags when it's not being used and how I can get around this.
edit: Ok, it's sticking anything this falls into a rule that I don't have assigned to a specific slot in my bags into the System Default. I can't find a way to get it to stop doing that.
Trying to use this, and getting a message when trying to prospect ore:
"ArkInventory has been blocked from an action only available to the Blizzard UI. You can disable this addon and reload the UI."
Seems to be a problem.
dont move or turn while prospecting - there was a really old blizzard bug that did this but i thought theyd fixed it
There seems to be a problem with Void Storage and Reforging with the current version of ArkInventory. If I log out and disable the addon, both works. Any fix around the corner for this - and are you including items in Voidstorage to be searchable in future version ?
Great addon btw - cant live without it!
seems to be a general issue with the reforger, its interface screws up entirely, and the void storage seems to just stop showing your items - both happen after some time in the game, a logout fixes them.
I had the problem once and just a reloadui fixed it.
Why was rule bag( ) removed? Is there a replacement?
eventually therell be a bag/slot filter in front of the categories and rules, i just havent finished it yet
Damn, my bags are a mess without it. I used it to separate my engineering bag. I guess I'll just create a custom category in the meantime.
Hi,
Did you add back this feature ?
Is this gonna work with the patch does anyone know?
should work fine as is but if you want void storage data included youll need to update