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
see this link https://code.google.com/p/arkinventory/wiki/UserGuide_HowTo_EraseData for instructions on how to remove old data
Hey Man,
I have been using ArkInventory for years. I actually feel kind of stupid because I had no idea of the full versitility of the addon until a couple of years ago. Since my last setup, I make sure to keep a solid backup of the settings because it does take a few moments to set everything up the way I like it.
Anyway, I noticed the issue with the game from moving my bags the other day. It puzzled me at first and I was able to recreate it by moving the guild bank around. There is a good solution to fix this that everyone can do and it requires no additional coding by you or anyone.
Lock the frame down.
By locking the frame down, it prevents it from moving accidentally, which in turn prevents the system UI from having to decipher 10 levels of nested elements. I don't really know what that means to be honest, but I can sort of visualize the problem. Anyway, locking the frame down is the best solution to prevent system hangups.
Thanks for the work you have done here.
On a completely clean install of windows with zero addons but this one and necessary ones installed, with zero customization/rules/boxes/etc this still causes the game to freeze when moving the window. Fix your code or not, but stop telling people it's not your addon. People waste their time looking for the real culprit when they have found it. Your shoddy code. Nobody is perfect but quit wasting people's time lying about it, dude.
you are obviously extremely knowledgeable, even moreso than blizzard, as there are no api functions that control frame movement (which means handling overlap) so maybe you can explain how "my" shoddy code is causing the glitches when frames overlap?
It's a super complicated troubleshooting process whereby you eliminate all variables until you are left with only one that affects the behavior in question. This doesn't happen with other addons. It doesn't happen with the default ui. It doesn't happen with addons for moving stock bags. The constant is your addon. And you know this is true but you want your addon to remain popular even though you can't figure out how to fix it. I never said I could fix it. I never said I know what causes it. I never even said I was knowledgeable. I can however navigate a simple process of elimination. When the only thing installed is your addon and I move my bags, the game freezes for 10 seconds every time. When I use ANY other addon to move bags and I do not have your addon installed, it does not happen. I can even live with that. But don't make people spend time trying to figure out the cause with your vague replies implying it may be something else. It is this addon. Deal with it or not, but no need to look further. I can do without your smartass replies when you know damn well what I say is true.
seriosuly, youre comparing the ingame bag frames (which is all of 2 layers deep) to the ones i manually create (which have at least 10 levels of nested elements) and you seriously think that blizzard code is perfectly capable of rendering all of those when they overlap when the default ui is coded to *not* overlap?
try any of the other bag mods and overlap their frames, see if they glitch or not because im fairly sure that they do. possibly not to the exent mine does but they may not have as many nested elements as mine.
i looked at this issue ages ago and found there was nothing i could do from within my own code to stop it from happening, if anything i had to remove some code that would have fixed another issue because it made this issue even worse - its basically a bug or a limitation when you have frames with a lot of nested elements that get overlapped (which never happens in the default ui).
it doesnt matter if you believe me or not, its the truth. the underlying cause is that there are so many nested elements in the ai frames that the game client takes significantly longer to work out the new framelevels when you overlap them. i could remove sone of the frames but then it wouldnt look very good.
theres absolutely no api code available to alter what happens when you overlap frames, all i can do is tell the frame that is movable, the user can then move it, and when they let go of the mouse i can tell the frame that its now fixed, thats it, nothing i can do in between while the frame is being moved.
Loved it. But can't handle the freezing anymore. I will miss this addon.
its not ai, one of the libraries its using that is also being used by another mod which has tainted the dropdown menu. i really should have left out the ark in the mod name, being first in the list gets you blamed because ai loads the libraries first and the other mods just use the loaded instance.
ai has no code for any of the raid stuff (or glyphs if you ever get that one), and i switched to using libdialog for staic popups in march last year
you can disable ai and you will eventually get the exact same issue, just the next mod loaded will get blamed. its a fairly common issue that you should be able to google for if you really want to know more.
Arkinventory sometimes blocks me from using the Blizzard raid features (marks, flags, promoting people main tank etc). Is there anyway to stop this as I love the addon, it is just frustrating mid-raid to have to turn it off and reload the UI. Plus the Blizz bags a c%&p :)
Thanks.
youll have to give up because i cant duplicate it so i cant fix it and theres not enough data to go off to even know where to start looking.
theres already validation code to ensure that the primary bag doesnt get scanned when blizzard says it has zero slots, so unless theres a new variant of that bug where blizzard is handing back a size that is larger than 0 but not the actual bag size (16) then im not sure whats happening.
you could always try backing up your saved variables and then deleting the primary one just to see if it happens when you have no settings
Is there any eta on update on this addon, startting to give up, addon is broken hardcore, Freezing/Making items disapear none stop, its just horrible. thanks for a good addon but now its just broken more so then it was month ago.
Thank you so much for this bag mod! I've been using this addon for as long as I can remember. It is by far the best bag addon available.
However. It's hogging my memory like a wild thing (25mb ish)! A few frame locks here and there while using the latest version (November???) When I open the bag (b) the screen freezes for a second, it never used to do this. Sometimes if i try to move or accidently move the frame the game will freeze for like 5-10 seconds.
So I've giving up on using it and started using the built in bag mod with ElvUI which is smooth as anything. Please dont think of this as complaint because I am so grateful for the development of this addon I just wanted to let you know that it's now affecting my gameplay to a point where I will not be using it. I'll check back for updates now and then.
I'm running into a problem when I'm trying to edit the sorting properties by right clicking an item while in "Edit Mode". Instead of dropping down the menu (works for everything except equipable items), it's equipping the armor/weapon that I'm right clicking.
Has anyone else experienced this?
Thanks for the help!
Totemusprime - Thunderlord
This by far the best addon for bags out there, I have been using it for a very long time, the functionality and options available you cannot find in any other bag addon, one of the most useful thing I use is to group gear as per my role, and loot as per type and level, great job to the developers.
i totally agree with you, just wish it would get fix, starting to dislike it little more each day :\
Just got the following zoning back to the farm after failing to get the love rocket again....
alpha version r418 should fix it, youll have to download it manually or set the curse client to get alpha versions of ai.
Any update on the sorting issue.. of items going missing?
The only reason I believed it to be the addon was because it didn't start happening until I installed it but if you have any idea on why i may be having this problem your help would be greatly appreciated.
theres no actual code in ai to move items from bags to wearing or the reverse. the wearing items code is actually read only, it never tries to move wearing items anywhere.