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
not really, if an item is in an enabled custom category it would go there, the rules arent checked for those as custom categories have a higher priority.
the expansion( ) rule function exists but as youve noticed, blizzard arent exactly accurate with their data.
you could potentially check the item id via a rule function of i.osd.id > 123456, where123456 is the item id of the first shadowlands item? might work, depends what youre trying to achieve.
i've added some new code to handle incorrect blizzard data returned from GetItemInfo.
i've fixed the data for this item, if you find any more let me know and i can fix those as well.
Has retail been abandoned? Game version 9.0.2, missed the 9.0.5 update and 9.1... just curious
no. the toc has been at 90005 since may (version 30949). perhaps your addon installer is wonky if its not seeing them?
the toc hasnt been updated to 90100 yet, thats in the 30951.2 alpha if you really need it though.
check the files tab if you need to manually download one of the latest versions in the mean time
Is there no option in TBC to move a bar?
If I remember well we had :
Action ---> Reset
Insert
Delete
Move
moving bars is drag and drop now
In reply to Arkayenro:
Perfect, thanks!
Hi Ark!
Could you implement a category for "Khortian Relics" the same way as you did for "Anima" ?
I wrote the rule myself, but this would be a welcome addition to the addon for everyone!
Thank you man!
i've already added all the korthian relics to the reputation category as they are for archivists codex rep, as that allows you to see the rep state from their tooltip. i just havent uploaded the latest alpha yet
unfortunately i had to hardcode them in as "korthian relics" isnt a global string so i couldnt make it automatic/multilingual . theres the possibility that i may have missed some, or any new relics will not be assigned properly until i update then data again.
In reply to Arkayenro:
Thank you very much for your awesome work!
Since Shadowlands, the amount of displayed ingame mail is raised from 50 to 100.
As someone who uses the mailbox as extra storage (not recommended, but it works if you are in time with returning and re-sending mail; I've been doing that for over 14 years now), I have to disable ArkInventory (/AI Enabled - to disable) because as soon as there's more then 50 mail in the mailbox, the addon / game becomes super laggy! Probably scanning and re-scanning in a continuous loop or something. As soon as the amount of displayed mails gets to 50 or below, the addon works just as fine as usual. Also enabling the addon while sending mail without looking at incoming mail, works great too.
You probably did not know the mail display limit is raised to 100 mails (most people do not know that), so I hope you see this someday. :)
I do not have a GitHub account, so I currently cannot file an Issue there.
mailbox scanning doesnt have any limits set, it will scan everything that is in there in one go
its possible that due to blizzard increasing the number available it has made the scan take "too long" and lag out the client, but it is threaded so i can look at having it yield every couple of messages to ensure the game doesnt lag as much, it just may take longer to scan all of it.
I've searched and searched and I can't find a guide/help so that I can, for example, I have bar 1 & bar 7 and I realize I'd rather have the bar/category 7 in where bar one and visa-versa. Is there a way to swap bars?
drag and drop
go into edit mode and drag bar 7 onto bar 1, i cant remember if you need to hold down alt for a bar move so read the tooltip to make sure (or it will merge instead)
then drag bar 2 (which will be the old bar 1) to bar 7
backup your config in case you screw it up
In reply to Arkayenro:
Thanks!
On TBC I don't see the jewelcrafting skill under the skill category. Am I just missing it or is it not there?
it was locked to retail. have updated it and it should show in tbc next release
In reply to Arkayenro:
I also came to ask about jewelcrafting. Glad you're on top of it. Thanks!
Er, sorry this may be a dumb question but is there a way to show the contents of the Key Ring in the same window as the normal bags?
EDIT: Also, if anyone knows of any good equipment set/gear management addons that work well with TBC Arkinventory I would appreciate the info since TBC does not have a built in gear manager.
sorry, nope, the keyring is its own location so gets its own window
arkinventory works with outfitter and itemrack and i think they both have classic/tbc versions