AI'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".
AI 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:
- unlimited number of bars (there are practical limits though before your screen becomes full)
- assign items to a category of your choice (overrides the default assignment)
- assign categories to the bar of your choice
- configurable bars per row
- configurable width
- display bank, bag, keyrings for current and alts across all realms
- separate keybindings for bag, keyring and bank viewing
Key Bindings:
Press ESCAPE to bring up the blizzard menu
click on Key Bindings
scroll down to ArkInventory
bind the keys you want to use
See ReadMe.txt and VersionHistory.txt for further details
FAQ is here http://code.google.com/p/arkinventory/wiki/FAQ. Please ensure you read it first before posting a problem
3.02.26 (04-NOV-2009)
- fixed - border style issue due to renamed textures
- fixed - tooltips are now scaled back to normal (100%) when you disable tooltip scaling
- changed - settings config option changed to tab style to make the choices more obvious
- added - background colour options for the search and rules windows
3.02.25 (03-NOV-2009)
- added - 6 solid border styles, Tooltip 1/2/3 and Square 1/2/3 for better visibility
- added - AddonLoader support, defaulting to always:delayed
- fixed - potential issue when using a font that was loaded after this mod was loaded
- fixed - removed extra blank line on tooltip item counts when item is only in a guild bank
- changed - ace-oo library removed
- changed - config options table changed to reduce memory footprint
- changed - function ArkInventory.ObjectCountGet( search_id, just_me, ignore_vaults ) - added 3rd parameter to ignore guild banks when requesting item counts
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r198 | arkayenro | 2009-11-04 01:02:43 +0000 (Wed, 04 Nov 2009) | 6 lines
Changed paths:
A /tags/3.02.26 (from /trunk:197)
*3.02.26 (04-NOV-2009)*
* fixed - border style issue due to renamed textures
* fixed - tooltips are now scaled back to normal (100%) when you disable tooltip scaling
* changed - settings config option changed to tab style to make the choices more obvious
* added - background colour options for the search and rules windows
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r197 | arkayenro | 2009-11-04 00:53:43 +0000 (Wed, 04 Nov 2009) | 6 lines
Changed paths:
M /trunk/ArkInventory.lua
M /trunk/ArkInventoryMenu.lua
M /trunk/ArkInventoryOptions.lua
M /trunk/ArkInventoryRules.lua
M /trunk/ArkInventorySearch.lua
M /trunk/ArkInventorySearch.xml
M /trunk/ArkInventoryUpgrades.lua
M /trunk/VersionHistory.txt
*3.02.26 (04-NOV-2009)*
* fixed - border style issue due to renamed textures
* fixed - tooltips are now scaled back to normal (100%) when you disable tooltip scaling
* changed - settings config option changed to tab style to make the choices more obvious
* added - background colour options for the search and rules windows
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r195 | arkayenro | 2009-11-03 03:31:45 +0000 (Tue, 03 Nov 2009) | 9 lines
Changed paths:
M /trunk/.pkgmeta
D /trunk/ArkCoreClass.lua
D /trunk/ArkCoreClass.xml
D /trunk/ArkCoreScanTooltip.lua
D /trunk/ArkCoreScanTooltip.xml
M /trunk/ArkInventory.lua
M /trunk/ArkInventory.toc
M /trunk/ArkInventory.xml
D /trunk/ArkInventoryFonts.lua
M /trunk/ArkInventoryLDB.lua
A /trunk/ArkInventoryMedia.lua (from /trunk/ArkInventoryFonts.lua:193
M /trunk/ArkInventoryMenu.lua
M /trunk/ArkInventoryOptions.lua
M /trunk/ArkInventoryRules.lua
M /trunk/ArkInventoryRules.xml
A /trunk/ArkInventoryScanTooltip.lua
A /trunk/ArkInventoryScanTooltip.xml
M /trunk/ArkInventorySearch.lua
M /trunk/ArkInventorySearch.xml
M /trunk/ArkInventoryStorage.lua
M /trunk/ArkInventoryTooltip.lua
A /trunk/Images/BorderSquare1.tga
A /trunk/Images/BorderSquare2.tga
A /trunk/Images/BorderSquare3.tga
A /trunk/Images/BorderTooltip1.tga
A /trunk/Images/BorderTooltip2.tga
A /trunk/Images/BorderTooltip3.tga
M /trunk/Locale/deDE.lua
M /trunk/Locale/enUS.lua
M /trunk/Locale/esES.lua
M /trunk/Locale/esMX.lua
M /trunk/Locale/frFR.lua
M /trunk/Locale/koKR.lua
M /trunk/Locale/ruRU.lua
M /trunk/Locale/zhCN.lua
M /trunk/Locale/zhTW.lua
M /trunk/VersionHistory.txt
M /trunk/embeds.xml
*3.02.25 (03-NOV-2009)*
* added - 6 solid border styles, Tooltip 1/2/3 and Square 1/2/3 for better visibility
* added - AddonLoader support, defaulting to always:delayed
* fixed - potential issue when using a font that was loaded after this mod was loaded
* fixed - removed extra blank line on tooltip item counts when item is only in a guild bank
* changed - ace-oo library removed
* changed - config options table changed to reduce memory footprint
* changed - function ArkInventory.ObjectCountGet( search_id, just_me, ignore_vaults ) - added 3rd parameter to ignore guild banks when requesting item counts
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Installation Guide
- Exit "World of Warcraft" completely
- Download the mod you want to install
- Make a folder on your desktop called "My Mods"
- Save the .zip/.rar files to this folder.
- If, when you try to download the file, it automatically "opens" it... you need to RIGHT click on the link and "save as..." or "Save Target As".
- Extract the file - commonly known as 'unzipping'
Do this ONE FILE AT A TIME!
- Windows
- Windows XP has a built in ZIP extractor. Double click on the file to open it, inside should be the file or folders needed. Copy these outside to the "My Mods" folder.
- WinRAR: Right click the file, select "Extract Here"
- WinZip: You MUST make sure the option to "Use Folder Names" is CHECKED or it will just extract the files and not make the proper folders how the Authors designed
- Mac Users
- StuffitExpander: Double click the archive to extract it to a folder in the current directory.
- Verify your WoW Installation Path
That is where you are running WoW from and THAT is where you need to install your mods.
- Move to the Addon folder
- Open your World of Warcraft folder. (default is C:\Program Files\World of Warcraft\)
- Go into the "Interface" folder.
- Go into the "AddOns" folder.
- In a new window, open the "My Mods" folder.
- The "My Mods" folder should have the "Addonname" folder in it.
- Move the "Addonname" folder into the "AddOns" folder
- Start World of Warcraft
- Make sure AddOns are installed
- Log in
- At the Character Select screen, look in lower left corner for the "addons" button.
- If button is there: make sure all the mods you installed are listed and make sure "load out of date addons" is checked.
- If the button is NOT there: means you did not install the addons properly. Look at the above screenshots. Try repeating the steps or getting someone who knows more about computers than you do to help.
Translations
When you download a mod, please be sure that the mod is compatible with your translation of wow. Some mods only work on the US versions, while some only work on some of the various European versions. These variations are called "Localizations".
TOC Numbers (Out of Date Mods)
When Blizzard patches WoW, they change the Interface number. This means that all mods will be "out of date" unless or until the author releases a new version for that interface. Some people go into the .toc files and update the numbers themselves, but this is STRONGLY advised against as it will cause problems locating possible incompatibilities addons. When you log into WoW after a patch, you DO NOT have to delete your interface directory. All you have to do is simply tell WoW to ignore the interface numbers and load all the mods anyway. All you have to do is, while at the "character select" screen, look in the lower left corner and click on the "addons" button. A window will pop up listing all your installed mods.
If you look in the upper left corner of that window there should be a box that says "Load Out of Date AddOns". You want to CHECK this box. Now simply go into WoW normally and all your mods should load. As of the 1.9 patch, you will have to do this after EVERY patch/update that Blizzard posts! If you encounter any problems with a mod after a patch, please be sure to let the author of the mod know so they can fix it.
See also: About "Out Of Date AddOns"
Mac Support
WoW addons are not platformed based. As such, they can be used on either Mac or PC. You can extract both .zip and .rar files on a Mac using StuffitExpander.
Directory Structure
World of Warcraft
|_ Interface
|_AddOns
|_*AddonName*
|_ *AddonName*.toc
|_ *AddonName*.xml
|_ *AddonName*.lua
|_ (possibly others as well)...
