LilSparky's Workshop
LilSparky's Workshop adds auction-derived pricing information for trade skills right into the trade skill recipe frame. Each skill is evaluated for material costs and potential value of the item created. These two numbers are listed next to each skill in an easy-to-read format.
Supported Auction Scanners:
- Auctioneer
- AuctionLite
- AuctionMaster
- Auctionator
Optionally Requires:
- Informant (for vendor availability)
LibPeriodicTable (for vendor availability)
Trade Skill Interfaces Supported:
- GnomeWorks
- AdvancedTradeSkillWindow
- Skillet
- Blizzard's Standard UI
- Doublewide Tradeskills
- Tradeskill HD
Auction pricing models can be selected by right-clicking either the value column or the cost column (each can have a different pricing method attached).
The Value column can be left clicked to cycle through the different valuation methods for the resultant item: Auction Value (a), Vendor Value (v), Disenchant Value (d) or the greatest of the three different values (the default). Any instance of an item Value being greater than the Cost to create it will have a highlighted Value entry. Optionally, the Value column can be displayed as a percentage of the Cost column.
The Cost column simply sums up the costs for each reagent and reports the total.
Both columns can be combined into a single "Profit" column which simply reflects the Value minus the Cost.
Tooltips for each column give more details about the price breakdowns LSW is considering.
A note regarding vendor availability:
LSW utilizes supplied item databases to determine when an item is readily available from a vendor. Occasionally this may not be accurate, usually because the item is a trade in for another item and not buyable with gold. I have provided a simple way to over-ride the vendor database:
/script LSWConfig.vendorOverride[item#] = (true/false/nil)
The item# is the item ID for the specific item. It is a single number. For example, 2589 is Linen Cloth.
Setting the value to "true" means the item is available at the vendor.
Setting the value to "false" means the item is not available at the vendor.
Setting the value to "nil" means to use the provided databse.
There is now also a right-click option to override the vendor availability and also to hand enter specific prices for items.
A note about frame/auction support:
LSW utilizes a plug in scheme to handle support to handle pricing and frame support. I am unlikely to add additional plugins directly into LSW. The goal of the plugin system is to provide basic templates that other addon authors could employ to provide LSW support on their end while at the same time providing functionality for a base set of common mods. Addon authors are free to contact me regarding the plugin system if issues arise or the system doens't make sense.
your solution is actually something that was discussed in a ticket on the wowace page for lsw. it's something i plan on eventually putting in there.
i'll see if i can finally kill that number shifting thing. it's been a constant issue with some frame support routines...
Not sure if this has been mentioned before but with the latest build r87 i am still sometiems getting shifting of the values so they are outside of the trade frame, this is solved by opening and closing the trade window.
lilsparky,
Good to hear that you have a skillet replacement coming, but does that mean you have stopped working on your branch of the skillet addon? Do you have a timeframe for when we could expect to see a beta/alpha of yours?
Hi. Nice to hear about a new skillet replacement, skillet was a very nice addon but needs some love, or if you making a better one thats great too. any time for beta test soon :) /Thomas
yeah, that skillet problem has me kinda purplexed. it's just a logic issue of when and how to shorten the names. i thought i had it working, but obviously not.
i'm actually working on my skillet replacement, so hopefully it won't be an issue...
lilsparky, your alive :) I've got skillet and with workshop installed the tradeskill item names are truncated too much. It's just 8 chars and then three dots. So for example for "Goblin Rocket Helmet" it "Goblin R..." maybe it's because I have clearfont2 installed but I have alot more space that's just going to waste. What code could I change to allow more chars?
Oh and thanks for a great addon.
The more I use lil sparky's workshop the more I love it!
Thank you for such a useful add on!
vv63: what auction mod are you using and what pricing scheme is selected?
http://wow.curse.com/downloads/wow-addons/details/mrtrader.aspx
I am currently just turning it off when i need to use your mod (which I love, Thank you)
it's not showing auction prices for items i know are in the auction hall
Im a scribe. I like to have have one of each crafted glyph up on the AH at any given time. What I would like to see is. I take for example all of my crafted shaman glyphs into my pack, and I scan my craft list. If the glyph is in my pack there is a one listed in the menu next to the name of that glyph, if there are three, then there is a three.. zero? leave it blank so it stands out more when glancing scanning. This would be good for any profession that produces things in mass such as jewelcrafting.
I dont write code or know any programming so I dont know how hard this would be to do or if its an viable option for this addon. But thought I would ask anyhow :) Thankyou.
the number of items found relates to the pricing module -- if it's based on the current auction scan (like min buyout) then it's the number of items currently in the ah. if it's based on historical data, then it's the number of samples in your database (if that number is available -- not all modules give this info).