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This project is abandoned and its default file will likely not work with the most recent version of World of Warcraft. Whether this project is out of date or its author has marked it as abandoned, this project is no longer maintained.

Quest item is intended to solve the problem of where on earth did the item I just got for the quest go to in my bags. If you play "hunt your bags" for quest items this is the addon for you.

The idea is that you get what looks like an extra bag (it cant actually give you extra bag space sorry) but that only shows your quest items. If you open this bag you will only see quest items or items that begin a quest. This way you have only a single location to look in to view all the items you need for a quest. You need never again have to open your normal bags to hunt for quest items.

I plan to add features like warning you if you put quest items in the bank, showing quest items in the bag that are in the bank. Colour coding your bag items to highlight quest items, and any other useful feature in line with the goal of the addon that users suggest.

Use /qi show or /qi open to display the bag. Or use the FuBar plugin to click to open it.

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Posted Dec 5, 2008
Ah of course, I completely forgot to post an image. I'll try to remember that this evening. Basically it looks and behaves exactly like a normal bag except the title says "Quest Item Bag", it has a treasure chest icon, it can only contain quest items, and gets auto populated rather than you dragging stuff there.

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Posted Dec 10, 2008
OK, then I must have mistaken the add-on, maybe because it has exactly the same name as the original one :)

Anyway, I have no problems finding my quest items, cause I always put them in one specific bag; I'm pretty sure others do the same. I do, however, have problems finding the quest, that corresponds to an item. That's what the original QuestItem was meant for, so I kinda expected this one to do the same...Which it doesn't, and I am completely fine with that :)

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Posted Dec 3, 2008
Posted a ticket earlier, but there have been two revisions since then with the same problem, so posting it here.
r22 (also present in r20, the original ticket), USEng server/client. In the "QuestItemFu" folder, the TOC is misnamed as "FuBar_QuestItemFu.toc". Logon with the files extracted as-is, WoW does not find the TOC and QuestItemFu does not appear in the Addons frame.
The TOC file needs to be the same name as the folder its in for WoW to be able to find it and load the mod (i.e. change the file name to QuestItemFu.toc).

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Posted Dec 2, 2008
Version 1.20 adds the ability to have lists of items to include or exclude. I plan on having a known list that is loaded on login and a user list that is stored for your character.

ie: You will be able to say you want to track specific items in addition to what Blizzard have tagged as Quest items. Also you will be able to exclude items from the bag that Blizzard have tagged as quest items but you no longer wish to see in the bag.

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Posted Dec 2, 2008
Anyone who notices an item that isn't picked up and put in the bag and should be please let me know the name of the item. I can then add it to the exclusion list so that it tracks it in future.

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Posted Dec 2, 2008
Version 1.10 now available it seems stable in testing in Zul'Drak this evening. I've added a cooldown display to the icon so that quest items that have a cooldown so you have to wait a bit before using them again are displayed with the graphical cooldown and tooltip so you can see when they are ready for use.

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Posted Dec 2, 2008
Instead of a new bag or whatever, is there any way to just add a different coloured/brightly coloured border around the quest items with perhaps a small "Q" up the top left corner of the item? (Much like another mod did with glyphs, placing a class icon at the top left corner of the glyph and coloured the border of the glyph to the colour of the class it is intended for.

To me, a simple thing like a coloured border with a "Q" would be more than enough. Don't really want another bag to be honest. Anyhow, that's just a suggestion I'm throwing out to you to see if it is possible or not.

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Posted Dec 2, 2008
example: http://wow.curse.com/downloads/wow-addons/details/glyphrecolor.aspx

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Posted Dec 2, 2008
Yes this is possible and part of the intended design of the addon for a future version. However the original request was for an uncluttered separate bag so this is what I've programmed. I will add an option to colour code bag items too once I'm happy with the bag frame basics working.

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Posted Dec 1, 2008
ok~thanks!

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Posted Dec 1, 2008
Hopefully v0.30 is relatively stable version. It still needs a lot of testing however, its tricky to fully test a mod that relies on you actually questing rather than coding. I plan on questing properly with my guildmates tonight to test it.

Various cosmetics not right. No bag icon in portrait frame top left for instance, these things will be fixed later. I want to concentrate on getting it working first.

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Posted Dec 1, 2008
I have been reading up on creating/modding an addon for what I need... This one is close too... My innitial "idea" came from the addon "informant". What I want to do is include in the tooltip for certain items, what world event/NPC wants it... Copper Modulator - Darkmoon faire - NPC name... Informant has the information... I just want to chop it up or modify the date to do it...

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Posted Dec 1, 2008
Outside the scope of what I am looking for this addon to do. Informant already does this and requires a large database to know who needs what.

I am sorry but I will not adding that as a feature, I have no wish to duplicate large databases that need maintaining when other addons serve the purpose. Keeping a database up to date with all the item changes is a nightmare in itself I will not go down that route.

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Posted Dec 1, 2008
Looking forward for a stable version of this mod ;)

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Posted Nov 30, 2008
Initial test version for serious beta testers only. This means if you are expecting a fully working addon DO NOT DOWNLOAD the current version. This is a version for testers people who understand that their chat will be filled with debug comments for testing purposes etc.

There is very basic functionality at present. It shows icons but tooltip is broken, its always using tooltip of last bag not the items.

I've done limited testing of the actual functionality as I didn't have many quest items on my test char. Expect it to have bugs, please report the bugs with screenshots as TICKETS and NOT as comments here. Posting comments to respond to is just a pain at this stage of development, posting a ticket is helpful as you can give detailed feedback there.

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Posted Nov 30, 2008
Link broken?

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Posted Nov 30, 2008
No. Link non-existant. Its only alpha at present that means that people who understand about alphas are welcome to test it. If you don't understand please don't use it.

Those that understand alphas would also know where to get the code I've done so far :) If you don't know where to get the alpha version then the alpha code isn't for you.

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Posted Nov 29, 2008
Please note at present after an hour or two's work all it currently does is scan the bags on login and print out the list of quest items.

When I start work on it properly I can then take that work and actually start creating a quest bag frame and populating it with the quest items. I plan to make the icons usable but not movable. Possibly have some sort of sorting of the icons perhaps sorted by zone or quest or something.

I also quite like the idea of :

Showing items that start a quest;
Storing items that are perhaps not tagged quest items but are required for a quest
Storing items that are quest items but in your bank - perhaps a different colour to show its not in your bag;
Perhaps a warning if you put a quest item in the bank;
Perhaps an option to highlight quest items in your regular bags;

Any suggestions for features you'd like to see would be helpful.

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