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Inventory Management Alternative to Alinco?
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Date Posted:
1/1/00 12:00am
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Inventory Management Alternative to Alinco?
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So,
the ONLY reason I use Alinco is for the awesomeness that is the "Inventory" tab that enables inventorying and searching of items.
I remember seeing a more complex plugin that had a ton of this sort of capability -- does something relevent still exist today?
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Tacit_MT
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Registered: 2000-12-12 14:41:56
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Date Posted:
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Inventory Management Alternative to Alinco?
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Tings does this
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Date Posted:
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Date Posted:
1/1/00 12:00am
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Locke's Army Knife also does this. I use it over Tings because I don't like having to use a separate program for the inventorying. Tings is actually better than LAK, but I just don't like having to have the thing start a whole separate program. I'd rather be able to do it entirely from within AC.
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mrFlipo
Posts: 321
Registered: 2003-6-24 17:15:28
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Date Posted:
1/1/00 12:00am
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'don't like having to have the thing start a whole separate program'
Yeah I understand but i've always figure it is like having to start Decal before playing ac.
i.e I start it minimize it and let it run.
If you forget to start companion you can from IG start accompanion via
/start accompanion
Main reason it is a separate program is to allow you to 'play' with the information without having to be IG.
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Date Posted:
1/1/00 12:00am
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I don't use inventory management, but if I did, I'd MUCH rather it be a separate app than an in-game plugin.
A small windows app is so much easier/faster to use and navigate than an in-game plugin.
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Date Posted:
1/1/00 12:00am
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joeblow8579 posted:
Locke's Army Knife also does this. I use it over Tings because I don't like having to use a separate program for the inventorying. Tings is actually better than LAK, but I just don't like having to have the thing start a whole separate program. I'd rather be able to do it entirely from within AC.
+1 for Locke's Army Knife. Best Loot management plugin IMO.
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Date Posted:
1/1/00 12:00am
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Mag-nus posted:
I don't use inventory management, but if I did, I'd MUCH rather it be a separate app than an in-game plugin.
A small windows app is so much easier/faster to use and navigate than an in-game plugin.
I respectfully disagree. Pretty much every time I want to know if I have a particular item I'm in game, and switching to another window to check a windows program would slow me down. With the speed of VVS there is no reason it can't be done via a plugin.
Ideally, of course, it would be a plugin that also has an external app that can read its data files. That way you get the best of both worlds.
LAK isn't ideal because its search isn't quite powerful enough for me, but it does the job.
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Date Posted:
1/1/00 12:00am
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You can have an in-game GUI that's very primitive, or very complicated taking enormous amounts of dev time..
Or, a windows app.
With VVS, you're making all your controls manually, and are limited to the VVS control set.
With windows apps, you have access to all of the .net framework controls.
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mrFlipo
Posts: 321
Registered: 2003-6-24 17:15:28
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Date Posted:
1/1/00 12:00am
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A lot of this has to do with personal preferences. There are two camps based on those who prefer the immersive full screen mode
and those who run window mode.
Full screen mode Alt-tab can be problem prone for some pc systems. I believe most people start playing
AC with full screen and then as there is perceived 'need' people begin Alt-tab to check
wikki,email etc. and then figure that it is easier, safer and faster to use window mode.
So... Tings has an IG hud to do basic inventory searches while ACCompanion
provides a plethora of options and features.
Using an application is more efficient use of my time. They are faster to code and troubleshoot
then plugins.
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