HGX script: ItemTracker - Final Beta

[Salek]

Script  ItemTracker (Tested with the latest HGX version, which has ironpython already included)

Warning
This is still BETA!
Not sure if I will fix/add things at the moment.
Don't use chests while playing -HC-. I never finished/debugged that part.

Besides of that I am using this script for about 1.5 years now without any problems.

What it does
Looking for an item deep burden in your gazillion chests and toons?
This scripts helps searching for certain gear and items.

On entering the Bank of Waukeen it does a list of items equipped and in inventory and adds these to a sqlite db. Opening/closing bankchests and xfering items into chests are recorded from now on.

To put the content of a bankchest into the db:

• Open chest
• Do a !list contents
• Close chest

The script is creating a sqlite file named chests.db in the HGX directory and a sub directory named chests into which the script saves a backup of the sql db each time HGX is started (up to and keeping the latest 20)


Installation

Download and copy into the scripts directory of your HGX installation.
Restart HGX/NWN.
Type '#tr' in NWN command line to check for an successful install (Supposed to give some output about available commands)

Deinstallation
Remove file ItemTracker - NET.py from directory scripts

Commands
All commands for python scripts written for HGX need a leading '#'
All sub commands for this script need a leading '*' to get recognized as a command and not taken as a search string

Search for an item:

#tr 'any part of the name of the item you are looking for'
List all characters and/or chests containing the item found.

Output searching with command: #tr of the abo

#tr *async
List chests which are out of sync and need a new '!list contents'.

#tr *count 'number'
List chests with less then 'number' items in it.

#tr *status
Some status information

#tr *latest
Latest chests used

#tr *name 'name'
Similiar to the '!bc list' command

#tr *on
Explicitely enable item tracker

#tr *off
Explicitely disable item tracker

#tr *version
Show script version, which supposed to be 1.419 for the public version of this script



Enjoy!

[Salek]

Intentionally left blank

[dopplegang]

updated link, I will try to remember never to break it

drive.google.com/file/d/1gjeizx9MhbEG6c8cVPAWpJ6ArZ8n10FK/view?usp=sharing

[rhodar]

Follow-up questions:

1) When I downloaded this, it downloaded with the file name ItemTracker - Net.py. Is that the name it should stay?
2) I did not have a \scripts folder under \NWN. Should I create one?

Thanks in advance for the help and the tool!

[jelricle]

Yes. That is the name of the file.
The "scripts" directory is in your hgx directory (ie. the directory where you installed hgx) not in the base nwn directory.

[jelricle]

Aug 16, 2022 2:33:05 GMT dopplegang said:

updated link, I will try to remember never to break it

drive.google.com/file/d/1gjeizx9MhbEG6c8cVPAWpJ6ArZ8n10FK/view?usp=sharing

Hey dopplegang,
I have it installed, and have made sure it is on by typing "#tr on"
Unfortunately, it does not seem to be working.  Am I missing a step?  Is there some additional flag or setting to allow your script's database to be updated?

1) I type "!bc <chestname>"
2) I open the transfer chest
3) I type "!list contents"
4) I target the transfer chest with my targetter
5) I close the transfer chest.

Every time I close the transfer chest, the script prints:

<chestname> - will be out of sync
There: <number of items in <chestname>>, Here: 0

eg. if I !bc to my bank chest named "archer", open it, list the contents, then close it, the script complains:

archer - will be out of sync
There: 28, Here 0

[rhodar]

Aug 17, 2022 18:43:44 GMT jelricle said:

Yes. That is the name of the file.
The "scripts" directory is in your hgx directory (ie. the directory where you installed hgx) not in the base nwn directory.

Thanks much; that got me going. I think I may have a hoarding issue; it found 984 chests.

[jelricle]

I think I found my issue with the script. The line that says:

if line.startswith('Contents of Persistent Transfer Chest:') or line.startswith('Contents of Persistent Storage Chest:'):

should be:
if line.startswith('Contents of Transfer Vault:') or line.startswith('Contents of Persistent Transfer Chest:') or line.startswith('Contents of Persistent Storage Chest:'):


For me, the output no longer says "Contents of Persistent Transfer Chest: . . ."
Instead, it just says: "Contents of Transfer Vault: . . ."

[jelricle]

This is awesome! Once I made that change to look for just "Contents of Transfer Vault:" your script works like a charm.
All my chests are now tracked. If they occasionally get out of sync because I am clicking to quickly, I get an alert and easily resync via "!list contents"
I can find all my stuff!!

[dopplegang]

ah yes it seems over time the content command or the transfer chest messaging has changed.

[jelricle]

Oh, additional warning:

In the guild, particularly during/after the split, be sure to hit “#tr *off” to turn the tracker off, or it will pick up everybody’s visits to their own transfer chests.

(But use “#tr *on” when you are ready to hit to the chest, yourself)

One addition/enhancement I would suggest: add a “#tr *contents chestname” command that will list the contents of chestname.

[dopplegang]

at some point I just turned off the automatic #tr *on for the guild areas and simply left it automatic activated at the bank chests, eliminated some buggy issues with the tracking, as you said, it will count other peoples activities when you are in some guild areas, it will also overwrite chest contents if you use the same chest name for two different logins, it will crash to desktop if you open and close too many chests in a row that are not in sync and do not !list contents for those chests. I love the idea of "#tr *contents chestname" this isn't my code at all, Salek is incredibly brilliant, but I will see if I can digest it enough to try and make that command possible. Or beg Salek

[jelricle]

Oooo, maybe I will give a try then! :-D

[jelricle]

Ooooo! It even warns you if you accidentally rename a chest by using “!bc” before closing it!!! Brilliant!