Identifying items - different methods?

[DerVagabund]

Hello,

currently I use item names in order to recognize items - but this is not very well suited for different languages because of different translations. Is there another way how to identify item without using the name? As for the documentation of API functions I did not find any method that gives me an ID for a given item, except the lootid, which is per session and not unique to special items. What I would like to have would be at least for crafting mats an id I can use instead of the material name.

I am open for any suggestions

Thanks,
best regards,
DV

[Garkin]

local link = GetItemLink(bagId, slotId)
local itemID = select(4,ZO_LinkHandler_ParseLink(link))

BTW you can find itemIDs on Esohead - it is the number in URL:
http://www.esohead.com/items/23103.

[DerVagabund]

Ah, so these are the correct values? I already wrote a programm to mine esohead data but I was not sure if that data is accurate.

But thanks for the tip to parse the link - didn't know there as a function provided.

Is there a list of these ZO_xx functions somewhere?

[lyravega]

Use Zgoo add-on. You can browse through... pretty much anything. Wish we had those .lua files in the 000.dat though...

[Sharlikran]

Is there a way to get the item link from just the ItemID?

local link = GetLink(ItemID)

That is totally made up, but is there one that will do that?

[Iyanga]

Originally Posted by Sharlikran Is there a way to get the item link from just the ItemID? local link = GetLink(ItemID) That is totally made up, but is there one that will do that?

No, because an itemId is just an id for an item template, not an id for an instance of an item. You can have multiple items with the same itemId in your bagpack.

[ingeniousclown]

Originally Posted by Iyanga No, because an itemId is just an id for an item template, not an id for an instance of an item. You can have multiple items with the same itemId in your bagpack.

You say that, but an item's "itemInstanceId" is also the same for the same items.

[ins]

itemID + Enchant = ItemName
itemID + itemQuality 49/50 = ItemName (Unique/Named items)


This is what I use to get some item info.

-- strip the gear and return a lot of stuff that was asked...
local function stripGear(itemLoc)
        local itemFILTER= GetItemFilterTypeInfo(1, itemLoc)  -- 1/2 weapon/Apparel
        local itemTRAIT = GetItemTrait(1,itemLoc)
        local itemTYPE  = GetItemType(1,itemLoc)
        local link = GetItemLink(1, itemLoc)    
        
        local name,col,typID,id,qual,levelreq,enchant,ench1,ench2,un1,un2,un3,un4,un5,un6,un7,un8,un9,style,un10,bound,charge,un11=ZO_LinkHandler_ParseLink(link)
        local icon,stack,sellprice,meets,locked,equiptype,itemstyle,quality = GetItemInfo(1,itemLoc)
        -- whinstone, a02ef7, item, 45159, 5,   36,  26848,  5, 36,  0,   0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  6,    0,    0,   368,   0
        --   name      color, type,  id,  qual, lvl,  ench, str, str,un1,un2,un3,un4,un5,un6,un7,un8,un9,style,un10,bound,charge, un11
    if insJY.SVG.debug == true then
        d(link)
        d("Texture: "..tostring(icon))
        d("Itemname: "..tostring(name))
        d("Type: "..GetString("SI_ITEMTYPE",itemTYPE).. " - Filter: "..GetString("SI_ITEMFILTERTYPE", itemFILTER))
        d("ID: "..tostring(id))
 
        d(qual)
        local colour=QualCol(quality)
        d("Quality: "..tostring("|c"..colour.." - "..qual.." - "..quality))
 
        if tonumber(itemTRAIT)>0 then 
            d("Trait: "..tostring(itemTRAIT).."-"..GetString("SI_ITEMTRAITTYPE",itemTRAIT))
        end
        d("Bound: "..tostring(bound))
        -- weapon/armor related
        if itemFILTER==ITEMFILTERTYPE_ARMOR or itemFILTER==ITEMFILTERTYPE_WEAPONS then
                d("Level Required: "..tostring(levelreq))
                d("Enchant: "..tostring(enchant).. " - Strenght: "..tostring(ench1).."-"..tostring(ench2))
                d("Style: "..tostring(style).. " - "..GetString("SI_ITEMSTYLE", style))
        end
        -- weapon related
        if itemFILTER==ITEMFILTERTYPE_WEAPONS then 
                d("Charges: "..tostring(charge))
        end
    end
        
    return name,tonumber(id),tonumber(quality),tonumber(sellprice),tonumber(levelreq),enchant,tonumber(style),tonumber(bound),tonumber(itemFILTER),tonumber(itemTRAIT),tonumber(itemTYPE)
end