Changelog

All notable changes to RLBetterItem are documented here. The format follows Keep a Changelog.

[1.9.3]

Fixed

• "Too far away to inspect" spam on hover — RequestInspect now checks CheckInteractDistance(unit, 1) (the real inspect range) before calling NotifyInspect, so hovering distant players no longer throws the red error text; gear info simply appears once they're in range. Hover inspect also no longer competes with an open InspectFrame

[1.9.2]

Fixed

• Inspected GearScore was near-zero — GetInventoryItemLink is unreliable for inspected units (it only resolves links for items already in the local cache), so most slots counted as empty (e.g. a fully-geared level 28 hunter showed GS 8). Gear is now captured as item link or item ID (GetInventoryItemID always arrives with the inspect payload — the same thing LibClassicInspector caches), and GearScoreForLinks scores both; missing item data is requested and recomputed on GET_ITEM_INFO_RECEIVED as before

[1.9.1]

Fixed

• No more re-inspect on stale gear — inspected gear (slot→link table + class) is now captured once at INSPECT_READY; entries with still-loading item data are recomputed from those stored links instead of firing another NotifyInspect (LibClassicInspector-style caching, without the library). GET_ITEM_INFO_RECEIVED recomputes every pending cache entry and repaints an open unit tooltip
• SentinelUI parity — the BetterItem module inside SentinelUI now reads its version from ## X-BetterItem-Version and must report the same version as this release

[1.9.0]

Added

• Per-item GearScore in item tooltips — GearScore: N in quality color on every equippable item, plus HunterScore: N for melee/ranged weapons when you are a hunter, inspect one, or hold a modifier key (exactly like TacoTip)

Fixed

• Missing item data is now actively requested — GearScoreForUnit calls C_Item.RequestLoadItemDataByID for uncached gear pieces (same mechanism TacoTip uses), and the unit tooltip refreshes itself on GET_ITEM_INFO_RECEIVED, so GS/iLvl complete on their own instead of staying at a stale low value

[1.8.0]

Added

• Classic GearScore (GearScore.lua) — the unit tooltip and the char/inspect summary now show the real TacoTip-style GearScore (item level × rarity formula × slot modifier, quality-colored) instead of the RL weight score. Hunters score ranged weapons high and melee weapons low, as in the original formula

Fixed

• Average item level no longer sinks when item data is still uncached — GearScoreForUnit skips slots whose GetItemInfo hasn't loaded and reports ready = false, so the cached entry is recomputed on the next hover
• Two-handed weapons no longer counted twice — clients that report the same 2H link in the off-hand slot made it count once for ilvl and once for score
• Titan's Grip logic corrected: halving applies only when two 2H weapons are equipped; a single 2H keeps its full 2.0 slot modifier

[1.7.1]

Fixed

• "calling '?' on bad self" spam when scanning UIParent children for a bag frame host — some children are not frames (animation groups/regions) so GetName() throws; the probe is now wrapped in pcall

[1.7.0]

Added

• Persistent error log — Lua errors mentioning RLBetterItem are captured into SavedVariables (deduplicated with a counter, max 50 entries) and survive /reload. Open the viewer with /rlbi log: newest first, "Select all" for copying, "Clear", and a "Report a bug" button that pops up the copyable bugtracker link. The original error handler is never replaced — errors still reach the default handler/BugSack
• /rlbi bug slash command — opens the copyable bugtracker link (https://xrl-dev.de/bugtracker) directly; also on the About tab via the new "Error log" button

[1.6.5]

Added

• Bugtracker link in the About tab — a copyable field with https://xrl-dev.de/bugtracker (click it, Ctrl+C, done); also registered as X-BugTracker in the TOC so addon managers can surface it

[1.6.4]

Fixed

• Settings import silently broken on newer clients — loadstring was removed in Lua 5.3+; now falls back to load so the RLBISET1 settings import works again
• math.atan2 removed on newer clients — the minimap button drag now falls back to math.atan(y, x)
• Double percent signs in the stats panel — percentage rows rendered 25.00%% instead of 25.00%
• /rlbi test and /rlbi compare nil crash — string.format("%.1f", nil) errored when GetItemScore returned nothing for the test/compared item
• Full audit: no undefined addon methods, no remaining colon/dot call mismatches, locale parity verified

[1.6.3]

Fixed

• IsBagUpgrade crash on empty loot/merchant slots — GetLootSlotLink/GetMerchantItemLink return nil for empty or non-item slots; the nil link now returns false early instead of crashing on string concatenation (was the source of the repeated Lua errors)

[1.6.2]

Fixed

• Vendor protection hardened — hooksecurefunc calls and the sell tracker are now pcall-wrapped; a protected-function rejection can no longer throw Lua errors
• Outfit buy-back never fired — the tracker called addon:GetBagItemLink() with a colon, passing the addon table instead of the bag id, so the outfit check never matched

[1.6.1]

Fixed

• Lua errors on various items — several nil/edge-case crashes:
  • GemAdvisor called addon:StatName() with a colon, passing the addon table as the stat → crash when a gem name wasn't cached yet
  • SetHyperlink on the hidden scan tooltip could throw on malformed/uncached item links (now pcalled)
  • tooltip:NumLines()/:GetName() are now guarded — item data can arrive on tooltips that lack those methods
  • the whole item-tooltip pipeline now runs inside pcall, so one bad item can never flood Lua errors again (errors go to /rlbi debug output instead)

[1.6.0]

Changed

• Character slot borders now show outfit conformity — while an outfit is active, every equipped slot gets a green border when the item matches the outfit (or the slot isn't part of it) and a red border when the wrong item is equipped
• The enchant/socket warning colors (red/orange) still apply when no outfit is active or the new "Outfit borders" option is disabled

[1.5.5]

Fixed

• Items could not be used from the inventory — the UseContainerItem/C_Container.UseContainerItem override for outfit sell protection tainted the secure item-use path, so right-clicking usable items (food, potions, etc.) failed. The override is gone; item use works again

Changed

• Outfit sell protection reworked — instead of blocking the sale (which required the tainted override), the addon now watches sells via hooksecurefunc and automatically buys back any outfit item that was sold, with a chat notice

[1.5.4]

Fixed

• "Out of date" warning — added interface 20506 (client build 2.5.6.69795, wow_anniversary) to the TOC interface list so the addon is no longer flagged as outdated on the current anniversary client

[1.5.3]

Fixed

• About tab version — addon.version was hardcoded to "1.0.0" in Core.lua; it is now read from the TOC metadata (## Version:), so the About tab, load message and radar announcements always show the real version

[1.5.2]

Added

• Update banner in the Players tab — shows "Update available: vX on CurseForge!" in red once a newer version was spotted, or a green "up to date" line

Changed

• Radar announces again on invisible group channels (PARTY/RAID/INSTANCE_CHAT) like DBM does — guild + group + whisper replies, still nothing on SAY/YELL or any public chat

[1.5.1]

Changed

• Radar restricted to guild + whisper — no announcements on YELL/PARTY/RAID/INSTANCE any more (addon messages were always invisible data packets, but the radar now only uses the guild channel and direct whisper replies)

[1.5.0]

Added

• Addon radar — new "Players" tab lists every nearby RLBetterItem user: name, version (green = newer, red = older), channel and last-seen time
• Version announcements via guild, party/raid/instance and YELL (throttled, ~100y range) plus whisper replies so discovery works both ways
• Update debug note — local chat line when someone nearby runs a newer version, plus the one-shot CurseForge reminder (now names the player)
• Settings: "Announce my version" and "Chat note on newer version" toggles in the Players tab, plus a manual scan button

[1.4.1]

Fixed

• Outfit sell protection — the manual right-click-sell block at merchants now hooks both UseContainerItem and C_Container.UseContainerItem, so outfit items cannot be sold on modern clients either

[1.4.0]

Added

• Socket bonus evaluation — tooltips judge whether matching socket colors pays off vs. stuffing best-color gems ("Socket bonus: … — worth it / use best gems")
• Durability alert — chat warning when gear drops below 25% on ready check or when joining a group
• Bag/bank item search — search field in the Tools tab with bag/slot positions
• Cap progress bars — cap tracking in the Tools tab is now colored progress bars (red → orange → green)
• Offspec warning — chat note when you equip an item belonging to a different outfit than the active one (suppressed during outfit equip)

[1.3.0]

Added

• Concrete gem suggestions — socket hints now name real TBC gems (e.g. "Gleaming Dawnstone") instead of only the stat; meta sockets get role-based picks (Relentless/Tenacious/Bracing/Chaotic)
• Bag/bank upgrade list — the Tools tab lists every upgrade you own, sorted by gain
• Outfit completeness — outfit rows show "-2" for missing items; the tooltip lists them (bank counts while open)
• Trinket proc value — configurable flat score bonus for trinket proc/on-use effects (settings tab)
• Full settings export/import — serializes weights, caps, outfits, wishlist and all toggles into one string
• Red sockets now also consider dodge/healing gems, yellow sockets intellect

[1.2.0]

Added

• Per-character profiles — scale, active outfit and sell quality are remembered per character (alts no longer overwrite each other's settings)
• Best-in-slot star — tooltips mark items that outscore every equipped item in their slot, not just the weakest
• New settings checkbox for per-character profiles

[1.1.0]

Added

• Upgrade history — session list of looted upgrades (item, +%, time) in the Tools tab
• Quest reward recommendation — the best choice reward now gets a green border when it is an upgrade (vendor gold only when nothing is an upgrade)
• Inspect comparison — every inspected slot shows a colored % vs. your own item in that slot
• Shopping list — Tools tab lists slots with missing enchants and empty sockets
• Set-bonus warning — tooltips warn when replacing an equipped set piece
• Sell receipt — the auto-sell prints one chat line per item sold
• Extended roll advisor — downgrade rolls also show the disenchant result or vendor price
• Quick scale switch — clickable "Spec ▾" next to the character-frame score line
• Wishlist — flag items via the Tools tab; a gold star appears in their tooltip
• Try-on comparison — the compare tool shows each dropped item vs. your equipped gear (works with a single item too)
• Six new settings checkboxes for the features above

[1.0.1]

Added

• Addon-list icon now uses the RLBetterItem logo instead of the generic sword icon

Documentation

• Added CHANGELOG.md (English, Keep a Changelog format)
• Expanded README.md with all recent features (sell protection, repair button, quest prices, gem advisor, durability warnings, ammo counter, bank scan)

[1.0.0] — Initial Release

Item Tooltips

• Per-item score based on class/spec stat weights — fully standalone, no Pawn or external databases
• Upgrade/downgrade comparison with exact percentage vs. equipped items (rings, trinkets, one-hand/two-hand weapons handled correctly)
• Stat differences, socket valuation with per-socket gem recommendations
• TBC-aware caps (hit, spell hit, expertise, defense) — stats above cap are devalued
• Multi-spec view showing which of your specs an item fits
• Item level, item ID and vendor price in the tooltip
• Disenchant estimate for green/blue/epic gear (localized material names)
• Best-replacement hint when hovering equipped items (scans bags and open bank)

Player Tooltips

• Class-colored names, guild + rank, player target
• Talent spec via inspection, including hybrid builds and druid forms
• RL gear score + average item level
• Optional: power bar, PvP icon, title hiding, hide in combat, instant fade, mouse-anchored tooltips

Character & Inspect Frames

• Score and item level on every slot
• Missing enchant (red) and empty socket (orange) warnings
• Durability percentage on slots below 60%
• Ammo (hunters) and soul shard (warlocks) counter in the summary line
• Gear score / avg-iLvl summary on character and inspect frames — freely movable
• Upgrade arrows on slots with a better item in bags or bank
• Draggable logo button on the character frame

Spec & Scale System

• Automatic spec detection for TBC's free talent trees
• Role selector (Auto / Tank / Healer / DPS), per-role saved scales
• Characters below level 10 handled (no talent points)
• All weights and caps editable in the UI
• Saved scales, import/export strings for sharing

Outfits

• Save, equip, preview, macro and delete gear sets
• Per-outfit icon, linked scale and auto-equip on spec change
• Outfit bar and bag marks; set items protected from selling
• Per-outfit scale selection directly in the Outfits tab

Vendor & Quests

• Quick sell button at vendors (quality selectable in settings or via right-click)
• Strict sell safety: quest items, profession tools, trade materials, reagents, consumables, ammo, recipes, gems, containers, keys, hearthstone and outfit items can never be sold
• Freely draggable sell button, compatible with ElvUI and other bag addons; floating fallback when no bag frame is found
• Repair-all button next to the sell button while a merchant is open
• Quest rewards show vendor prices; the most valuable choice is highlighted gold
• Quest reward upgrade markers

Loot

• Upgrade icons in bags, bank, merchant and loot windows
• Loot roll window: Need/Greed/Pass/Disenchant buttons colored by upgrade status
• Upgrade alert on drops

Tools & UI

• Stats panel next to the character frame
• Tools tab: cap progress, weakest gear slots with best owned replacement, item comparison, scale sharing
• All settings in a scrollable tabbed window — no slash commands required
• Minimap button with logo, LDB-free
• English and German localization
• Branding: xRL-Dev.de, addon-list category "xRL-Dev"