Request SE: Show "you had this" or "you dont have this" for mounts/minions

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Originally Posted by ItMe

I found the original quote. I hope that helps~
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https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/...=1#post5446543

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Oh god that's so much worse.

It's not that the backend code is unmanageable, it's that they have no concept of how a database works.

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Originally Posted by Callinon

Oh god that's so much worse.

It's not that the backend code is unmanageable, it's that they have no concept of how a database works.

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All we can do is hope it's a translation flub and that's not what they meant because... my god...

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Originally Posted by ItMe

All we can do is hope it's a translation flub and that's not what they meant because... my god...

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There is an unofficial plugin for the game that does exactly this, so that's fairly head scratching.

"Adds and indicator in item tooltips to show whether you have acquired that item.
This indicator is in the item's description near the bottom and only appears for items that are unlockable, such as orchestrion rolls, minions, etc."

The proof: https://goatcorp.github.io/DalamudPlugins/plugins

Search for "Good Memory"

You probably don't want to be linking that here.

I'm not claiming to use it, I don't have any screenshots of what it looks like in game and honestly couldn't describe it to you. I just know that it exists.

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Originally Posted by TW-Luna

There is an unofficial plugin for the game that does exactly this, so that's fairly head scratching.

"Adds and indicator in item tooltips to show whether you have acquired that item.
This indicator is in the item's description near the bottom and only appears for items that are unlockable, such as orchestrion rolls, minions, etc."

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the difference is that this plugin is client side, its not keeping track of thousands of players at once, but only your client.

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Originally Posted by Zomkei

the difference is that this plugin is client side, its not keeping track of thousands of players at once, but only your client.

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But YoshiP also ruled out locally saved data as a solution in the quote that Brightamethyst dug up.

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Originally Posted by TW-Luna

But YoshiP also ruled out locally saved data as a solution in the quote that Brightamethyst dug up.

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It's possible he's over-thinking the problem, and not realizing that you don't need to reference the entire DB to get the desired results.

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Originally Posted by Callinon

The more I hear about how this game's backend is set up the more I'm convinced it's some kind of Lovecraftian horror the likes of which would drive you mad should you look directly upon it.

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It is indeed some loopy Yog-Sothothery. It also never ceases to amaze; I mean, I know you can't always be forward-thinking and planning, but this always comes across as much worse than that. I do not envy the dev team and pals on this.

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Originally Posted by TW-Luna

But YoshiP also ruled out locally saved data as a solution in the quote that Brightamethyst dug up.

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Sorry, which quote Brightamethyst dug up?