"Have Materials" Filter

I've seen it posted a time or two, but this needs to happen.

A filter or check box that weeds the list down to what you can create with the items in your inventory.

I get why some people don't think this is useful when what they want is to craft a specific item.

I know when my bag is full of materials from gathering all day, I'm not necessarily wanting to craft a specific item, but craft many items to offload materials. When I want to do that, a single button saying "hey bro, you can make these things with what you have" is a life saver....especially when it comes to cooking....those ingredient lists....

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Originally Posted by Feyden

I've seen it posted a time or two, but this needs to happen.

A filter or check box that weeds the list down to what you can create with the items in your inventory.

I get why some people don't think this is useful when what they want is to craft a specific item.

I know when my bag is full of materials from gathering all day, I'm not necessarily wanting to craft a specific item, but craft many items to offload materials. When I want to do that, a single button saying "hey bro, you can make these things with what you have" is a life saver....especially when it comes to cooking....those ingredient lists....

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This function actually somewhat exist already. If you right-click any mat in your inventory, you will see the function "Search recipes using this material". See pic below:

https://i.ibb.co/d0kSL80/Untitled.png

I think it's rather difficult to have a function that will automatically look at multiple items in your inventory and figure out what combinations of recipes they can give rise to... I mean, look at my inventory... there will be a huge number of pages of recipes bouncing up the screen. I don't think it's practical when a function just overwhelms you with a ton of recipes on screen.

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Originally Posted by Caimie_Tsukino

I think it's rather difficult to have a function that will automatically look at multiple items in your inventory and figure out what combinations of recipes they can give rise to... I mean, look at my inventory... there will be a huge number of pages of recipes bouncing up the screen. I don't think it's practical when a function just overwhelms you with a ton of recipes on screen.

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It's a function that the WoW crafting log has (there's a "Have materials" filter), but then there are far fewer recipes that can be learned by any one character in WoW so scanning would be easier.

Considering some of the changes they've made recently (such as search for recipes that use the material) there's always a chance it's something they may be able to add in the future for items in the player's direct inventory. I don't think it would ever be able to include what's in a retainer inventory, though. Without that, it wouldn't be much use to most crafters.

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Originally Posted by Caimie_Tsukino

I think it's rather difficult to have a function that will automatically look at multiple items in your inventory and figure out what combinations of recipes they can give rise to... I mean, look at my inventory... there will be a huge number of pages of recipes bouncing up the screen. I don't think it's practical when a function just overwhelms you with a ton of recipes on screen.

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We already have filter settings in the crafting log window. Currently it allows selecting items you haven't yet crafted, and items added in the latest patch. The crafting log also shows how many of an item you can craft with the materials in your inventory. Should be simple enough to add a filter which only shows the recipes (from the currently selected category) for which you have materials.

Ultimately I'd like to just dump all my materials into a single place (not multiple retainers) and craft from that storage area directly. Similar to Rift and EQ2 crafting from vault.