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

[ItMe]

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.

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

[TW-Luna]

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

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"

[Zomkei]

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

[TW-Luna]

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

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

[Limecat]

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

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.

[Kuroka]

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.

Actually store what you have local - ffs its like a few mb even on a million items, if its not on your list you dont have it.

[ItMe]

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

Sorry, which quote Brightamethyst dug up?