True Item Level

Tooltip , Unit Frames , Category:
dreamstate83 , Author:
2012-5-17 2:38:00Project Updated:
2012-5-17 2:38:00Addon Updated:
4.3.4Wow Version:
17MAY2012 Current Version:
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NOTE: This addon does not modify the appearance or theme of your tooltip. Images taken were from a computer with a tooltip theme addon installed. For the change log and future road map please scroll to the bottom of the description area of this page.

What is True Item Level?

If someone asks you what your "til" is and you stare blankly at your screen, then I'll fill you in. This add-on discovers the item level average of whoever you mouse over (as long as they are within inspect range), as well as place your own true item level under Blizzard's in your character frame.

Why do I want True item Level?

Blizzard's item level is obtained by averaging your highest equipment (including what you have in your bag and bank). This is inherently flawed.

Just because you have a dps set with an avg item level of over 9000 does not mean that you can successfully heal a raid in sub heroic healing gear. Blizzard's item level deceives players into thinking that they are ready for content that they really are not geared for. Here is a real life example:

On my druid, I first geared feral. I got the item level up to 340 which is enough to make me confident in my ability to dps any heroic. When I started working on my resto set, my resto gear was 80 item points below my feral set. Blizzard's item level indicator being as limited as it is didn't know to tell me that I wasn't ready to heal cata dungeons, and insisted that my item level was still 340. I was smarter than the system, and now you can be too!

How does it work?

True Item Level creates an average number, or TiL (true item level), from the item levels of everything you or your mouse over have equipped. Heirloom (aka BOA) gear is not included in the averaging, as all heirloom gear has an item level of 1 and would incorrectly skew the results against you. Shirts and tabards are also exempt from calculations. I've even gone a step further to notify you of any heirloom gear and gear with resilience rating.

No clunky pages of code. No memory blasting databases. No subjective or over complex algorithms.

It's that simple.

Anything I should know?

True Item Level was designed to be a quick, effortless, and optimized way to see someones actual item average at a glance. In order to keep up with this goal, True Item Level will not run in the following situations:

You are currently inspecting someone

Progress Updates

Change Log

Post bugs & suggestions to my ticket tracker for review

v1.4a
- Fixed language localization errors upon player login and unit inspect
v1.4
- You can now scan TiL in combat.
- Localization framework implemented, please post a ticket or comment with any corrections.
- Improved tooltip layout for easier readability.
v1.2
- Fixed a bug where under certain circumstances TiL would interfere with manually inspecting someone.
v1
- Initial release

Road Map

Create an optional plugin to send TiL data to LibDataBroker
Create an optional plugin to save TiL data into a database

File Version: 17MAY2012
Release Type: Release
GameVersion: 4.3.4
Uploaded Date: 2012-5-17 2:38:00
Size: 169.66KB
Download Addon: Click here to download < 17MAY2012 >

Change Log:

May 17, 2012
- Fixed a bug where player data was missing until the stats page was manually opened (will stop the "My Characters" tab from displaying 16 MIA for those cases).
- Fixed a bug where a ghost of the til group publish button would remain on the screen after closing the til frame, blocking mouse input in a small section of the screen.
- Fixed a bug where the function "cacheIt()" could cause a nil error.
- Cached data no longer waits for scanning processes to complete before being available.
- Your own characters no longer appear in the "My Cache" tab, and are found solely in the "My Characters" tab.
- Beta group and raid scanning now supports cross-realm group/raid members.

March 12, 2012
- The cache browser now has a new sortable column: Age
- Fixed a bug with the cache browser that could cause errors when trying to sort by spec
- Added the highly requested group/raid scanning module (in beta, but the code has worked for me so far!)
- Numerous performance tweaks
- Changed the font color of some tabs to be more ideal
- Remember that although the interface for TIL is fully functional, the code has not yet been fully optimized :)

March 05, 2012
- TIL now has an interface for viewing your saved cache and til info for your characters. See Curse page for new slash commands!
- TIL now checks to see if an inspection request was sent to the server by ANY addon when considering it's inspection frequency (should fix crashes if you use a LOT of inspection addons)
- A lot of code cleaning and organization has been done

Feb 29, 2012
- Recoded for modular usage to allow for plugin development (such as group scanning - coming soon)
- Added slash commands to customize your experience: See curse page for list of new commands
- Added slash commands to get saved TIL data for any player (sort of like /who but for TIL data): See curse page for list of new commands
- Increased the scanning frequency
- removed the requirement to have a unit targeted before inspections could be sent
- will now save a cache of up to 1,000 scans in between sessions, and keep the entries until they are 7 days old (your alts will always be saved)

Feb 22, 2012
- Dramatically increased scanning speed
- Tooltip indicator icon will now change when the addon believes that it is traversing throttled data
- Corrected an issue where in certain circumstances (and data throttling) the addon would incorrectly mark gear as MIA
- Fixed a bug where BOA gear was being averaged incorrectly
- Addon now uses an alternate method to detect missing weapons and pvp gear that is (hopefully) more friendly to users with non-enUS clients.

Feb 21, 2012
- Players must now also be targeted in order for a til scan to be executed (increases reliability and allows for faster inspection speed)
- Through the magical powers of mathematics, BOA gear item levels are calculated and averaged rather than ignored
- Inspection speed increased
- Player talent spec will no longer wait for the til to be calculated before being displayed
- Player stats page entry has made a return, and shows your TiL up to 2 decimal places.

Feb 07, 2012
- Completely rewrote the addon to be less intrusive and even more light weight
- Rewrote algorithm to correct item level average discrepancies
- Updated algorithm to include a count of missing items (taking talents like titan's grip into consideration)
- Added player spec to the tooltip
- Added a visual indicator on the tooltip that shows you when it is attempting to inspect data
v1.4a
- Fixed language localization errors upon player login and unit inspect
v1.4
- You can now scan TiL in combat.
- Localization framework implemented, please post a ticket or comment with any corrections.
- Improved tooltip layout for easier readability.
v1.2
- Fixed a bug where under certain circumstances TiL would interfere with manually inspecting someone.
v1
- Initial release

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