The Items tab allows you to add, edit and remove Item Match Strings (IMSs from now on), and do other operations on them.

You can edit an IMS by double-clicking on it.

The [ Add ] button adds an IMS at the end of the list.

The [ Duplicate ] button makes a copy of the selected IMS. Useful for users of Buy List (AA) Mode.

The [ Remove ] button deletes the selected IMS.

The [ Rollability Check ] button produces a list of the rollable items (if any) that would be matched by the selected IMS, provided that my rollability database is accurate.

The [ Disable This ] button disables the selected IMS, by prefixing it with an asterisk (*).

The [ Enable This ] button enables the selected IMS, in case it had been previously disabled by the asterisk (*) or “(AA)” prefixes.

The [ Disable Rest ] button disables all IMSs except the selected one, by prefixing them with an asterisk (*). This is useful when you want to roll only the selected item.

The [ Enable Rest ] button enables all IMSs except the selected one, by removing an asterisk (*) prefix from them.

The [ Show Enabled ] button shows all the currently enabled IMSs.

If Highlight Matches is enabled, items in the Missions Tab will be higlighted in red if they match any of the IMSs in this tab’s list.

If Match in Buying Agent is enabled, ClickSaver considers that there is an Item Match when any of the items in the last rolled mission set matches any of the IMSs in this tab’s list. In this case, and if Item Match is the only active match type (that is, location match, mission type match, etc are disabled), ClickSaver considers that a fitting mission has been found.

Accept ‘Return’ missions only if the matched item has to be found in the mission: This is an option for those of us who hate having to go back to the mission terminal to get the rolled item in ‘Return Item’ missions.

The Buy List (AA) Mode option is described in the Mission Auto-Accept page.

When the Match *Find* Only option is enabled, an Item Match will only happen with items to be found on the ground in missions, that is, reward items won’t match.  A typical application of Match *Find* Only: A level 112 char (the roller) rolls a QL200 mish for a to-find Maharanee pistol, gives a copy of the mission key, maybe for a price, to a higher level char (the blitzer), along with the /waypoint found in cs-res.log. The blitzer can then go there, look for the item and just pick it up from the ground.

A couple important notes when using Match *Find* Only:

• Obviouslly, since some items are rollable only as reward, the roller must make sure that the item is rollable as item-to-find, like in the Maharanee example.
• The roller must NOT delete his mission before the blitzer has entered the mission building. Otherwise the blitzer won’t be able to enter and will be very annoyed, especially if he has paid a price for the rolling.

Item Match String (IMS) rules

• All matching is case-insensitive.
• “literal text”  is ok.
• Negative tokens and literal text can be used to exclude some items: -token and -“literal text”

For a match to happen between an IMS and an item name,

• All of the IMS (positive) tokens and “literal text” must be present in the item name.
• None of the IMS negative tokens and “literal text” can be present in the item name.

Some IMS/item matching examples to clarify:

hanshi primus decus armor  (matches 19 items)

han pri dec arm  (matches the same 19 items)

anshi rimus ecus rmor (still the same 19 items)

“hanshi primus decus armor” (16 items)   excludes the body armor

han pri dec arm -body -boots (13 items)  excludes the body and boots parts

Even More Rules

• Lines prefixed with // are considered remarks.
• IMSs prefixed with * are considered temporarily disabled. This prefix can appear by hitting one of the [Disable] buttons, and disappear by hitting one of the [Enable] buttons. It can also be manually edited.
• IMSs prefixed with (AA) are also considered  temporarily disabled. ClickSaver marks an IMS as auto-accepted (AA) when it’s setup to auto-accept missions and Buy List (AA) Mode is enabled.  You can read more about Mission Auto-Accept here.
• There are some tags you can insert in an IMS when you want to match items more precisely. The available tags are <mql=N> <rql=N> <lid=N> <hid=N> for item rewards, and <mql=N> for items to find.

If you use any of these tags, you have to separate them from the rest of the IMS by one or more spaces.

Correct: <rql=160> Excellent
Incorrect (no space): <rql=160>Excellent

Tag examples:

• <mql=200> will match items only if you’re rolling QL 200 missions. The item can be matched either as reward or item-to-find.
• <rql=200> will match reward items only if their QL is 200.
• <lid=106955> will match reward items only if their low ID is 106955.
• <hid=106955> will match reward items only if their high ID is 106955.

Matching by ID is mostly useful when rolling for premade specific implants.

Some tags in real world examples:

// Find pre-made implants with exactly the wanted clusters
// No need to find the basic imp + clusters + tradeskiller anymore!
// Match any QL2-200 “Head Implant: Treatment, Shiny”
// that boosts treatment+sense, int required
<hid=106957>
<hid=107267>
<hid=107100>
<hid=107172>
<hid=106992>
<hid=107046>
// Match the QL2-200 “Head Implant: Treatment, Shiny”
// that boosts treatment+sense, agi req
<hid=106955>

// Match items that are best at low QLs, with 1 QL margin
<mql=10> Concrete Cushion
<mql=11> Concrete Cushion
<mql=100> O.E.T. Co. Jess
<mql=101> O.E.T. Co. Jess
<mql=160> Belt Component Platform 6K-X
<mql=161> Belt Component Platform 6K-X

 

Editing the IMS list with an external editor

If you have a lot of IMS editing to do, and you’re expert enough to follow these instructions, you can use them instead of the Items Tab edition controls:

1. Close ClickSaver.
2. Just in case, backup the file LastSettings.cs
3. Open LastSettings.cs with a text editor, i.e. Notepad.
4. Locate the line beginning with ::ItemWatch::
5. The IMS list follows that line. Feel free to edit it as you want.
6. Save the file (as text) and close it.
7. Open ClickSaver. You should find the updated IMS list in the Items tab.

(Updated 31-Dec-2015)