Get item data from WoW Servers

[Saij]

Hello there,

I currently try to get an almost complete Item-sparse.adb file. Therefor I (currently) check what item id doesn't exists in my Item-sparse.adb file and try to force WoW to download the item informations from the server and store this informations in the cache files.

But it seems to work only for some items. Such items like Goretusk Liver Pie - Item - World of Warcraft it doesn't work.
I tried some LUA functions like SetItemRef, GetItemInfo and GetItemStats. These LUA functions are showing the correct value but the item is not in in the Item-sparse.adb file.

Has someone an idea how I could force WoW to load the item informations from the server?
Or are there other cache files? I have found a file called Item-sparse.db2 under \Data\Cache\deDE\patch-deDE-oldworld-13286.MPQ\DBFilesClient. But if I try to open the file with a hex editor it seems that this file only contains null values and some strings (with the item names). But no data of the item. Does someone maybe know the file structure of this file?

I don't know what todo else to get the item informations from WoW.
Please help me.

Greets
Saij

[hp94]

GetItemInfo() should load them from what you have, which, from my understanding, is all you can get from the server. The file you're seeing in the Hex Editor is what your character has seen in its existence, and if you use GetItemInfo then it will add it to the file of items your character has ever seen.

I'm almost certain thats how it works but if someone else comes along with another theory I'll definately hear them out.

[The-Eradicator]

Item cache data has been stored in World of Warcraft\Cache\wdb\enUS since the beginning.

Has it changed in 4.0?

[Terrorblade]

Item cache data has been stored in World of Warcraft\Cache\wdb\enUS since the beginning.

Has it changed in 4.0?

In the beta I know it's in \data\cache

GetItemInfo() should load them from what you have, which, from my understanding, is all you can get from the server. The file you're seeing in the Hex Editor is what your character has seen in its existence, and if you use GetItemInfo then it will add it to the file of items your character has ever seen.

I'm almost certain thats how it works but if someone else comes along with another theory I'll definately hear them out.

That function gets the info from the clients cache from the uses i've seen.

[Saij]

I don't think that the files under \data\cache are really a cache - if I delete them the new launcher starts to load. So it seems that this files are the data you don't need to play (step 2 and 3 in the launcher).

But what is odd that some items are in the Item-sparse.adb file (like item 727) and some not (like the haste pot that I have in my inventory).
I don't see the logic behind this behavior.

Greets
Saij

[Terrorblade]

I don't think that the files under \data\cache are really a cache - if I delete them the new launcher starts to load. So it seems that this files are the data you don't need to play (step 2 and 3 in the launcher).

But what is odd that some items are in the Item-sparse.adb file (like item 727) and some not (like the haste pot that I have in my inventory).
I don't see the logic behind this behavior.

Greets
Saij

Close down WoW normally (like /quit not just clicking exit button) and wait a few seconds then open and it should be there.