request: a proper ipc

[Jaksuhn]

would be very help if IVL had a public ipc to get info from

I would really rather not have to reflect the plugin for the third time

[Nukoooo]

I can try adding it in the future, I'm not really good at designing APIS for users, do you think the pseudocode below is good for your usage?

public List<(uint, (float, float))> GetVendorInfo(uint itemId)
{
    var result = new List<(uint, (float, float))>(); // NPCId, (coordX, coordY)
    var info = GetInfo(itemId);
    return info == null ? result : info.GetVendors();
}

[Jaksuhn]

1. more of a personal style thing but I'd just return null instead of a default if info is null
2. Please add territorytype to the return as well
3. I don't know if you built your vendor db to support going the opposite way but a function to pass the npc id and get the location (and if possible, maybe in a third function, the items you have associated with it) would be very useful.
4. Another function to open your window via passing an itemID (the same as if you clicked a context menu entry)

[Nukoooo]

Thank you for the feedback, as of the opposite way I had a thought of doing so but I didn't bother spending time on it because I didn't think about IPC stuff until you made this issue, I will see what I can do once dalamud is stable enough for plugin devs

[Nukoooo]

Just added GetVendorInfo and OpenVendorResults, please give it a try when you have time #87

To search what items a NPC provide will require a little rework which I don't feel like doing right now