simple-inventory VS UInv

Specifically for an inventory, you might want to check out Chapel's Simple Inventory. I can't be sure that it'll fit your needs, but it's a solid system. He's also got a whole line of custom macro add-ons that's worth taking a look at.

I know, I know, I'm not supposed to be using it yet. But if I wanted to make it so Chapel's Simple Inventory 3 refreshed the current passage when clicking the "take", "transfer", "drop" and "give" inventory macro links in a passage, how would I go about doing that? I got around it for the "use" macro link for consumables by adding

If you look in the UInv GitHub page, I uploaded a v0.9.7.3 bugfix release there which fixes that and a few other things. I just haven't put it into its own release package yet, though I probably should have.

Also, I should note that there's a bug in the v0.9.7.2 version of the BagHasAllItems(), BagHasAnyItem(), and GetAllBagPockets() functions, as well as failure to update UInv elements placed outside of a passage. I've just put up a UInv v0.9.7.3 bugfix release here (you can click the "Raw" button there and then save the page to download that code). Use that JavaScript code instead to avoid those bugs (though make sure you don't overwrite your aliases or your bag and item definitions).

For just about anything else, my Universal Inventory System (UInv) should be able to handle it (it's about 97% complete code-wise, though I really need to do a bunch of work on documentation, sample code, and testing).

Actually, I had a system like that in mind when I created my Universal Inventory System (UInv).

Yeah, it's a huge pain in the ass. I was working on building this feature into my Universal Inventory System (UInv) when I got stalled due to life stuff, so I've wrangled with this problem before.

I would look into u/HiEv's Universal Inventory System. Don't be too daunted by the sheer volume of documentation -- it might be overwhelming at first look but if you stick with it you'll be rewarded with an extremely useful inventory system with a very large volume of functions you can use to get, set and manipulate inventories and objects.

Specifically I'm using HiEv's Universal Inventory and use a function to add items to the inventory. This works in the "Start" passage and the item appears in the inventory no problem, but the same function will result in a maxed call stack if I go deeper into the game.

If you're interested, you might want to check out my Universal Inventory System (UInv), which is intended to be used in RPG games and the like. Admittedly, UInv isn't quite up to v1.0 standards yet, especially since the documentation and sample code needs a lot of filling out, however it's already perfectly functional in allowing you to set up and handle all sorts of complex inventories.

I also have an .addArticle() function (click to try it out) for doing that kind of thing included in my Universal Inventory System (UInv). If you want to, you could extract the .addArticle() code from within the UInv code to simplify writing your own macro.