Note: The following are required for the plugin to function;
Turbines standard code must be installed. For the plugin to work you also need DeusDictums wonderful DragBar!

Video on youtube to help explain this...

Items within Lotro are all assigned a category. SortPack allows you to put these categories into groups, and then either have the backpack sort itself into order, or display a custom backpack.

So, Items are in Categories, Categories are in Groups and these are shown in your backpack.

There are now two options. The plugin can be used to sort the bag, or to open a custom backpack with the items sorted into categories. Either, or both, ideas can be used. It is not a both or nothing choice!

Either use a plugin manager or /plugins load sortpack.

By default the plugin comes with a resizeable button. To change the size of the button unlock the ui and click and drag inside it. To chose what happens when the button is left clicked just right click it.

The first option, from the button or /sort, sorts the default backpack in order. Nice and simple. Takes some time to sort the pack, with a maximum of around 15s.

A new module allows the default back pack to be supplemented or replaced by a custom backpack. In this backpack the items are shown in groups. Drag/drop etc work as normal. If you notice disappearing items etc. just click the sortpack button to open the pack and the items will re-appear. This is due to a Turbine bug.

The icon at the top left of the pack gives you the option of changing the group label font, overriding the default backpack and opening the sort group panel.

Clicking on a group label collapses that group. Click again to expand it.

If you hover over the right hand side of the pack a control appears that allows the pack to be resized, but if you hold alt it is the label that gets resized instead.

Note: If the default backpack is replaced and you use the menu/key presses to open your bags you may notice that items "disappear". Click the sortpack button to reload the bag. The missing items will suddenly reappear. This is a turbine bug, not mine.

Allows you to create your own groups or move item categories between groups.
With the sort option window open you can click and drag groups to move them in the sort order in the left pane. The box at the bottom is for creating your own groups. Type the name of your group in the box and click the icon to the right.
A "-" icon shows that a group is empty and can be deleted.
After clicking on a group the right pane shows the item categories in that group. Drag them within the right pane to re-order them in that group, or drag them to the left pane to move them to another group.

Some of the Turbine Categories are not logical, for example all craft materials are just "Resources" with no sub-division of ores, hides etc. A new feature of SortPack is the ability to create custom user categories, and to move items into the different categories. To access this feature use either /SortCat or select "Create/Edit custom Categories" from the Button.
This will open a window that shows you all the ingame categories on the left. If you scroll to the bottom you can add your own category. Left clicking on a category will show on the right hand pane which items the user has placed in that category - it does not keep track of which items Turbine has placed in their categories! To add an item to a category just drag it into this right hand pane and voila! it is added. NOTE: The plugin does this by moving the item into the last slot of your backpack. On very rare occaisions you may have to drag the item twice for the option to fire.
Clicking the "-" icon in either pane will remove that item from the category (right hand pane) or delete the category (left hand pane) NOTE: Only user defined categories can be deleted!

These custom categories can then be placed in groups using the Sort Option Window.

The counter is a small display that shows how many slots are used/left in the backpack.
To show/hide it either use the SortPack button or the slash command /SortCounter.
UI Locked; The display is mouse invisible when the UI is locked
UI Unlocked;

Left clicking and dragging inside the counter will resize the display.
Right Clicking switches between slots used/remaining.

If the background turns red it shows the SortPack may have got out of sync and a reload is required (click the sortpack button). In this way it can remind you when to use the button, and when the normal inventory buttons are fine. I have never seen this module give a false positive.

• Thanks to; sciurpadrun, Vald, matziq, jakweeze, Jasmer, Hazado, 4everblue, eloyolo, DreadApex