Introduction
Player who use this addon can send distress signals to healers in their zone. Targets in need of help show up for the healer and he can see how far away(in meter) they are, their health and in which direction he must go(if they are out of range). In addition the targets are marked on the Overhead map.
The addon is aimed at all participants of large scale battles. Normally you got a good control over your warbands health but you cannot target the guy standing next to you over the UI since he isn't in your warband.
This addon utilizes a chat channel(for each zone and city instance) to communicate between all clients. Which means, anyone in your vincinity who gets damaged below a certain value will send a distres signal. That signal is received by other clients and the damaged player can be targeted via UI by any healer present.
The targets in distress are categorized in three groups. Players in heal range(less than 150m), players outside of range but inside maximum distance(further than 150m and less then 300m) and dead player. Targets in range are sorted by their health, targets outside of range or dead targets are sorted by distance.
Slashcommands
"/hptrack nohealer" - turns off the GUI and processing of incoming calls
"/hptrack healer" - turns the GUI back on (default setting)
"/hptrack conf" - opens the configuration dialog
"/hptrack minmap" - switches the map pins from standard map to the minmap addon map
"/hptrack eamap" - switches the map pins to the standard map
Instructions
Instructions
With version 0.9 the addon has reached its first release state.
v0.9.1
- added support for minmap addon via the command /hptrack minmap
v0.9.0
- The first release version, now everything should be in place to use this addon reliable
- Queues have a maximum to the containing distress calls
- North South directions are correct
- Extended the configuration dialog
- Private channels(networks) are possible
- A chatqueue prevents spamfilter from triggering
- A window for manual connect and disconnect has been added
v0.8.4
- removed debug messages that were accidently uploaded
- fixed a bug that showed players on the map with reversed north and south distance(thx ikewilliams96)
- configuration dialog can be called through "/hptrack conf" (private channels not yet implemented)
v0.8.3
- all targets in distress are now shown on the minimap, to make it easier to find your way to them. Living targets have green circles and dead targets have red circles.
- you can define the number of rows and columns in each queue to change the number of displayed targets. (HealthTracker.lua "numberOfRows" and "numberOfColumns")
v0.8.2
- corrected the leave/join channel routine. You now have a 5 second delay after zone change before you join a channel.
- added a timeout to distress calls so they won't stay in queues if a player logs crashes or leaves zone.
- distance is now updated everytime the buttons are updated. That way you can see if and how fast you are closing in.
v0.8.1
- removed some debug output
- communication channel for the addon is hidden at startup
- added slashcommand "/hptrack nohealer" and "/hptrack healer" to allow non healers to hide the gui and save performance
v0.8
- initial upload
Installation Guide
- Exit "Warhammer Online" completely
- Download the mod you want to install
- Make a folder on your desktop called "My Mods"
- Save the .zip/.rar files to this folder.
- If, when you try to download the file, it automatically "opens" it... you need to RIGHT click on the link and "save as..." or "Save Target As".
- Extract the file - commonly known as 'unzipping'
Do this ONE FILE AT A TIME!
- Windows
- Windows XP has a built in ZIP extractor. Double click on the file to open it, inside should be the file or folders needed. Copy these outside to the "My Mods" folder.
- WinRAR: Right click the file, select "Extract Here"
- WinZip: You MUST make sure the option to "Use Folder Names" is CHECKED or it will just extract the files and not make the proper folders how the Authors designed
- Verify your WAR Installation Path
That is where you are running WAR from and THAT is where you need to install your mods.
- Move to the Addon folder
- Open your Warhammer Online folder. (default is C:\Program Files\Warhammer Online\)
- Go into the "Interface" folder.
- Go into the "AddOns" folder.
- In a new window, open the "My Mods" folder.
- The "My Mods" folder should have the "Addonname" folder in it.
- Move the "Addonname" folder into the "AddOns" folder
- Start Warhammer Online
Translations
When you download a mod, please be sure that the mod is compatible with your translation of WAR. Some mods only work on the US versions, while some only work on some of the various European versions. These variations are called "Localizations".
Directory Structure
Warhammer Online
|_ Interface
|_AddOns
|_*AddonName*
|_ *AddonName*.mod
|_ *AddonName*.lua
|_ (possibly others as well)...
