Equipment Sets is an addon that allows the easy management of multiple sets of equipped gear. Sets are created by simply equipping items normally, and switched using a simple dropdown.
For example, if a tank player keeps two sets of gear: one focused on strength with a great weapon, and another one focused on toughness with a shield, Equipment Sets will allow the player to switch between the two sets with just one button click.
This is achieved by creating "equipment set slots", which look like the tactics button, except they are green instead of gold. Equipment Sets then "registers" each item that the user equips on the character with the currently active slot (i.e the one chosen in the dropdown). When the user picks a new slot, Equipment Sets simply equips those items again, and from there on any new items equipped will be registered with the new slot number.
Equipment Sets will also remember the tactics slot and morale abilities that were last active in each equipment set slot, and will switch to those tactics and morale abilities when the equipment set slot changes. This behaviour can be turned off.
Equipment Sets cannot cast abilities when the active slot changes, since that is disallowed by Mythic. However Equipment Sets can be configured to change the slot when certain abilities are cast. These are referred to as "trigger abilities". The configuration is done with a simple drag-and-drop interface, similar to the action bars. Examples of abilities that one may want to use as trigger abilities are stances, The Chosen's curses and the Swordmaster's blade enchants.
Equipment Sets also provides a "flip" button. This is a button that switches between equipment set slots 1 and 2 only, and can be dragged to the action bar. This is useful in cases where only two equipment sets are used, or when only two are frequently used. This feature can also be combined with the trigger abilities.
The combination of all of these features enables simple, one click, all-in-one like functionality that completely changes the character's setup mode in an instant. Using Equipment Sets the player can quickly respond to changing circumstances in RvR or PvE alike, change from defensive to offensive mode and charge in in a split of a second, and so on.
Notes
Please read the notes carefully, as they contain a lot of important details and information.
TODO list
- Handle identical items with different talismans correctly.
- Handle items that can be equipped in either hand correctly.
- Code cleanup and refactoring. No behaviour changes, just my programming OCDs. :-)
- Naming the sets.
- Confirmation of saved slots (?).
- Ability to view the contents of equipment set slots (?).
- Statically link tactics and morale abilities to equipment set slots from the options window (?).
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)...
