Loot Watch - An addon for Warhammer Online 1.3.0 and above
This addon will display incoming loot visually. This is needed in 1.3.0 due to the addition of the Auto Roll feature, which places items into your inventory without notification. The intention is to bring your attention to you winning items such as medallions which would otherwise just show up in your inventory.
To use, extract the archive into your WarhammerOnline/interface/addons directory. It will create a LootWatch directory containing the addon files. Then, run Warhammer Online. The addon will be automatically enabled for game version 1.3. You can manually disable it when desired using the inbuilt addon management functions of the game.
Sounds are triggered for high rarity items. If this annoys you, you may disable them by editing the settings block in the .lua file and setting the appropriate .soundRarity property to 7.
Version 2 of LootWatch is in development. It will support a configuration interface to allow selection of alerts by item classification, from regular inventory, currency, and crafting types.
1.2 contains significant improvements in the inventory monitoring process. It is much less likely to result in a false alert.
1.2.2 contains fixes to startup code to accommodate long load times.
1.3 contains further startup fixes.
1.4 adds a stack, so that if multiple items are received at the same time they will all alert.
1.5 adds customisability to alerts in LootWatch.lua
1.5.3 adds support for localisation.
1.6 considers items which you are wearing to be in your inventory as well.
1.6.2 is a minor bug fix
1.6.3 adds Deutsch support.
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)...
