Mech
Mech is a career resource mechanic addon that will display your current career resource in a new window which is registered to the Warhammer layout editor, therefore you can move it around at your will. This addon also features Warhammer Scrolling Combat Text integration if WSCT is installed, but it's not required. LibSlash is not also required, but if you wish to use the slash commands below then you will have to install it. It is built for all classes that use a career resource. Careers that have 2 types of resources, such as Shaman and Archmage, are also supported and have seperate colouring and text so "Force" and "Tranquility" are different colours, and if using WSCT, seperate messages.
Commands
/mech [on|off] - This will turn the addon on or off.
/mech colour1 [x,x,x] - The first and primary colour of the Mech window for class resources
/mech colour2 [x,x,x] - The second colour for the Mech window for classes like Shaman
/mech font [1-14] - This changes the font. It's not a size number, but rather a different font.
/mech wscti [on|off] - Turns off it's integration into Warhammer Scrolling Combat Text
/mech foz [on|off] - Lets the user fade the Mech window out when the resources are zero
/mech cotf [on|off]- Colours on the fly, so people using alts won't always get the same colours
/mech reset - Resets all of the options to the defaults given in the coding
colour1/colour2 are RGB format. Therefore they require a value of 0 to 255 for each "x".
Known Bugs
Reported bug of mod not loading with an error on line 184 - looking into it.
To Do
Energy recharge timers (waiting on API fixes)
Resource decay timers (waiting on API fixes)
Word colouring in chat window (waiting on API fixes)
Full XML / GUI interface (waiting on API fixes)
Translations for locals
Tagged as 1.83, full release, minor patch
Added Swordmaster support
Increased length of Mech window to support Swordmasters
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)...