Keyboard Controlled Bars

[Fireheart]

Maybe I'm a mutant, or something, but I usually Don't use the mouse for most controls, when I'm playing. Yes, I have to use it to open doors, collect resources, and loot my foe, but all of that is OUT of combat.

But I'm a key-presser, not a mouse-clicker.

In combat, my fingers are on the number-pad, controlling targeting and movement and on the number-keys, activating powers, or shifting to the F-keys to select a team-member.

The 'problem', if you want to call it that, is LotRO's cool 'tiered' combat system, where basic powers and in-combat events unlock progressively more potent powers. This is, quite possibly, the funnest part of LotRO combat! But it leads to an interface filled with greyed-out options which become available for only a brief time, before timing out. And players get to hunt through the grey, hoping to catch the right power at the right time, to win the fight.

So Many Powers that I'm running out of places to put them!

All well and good, this is what the bar & slot management plug-ins are supposed to help with. The good ones present you with the available options at the right times, so you can choose the tool for the situation.

Except, as far as I can tell, you have to use the Mouse to use these cool plug-ins. I can't 'Alt-4' and use the next tier attack, or 'Alt-6' and take advantage of that healing-power. Instead, I've got to stop controlling my character, grab the mouse, and poke the icon!

Is there any plug-in or mod for the key-presser? Or, perhaps a way to control one of these Bar/Slot management plug-ins from the keyboard? I'm running out of buttons and I've already run out of fingers to press them with!

Be Well!
Fireheart