This is a mini plugin that allows you to store and reuse chat channel setups across characters.
The main benefit is to help with setup if you loose connection to the chat server and hence loose chat channels.
Data is stored per server. There are currently 12 sets of channels / passwords of which you can join 8. The number of stored channels can be easily edited in the top of the file /Zaqs/QuickChatSetup/Main.lua
USAGE:
- Load the plugin.
- Click the options panel in plugin manager.
- Enter channel name and passwords into the text boxes.
- Click the "=>" button next to each line to enable the join/leave icons.
- Click the left icon (arrow into a box) to join a chat channel and the right one (arrow out) to leave.
LIMITATIONS- There is no auto join feature or 'join all'. This is a limitation in LotRO's special Lua implementation.
- There is no auto fill of text fields, so you can't 1-click import from one character. This is a limitation in the authors Lua skills.
Planned improvements (random order)
- Client language.
- Channel list optionally in a separate window.
- In-game option for number of channels stored.
- Command line interface to open options or channel list window
- Optional UI icon for quick access to the channel list
There are absolutely NO guarantees that I will get around to any of these features, but those are what I am considering at the moment.
Credits
Minor help functions and ways of doing certain things have been taken from "Alt Wallet".
The use of a quick slot to send commands is taken from "Combat analysis", which in turn credits "Chat Edit" for the method to hide the actual quick slot.
"VindarPatch" (save and load data functions) are now the ones found in "Alt Inventory".
Change log
V 1.0.1:
- Added .plugincompendium file, in the hope that I can get this plugin added there.
- Removed the "Turbine" directory from the zip file, for compatibility with plugin compendium.
- Added different icons for inactive, normal, Mouse over and Pressed to the join and leave buttons.
V 1.0.0:
