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Raiker 09-23-2015 01:23 PM

[Request] Fellowship maneuvers timer
 
Hey all,

It would be nice to see a plugin that - once fellowship maneuver happens - shows how many seconds left to click the button. It would be useful since you can continue damage/heal and wait for the last second to apply the maneuver. Couldn't find anything like that. Is it possible with LOTRO's LUA?

Ty.

Thurallor 09-23-2015 09:35 PM

Does the game generate a message in the chat window when the FM is started? If so, then it should be possible.

Hyoss 09-28-2015 07:52 AM

Isn't there a chat message saying something like "PLAYERNAME broke NPCNAMEs defenses"? Cannot login right now to check.

Garan 09-28-2015 09:17 AM

Not all FMs produce a chat message. During testing of Conjunction Junction, a beta plugin for FMs (originally called "Conjunctions") that was scrapped due to inconsistencies, I found a number of cases when the chat message isn't generated. Also, the time from the start of the FM to the receipt of the message is often subject to lag and thus unreliable for a timer. Players that wait for the last second based on the chat message will often find themselves missing the FM. Especially if you are going for an FM that depends on order (basically anything other than all one color). The only time the message is really reliable is if you or your pet trigger the FM.

Thurallor 09-28-2015 02:54 PM

Thanks, Garan.

Sorry, Raiker, doesn't look like it's possible with the tools at our disposal.

moebius92 10-08-2015 11:26 PM

Depends on how you want it to work, I'd imagine. If you want to know how much time is left on the FM of your current target, that's doable. Otherwise, I'm not sure I'd care to try to get the exact timing down without having the FMed mob be targeted at some point.

Thurallor 10-09-2015 03:27 AM

Care to elaborate?

moebius92 10-10-2015 01:29 PM

If you only care about the amount of time left on the FM on your current target, you can use the target's effects to get that. Or if you can ensure that the mob's been targeted at some point when it has the FM, you can save the FM effect times, and just use that.

CCTimer's got an example of how to track combat state effects on your current target.

Thurallor 10-10-2015 02:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by moebius92 (Post 11694)
If you only care about the amount of time left on the FM on your current target, you can use the target's effects to get that. Or if you can ensure that the mob's been targeted at some point when it has the FM, you can save the FM effect times, and just use that.

CCTimer's got an example of how to track combat state effects on your current target.

I wasn't aware that initiating a fellowship maneuver caused an effect to immediately appear on the target. What's the name of the effect?

Regardless, I have played with target effects quite a bit and determined that the interface is way too flaky to be useful. Neither watching the events nor polling the effects list is a reliable way of tracking the effects. I submitted a bug report including a nice demo plugin, but I doubt it's going to be fixed.

Mathwold 12-09-2015 03:11 AM

Vulnerable is the name of the debuff on the target, so I guess that one can be used.


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