/hitsmode & /clearhits command

/hitsmode allows you to create separate windows for your combat text. This is a rather advanced feature, so it might take a little practice to get the results that you want.

Here is the technical jargon:

Usage: /hitsmode <my|me|other> <on|off|m2|m3|m4|m5> <X> <Y> <COUNT> <FONTSIZE> <HEADER> <BG> <WIDTH> <FORCEDRAW>

my = My Attacks, me = Me Getting Hit, other = Others Attacks

If you choose M2 through M5, then:

  • <X> and <Y> are the screen location.
  • <COUNT> is how many lines of text will be displayed. The acceptable range is 1 to 10.
  • <FONTSIZE> is a font size of the text. The acceptable range is 0, 1, or 2.
  • <HEADER> is either on or off. 1 to turn on and 0 to turn it off.
  • <BG> controls the background. It is either on or off. 1 to turn it on or 0 to turn it off.
  • <WIDTH> is the width of the background.
  • <FORCEDRAW> is 1 to force the window to draw even if empty.

Please Note: m5 is only valid for My Attacks. It's ignored for other types and m4 is used instead.

  • off - nothing displayed (turns off all these hit messages, including those in the standard chat window)
  • on - displayed as normal in the chat window (standard/default mode)
  • M2 - displayed at a given X,Y position for a given number of lines in a given font size. (displays all information shown in the chat damage message)
  • M3 - displayed in condensed form at a given X,Y position for a given number of lines in a given font size. (damage type, target damages and damage amount)
  • M4 - displayed as just the damage # at a given X,Y position for a given number of lines in a given font size. (only displays damage number)
  • M5 - displayed in condensed form at given X, Y position (only for My Attacks - displays type of hit and damage number)

/clearhits will clear the current setting for the M2-M5 modes of the /hitsmode command.

These setting are saved in the INI file and will be persistent.

Special Notes:

The first time you use this setting, it is best to set all the parameters. However, you don't have to reset them all every time you want to make a change.

Using -1 in place of any given parameter will default back to the setting saved in the INI file. So you can use -1 for any parameter that you want to remain as it is while you change others.

You can also stop short of full parameters. If you don't include trailing parameters (for example you leave off <WIDTH>, it will use the settings for those parameters from the existing INI.

 
All work done by Hazimil Skelyd, Ancient Dominion, Antonius Bayle