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Quick HUD

Unmaintained Quick HUD 2022-12-10

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Other Authors
loki (Original author)
Software Requirements
MQ2Nav
Server Type
🏢 Live

Quick HUD​

Quick HUD is a Lua addon for use with MacroQuest that enables some handy information and functionality at a glance.
Repo: https://gitlab.com/anonymousbitshifter/quickhud

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Motivation​


When I realized that the Lua implementation in MacroQuest has UI capabilities baked in I was inspired to re-interpret a MQ2HUD configuration to display some heads up data regarding character/zone/macro info.

This quickly devolved into a sandbox where I was learning Lua and ImGui and experimenting with the features instead of keeping things simple. Since I am not so familiar with Lua I am sure there are a lot of areas for improvement both in code quality and efficiency. I am always open to criticism and suggestions for improvement.

I would like to sincerely thank people in the community for the development efforts they have made that I have taken a dependency on, inspiration from or outright copied. Thank you: Knightly, Sic, SpecialEd, jb321, aquietone, Coldblooded, brainiac and many more!

This was the MQ2HUD
old-hud.png





Usage​

Commands​

  • Load the addon: /lua run quickhud
  • Toggle the HUD window: /qhud
  • Toggle settings window: /qhudsettings
  • Quit the HUD:
    • /qhudquit
      or
    • /lua stop quickhud

Plugin Dependencies​

  • MQ2Nav
    • The addon will try to load this on startup if it is not already loaded.




Features​

GM Banner​

quickhud-gm-banner.png

  • If a GM is detected in the zone then it displays a bright (configurable) banner showing the GM info including:
    • Name
    • Level
    • Race
    • Class
    • Distance
    • Health Percentage

Character​

  • Display invisibility status when invisible
  • Display character level and class
  • Display levitation status with capability to remove levitation effects
  • Display Health / Mana / Endurance bars relevent to player class
  • Display Level / AA Experience / Merc AA XP bars

Location​

  • Display location with ability to copy to clipboard
  • Ability to bookmark waypoints using MQ2Nav (/rwp)
    quickhud-bookmark.png
  • Ability to click to navigate to zone waypoints using MQ2Nav
    • I found that I would consistently forget what I had named a waypoint with /rwp and I am far too lazy to open the ini file so I baked in this utility.
      quickhud-nav.png

Zone​

  • Display the number of characters in the zone
  • Display a breakdown of players in zone grouped by guild and ordered by player count in that guild
    quickhud-zone-breakdown.png
  • Display the Full name / Short name / Id of zone

Macro​

  • Display the currently loaded macro
  • Show macro status (Running / Pause / Not Loaded)
  • Provide controls to Pause / Resume / End macro

Time​

  • Display the time for Norrath and/or Local Earth time

Target​

  • Display Target and/or MA Target information including
    • Name
    • Level
    • Race
    • Class
    • Distance
    • Health Percentage
  • Capability to target mob via left-clicking target info bar
  • Capability to navigate to target via right right-clicking target info bar

Needlessly Configurable​

  • The HUD is pretty busy by default and might serve as an eyesore more than a beneficial utility so it can be almostly needlessly configured to suit your preferences.
    • Example of a more compact configuration
      quickhud-configured.png
  • The HUD can be configured to the point where it has absolutely no value so even if you don't like it there is an option for you!
  • Configuration can be shared across accounts or allow individual characters to retain their own settings.
    quickhud-settings.png
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