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Simple Vanilla Friendly Improved Hotkeys (More Hotkeys).

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Zerkish Hotkeys Improved for OpenMW

Please remember to endorse the mod if you enjoy it!





Translators Wanted!
From b1.6.1 ZHI has localization support, and I'd be super excited to see translations for the mod.
If you need support with localization, write on the comments page or DM me.

Permissions are explicitly granted to opt-in to the donation program for translators.
Check permissions for details.



Beta
Improved hotkeys is currently in "beta", which means that most of the core functionality is in place but it is not well tested yet.
This means use at your own risk, and save frequently.

Development is currently rapid, if you encounter an issue check for a new version and see if the changelog addresses your issue.
There have not been many issue reports, so it's fairly stable.

Bug reports are encouraged!
Try to include as much information as possible, and your openmw.log file.



Information

Hotkeys Improved is a simple user interface mod that primarily adds another five hotbars and hotkeys for the player.

It's targeted primarily towards people who want something that is plug-and-play, with minimal fuss. It's designed around playing on a PC or Laptop.


Design Priorities

  • Ease of Use
  • As close to Vanilla as possible
  • Quality before Quantity
  • Light Customization, anything that is added functionality on top of what vanilla can do is a toggle in the settings.
  • Opt-in features, defaults should be minimal and sane. 

Features

QuickKeys

  • Up to five extra Hotbars, for a total of six.
  • Customizable modifier keys per hotbar.
  • Re-implemented (as close as possible) vanilla interfaces for spell selection and item selection.
  • Toggling the vanilla QuickKeys menu (for removing old hotkeys without restarting).
  • (Experimental) Option: Enable a grace period to switch stances (equipping spells, weapons or sheathing), as a QoL feature. (Not present in vanilla). Recommended!
  • Option: Display the currently activate hotbar on the HUD. (Default: Off, Vanilla: Off)
  • Option: Disable Automatic Stance Changes. (Default: Off, Vanilla: Off)
  • Option: Show extended tooltip information in ZHI Tooltips. (record ids, hidden weapon stats, alchemy effects etc). (Default: Off, Vanilla: Off)

Hotbar HUD

ZHI includes an optional "mmo-style" hotbar HUD. (Toggled in Settings). This is not the primary feature of the mod and it's completely fine to not use it.

  • Display the current 'active' bar. (Changes when you hold a modifier)
  • Nearly Fully Customizable on a separate page, but with defaults that work out of the box!
  • Optional Feature: Display Item Count on the Hotbar
  • Optional Feature: Display Item Enchantment Charge (if applicable)
  • Optional Feature: Display Item Condition (if applicable)
  • Optional Feature: Display Cast Success Chance.
  • Optional Feature: Display Key Number (At some point I'd love for this to be your actual key binding instead).


Requirements


Installation

  • Download and install Zerkish ModUtils, follow instructions on that page. (Remember to update when you update ZHI).
  • Download the latest file from the downloads page.
  • Extract to wherever you keep your OpenMW mods.
  • In the OpenMW launcher, go to "Data Directories" and add the folder from the archive, place it after ZModUtils.
  • In the OpenMW launcher, go to "Content Files" and enable "ZerkishHotkeysImproved.omwscript", place it after ZModUtils
  • Start the game and follow the instructions on screen.
  • Open settings and setup up hotbars to your liking.
  • Test out the mod, if it works as expected and you like it; endorse and help others find it!

Compatibility

ZHI has a compatibility mode in mod settings/misc in the game menu. If you have problems running ZHI with other mods, try enabling it and reloading.
If this does not work, make a report with screenshots/description, openmw.log and your full modlist. Without knowing what mods you're running there is 0% chance I'll fix the issue.


Known Issues

  • The player is able to assign the same modifier to more than one hotbar, which will result in the first one (numerically) being used.
  • The player is required to clear the bindings from the default QuickKeys menu for the mod to work properly. This is due to limitations in the OpenMW Lua API. A notification is shown the first time the player starts the game with the mod enabled, as well as directing them to the default menu to ensure it's cleared.
  • No localization.
  • Tooltips do not mimic vanilla appearance. It does not appear to be possible to center one part of a window and left align another while allowing size to grow dynamically. "Expand to fill" for flex slots would be required. 
  • Tooltips are docked below their respective screens instead of following the mouse, this is due to limitations in OpenMW regarding absolute coordinates for the cursor.


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For Mod Developers

Hotkeys Improved has limited features exposed for other modders right now, but if there's something you'd like the best way is to contact me on the OpenMW Discord.

API, Events: Pastebin Modders Resource


Credits

OpenMW Dev Team for making OpenMW. OpenMW modding community for inspiration.

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