Complete Guide to Monitoring Attributes

Thanks for the info, but the window isn't too helpful in combat...
Ah, but we can fix that. If you want to monitor certain attributes all the time all you need to do is Right-Click the attribute and click "Monitor [Attribute]" and you'll see a handy little window pop up with that attribute in it. You can monitor up to 10 attributes.


Well, that's much better! Do I have to do all this right-clicking on all my characters though?
Nope! Binds are great for this. If you're not familiar with bind files (or binds at all), then check this topic. I'm going to assume you have at least successfully used /bind_load_file before.

First, you need to know about /monitor_attribute. The syntax is simple: /monitor_attribute attribute
Where attribute is replaced with what you want to monitor as listed on the Combat Attributes window. (Example: /monitor_attribute Influence)
Now that that's settled, you should be able to see where to go with this next. If not, that's why I'm here. First, pick a key you want to turn the window on. I'll choose R. Next, pick if you want to use a bind file or just the default binds. If you're not sure, then might as well use the default. Now, open the text file you're using for this. (If you're using the default, go to the folder CoH is installed in and look for 'keybinds.txt') Done? Good. It's time to write in the code. Go to the bottom of the file and try this:
You can replace the first R with the key you want to use. Now, if you're already in-game type /bind_load (if you edited the default) or /bind_load_file pathtofile. Now try out the key. You should see the window pop up with 10 attributes that I used for my first window. You can easily go in and change the attributes in that file yourself to what you actually want to monitor.

Wow, barely managed to keep up but this is awesome! Now if only you could monitor more than 10 attributes.
Well, you kind of got me there. You can only monitor 10 at one time, but what if I told you that you can swap all 10 attributes you're monitoring with another 10 at the push of a button? Well, you can but it's going to be a bit more difficult to set up and will use a technique not talked about in most of the bind guides I've read. If you've done cycling key binds before then you may think you already know how to do this one, but remember that only so many commands can be given to one key at a time and a full-fledged attribute cycling bind it can easily take 20 or more commands to properly display things how you want them displayed.

First, let me explain a couple more things about the /monitor_attribute command. If you use the command with an attribute that's already up then it will actually delete it from the window. Also, you know how you can only monitor 10 attributes at a time, right? Well, if you use the command when 10 are already up then it will delete the top attribute and add the new one to the bottom. This means that if you display another 10 commands it will replace ALL the old ones and show the new ones. What happens if I want to keep the top attribute up on more than one window then? With what you know, it'll be near impossible.

Now, let me introduce /stop_monitor_attribute. It's the exact same as /monitor_attribute but it will take the attribute off the list instead. This will make things much easier for us. Now we can take off attributes then add new ones without messing with the entire list. Yet, you should notice that at some point, your bind gets too long and the last few commands never actually go off. The fix is a strange behavior when loading bind files. What you need to do first is delete the key and the quotes from the file and cut the rest of the code. (As in copy and delete, or CTRL+X) Now, make a new text file in your binds folder. If you don't have one, I recommend going to your CoH folder and making a new one called 'binds' in there. It's really easy to path to. Call the text file "Att1.txt" and then paste the code you cut into it. Now, add "$$" to the very front of the code. If you used my original, it should look like this:
Believe it or not, the moment you load this file all those commands will activate just fine. So, have the old bind (preferably in the default keybinds.txt) with:
Feel free to change the key and yes the period is intentional for the path to the folder I told you to create, of course if you have a different binds folder then path to that. Functionally, this is now the exact same as before but we're set up to perfectly go get the cycling going.

Now, create a new text file, Att2.txt.
Copy the Att1.txt into it and then change the attributes to the new ones you want to track when you hit the button again. If you want some to stay, then you'll want to add stop_monitor_attribute command to the front to cancel out the ones you don't want anymore then add in the new ones. Also, you'll want to rebind the key used to toggle this menu to load Att1.txt. Here's an example:
Finally, you need to fix up Att1.txt. First, make sure that you stop_monitor_attribute everything new that you turned on in Att2.txt and make that be the first bit of code then make sure that you add the bind that let's you switch to your second set. New code is in bold:
Ta-da! Now you can swap between 2 sets of attributes and here it always shows your Influence, Current Hit Points, and Current End at the top. You can set up more than just 2 like this as long as you make sure that the last one wraps back to loading the first one. Experiment.

Damn, that's awesome but I noticed it spams my Global chat tab with garbage.
Now, I haven't found a 100% fix for this but, I have a fix that makes it more tolerable. At the top of the first file at type: Monitor "1"
and Monitor "2" at the top of the second, and so on. This replaces all that crap with 'bind "Monitor" "1"' and doesn't affect anything else. Also, replace all instances of "bind_load_file" with "bind_load_file_silent". If anyone finds a better fix, let me know and I'll credit you here.

Final Result
Your code should look like this at the end. (The bold is the newly added stuff from the final step)
From here, you can edit it to display different attributes or just go crazy like you'll see in my code below. Experiment. If you have any troubles just let me know what the problem is and copy/paste your code here or in PM. I'm happy to help.
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Notes

• "Energy Defense" and "Energy Resistance" attributes are bugged. Using either will toggle "Negative Energy" attributes instead. This has been known for awhile but no fix has been made. Typically your negative energy resistance/defense are equal to your energy counterpart anyway. Of course, this is not always the case but it's worth mentioning.
• Remember, only one window up at a time and only 10 attributes in the window.
• All the attributes available are also listed here.
• You can also right click on an entry in the list to move it up, down, or remove it.
• This is my first guide ever so I apologize if you got lost. Please give me feedback. I can't improve the guide without it.

Just to be sure, you add that to the BOTTOM of the original keybinds.txt file. Don't replace the whole thing. That would be bad.

The rest of these are the files that should be in the 'binds' folder I keep mentioning.

It's in guides, it's not going anywhere.

More in depth than my old one (which is just meant as a quick "How do I get there" anyway.) Good job.

Edit:
Threw in a link to this in my guide for people who want more info to follow.

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