simple question: how to show enemy names


Aggelakis

 

Posted

I know in the options you can have it show on mouseover, etc. but on two of my older toons I've made it so you can see the names of all enemies in view.

But I dont' remember how to do it and my search-fu has been weak [or no one has ever asked before].

Mucho thanks in advance.


 

Posted

Create a text file that says:

Code:
ShowVillainName 1
and load it using /optionloadfile C:\path\to\filename.txt

Alternately, if you've already saved your options once, then go into your options save file, which will be either in your main directory or in the piggs or data subfolder, depending on when you saved them, and change the ShowVillainName option to 1. Then load your option file, either by /optionload (if you used /optionsave before) or /optionloadfile C:\path\to\filename.txt as before.

The game doesn't actually allow you to set it this way in the interface. I'm not sure if it USED TO allow it, which is why two of your older toons have it set.


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Posted

My two older toons I did a while back. One was on a TF that had a lot of riff-raff around AVs. Then I just did it on the other.

ty much


 

Posted

Based on what Agge posted, I typed

Code:
/optionset ShowVillainName 1
And everything showed their names at all time. Some testing showed that it uses a 3 bit variable:

Code:
1-bit = Show everything
2-bit = Show on mouseover
4-bit = Show on select
By adding together the values of the three bits, you can set it a few different ways:

Code:
0 = Show nothing
1 = Show everything
2 = Show mouseover
3 = Show everything + Show mouseover (1 + 2)
4 = Show selected
5 = Show everything + Show selected (1 + 4)
6 = Show mouseover + Show selected (2 + 4)
7 = Show everything + Show mouseover + Show selected (1 + 2 + 4)
The 8-bit and higher have no meaning, so any values of 8 or higher just cycle through the above values over and over again.

EDIT: Because "everything" includes anything that you've mouseovered or selected, any odd value will show everything all the time.


@Roderick

 

Posted

Quote:
Originally Posted by Roderick View Post
Code:
0 = Show nothing
1 = Show everything
2 = Show mouseover
3 = Show everything + Show mouseover (1 + 2)
4 = Show selected
5 = Show everything + Show selected (1 + 4)
6 = Show mouseover + Show selected (2 + 4)
7 = Show everything + Show mouseover + Show selected (1 + 2 + 4)
Thanks for that Roderick, added it to the appropriate wiki page.


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