Overview

Lotropad is a simple notepad plugin which you can use to quickly write down some notes without exiting the game. It can be used for, for example, cutting and pasting text to and from chat windows and storing reference information, such as instance tactics or LOTRO Store shopping lists ;). 

Big thanks to Vevenalia for the French translation!

Features

-10 note pages, each of which can be named
-Image notes
-Movable and resizable window
-Adjustable font size, window opacity, and visibility on load
-Movable button for toggling Lotropad window
-NEW: Mini mode, right-click the button to switch between normal and mini mode

Installation

-Unzip the plugin to your 'Documents/The Lord of the Rings Online/Plugins' folder

How to use

-To load the plugin type '/plugins load lotropad'.
-You can show and hide Lotropad window by clicking the Lotropad icon (visible by default). Button can be moved by dragging it. Position of the button is saved when clicking 'save all'.
-Right-click the Lotropad icon to switch between normal and mini mode. In the mini mode, everything else is hidden except the text of the note.
-Click and drag from the bottom right corner of the window to resize it.
-Click and drag the title bar to move the window.
-To save your notes click 'Save all', this will save the contents of all your notes. The write procedure is delayed so it might take a moment to be executed. Notes are currently saved per account which means that all of your characters on all servers can access them. Note that pressing 'Set' will only set the title and text for the current note. However, this is also done automatically as you click through your notes. 
-Click settings to adjust the font size (main text field only), window opacity, window visibility on load, and Lotropad button visibility.
-You can set a background, such as a map or tactics diagram, for a note. First copy the image (jpg or tga only) to 'images' folder under the Lotropad plugin folder. Then click 'Img' and type the image filename to the text field. Clicking 'Set image' sets the image as the new background and 'Clear image' removes the background image.

-Answers to commonly asked questions can be found here: http://chiran.lotrointerface.com/portal.php?id=32&a=faq

Command line options

-/lotropad show - shows the Lotropad window
-/lotropad hide - hides the Lotropad window
-/lotropad toggle - toggles the Lotropad window
-/lotropad - lists command line options

Known issues

-Currently only ASCII characters are supported. This is a feature of the LUA API at the moment.
-When the whole note does not fit the window, the position of the scroll bar always moves the end when the note is opened.
-The plugin might still have problems with German or French clients
-Background images might not be visible with some skins. This depends on how the alpha channel is set in ArtAssetID "black_translucent" image.

Version history

0.83 (06/04/2021)
-Localization fixes for update 29
-Added version message on load
-Close plugin window on esc key
-Mouse hover style for plugin button

0.81 (30/11/2010)
-Button location is now saved with other settings

0.80 (29/11/2010)
-French translation, big thanks to Vevenalia!
-new feature: mini mode
-support for Nov 29 patch
-pressing shift no longer required to move the Lotropad button
-plugin now remembers which note you had open when settings are saved
-closing the window from top right corner will also save data and settings
-plugin now hides when F12 is pressed

0.75 (11/11/2010)
-support for German and French clients
-new draggable icon for toggling Lotropad window

0.72 (03/11/2010)
-when clicking 'Save all' selected note is also saved without having to click 'Set'
-new options settings for setting window visibility on load
-initial support for Lotro Mod Manager 1.0.5

0.71 (27/09/2010)
-removed saving settings on unload for now
-included a Turbine class so that Turbine folder is not needed
-removed window background color for nicer frame

0.70
-'Initial' release as the rest of the history got lost with the beta forums

Have fun!

-Chiran, Laurelin (EU)

