Successful command completion results in the message: " All plugins have been unloaded" in the General chat window. plugins unload Unloads all the loaded plugins and resets the UI. These messages are displayed by both the command line interface and the Turbine Plugin Manager. This information is displayed in the chat window, otherwise no feedback is given when a plugin is loaded. Best Practices: Authors are encouraged to include the display of an informative statement when the plugin is first loaded.Otherwise, if errors are found to exist, the plugin will not be loaded. It is up to the Plugin Author to use this facility. Some errors found while attempting to load the plugin may be displayed in the chat window. plugins load Attempts to load the plugin. plugins manager Opens the Turbine Plugin Manager window. To display the short /plugins help in-game, type: (Nor are actions by the Turbine Plugin Manager). (System defaults.) Note: Be aware, any command you type on the chat line is NOT echoed in the chat window, nor is it captured in the chat logging. These are "Standard" messages and require the " chat filter" " standard" to be selected.
The "/Plugins" command manipulates plugins and displays information about them in the "General" Chat Window. You can do nearly everything with the Plugin Manager (with the exception of unloading individual script states see below) that you can do with chat commands, but some people still prefer the "old-school" method.
You may configure the plugin manager to automatically load plugins for you when the game starts.īefore the Plugin Manager was added to the game, players had to use chat window commands to manipulate plugins. Therefore, unless you have the CPU or resources to spare, it is not recommended to load all the plugins you have installed on startup - but rather selectively load plugins that are useful to you. The plugin manager is used to manage the list of plugins you have loaded.īe aware that use of plugins will cause LOTRO to consume more CPU and memory, depending on what the plugin is doing. The Plugin Manager Main article: plugin manager