Plugins Draft by Spades
From Vendetta Online Wiki
Ever since the underlying Lua interface code was opened up to VO's player base, Vendetta Online features the possibility for users to write their own plug-ins, affecting everything from the game's interface to in-game communication to game mechanics.
Over the time, some of these plug-ins have become an almost essential part of the gameplay.
Contents
Installing Plugins
Mac
Locate your Vendetta application, right click (or control click), and choose the 'Show Package Contents' option. Create a folder named "plugins" (no caps), and drag the folders of your plugins into the new folder, making sure that the directory structure looks like "Vendetta.app/plugins/targetless/main.lua".
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Windows/Linux
Locate and open your Vendetta directory (~/.vendetta/ in Linux). Create a folder named "plugins" (no caps), and drag the folders of your plugins into the new folder, making sure that the directory structure looks like "Vendetta/plugins/targetless/main.lua".
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Android
If you already have a file explorer skip Step 1, or anything beginning with (astro users)
Step 1
- Go to the Android Market and search for "Astro file explorer" (free)
- Install it.
Step 2
- Open your file explorer.
- Open the Vendetta Main Folder
- Create a folder named "plugins" [No quotes]
- (Astro users) Hold down anywhere on the screen to open a options menu. Press edit, then New folder.
Step 3
- The main list of plugins can be found at: http://vo-wiki.com/wiki/Plug-ins (=right here.)
- Find one you like: ones that currently work: MAID, cargofind, TA, and some more
- Do not work: Targetless, TA TGFT
Step 4
- Open .ddc main folder (unless you have a SD card)
- Open "Download" file
- Open the plugins .zip file
- Copy the Folder "Main"
- Back out to .ddc
- Open .ddc again
- Open the Vendetta Main Folder
- Open the (previously created) plugins folder
- Paste the plugin's main folder
- Back out of .ddc THEN exit (or it won't save)
Step 5a (if VO is currently running)
- On the chat box type /consoletoggle
- On the Bottom of the Window Press the highlighted line to open the keyboard
- Type
/lua ReloadInterface()
(Caps sensitive)
- Wait 10 seconds (Window should auto-close)
Step 5b (If VO is not runnig currently)
- Open VO (log in)
- Type /consoletoggle
- Type
/lua ReloadInterface ()
(Caps sensitive)
- Wait for window to auto-close
- /logoff
- Press quit
- Restart VO
Step 6
- Have fun
Creating your own Plugins
The VO Lua API that is used for creating plugins can be found at the Racecar Wiki.
Quick & Dirty Alphabetical List
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Disclaimer
The lists you can find here are merely for the ease of orientation. To receive complete and up-to-date information from the author and the possibility to contact said author, please use the Forum Thread specified for each plugin. |
If you know which plugin you want you can simply browse this alphabetical list containing the link to download it. You can find a detailed list of plugins sorted by category with additional information and links below.
| A | I, J, K, L | R |
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C D E, F, G, H |
M N, P Q |
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Plugins by Category
The list below has been culled from various sources, doesn't list all publicly available plugins, and includes some plugins which have been superseded by in-game functionality.
The Vendetta Online Unofficial Plugin Repository (VOUPR) is also a growing source for plugin hosting and information.
General & Recommended
- AutoRR
- InfiniTurbo
- LaunchButton
- M.A.I.D.
- MultiAim
- TargetLess
- ToasterCrush Plugin Suite
- TradeAssistant
- weapon group
Plugin Packs
Andy Spades recommends...
Many of VO's guilds offer custom selections of plugins suited for the needs of their players.
Communication & Player Interaction
| Name | Author | Description | Commands | Info & Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| afk | draugath | Set yourself AFK with an optional away message. Incoming /msg's are logged for your later viewing. | /afk <msg> /afk view /afk list |
Forum Thread |
| Channels | Mad Miner Moda | Shows all the channels you are in broken down by one channel per tab in the UI. unique tab for guild and private. | /channel |
Forum Thread |
| ignoreextras | mr_spuck | Some extra ignore features. ignore players temporary (ok, the game can do that too now.. ) and whole factions. | See Forum Thread |
Forum Thread |
| IgnoreIRC | Chocolateer | Messages from players over the IRC bot are not displayed if that player is on your ignore list. | none | |
| paydialog | mr_spuck | A graphical interface for the /givemoney command. | /paydialog_open. |
Forum Thread |
| QuickHail | Jas-Atamos | Pre-configure a set of up to 10 hails and select them from a menu. Both PM and sector hails can be configured. Best thing: It only steals your number buttons while the menu is open! | /qh /qhlist |
Forum Thread |
| QuickReply | Chocolateer | Contains several binds to make it easier to send PMs. | /reply_target /reply_sector /reply_channel recent_channel |
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| shortgivemoney | mr_spuck | A variant of givemoney that allows to abbreviate the amount. | /sgm |
Forum Thread |
| SwitchTarget | diqrtvpe | Allows you to change the target of anyone in your group who has the plugin enabled to your target. | See forum thread for list | |
| TargetBinds | slime73 | A simple plugin which allows you to send your current target's information to either Guild or Group chat.
Example: (guild) [Deneb B-12] <Omega 0> Current target: Hokanes Harolus, piloting a Serco SkyCommand Prometheus with 38% armour. |
/grouptarget /guildtarget |
Forum Thread |
| Tithe | Mad Miner Moda | Allows you to tithe a user set % of your profit to the guild bank. | /tithe |
Forum Thread |
Notifications
| Name | Author | Description | Commands | Info & Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| enterleave | mr_spuck | Print a notification or play a sound effect when a player, bot or character matching a pattern enters or leaves the sector. | ||
| ezGroup | Protolif | Displays a notification at the bottom of the screen when invited to a group. 
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Additionally: /inv /kick /gleave |
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| Guild Notify | slime73 | Prints the names of players in your guild when they log on or off. | none |
Forum Thread |
| Msg Beep | slime73 | With this plugin, whenever you receive a /msg you will hear the proximity warning sound. | none |
[ Forum Thread] |
| SoundAlertSuite v1.0 | Chocolateer | Plays a sound for various actions that occur. Feel free to replace the sounds with your own, just be sure to keep the file names the same. | /soundalertsuite /SAS |
Interface
General
| Name | Author | Description | Sub-Category | Commands | Info & Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| animatedload | mr_spuck | A fancy animated loading screen. | Visuals | none |
Forum Thread |
| customHUD | Mick | Adds movable hud displays with target, weapon and self info. Can also be used to toggle elements of the normal HUD, optionally at the press of bound keys.[1] | HUD | /customhud /customhud config |
Forum Thread |
| DKAutofill | draugath | Key name auto-fill for the delete key dialog. | PDA | full UI integration |
Forum Thread |
| FactionColor | slime73 | Factions whose names are checked in the /factioncolor dialog will have their ship names coloured based on their default ship colour. For example, Xang Xi will be teal in the sectorlist and the TargetLess HUD list. 
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HUD | /factiocolor | |
| FlashChange | slime 73 | A very simple plugin that changes the red flash when you get hit to be less intense. It gets slightly brighter as your hull weakens. | Visuals | none |
Forum Thread |
| ignoreturret | Mick | Ignores turrets when using target in front command. Effectively turns off targeting of turrets. | HUD | /bind "b" ignoreturret | |
| LaunchButton | draugath | This hack allows you to bind a key for launching from a station or capital ship. (Lowercase "L" by default.) | Station / other | /launchbutton [key] |
Forum Thread |
| locknearbylist | mr_spuck | Adds a toggle to the nearby ships list that temporarily locks it. | HUD |
Forum Thread | |
| missiontimestamp | mr_spuck | Adds a timestamp to the end of the mission log of completed missions. | PDA | none |
Forum Thread |
| movesectorinfo | mr_spuck | Moves sector info to the bottom of the hud. | HUD | none |
Forum Thread |
| newsticker | mr_spuck | A newsticker in the welcome screen that cycles through the most recent news items. | PDA / other |
Forum Thread | |
| proxyhack | mr_spuck | Prevents the proxy distance entry from eating the tab key while the nearby ships list is open. | PDA |
Forum Thread | |
| pview | Mick | Makes 3rd person view persistent by toggling camera to external view after jumps, etc. | Visuals | /pview - toggles /pview on/off - obvious |
[ Forum Thread] |
| ShipLoadoutsManager | Chocolateer | Save ship loadouts on a per-station basis. | PDA / Station | /slm | |
| skirmishcolors | mr_spuck | Increases the brightness of the hud skirmish info for corvus and the hive to improve readability. | HUD |
Forum Thread | |
| tapehud | mr_spuck | ultra realistic cockpit simulation | HUD |
Forum Thread | |
| TargetLess | drazed | Advanced targetting plugin for Vendetta-Online. Provides a HUD display with multi-target details, and lets you quickselect targets (player/npc/asteroids) with key binds. | HUD | /targetless /importconfigroids |
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| Transaction Ledger | draugath | A ledger for tracking monetary transactions. | PDA | /ledger /ledger reset |
Forum Thread |
| treemissionlist | mr_spuck | Tree like version of the mission board. | PDA |
Forum Thread | |
| vzoom | Script by Eldrad, enhanced by Roguelazer, turned into a plug-in by Mick. | Eldrad's Variable Zoom alias made into a plug-in (mostly for ease of installation, there's no new functionality). | Visuals | /vzoom | |
| weapon group (wg) | Mick | A very simple interface to modify weapon groups while in space. | PDA / other | /wg |
[ Forum Thread] |
| Name | Author | Description | Commands | Info & Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NavComp | J.A.Keller | Avoid Ion Storms, Hive Bots and other hazards automatically when creating a Navroute. Have complete authority when saving or loading previous Navroutes with name and notes. Includes escape mode and fully integrated HUD and PDA controls. | none, full UI integration |
Forum Thread |
| navmapui | mr_spuck | Nav Route Interface - Adds a list of navroutes and some buttons to interact with them to the navigation windows. | Full UI integration |
Forum Thread |
| QuickPlot | slime73 | Plots a quick course to a specific sector. "sector" can be a sector such as Sedina L2 or just the sector coordinates if you want to jump in-system, e.g. arta a1 and a1 will both go to Arta Caelestis A-1 if you are already in Arta.Bind jump_prompt to a key if you want it to prompt you for a sector when you press a key. | /Jump sector bind jump_prompt |
Forum Thread |
| Really simple Navroute-reversing Lua Plugin | slime73 | Reverses navroutes. | /ReverseNav |
Forum Thread |
Cargo
| Name | Author | Description | Commands | Info & Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CargoFind | smittens | Find a specific cargo widget with a command. | /cargofind "<string>" | |
| cargolist | Mick | Displays list of all cargo in range. Clicking on the list targets stuff. | /cargolist |
Forum Thread |
| spaceScan | KepocuH | Asynchronously scans near space (in radar range) for specific cargo crates. Search conditions are the sub-strings of the objects which you are looking for stored in prioritized list. First list element has a highest priority, the last one lowest. | ||
| StationFind | Mad Miner Moda | Allows you to search your station inventory for specific items, stations, ships, items on ships, everything at specific stations, by nation, by faction or all stations. | /sfind |
Forum Thread |
Combat
| Name | Author | Description | Commands | Info & Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Collectorwatch | Womble | Hunting hive queens is fun, but watching the collectors mine is boring. This plugin allows you to do something else while the collectors do their mining, with an audible alert as soon as they move off to go back to the queen. | none |
Forum Thread |
| CombatAssist | Calder | Allows you to easily adjust constant thrusters outside of Flight Assist mode. In plain English, it prevents you from having to hold down the forward and reverse keys by allowing you to just tap either, (or the break) to control your ship's acceleration. To change keys or verbosity level, edit the file 'options.lua'. | none | |
| killshot | Mick | Will take screenshots when a player dies or kills someone. In case of a kill two screenshots will be taken, one just before death and another just after. There are configuration options for most situations: when player dies, whether it was suicide, when he kills someone, whether bots were involved. Also allows to save screenshots to a specified folder, using specified naming scheme. Taking first or second screenshot is optional. | /killshot | |
| mouselookincaps | mr_spuck | Automatically switch to mouselook mode when entering a capship and back off on undocking. | none |
Forum Thread |
| multiaim | Scuba Steve 9.0 | Adds separate targetting leadoffs for each weapon you have | Combat |
[ Forum Thread] |
| ToasterCrush Plugin Suite | Scuba Steve 9.0 | A collection of mostly-combat use plugins, configurable through a GUI panel accessible from the options menu, as well as a modular framework for future plug-in development. | full UI integration |
Forum Thread |
Trading/Mining
| Name | Author | Description | Commands | Info & Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cargopreset | Mick | Allows to save a list of currently loaded cargo as a preset and later load it. | /cpreset save "name" /cpreset load "name" |
Forum Thread |
| M.A.I.D. | igrok | M.A.I.D. (Mining And Inventory Daemon) Automatically jettison items of your choosing (ores, cargo, scrap, etc). Jettison items immediately (combat mode) or just before ship is full. Time cargo drops to make sure they don't disappear. Monitor asteroid temperatures to prevent overheating. Review mining and cargo statistics. | /maid | |
| Plod | INKling | Plod can be used to plot courses between two sectors (automatic rerouting). It will also buy and unload cargo between two stations, if you provide a third argument. For trading it will do everything but the flying. The trade item is case sensitive. | /plod 'sol e15' 'geira i5' 'XiRite Alloy'
/plod current 'geira o4' 'Basic Targeting Systems' /plod a12 j6 |
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| tempsafety | Mick | Will automatically turn off mining beams if temperature exceeds preset value . | off|currentmax|setmax] |
Forum Thread |
| TradeAssistant (TGFT version) | Mad Miner Moda | Keeps up with stations you visit and can show you the most profitable items between them. Trade routes: for the buy/sell to work you need items from the buy station at the sell station and it will show only profit. Item lookup: all stations you dock at, buy and sell prices. each time you dock it will update the cached copy so you get current rates. | /TA |
Forum Thread |
Gadgets
| Name | Author | Description | Commands | Info & Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| calc | Mad Miner Moda | Basic calculator, allows sci functions, memory, basic stuff. | /calc | |
| Timer | Chocolateer | In-game timer to set your own countdown. | see Forum Thread |
Fun & Misc
| Name | Author | Description | Commands | Info & Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| apcontrol | mr_spuck | A control interface for varioius media players. xmms, mpd and vlc (somewhat) are supported. | Lots. See readme file. |
Forum Thread |
| AutoRR | raybondo improved by igrok |
Automatic ship repair and weapon refill. | none | |
| deboop | mr_spuck | Replaces hit beep with machine gun sounds from OpenArena. | none |
Forum Thread |
| dullbot, boilbot, haulbot | mr_spuck | A travel bot, mining bot and a trade bot that sometimes even work. Most of the code is in the dullbot module which might be useful for other bots. | ||
| Humaniform | INKling | Act like a human! The Humaniform plugin will make your character act like a human by sending /me messages with human-like activity to sector chat every 5 - 20 minutes. You can configure your characters gender: male, female or neuter (default). | /humaniform on off / male / female / neuter |
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| InfiniTurbo | igrok | Turbo infinitely with any kind of ship/power cell. Switch between missile stacking, speed & energy modes. | /infiniturbo stacking, energy, speed |
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| Jett | slime73 | Cargo crate design script - Jettisons items in your cargo hold in 1cu increments. To use it, type '/Jett' ingame. It's set by default to jettison only a single crate of cargo when you do that, but you can configure it to jettison everything in your cargo hold (with a .5 second delay between every cargo crate jettisoned) by typing '/Jett toggle'. If you need help using the script ingame, type /jett help. | /Jett /Jett toggle |
Forum Thread |
| multiclick | Mick | Double-click (or more) functionality for any button. | See Forum Thread |
Forum Thread |
| racestats | Mick | In-game viewer for Sedina Racetracks' times. | /rs /racestats |
Forum Thread |
| telnetterm | mr_spuck | A more or less vt100 capable telnet client. It's quite incomplete and slow but enough to use a shell. | /telnetterm |
Forum Thread |
| umlautbind | mr_spuck | Bind umlaut keys (ä,ö,ü...) to commands. | /umlautbind |
Forum Thread |
Plugin Development
| Name | Author | Description | Commands | Info & Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DevKit | draugath | Tools to aid in the development of plugins. | /test /reload |
Forum Thread |
| racecartool | mr_spuck | Finds LUA definitions in the racecar wiki. It's meant to do some more maintaince related things eventually. |
Forum Thread |
Plugin collections by individual authors
This is a list that links to collections that individual authors created themselves in different places.
- Chocolateer's Forum Collection
- Dameos' Plugin Page
- Mick's Forum Collection
- igrok's Wiki Collection
- slime's Forum Collection & many more...
ChangeLog / Transfer Log - Andy Spades
Of course this will not be included in the final article, maybe on the talk page
- afk: saved
- animatedload: saved
- apcontrol: saved
- AutoJett: OBSOLETE - superseded by M.A.I.D. --> _deleted_
- AutoRR: saved
- BotScan: BROKEN - link @ VO Forums is broken. Waiting for reupload, else bound to be deleted. Also affects all other plugins by MSKanaka in that post. --> _on hold_
- calc: saved
- CargoFind: saved
- cargolist: saved
- cargopreset: BROKEN - links to "cargolist" thread, where there is not even a reference to cargopreset. --> fixed: found cpreset in Mick's thread. --> saved
- Channels: saved
- ChangeBackground: BROKEN - itan's site gives a 403-kind of error --> _on hold_
- ChSound: OBSOLETE - replaced by SoundAltertSuite --> _deleted_
- Collectorwatch: saved
- CombatAssist: saved
- customHUD: saved
- deboop: saved
- DevKit: saved
- DistanceMeter: BROKEN - link to forums wrong, fixed. dl-link broken. --> _on hold_
- DKAutofill: saved
- dullbot & friends: saved
- enterleave: saved
- ezGroup: saved
- FactionColor: saved
- FlashChange: saved
- GroupStat: OBSOLETE - broken link in thread, plus game does most of this itself now --> _deleted_
- GuildNotify: saved
- Humaniform: saved
- ignoreextras: saved
- IgnoreIRC: saved
- ignoreturret: saved (no forum thread?)
- InfiniTurbo (gen): saved
- InfiteTurbo/infiturbo: OBSOLETE - replaced by InfiniTurbo i think --> _on hold_
- Jett: saved
- JumpSFX: BROKEN - see 'BotScan' --> _on hold_
- killshot: saved
- locknearbylist: saved
- M.A.I.D.: saved
- missiontimestamp: saved
- Msg Beep: saved
- movesectorinfo: saved
- Navadd: BROKEN/OBSOLETE - see 'BotScan'; replaced by slime's plugin i think --> _on hold_
- multiaim: saved (forum thread still missing)
- multiclick: saved
- NavComp: saved
- navmapui: saved
- newsticker: saved
- paydialog: saved
- PI HUD: OBSOLETE - imo most of these features have been replaced by game (xp) and targetless functionalities (factions, kills) --> _on hold_
- Plod: saved
- PMsound: OBSOLETE - replaced by SoundAltertSuite --> _deleted_
- proxyhack: saved
- pview: saved
- QuickHail: saved
- QuickPlot: saved
- Quickreply: saved
- racecartool: saved
- racestats: saved
- Really simple Navroute-reversing Lua Plugin: saved
- ReplyToLastMessageButton: OBSOLETE - broken link, included in many other plugins, and is it really so hard to press "t", then "TAB"? --> _deleted_
- SetShipColor: BROKEN - see BotScan --> _on hold_
- ShipLoadoutsManager: saved
- shortgivemoney: saved
- skirmishcolors: saved
- SoundAlterSuite: saved
- spaceScan: saved
- StationFind: saved
- StationSpin: BROKEN - see BotScan --> _on hold_
- SwitchTarget: saved
- TargetBinds: saved
- TargetLess: saved
- tapehud: saved
- telnetterm: saved
- tempsafety: saved
- Timer: saved
- Tithe: saved
- TCS: saved
- TradeAssistant TGFT: saved
- TradeAssistant: BROKEN/OBSOLETE - replaced by the tgft version, dl-link broken: _deleted_
- Transaction Ledger: saved
- treemissionlist: saved
- umlautbind: saved
- vzoom: saved
TO DO
- Plugins to include from VOUPR: AutoLogin, BackgroundToggler, CtC Countdown, EscortTurbo, Honk, WingCommanderMusic
- Move disclaimer up?
- go through forums to find any missing stuff // edit: LOL. really? no... <.< // edit: really? o_O
- NavComp or navmapui to recommended section
- Include plugins that have been added to the original plugins page in the meantime (DriodButtons etc.)
- talk to people about 'Recommended' plugins, and maybe the other categories
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