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.

Installing Plugins

For instructions on how to install plugins, as well as another list, go to [1].

Creating your own Plugins

The VO Lua API that is used for creating plugins can be found at [2].

Plugins by Category

The list below has been culled from various sources, doesn't list all publically available plugins, and includes some plugins which have been superceded by in-game functionality.

The Vendetta Online Unofficial Plugin Repository (VOUPR) is also a growing source for plugin hosting and information.

General & Recommended

Newbs should also take a look at [this].

Name	Author	Description	Commands	Info & Download
AutoRR]	raybondo improved by igrok	Automatic ship repair and weapon refill.	none	[ Forum Thread] Download VOUPR

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 Download [ VOUPR]
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 Download [ VOUPR]
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.		Forum Thread Download [ VOUPR]
ezGroup	Protolif	Displays a notification at the bottom of the screen when invited to a group.	Additionally: /inv /kick /gleave	Forum Thread Download VOUPR
Guild Notify	slime73	Prints the names of players in your guild when they log on or off.	none	Forum Thread Download [ VOUPR]
IgnoreIRC	Chocolateer	Messages from players over the IRC bot are not displayed if that player is on your ignore list.	none	Forum Thread Download [ VOUPR]
Msg Beep	slime73	With this plugin, whenever you receive a /msg you will hear the proximity warning sound.	none	[ Forum Thread] Download [ VOUPR]
paydialog	mr_spuck	A graphical interface for the /givemoney command.	/paydialog_open.	Forum Thread Download [ VOUPR]
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 Download [ VOUPR]
QuickReply	Chocolateer	Contains several binds to make it easier to send PMs.	/reply_target /reply_sector /reply_channel recent_channel	Forum Thread Download [ VOUPR]
shortgivemoney	mr_spuck	A variant of givemoney that allows to abbreviate the amount.	/sgm	Forum Thread Download [ VOUPR]
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	Forum Thread Download [ VOUPR]
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	Template:Plugins tablerowOther
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 Download [ VOUPR]
Tithe	Mad Minder Moda	Allows you to tithe a user set % of your profit to the guild bank.	/tithe	Forum Thread Download [ VOUPR]

Interface

changebg, flashchange, aaEULA...

Name	Author	Description	Sub-Category	Commands	Info & Download
animatedload	mr_spuck	A fancy animated loading screen.	Visuals	none	Forum Thread Download [ VOUPR]
CargoFind	smittens	Find a specific cargo widget with a command.	Cargo	/cargofind "<string>"	Forum Thread Download [ VOUPR]
cargolist	Mick	Displays list of all cargo in range. Clicking on the list targets stuff.	Cargo	/cargolist	Forum Thread Download [ VOUPR]
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 Download [ VOUPR]
FactionColor	slime73	50px]	HUD	/factiocolorhttp://www.vendetta-online.com/x/msgboard/16/17439#219489	Forum Thread Download [ VOUPR]
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 Download [ VOUPR]

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 Download [ VOUPR]
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	[ Forum Thread] Download VOUPR

Trading/Mining

ta, maid...

Name	Author	Description	Commands	Info & Download

Gadgets

calc&co...

http://www.vendetta-online.com/x/msgboard/16/17979

Name	Author	Description	Commands	Info & Download
calc	Mad Miner Moda	Basic calculator, allows sci functions, memory, basic stuff.	/calc	Forum Thread Download [ VOUPR]

Fun & Misc

humaniform, UTsounds, honk...

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 Download [ VOUPR]
deboop	mr_spuck	Replaces hit beep with machine gun sounds from OpenArena.	none	Forum Thread Download [ VOUPR]
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.		Forum Thread Download [ VOUPR] 2nd Forum Thread Entry
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	[ Forum Thread] Download [ VOUPR] GitHub

Plugin Development

Name	Author	Description	Commands	Info & Download
DevKit	draugath	Tools to aid in the development of plugins.	/test /reload	Forum Thread Download [ VOUPR]
racecartool	mr_spuck	Finds LUA definitions in the racecar wiki. It's meant to do some more maintaince related things eventually.		Forum Thread Download [ VOUPR]

Plugin collections by individual authors

choco, dameos, slime, (draug?), Mick, igrok, ...

ChangeLog / Transfer Log - Andy Spades

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. --> _on hold_
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_
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
IgnoreIRC: saved
Msg Beep: saved
paydialog: saved
PMsound: OBSOLETE - replaced by SoundAltertSuite --> _deleted_
QuickHail: saved
Quickreply: saved
racecartool: saved
ReplyToLastMessageButton: OBSOLETE - broken link, included in many other plugins, and is it really so hard to press "t", then "TAB"? --> _deleted_
shortgivemoney: saved
SoundAlterSuite: saved
SwitchTarget: saved
TargetBinds: saved
Tithe: saved

Old List

Dameos' Plugins

Dameos created a bunch of plugins which are available on Dameos' Plugin Page

ignoreextras

Description: some extra ignore features. ignore players temporary (ok, the game can do that too now.. ) and whole factions

Created by: mr_spuck

Additional information & download: [3]

ignoreturret

Description: Ignores turrets when using target in front command. Effectively turns off targeting of turrets.

Usage: Bind it instead of target in front.

eg. /bind b ignoreturret

There's also /ignoreturret command

Created by: Mick

Download: ignoreturret.zip

InfiniTurbo

Description: Turbo infinitely with any kind of ship/power cell. Switch between missile stacking, speed & energy modes.

Created by: igrok

Additional information & download: InfiniTurbo v1.1

InfiniteTurbo

Description: Let's you turbo infinitely with any kind of ship/power cell.

Created by: firsm

Additional information & download: [4]

Jett

Description: Jettisons items in your cargo hold in 1cu increments.

Created by: slime73

CLI: 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.

Additional information & download: Jett plug-in thread entry

JumpSFX

Description: Enables the built-in (but normally unused) wormhole and sector jump sound effects.

Created by: MSKanaka

CLI: /jumpsfx [on|off] -- Turns the jump effects on or off.

Additional information & download: JumpSFX plug-in thread entry

Known Bugs:

- VO soundtrack will not play due to the script's use of playmusic(); the function required for this does not work with these particular sound effects. Fixed.

In the pipe:

- Bugfixes (if any) - Option to allow the VO soundtrack to continue playing by auto-detecting which music file should be playing based on the player's location. Implemented via gksound.GKPlaySound().

killshot

Description: 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.

Usage:
Type /killshot in-game to see extensive help.

Download: [5]

Created by: Mick

LaunchButton

Description: This hack allows you to bind a key for launching from a station or capital ship.

Created by: draugath

Additional information & download: [6]

locknearbylist

Description: Adds a toggle to the nearby ships list that temporarily locks it.

Created by: mr_spuck

Additional information & download: [7]

M.A.I.D.

Description: 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.

Created by: igrok

Additional information & download: M.A.I.D. v1.3

missiontimestamp

Description: adds a timestamp to the end of the mission log of completed missions

Created by: mr_spuck

Additional information & download: [8]

movesectorinfo

Description: move sector info to the bottom of the hud

Created by: mr_spuck

Additional information & download: [9]

Navadd

Description:: Allows the player to add sectors to their navroute by using sectorIDs instead of coordinates.

Created by: MSKanaka

CLI: /navadd [sID] -- adds the sector with the ID number of sID to your navroute.

Additional information & download: Navadd plug-in thread entry

In the pipe: Bugfixes (if any).

mouselookincaps

Description: automatically switch to mouselook mode when entering a capship and back off on undocking

Created by: mr_spuck

Additional information & download: [10]

multiaim

Description: adds separate targetting leadoffs for each weapon you have

Created by: Scuba Steve 9.0

Download: (original seems missing) [11]

multiclick

Description: Double-click (or more) functionality for any button.

Created by: Mick

Additional information & download: Mick's plug-in thread

NavComp

Description: 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

Created by: J.A.Keller

Additional information & download: NavComp Plugin

navmapui

Description: nav route interface

Created by: mr_spuck

Additional information & download: [12]

newsticker

Description: a newsticker in the welcome screen that cycles through the most recent news items

Created by: mr_spuck

Additional information & download: [13]

PI HUD

Description: Displays faction standings and required XP to reach next level for all licenses. Optionally shows player combat stats such as kills, deaths, and PKs.

Created By: Micalan

Additional information & download: [14]

Plod

Description:

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.

Usage.
------
/plod [start sector or 'current'] [end sector or 'current'] [optional trade item]

Examples:
---------
/plod 'sol e15' 'geira i5' 'XiRite Alloy'
/plod current 'geira o4' 'Basic Targeting Systems'
/plod a12 j6

Created By: INKling

Additional information & download: on github, .tar.gz, .zip

proxyhack

Description: prevents the proxy distance entry from eating the tab key while the nearby ships list is open

Created by: mr_spuck

Additional information & download: [15]

pview

Description: makes 3rd person view persistent by toggling camera to external view after jumps, etc. Commands: /pview - toggles /pview on/off - obvious

Created by: Mick

Download: pview.zip

QuickPlot

Description: Plots a quick course to a specific sector.

Created by: slime73

CLI::

/Jump 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.

Additional information & download: QuickPlot plug-in thread entry

racestats

Description: In-game viewer for Sedina Racetracks' times.

Created by: Mick

Additional information & download: Mick's plug-in thread

Really simple Navroute-reversing Lua Plugin

Description: Reverses navroutes.

Created by: slime73

CLI: Type "/ReverseNav" ingame.

Additional information & download: ReverseNav plug-in thread entry

SetShipColor

Description: Lets the player set the color of ships that they purchase to match that of one of the ingame factions or guilds.

Created by: MSKanaka

CLI:

/setshipcolor faction [factionname] -- Sets ship purchase color to match the given faction.

/setshipcolor guild [guildacronym] -- Sets ship purchase color to match the given guild's color.

Additional information & download: SetShipColor plug-in thread entry

In the pipe:

- Bugfixes (if any).

- Adding/removing/fixing guild colors as requested.

ShipLoadoutsManager

Description: Save ship loadouts on a per-station basis

Created by: Chocolateer

Additional information & download: [16]

skirmishcolors

Description: Increases the brightness of the hud skirmish info for corvus and the hive to improve readability

Created by: mr_spuck

Additional information & download: [17]

spaceScan

Description 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 on lowest.

Created by: KepocuH

Additional information & download: [18]

StationFind

Description: 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.

Created by: Mad Miner Moda

CLI: /sfind

Additional information & download: plug-in thread entry

StationSpin

Description: Causes the station the player is docked at to spin in the background. If the player is in a capship, nothing happens.

Created by: MSKanaka

CLI: /stationspin [on|off] -- Turns the spinning on or off.

Additional information & download: StationSpin plug-in thread entry

In the pipe: Bugfixes (if any).

TargetLess 1.7.11

Description: 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.

Created by: drazed

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CLI:

/importconfigroids --> import roids from versions before 1.7

/targetless --> Manage targetless (controls/settings/etc).

Additional information & download: TargetLess.

User comments: 'I longed for this functionality for a year (but was apparently never smart enough to actually request it). Suddenly, as if by magic (or possibly industrial espionage) there was a plug-in which did all I had dreamt of, and today, I consider it the single most important addition available to VO's HUD. An enormous aid in large battles.' - Ion

tapehud

Description: ultra realistic cockpit simulation

Created by: mr_spuck

Additional information & download: [19]

telnetterm

Description: a more or less vt100 capable telnet client. it's quite incmplete and slow but enough to use a shell

Created by: mr_spuck

Additional information & download: [20]

tempsafety

Description: Will automatically turn off mining beams if temperature exceeds preset value

Created by: Mick

Additional information & download: Mick's plug-in thread

Timer v1.2

Description: In-game timer to set your own countdown.

Created by: Chocolateer

Additional information & download: [21]

ToasterCrush Plugin Suite

Description: 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.

Created by: Scuba Steve 9.0

Additional information & download: TCS forum thread

User comments: 'One of the absolute essential plug-in packages for any kind of plugged-in and modular VO fun. Download it, and go Make Friendsï¿½c' - Ion

TradeAssistant (TGFT version)

Description: 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.

No data is wrote or saved between sessions, no config settings and the like. This is due to volatility of the data.

Created by: Mad Miner Moda

CLI:: /TA : Opens the UI

Additional information & download: thread entry

TradeAssistant v.03

Descriptions: Keeps up with stations you visit and can show you the most profitable items between them.

Created by: Vorgas

CLI: Get help with /help or /ta.help.

Additional information & download: TradeAssistant plug-in thread entry File location broken!

Transaction Ledger

Description: A ledger for tracking monetary transactions.

Created by: draugath

Additional information & download: [22]

treemissionlist

Description: tree like version of the mission board.

Created by: mr_spuck

Additional information & download: [23]

umlautbind

Description: bind umlaut keys to commands

Created by: mr_spuck

Additional information & download: [24]

weapon group (wg)

Description: A very simple interface to modify weapon groups while in space. Open it with /wg

Created by: Mick

Additional information & download: wg v0.1.zip

vzoom

Description: Eldrad's Variable Zoom alias made into a plug-in (mostly for ease of installation, there's no new functionality).

Created by: Script by Eldrad, enhanced by Roguelazer, turned into a plug-in by Mick.

Additional information & download: Mick's plug-in thread

↑ User comment: 'A small but drastic change. With my penchant for keeping only relevant combat information around my central HUD elements, customHUD is essential. Together with DistanceMeter, you've got yourself a HUD that actually aids you in combat, not hinders you.' - Ion

[1] User comment: 'A small but drastic change. With my penchant for keeping only relevant combat information around my central HUD elements, customHUD is essential. Together with DistanceMeter, you've got yourself a HUD that actually aids you in combat, not hinders you.' - Ion

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Plugins Draft by Spades

Installing Plugins

Creating your own Plugins

Plugins by Category

General & Recommended

Communication & Player Interaction

Interface

Combat

Trading/Mining

Gadgets

Fun & Misc

Plugin Development

Plugin collections by individual authors

ChangeLog / Transfer Log - Andy Spades

Old List

Dameos' Plugins

ignoreextras

ignoreturret

InfiniTurbo

InfiniteTurbo

Jett

JumpSFX

killshot

LaunchButton

locknearbylist

M.A.I.D.

missiontimestamp

movesectorinfo

Navadd

mouselookincaps

multiaim

multiclick

NavComp

navmapui

newsticker

PI HUD

Plod

proxyhack

pview

QuickPlot

racestats

Really simple Navroute-reversing Lua Plugin

SetShipColor

ShipLoadoutsManager

skirmishcolors

spaceScan

StationFind

StationSpin

TargetLess 1.7.11

tapehud

telnetterm

tempsafety

Timer v1.2

ToasterCrush Plugin Suite

TradeAssistant (TGFT version)

TradeAssistant v.03

Transaction Ledger

treemissionlist

umlautbind

weapon group (wg)

vzoom

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