[REL] Commander Health Display v2.7.4 [61250]

For those who always want to know how their commander is doing, this adds an information display to the screen showing your commander's health bar.

Special thanks to elitedanzel and @burntcustard for their assistance in updating and improving this mod.

Can be toggled on/off from the UI settings page.



Installation
Current build: 61250 (version 2.7.4)
Requires Floating Framework & Settings Manager mods.

Step 1:
Install the PA Mod Manager: https://forums.uberent.com/threads/rel-ui-mod-manager-v1-2.50726/

Step 2:
Launch the Mod Manager and click Install next to "Commander Health Display" on the "Available Mods" page.

Step 3:
Tick the box for "Commander Health Display" in the Installed Mods list to enable to mod.

How does this work with multiple commanders per army?

Awesome work btw

I actually don't know I originally tried to put the bar under the player name on the left, but I couldn't find a way to tell which player was the current one.

Well I'm currently unable to help you test. I moved house over the weekend and am operating on a 0.3mbps wireless connection until I get an engineer pay me a visit on the 21st. However, I can perhaps get some guys in the Realm to test that for you tonight before the livestream?

cool, I might install this.
I think this mod might be helpful when playing neptunio.

That would great if they can test, but no rush.

This looks real nice. Love you modders! Feels like a new patch sometimes.

I have to dissapoint you mate, I haven't been able to get this thing to work at all.

Am I supposed to create the folder called 'mods' myself?
I can't even find the original mod list thingy. So I just added yours to the different folders I tried.

I tried installing in the following folders:
1:
Planetary Annihilation Alpha\PA\media\pa\ui\mods\rCommanderHP
Planetary Annihilation Alpha\PA\media\pa\ui\mods\ui_mod_list

2:
Planetary Annihilation Alpha\PA\media\pa\ui\mods

3:
Planetary Annihilation Alpha\PA\media\pa\ui

Nothing seemed to work. I tried it against AI players. I also tried it in a 1v1.

Once both zips are extracted, it should look like this:
Planetary Annihilation Alpha\PA\media\pa\ui\mods\rCommanderHP\rCommanderHP.js
Planetary Annihilation Alpha\PA\media\pa\ui\mods\rCommanderHP\rCommanderHP.css
Planetary Annihilation Alpha\PA\media\pa\ui\mods\ui_mod_list.js

I still can't get it to work, have you tried compatibility with the big mod pack? Because I have that one right now. Makes files go all over the place and I don't know which one belongs to which mod.

I'm sorry I'm not able to figure out where to place the files, I'm not that good with modding and stuff.

Yeah, I tried to install this last night. I had to create the folder called 'mods', as there wasn't one already. I just couldn't get it to show

If you already have the mod pack installed, use the attached ui_mod_list instead (this adds this mod to the pack). Extract it to the mods folder and overwrite the existing ui_mod_list.js file.

@cwarner7264, the mods folder should have been there already - it's created by the installer.
If you installed to the default location, the full path would be:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Planetary Annihilation\PA\media\ui\mods\
And the folder should look like this after the mod is installed:

Could we get a text overlay of the comm's HP?

Definitely doable. I'd like to see if I can include the commander's current order, too.

Hmph. My mods folder wasn't there. I'll have another look this evening.

can I include in modpack?

Sure thing - same with the random planet name mod.

cool thankies!

Version 2 out - includes HP figures and warning.

Edit: Version 2.1 out - this simply include support for the Mod manager, no changes to the actual mod.

uhm, I understand that sometimes the 6000.0000000000000000000000001 type values we get are due to units dishing wrong or just actually very small amounts of damage but what do I have to add to prevent from displaying values after the digit?