Controls and UI
GUI Modes
There is 2 main modes. The default binding to toggle them is ESC.
- Action mode - Here you can fight and interact with the world.
- GUI Mode - Here you get a mouse cursor and you can interact with the userinterface.
Menubar
In GUI Mode there is a menubar which is the games main menu.
General info on UI windows
Most UI windows have 1 or more small icons.
- Transparency
- Lock - If should show also when switching to action mode
- Options
- Close
Backpack
Drag some thing from your backpack into the 3D view to drop it on the ground, anyone can pick it up using Primary Use for items or Secondary Use for containers.
To delete something drag it to lower right corner of screen.
At the bottom of the backpack you can see how much gold is in your personal bank.
Tile rating
At the top of the screen is a tile rating. A tile is a map square (there is 33 x 33 of them in the world).
- Capital
- Lawful
- Lawless
Read more about their meaning under alignment.
Hotbar
Any weapon, tool, active skill or spell can be put into a hotbar slot. And shields can be put in with a 1H weapon.
Beware that weapons also have their own weapon bar in the paperdoll so you do not need to put them in the hotbar.
Per default to trigger a slot, click its number on keyboard.
At the very bottom of the hotbar is a round slot that shows current weapon/tool.
Just above that is current skill/spell (only shows in action mode).
Switching hotbar
Per default it is alt-#. But weapon bar can also auto switch hotbars.
Keybindings beyond numbers
Right-click a hotbar slot, a small gear icon will appear to the left, wherein you can set an extra binding. And set other stuff.
File:Hotbar-slot-options.png.png
Expanding
Near bottom of the hotbar is 2 arrow on the sides. They can be used to expand so more than 1 hotbar is visible.
Chat windows
Read more about these under chat.
Framerate and ping
The main chat window has a FPS counter and ping.
Health bars
These show char health, stamina and mana.
In the window options you can set if you want percentage or absolute values.
Mount health bar
Per default the mount health bar covers the char health bars, but if you drag it, they can be seen at the same time.
Item counter
This is used to keep easy view of number of certain items.
Just drag an item into a slot and it will count it.
Often used for ammo.
Getting more slots
In main menu -> Options -> GUI Options you can set how many slots should be in it.
Compass
The compass is not precise. The indicator line should be place a little right (a couple of pixels) of the direction you want to move in.
Paperdoll
Weapon bar
Weapon bar is smart.
As the name implies you can drag weapons (or tools) into it.
You can then hover the mouse over it afterwards, and a little gear icon appears which will lead to options for that weapon bar slot.
Auto equip
Enabling this will select (when the binding is activated) a weapon that matches the filters installed.
For example, drag a bow into a weapon slot, enable auto equip, set filters to only this type and then highest damage.
Then it will always give you the bow with the highest damage in your backpack when hitting the binding.
Binding
Which key or button to active this weapon or weapon type.
Auto hotbar switch
This can be enabled to switch to a weapon specific hotbar when that weapon is called upon. For example, open hotbar 3 when I equip my bow.
Equipment tier
This is used to determine if you are eligble for teleport to village using billboards.
The tier depends on quality of your gear, both in paperdoll and backpack.
Max is 6.
Base Attributes
See attributes.
Armour penalties
See armour.
Protections
See damage types.
Gear slots
The time to equip or unequip a piece of gear depend on where you are.
For example, next to bank in a capital is pretty much instant, while in a lawless tile takes long time. [need more details]
Armour slots
There is 10 armour slots.
Clothing and robe slots
There is 3 robe and clothing slots.
Figurine slot
There is 1 figurine slot.
Runebook slot
There is 1 runebook slot.
Loot bag slot
And 1 loot bag slot.
Get naked button
Does as the name implies.
Refresh button
Refresh equipment tier value.
Research tab
Read about research.
Titles tab
Read about titles here: link.
Skins tab
Skins can be bought from the RoA store.
Clan tab
Read more about clan management in clans page.
Minimap
Icons
Below the minimap is a row of icons
Options
In minimap window options you can set which legends should be shown. Notice that monster spawns only shows if they are enabled in Worldmap Quick Options.
Worldmap
Beware; the monster loot tables you can see in worldmap do not show rare drops, only common drops.
Quick Options and search field
You can narrow what is shown by typing in the searchfield. It will search also in loot-tables.
Next to search field is a gear icon, clicking it will show quick options as shown below.
File:Ui-worldmap-quick-options.png.png
Options
Worldmap also has window options, although due to the quick options, this is semi-redundant.
