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WvW Tools
The WvW Tracker is an overlay window that displays the state of all WvW objectives in a given map. All objectives of the displayed map are listed with the color corresponding to the owning world.
Note: Be sure to select your home world from the list of worlds in the WvW Settings.
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Orientation: The WvW Tracker can be displayed in both Horizontal or Vertical orientations. This is selectable via the main menu of the tracker window.
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Time-Distance Tracking: Optionally displayed with each objective is a distance value. This value can be turned off or customized to use the following units:
- Feet - Distance of the character from the objective in feet
- Meters - Distance of the character from the objective in meters
- Time-Distance - Estimated amount of time it would take to run to the objective from the player's current position. Note that Time-Distance values are calculated using direct-line distances, and as such, may not be entirely accurate depending on the path the user takes to reach the objective.
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RI Tracking: The current RI (Righteous Indignation) timer is displayed for each objective.
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Right-Click Menu: Right-clicking on an objective in the list displays a menu with the following options and information:
- Hide - Removes the objective from the WvW tracker list
- Copy Chat Code - Copies the chat-code for the objective that can then be pasted into the in-game chat
- Copy Under Attack Text - Copies text that indicates an objective is under attack. This can then be pasted into the in-game chat
- Copy Enemy Headed Towards Text - Copies text that indicates enemies are headed towards the objective. This can then be pasted into the in-game chat
- Copy Player Headed Towards Text - Copies text that indicates the player is headed towards the objective. This can then be pasted into the in-game chat
- Copy RI Timer Text - Copies text that indicates the RI timer value. This can then be pasted into the in-game chat.
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Main Menu: Clicking on the icon in the top-left corner of the window opens a menu with the following options:
- Orientation - Provides a selection of the Vertical or Horizontal orientation
- Show Distances - Enables/Disables the display of distances for objectives
- Distance Units - Allows selection of the distance units
- Reset Hidden Objectives - Resets all objectives hidden via the right-click menu
- Show... - Provides configuration of what types of objectives are shown, such as Castles, Keeps, Towers, Camps, and Bloodlust objectives. Also provides configuration of showing/hiding objectives owned by a world color.
- Use Player's Map - When enabled, the tracker will automatically detects which map the player is located on and will display the WvW objectives for that map
- Override Map... - Allows the user to select a specific map to show in the list (instead of using the player's detected map)
- Close - Closes the WvW tracker window
WvW Notifications are notification pop-ups that appear (initially) at the right side of the screen when an objective in WvW has just been captured. By default, WvW Notifications are disabled.
Note: Be sure to select your home world from the list of worlds in the WvW Settings.
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Positionable: You can click and drag notifications to re-position where they appear. If more than one notification is triggered at once, they will stack vertically.
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Configurable: Extensive configuration options for WvW Notifications are available in the WvW Settings.
Settings for the WvW Tracker and Notifications are available in this tab of the Settings window.
- World Selection: Displays and allows selection of the world to treat as the "Home World" for the player.
- WvW Notifications: Enables/Disables WvW notifications as a whole
- Notifications Duration: The amount of time that a notification is shown can be set here. The value indicates the duration of notifications in seconds.
- Additional, detailed settings for notifications include the following:
- When Home World Takes Objective - Enables notifications of when the home world captures an objective
- When Home World Loses Objectived - Enables notifications of when the home world loses an objective
- When Other World Takes Other World's Objectives - Enables notifications of when a world other than the home world takes another world's objective (again, other than the home world).
- Blue Borderlands - Enables notifications for objectives on the Blue Borderlands map
- Green Borderlands - Enables notifications for objectives on the Green Borderlands map
- Red Borderlands - Enables notifications for objectives on the Red Borderlands map
- Eternal Battlegrounds - Enables notifications for objectives on the Eternal Battlegrounds map
- Castles - Enables notifications for Castle objectives
- Keeps - Enables notifications for Keep objectives
- Towers - Enables notifications for Tower objectives
- Camps - Enables notifications for Camp objectives
- Bloodlust Objectives - Enables notifications for Bloodlust Objectives
- Automatically open and close tracker when entering/exiting WvW: When enabled, the WvW Tracker will automatically be opened/closed when entering/exiting WvW.