Soulsy HUD

SoulsyHUD is a both a HUD mod and a hotkeys mod. SoulsyHud shows you what you have equipped right now at all times, updating in response to changes from any source. (CGO grip changes, for example!) You can set up lists of items you use often and cycle through them with a tap of a hotkey. You can also cycle through entire armor sets with a single key tap. Where possible, SoulsyHUD uses the game's existing menus to let you set all this up.

Soulsy's design goals are to stay fast and snappy with its interactions; to support as many mods as possible using keywords from Object Categorization Framework, and to keep its user interface out of the way.

SoulsyHUD lets you set hotkeys for managing what you have equipped or readied in four equipment slots:

• []right hand: weapons, spells, two-handed weapons, scrolls

  []left hand: one-handed weapons, spells, shields, torches, lanterns

  []shouts and minor powers, scrolls

  []utility slot: potions, poisons, food, armor

  []equipment sets: swap from one armor set to another

  Soulsy sets up cycles for each of these equipment slots. For example, if you want to switch between Flames and Healing spells in your left hand, you'd add each of them to your left hand cycle. For your right hand, you might set up a long sword with an anti-undead  enchantment, a dagger with Soul Trap, and a bow. Pressing the key assigned to a slot moves to the next item in your cycle and equips it (or readies it, in the case of the utility slot). If you tap the key several times quickly, you'll advance through the cycle and then equip the item you were on when you stopped tapping the button.

  Here's what it looks like in action:

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  To add or remove an item from a cycle, bring up the inventory, magic or favorites menu, hover over the item, and press the hotkey for the cycle you want to change. If the item is not in the cycle for that slot and it's appropriate for the slot, it'll be added. If it's already in that cycle, it'll be removed. Soulsy prints text feedback on the screen about what it did.

  Soulsy also has a hotkey for activating your selected utility item. This is the only category of item that Soulsy will try to activate for you; everything else needs to used the same way the base game has you use them. The last hotkey-able shortcut is for hiding and showing the HUD. There is an MCM setting if you want the HUD to fade out when you're not in combat or don't have your weapons readied.

  Soulsy's goal is to equip what you tell it to equip, as quickly and reliably as it can.

  Set up hotkeys first

  SoulsyHUD has an MCM menu that allows you to edit its options and, most importantly, set up your hotkeys for it. Before you dive into gameplay, you'll want to set up these five hotkeys: