Yay! @Pixelcave just did a showcase video on this!!! 
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Awesome job by @Pixelcave with the video.
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Thank you! 
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I love this mod. Lets me do my own ābalanced modsā thing in my own private server.
However, testing stuff is a pain since I made an enclosure where I spawn NPCs and go at them all ācloackedā like to somewhat test weapons against each other.
Do you know if thereās a way to spawn a zero XP, unresponsive but hostile (targettable and attackable) NPC? That would be an amazing addition to your DPS metre, if there is none.
Cheers for this amazing mod.
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I replied to that in discord, but for others reading the thread:
There is a Funcom dummy you can spawn that has very little (I think 12 if I remember correctly?) armor and 150k health and is completely passive.
XX_Test_DoNothing_HealthBoost
I typically use that, or if I want a large hitbox fixed HP something to kill, I usually go for the giant croc 
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Iāve been working on this mod for a week now since we got the new devkitā¦
For Chapter 2 itās going to have a major update. Itās not going to look or feel much different though, but the insides are completely new
I know people like to āseeā the changeā¦ soooo ummā¦ hereās a sneaky preview of the new titlebar for example!
Also as a side-note regarding the performance of the mod as I got some concerns on the steam comments where people were told by their server admins that they wonāt install it because itāsā¦ let me quote this oneā¦
I was always aware that it doesnāt have much impact, in fact itās negligibleā¦ especially on the serverā¦
However while working on it now I actually tried to benchmark it 
I couldnātā¦ it literally runs in 0-1 msā¦ soā¦ even if you have a thousand NPCs simultaneously being hit on the serverā¦ itāll be just fine lol.
In fact all parts of it are that fast, even the client side. Even the bar generation loop runs under 1 ms on my average 3 year old gaming pcā¦ (the frequency of which btw can be adjusted in the settings)
The most noticeable client-side performance impact would be from the floating damage numbers in case you throw a grenade in a crowd, since the numbers have to be displayed / animated and all that jazz, ofc those can be simply turned off if someone is doing that a lot and their computer is noticing the difference.
Bottom lineā¦ it has virtually ZERO server impact, so nothing to be afraid of.
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The mod is wonderful. I just have one question: is it possible to expand the font size scale (settings) in the direction of increasing it? This applies to the top right panel; the letters are difficult to read during the game. I would increase my font size by at least one and a half times ā¦
Hmm 
even at the maximum scale of the mod? Because I always had the opposite complaints which is why I added the scaling slider to the settings way back
And which do you mean? the combat log panel that lists the individual hits with a timestamp?
Yes. But, as far as I understand, the font size setting is the same for both windows, so this is not so important. Personally, itās not a problem for me if both windows are slightly enlarged, Iām already used to it))
I agree that for analysis after a battle a large font is not needed, but to notice numbers out of the corner of the eye during a battle requires a larger font.
Hmmmm wonder how it looks like that
(subtle hint that maybe the customization options have also changed)
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Okay, so the update has happened Weāre now above version 2 of The Damage Meter. It got a bit of a facelift as well as new QoL settings and tweaks.
Changelog (this update involved quite a bit of work):
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Complete code cleanup and redesign (roughly 40 hours worth of cleanup work lol, but itās pretty now!)
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Created a color picker instead of the selection grid and redesigned the Settings window to implement it.
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Added setting to show / hide timestamps in combatlog
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Damage meter now remembers Current or Total encounter selected
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Changed calculations for Steel Thewed in accordance with the new gameplay changes (max damage is now 33% of HP)
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Tweaked the floating damage numbers so they now follow their targets and also move a bit faster to spread more
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Tweaked how raw damage is intercepted and filtered (might allow for additional damage sources to be picked up)
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Made the UI more responsive to controls regardless of the refresh interval set
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When tracking another player who killed a target, you will now correctly see 0 XP awarded if you or your followers didnāt actually contribute to the kill
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Made the damage meter text on in the header prettier (I hope)
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Made the breakdown UI less transparent than the main one to make text more easily readable
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When scaling the main window or combat log next to the screen edge, they will not expand off-screen
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Added button to reset settings to defaults
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Added option to set which corner of the screen the restore button goes to when minimized (for compatibility with other mods that add icons in the bottom left corner)
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Moved default position of windows to the top (for new users who didnāt have it saved yet, as it was overlapping the default position of proximity party)
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Added opacity slider for the theme to allow for more customization
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Fixed situational timing bug resulting in incorrect data saves being used and player not identified correctly
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Fixed bug where color theme would not apply to damage break-down tooltip
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Fixed bug that required pressing segments button twice if it was opened when minimizing
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Fixed bug where Segments panel would shoot off into the distance if it was open while scaling the UI
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Fixed various other minor bugs
Enjoy!
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So um.. this mod got a major update again weāre on version 3 
Hereās the new looks (special thanks to @Tephra for helping me out with all the icons and stuff):
But it also got a lot of cool features, below are the changes
Changelog v3.0.1:
- New Character Tracking feature merges the previous auto follower tracking and the experimental player tracking into a new system that allows players to persistently track up to 6 characters by default (players or NPCs), admins can change the limit with dc dmgtracklimit x
- Updated floating damage number system backend for a better performing one (they still look the same)
- Added floating damage numbers to Tracked characters
- Major UI revamp:
- UIs have a textured, cracked stone-like background to better fit the game
- Segment window max height limited to main window height to prevent going off-screen when on the bottom
- Implemented snapping between windows when moving them close to each-other to make positioning them together easier
- Resizing marks added to the lower right corners of both windows
- New icons for the radial menu on trackable characters (thank you Tephra)
- Main window now has 3d textured progressbars for indicating damage
- Main window has completely new icons that look less like a McDonalds menu (thank you Tephra, again!)
- Progress bars with 0 damage values on them will no longer show
- Settings window got a major rework
- Combat log now persists the last 100 lines after restart / death (might be useful to see what killed you)
- Color picker slightly easier to use as it now has an extra buffer zone before it confines your mouse cursor
- Conmbat log font very slightly reduced
- Mouse HUD interaction hotkey (F1) can now be rebound in the settings
- Added the admin command ādc dmgtracklimit xā where x is the number of characters you want to allow players to be able to track, setting it to 0 disables the system and players will only see their own personal data
- Added user console command ādc damagemetersettingsā which opens the settings (useful if you set your hotkey to something that doesnāt work)
- Data savegame files should no longer get jambled or new ones created, you should properly have one per character you play
- You can now select up to 9 colors for tracked character bars and these will be automatically assigned to characters and persist (you can nudge it slightly by renaming a thrall if you end up with too many of the same color)
- Revised default settings (can use the button on the top if the settings window to reset if something is glitchy and doesnāt update the settings properly)
- Added API function for logging external damage (only needed for things that donāt go through the native damage system, so for example modded effects that directly set the final HP of characters)
Enjoy!
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Here I made an improvised quick tutorial on the new version.
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