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The plugin described provides "spellups" (buffs) for Aardwolf players.

First I will describe what it does, and then explain how to install it.

Initially, after installing, you will see a window which shows you have no spellups on you, and none requested:

One thing you can do now is request a couple of spellups, for example "armor" and "bless" by specifying them separated by commas:

spellup armor, bless

The window changes to indicate those two are requested, and are also pending. Pending means you want them, but don't have them yet.

I have been sitting, so it can't cast them yet, so I'll stand up, and let it get on with it:

stand

It immediately detected it could cast the spells since I changed position, and cast both of them. Now the spellup window shows they are both active:

The window also shows how long each one will last, and is refreshed each second. They are sorted into order with the soonest to expire at the top, so you can see at a glance if your spells are about to expire.

It can be a bit tedious for a high level player to work out all of their possible spellups, so if you want all of them you can just type "spellup all":

spellup all

I sat down again so you can see the effect. The existing ones are still active, but another 10 are now pending. Let's stand up and let them take effect:

stand

If a spell fails to cast, it detects that, and retries, until it is cast successfully. Spells are cast in the order you specify, so a more important one can be cast before a less important one.

We also see from the above screenshot that as spellups are about to expire, their "time to go" is coloured yellow (less than 3 minutes) or red (less than one minute). This gives you a visual cue that perhaps you should spellup again before starting a big fight.

You can also get "bad" spells on you (debuffs). This screenshot shows an example:

The spell "blindness" is shown in red to alert you the bad effect, and perhaps you could get it cured one way or another before continuing.

Other options

Remove an unwanted spellup

Perhaps you don't need 'underwater breathing' as it just wastes mana? You can remove it by preceding the name(s) of the spells with a minus sign:

spellup - underwater

Add a wanted spellup

If you want to add a spell back, you can add it by preceding the name(s) of the spells with a plus sign:

spellup + underwater

Pause spellups

If you are in the city and want to chat with friends without seeing lots of spellup messages, just type "spellup pause"

spellup pause

Resume spellups

If you have paused spellups, and now want them to continue, just type "spellup resume"

spellup resume 

Fast spellups

The default behaviour is for the spellup script to spell you up in the order you specify. That way, if mana is low, you spend it on an important spell, rather than something you might not need, like underwater breathing. However if you are in a hurry, you can do "spellup fast" which quickly casts all needed spellups, and then waits for any error messages, to recast any that failed:

spellup fast 

Spellup other players

If another player requests a spellup, you can just type "spellup other (name)", which makes the script quickly cast all suitable spellups on the other player:

spellup other Traethiel

Cancel all spellups

To remove all existing spellups (from the list), type "spellup none". Of course, existing spellups will continue to affect you, however they will not be recast when they expire.

spellup none

Help on spellups

To be reminded of these options, type "spellup help" and a summary will appear in the output window.

spellup help

Recoveries

Some spellups have recovery times (cooldowns). The plugin detects such cases, and shows a "recovery" line for each such spell. Any spell which is awaiting cooldown will be shown as "on cooldown", and the script will not attempt to recast it until the cooldown period is over.

Brief version

Once you are confident the spellup plugin is working properly, you can type "spellup brief" to see a shortened display.

spellup brief

spellup full