Create noHintArrow

[JNCressey]

Completely remove the flashing yellow hint arrow, or let it only show for a set length of seconds.

Alerts you by a game message in the chatbox when a hint arrow was removed. Settings to disable this or change color.

[runelite-github-app]

New plugin nohintarrow: https://github.com/JNCressey/noHintArrow/tree/af094603a20f6af2bd26c4ff69e8ecf1398ff08c

[runelite-github-app]

Internal use only: Reviewer details Maintainer details

[quietdreamr]

Have you tried this in MTA? I tried a similar approach, but it didn't remove all (RL) instances of the arrow.

[JNCressey]

Have you tried this in MTA? I tried a similar approach, but it didn't remove all (RL) instances of the arrow.

It seems that, in any tick that no-hintarrow removes the hint arrow, the MTA plugin calls the setHintArrow method again. The no-hintarrow plugin puts a message in chat whenever it's removed a hint arrow, and at the MTA the chat is getting spammed with that message every tick.

The usage of hint arrow by the official game, (such as frequently on tutorial island or the shipyard tutorial in pandemonium quest) seems to only set the arrow once when the target changes, or you enter the area or log in. And it stays gone after a clearHintArrow call, until the target changes, or you re-log or re-enter the area.

If the MTA plugin was made to only set the hint arrow when it needs to (when target changes or you enter the area), then I think it would work the same way as the official Jagex use and be compatible with this approach at suppressing it.

[robmonte]

My idea for this plugin was to replace the flashing arrow with a static one instead. I think the hint arrows should still be there to provide functionality but without the flashing effect.

[JNCressey]

My idea for this plugin was to replace the flashing arrow with a static one instead. I think the hint arrows should still be there to provide functionality but without the flashing effect.

I added an optional substitute marker. It doesn't flash. It looks like a square on the floor, similar to "Ground Markers" plugin for marking a tile, or "Target True Tile" plugin which moves with the target NPC/player.

The substitute marker automatically clears itself after a duration. I didn't see any way to track it to when the game would have cleared the original hint arrow. At least, the old position will be cleared in the case of a new target being pointed at - the screen wont get cluttered by multiple markers.

[JNCressey]

There's a number of things I thought the user should be able to configure, here are the settings that show on the "edit plugin configuration" bit in RuneLite.

Settings

Setting	Default Value	Description
Clear Delay (seconds)	0	How many seconds before the hint arrow is cleared automatically
Debug Mode	false	Enable shift click to manually set hint arrows – option doesn't show unless you're developing and change a variable that turns debugging features on
Debug Messages	false	Show debug messages in chatbox – option doesn't show unless you're developing and change a variable that turns debugging features on
Alert Settings Alert message configuration
Do Alerts	true	Show message in chat when a hint arrow is removed
Alert Color	#7F007F (same purple as incoming trade requests)	Choose the color for alert text
Substitute Marker Settings
Use a substitute marker	false	Show a substitute marker for the removed hint arrow
Duration (seconds)	60 (1 minute)	How many seconds before the substitute marker is cleared
Marker Color	#FFFF00 (Yellow)	Choose the color for the substitute marker
Show Label	true	Show a text label ("Hint") on the substitute marker