Installation

Installation

Important Note: If you were using the old version of the library, make sure to remove all BuildingHelper related scripts from gamemode and order filter.

1. Dependencies

• Barebones timers and notifications libraries.
• Recommended for file combining: ModKit

2. Download the latest release

3. Panorama

   • Copy the panorama folder into content/dota_addons/YOURADDON/
   • Add the following lines to your panorama/layout/custom_game/custom_ui_manifest.xml

   <CustomUIElement type="Hud"  layoutfile="file://{resources}/layout/custom_game/building_helper.xml" />
   <CustomUIElement type="Hud"  layoutfile="file://{resources}/layout/custom_game/selection.xml" />

   Note: If you have the latest barebones you can skip the selection.xml line

4. Lua and Datadriven files

   • Copy the scripts folder into game/dota_addons/YOURADDON/
     • Note on Net Tables: If your game folder didn't have a custom_net_tables.txt file on game scripts folder, ignore this. Otherwise, don't replace your file but add these lines inside the custom_net_tables list:

   "builders",
   "selection",
   "construction_size",
   "building_settings",

   • In your addon_game_mode.lua file, add a require statement

   require("libraries/buildinghelper")

   • Also add a precache statement inside the Precache(context) function

   PrecacheResource("particle_folder", "particles/buildinghelper", context)

5. Particle files

   • Copy the particles folder into content/dota_addons/YOURADDON/
   • Copy the materials folder into game/dota_addons/YOURADDON/