nexus_keyboard_overlay

A simple keyboard overlay to show keypresses, specifically made for JP speedrunning.

[JP] Community Discord

Features

Youtube video by Delta showcasing the addon here

• Handles normal keys, NUMPAD and mouse keys. ⚠️ shifted keys are not handled (though shift can be added as a seperate key) ⚠️
• Add and place keys where you want!
• Your layout is saved and loaded on launch
• Toggle-able transparency (opacity is set to 80% by default)
• Pick your favorite color to display when keys are highlighted
• Set your keys to different sizes
• Disable key highlighting while typing in chat

Usage

Download & install Nexus and run Guild Wars 2 once to set up Nexus.
Download the addon from the Releases, and put it in the GW2/addons directory.
You should be able to hot-load it (so, no need to restart the game), but if it doesn't work just restart the game.
Configure it by pressing the Nexus icon -> Options -> Addons -> Keyboard Overlay.

Planned features

I have a list of planned features here.

Issues

If you encounter any crashes/issues, join the Nexus discord here and send your Nexus.log (in <GW2>/addons/Nexus) and a quick explanation of what you did just before the crash in the keyboard_overlay channel.

Build it yourself

Linux

Dependencies:

• x86_64-w64-mingw32
• cmake

git clone https://github.com/Seres67/nexus_keyboard_overlay
cd nexus_keyboard_overlay
mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..
cmake --build .

Copy libnexus_keyboard_overlay.dll to your GW2/addons folder and rename it however your like (e.g. keyboard_overlay.dll)

Windows

Dependencies:

• Visual Studio / Visual Studio Build Tools

git clone https://github.com/Seres67/nexus_keyboard_overlay
cd nexus_keyboard_overlay
mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..
cmake --build .

Copy Debug/nexus_keyboard_overlay.dll to your GW2/addons folder and rename it however your like (e.g. keyboard_overlay.dll)