A modern cross-platform front-end for Gemstone IV.

Developer Installation

From The Command Line

• Have Node
• Clone the repository or download the .zip.
• Navigate to the directory and install dependencies with yarn install.
• You can then launch Illthorn with yarn start
• Or make an app file with yarn make (look for the executable in /out/)

Connecting to the Game

You need to have an active Lich session. So you'd connect something like...

ruby lich.rb --login CHARACTER_NAME --detachable-client=8003 --without-frontend

Lich might also be lich.rbw on your setup. You can run multiple connections (for multiple characters/accounts) in multiple terminals and Illtorn will autodetect them. You'll have to run them on different ports though, like --detachable-client=8004.

Current Features

• Runs on macOS, Windows, and Linux (Electron)
• Attempts to autostart sessions by detecting open Lich processes started with --without-frontend
• Runs multiple sessions in a single app (alt-# between them)
• Highlights names/monsters/etc
• Autocomplete command history
• Multiple themes to choose from
• Zoom in/out (like a web browser)
• Optional Streams panel for LNet, ESP, and Deaths

Planned Features

• [ ] Plugin Interface
• [x] Custom Highlights
• [ ] Macros
• [ ] Saved Logging
• [ ] Download Public Themes
• [x] Clickable links in game feed and ESP/LNet

Meta Shortcuts

Meta shortcuts are not customizable, as this project will general prefer sane defaults over configuration

alt+<n>

Quick swap between sessions based on the numeric order on the left-hand session pane, similar to many modern terminals

CLI Commands (Vim prefixed)

All FE commands are prefixed by the : character, ala vim or other common CLI utils.

:theme <name>

Change the active theme.

• original
• rogue
• dark-king
• icemule
• kobold
• raging-thrak

:connect <name> <port>

Also has an alias: :c <name> <port>

Attempts to create a new named session with the given arguments. If name and port are omitted, it will attempt to autodetect any newly created Lich processes.

If port is omitted we will attempt to autodetect which port to connect to.

:focus <session>

Swaps focus to another session.

There is also an alias: :f <session>

:rename <new name>

Renames the currently focused session.

:swap <other name>

If you accidentally mixed up the name/port combos when connecting, this allows you to easily swap between the names.

:set <path> <value>

Sets a configuration path to a value.

:ui <name> <state>

Sets the panels. State is on or off. Names are:

• vitals
• injuries
• active-spells
• compass

Example: :ui compass off

:stream <name> <state>

Sets the stream panels. State is on or off. Names are:

• thoughts
• speech
• logon
• logoff
• death

Example: :stream thoughts on

:config

Display current configuration for Illthorn.

:hilite add <group> <pattern>

Adds a regular expression to the specified highlight group.

:hilite group <group> <css-property>=<css-value>

Specifies a set of CSS properties to apply to a given group highlight. Multiple property-value pairs can be specified for a group. Typical properties include:

1. color for foreground color.
2. background-color for background color.
3. font-weight to make text bold.
4. font-style to make text italics.

:hilite reload

Reload highlight configuration.

:hilite remove <type> <text>

Removes the type of hilight object matching the text entry. type must be either "pattern" for a pattern that is matched, or "group" for the specification of how to handle matches, as described in previous sections. This group must be run using :sudo. If a group is being removed, and patterns are still assigned to that group, the command needs to include the phrase confirm (e.g. :hilite remove group confirm <text>).

Autocomplete

Previous commands in a session are saved and will show a ghosted version as you type characters which you can autocomplete by pressing the right arrow key to complete the command.