We start with the basics and create the plugin package and classes. This seemed descriptive! The following subsections cover the basics of authoring a RuneLite plugin with an overlay. ContentsĪs with any RuneLite plugin, I started by picking a name: CurrentWorld. To give you an idea of what the end result will be, the image below shows a RuneLite client with the plugin highlighted in red. I also think the overall technique used in this post is readily transferable to other similar plugins where you want to use a basic text-box style overlay to display some type of information.

However, it is a pretty useless plugin for enhancing game experience! This is mainly becuase the current world information is already avialable in the client… but I thought it was a good, simple example to use for this tutorial. This plugin is pretty simple and makes for an excellent example. The plugin example we are going to cover is an overlay to display the current world that a player is logged in on. This time, we delve deeper and actually start writing some useful code! The end result is a simple plugin with an overlay. Previously, I wrote posts about how to Configure the Build Environment for RuneLite, then provided a high-level overview of the General Structure of RuneLite Plugins, then provided details and code examples for Creating a RuneLite Plugin Config Menu. This post is part of a series about writing RuneLite plugins. This post discusses and provides code examples of how to author a simple RuneLite plugin with an overlay.

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