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Guild Wars 2

Guild Wars 2 is a MMORPG which is available as a standalone Launcher for Windows and on Steam.

Add-ons

Guild Wars 2 features a large add-on community. All add-ons described in this guide will assume gw2-add-on-loader is already installed. It has to be set up first if not already done. Additionall this guide assumes you are using the Enable DX9 Rendering option in the graphics tab of the settings.

The following subsections assume that Guild Wars 2 is installed at gw2_root_directory. Replace this directory placeholder according to your installation.

gw2-add-on-loader

To make multiple add-ons work together an add-on loader is recommended. One option for thi is gw2-add-on-loader.

Download the current version from the releases page. Proceed to place the files in the Guild Wars 2 Directory according to the installation instruction. This files namely include the following:

  • gw2_root_directory/addonLoader.dll
  • gw2_root_directory/d3d11.dll
  • gw2_root_directory/dxgi.dll
  • gw2_root_directory/bin64/d3d9.dll

This add-on loader loads both DX9 and DX11 add-ons. For the functionality to work d3d9_wrapper should be installed aswell.

d3d9_wrapper

d3d9_wrapper is a wrapper to the d3d9 API that includes d3d9 loading.

Download the current version from the releases page. From there place the included Directory d3d9_wrapper/gw2addon_d3d9_wrapper.dll in Guild Wars 2 gw2_root_directory/addon directory.

arcdps

arcdps is a damage meter. Its menu is accessible in-game via the hotkeys Alt-Shift-T.

Download the file d3d11.dll from their website. Then rename it to gw2addon_arcdps.dll and move it to a newly created directory inside the Guild Wars 2 add-on directory gw2_root_directory/addons/arcdps/gw2addon_arcdps.dll.

boon-tables

There is an extension to the arcdps add-on regarding the boon stats which are not easily readable otherwise. For this download the current version of the gw2-arcdps-boon-table and move the downloaded .dll file without changing its name to gw2_root_directory/addons/arcdps/d3d9_arcdps_table.dll. This extension can be opened via the main menu of the original arcdps settings with the Boon Table checkmark or with the hotkey Alt-Shift-B.

mechanics

Another extension to the arcdps addon is a log of mechanics for various strikes, fractals and raids. For this download the current version of gw2-arcdps-mechanics-log and move the downloaded .dll file without changing its name to gw2_root_directory/addons/arcdps/d3d9_arcdps_mechanics.dll. This extension can be opened via the extensions menu of the original arcdps settings.

healing_stats

The following is an extension of the arcdps addon that allows easier readability of healing. For this download the current version of arcdps_healing_stats and move the downloaded .dll file without changing its name to gw2_root_directory/addons/arcdps/arcdps_healing_stats.dll. This extension can be opened via the extensions menu of the original arcdps settings.

gw2radial

gw2radial is a add-on for Guild Wars 2 that allows faster access to markers, mounts and novelties. It is accessible in-game via the hotkeys Alt-Shift-M.

Download the current version from the releases page. Then place the folder gw2radial_d3d9 which contains the file gw2addon_gw2radial_d3d9.dll in the add-on directory of Guild Wars 2 gw2_root_directory/addons.