Realm Domination/Action Bar and Bag: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 18:11, 8 October 2026

The Action Bar gives you shortcuts to your flags. The Bag holds them, and the Realm display above the bar shows the battle in your region.

Open and close the controls

Click the HUD's settings button.
Choose Action bar to show the Action Bar and Realm display.
Click the Bag button at the bar's left end to open your Bag.

Click the Bag button again to close it. Choose Action bar again to hide all three controls. Choose Settings from the HUD's menu for the main HUD options.

Hiding the bar does not stop your participation. To leave Realm Domination, turn off Take part on the website.

Move the Action Bar

Press and hold the movement handle at the right end.
Drag the bar where you want it.
Release the handle.

The Bag and Realm display move with it. Your position, shortcuts, and open-or-closed bar choice are saved; the Bag starts closed when you return. If you cannot reach the handle, move the main HUD into view using its usual movement control first.

Open your flags

Open the Bag.
Click the flag stack to open Flag ×N, where N is your flag count.
Choose the action you need.

Control	What it does
Lay Siege	Starts a siege in enemy territory without spending a flag.
Use	Plants a flag when the region allows it. A successful plant spends one flag.
Assign	Places a flag shortcut on the Action Bar.
Close	Closes the dialog. From the Bag, it also closes the Bag.

Actions appear only when you can use them. If you see Stand on the ground first, land or stand up, let the display refresh, and reopen the dialog. The dialog closes after 30 seconds.

See Capturing and Defending for when to choose Lay Siege or Use.

Assign or clear a shortcut

Open the flag stack and choose Assign.
Click the Action Bar slot you want to use.
Click that slot whenever you want to open your flag actions.

From a shortcut's dialog, choose Clear to remove the shortcut. This keeps your flags. Close closes that dialog only. If you spend your last flag, an assigned shortcut can become useful again when you earn more.

The bar has 12 slots, in two rows of six. The Bag has 12 cells, three across and four down, with page arrows. All flags share one stack; cells and slots do not increase your carrying limit. Page arrows do not create more flags or pages.

Read the Realm display

Click the display for fuller information in chat when a team name is shortened.

Display	Meaning
Unclaimed	No team owns the region.
Controlled	The bar shows the owner's control.
Under siege	Players are weakening the owner without a planted flag.
Under attack	A flag is planted against the owner; the bar still shows the owner's control.
Contested	The bar shows the planted flag team's claim. Held by names any existing owner until the claim reaches 100%.
Protected	A completed capture or defense has temporary Realm protection.

Sanctuary · your influence sleeps means you are on System Land or in a safe zone. Your influence fades or Too swift means you are not currently helping move the bar. Stand or move normally on the ground.

After arrival, Loading region… can appear briefly. For Reconnecting to Realm… or Realm display unavailable, wait for the display to reconnect before planting. Other availability messages tell you whether you need to join or cannot currently take part.

Follow the display during play. Chat notices such as Siege begun, Flag planted, and Region captured describe events that have already happened. See Help and FAQ if progress stalls.

When an enemy plants in your team's territory, opted-in teammates with connected HUDs receive an alert naming the planter and linking to the region's map, even from another sim. A siege without a flag does not send this alert.

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-The HUD's Action Bar and Bag let you see your flags and choose siege and planting actions. The Realm display shows the region's capture bar while you play.
+The Action Bar gives you shortcuts to your flags. The Bag holds them, and the Realm display above the bar shows the battle in your region.
-== Action Bar and Bag layout ==
+== Open and close the controls ==
-The HUD's settings button opens a menu with '''Settings''' and '''Action bar'''. Choose '''Settings''' for your HUD options. Choose '''Action bar''' to show or hide the Action Bar, Bag, and Realm display.
-The Action Bar has '''twelve shortcut slots''', arranged in two rows of six. The Bag button sits at the left end, the movement handle at the right end, and the Realm display above the bar. The Bag opens above its button with twelve cells, arranged three across and four down, plus page arrows.
-The number of cells or shortcuts is not your flag allowance. All your flags share one stack, with a carrying limit of six.
-== Open and close the Action Bar ==
 # Click the HUD's settings button.
-# Choose '''Action bar'''.
+# Choose '''Action bar''' to show the Action Bar and Realm display.
-# Choose '''Action bar''' again when you want to hide it.
+# Click the '''Bag button''' at the bar's left end to open your Bag.
-Closing the bar also hides the Bag and Realm display. The bar remembers its open or closed choice, its position, and its assigned shortcuts. The Bag starts closed when you return.
+Click the Bag button again to close it. Choose '''Action bar''' again to hide all three controls. Choose '''Settings''' from the HUD's menu for the main HUD options.
-'''Closing the bar does not leave Realm Domination.''' You can still count in a battle with the display hidden. Use '''Take part''' on the website to opt out.
+Hiding the bar does not stop your participation. To leave Realm Domination, turn off '''Take part''' on the website.
 == Move the Action Bar ==
-# Press and hold the movement handle at the right end of the bar.
+# Press and hold the movement handle at the right end.
-# Drag the bar to a comfortable position.
+# Drag the bar where you want it.
-# Release the mouse button.
+# Release the handle.
-The Bag and Realm display move with it. The position is saved. If the handle is outside the visible screen area, move the main HUD into view using its usual movement control so you can reach the bar, then place the bar where you want it.
-== Open and browse the Bag ==
-# Open the Action Bar.
-# Click the Bag button at its left end.
-# Click a flag stack to open its actions.
-# Click the Bag button again to close the Bag.
-The flag stack shows how many flags you carry. Page arrows report the selected page in chat, such as '''Next page: 1/1'''. If there is only one page, an arrow does not create another page or another flag stack.
+The Bag and Realm display move with it. Your position, shortcuts, and open-or-closed bar choice are saved; the Bag starts closed when you return. If you cannot reach the handle, move the main HUD into view using its usual movement control first.
-== Use the flag dialog ==
+== Open your flags ==
-Click a flag in the Bag to open a dialog headed '''Flag ×N''', where N is your number of flags.
+# Open the Bag.
+# Click the flag stack to open '''Flag ×N''', where N is your flag count.
+# Choose the action you need.
 {| class="wikitable"
-! Button !! What it does
+! Control !! What it does
 |-
-| '''Lay Siege''' || Begins a siege against an enemy-controlled region. You must carry a flag, but starting the siege spends none.
+| '''Lay Siege''' || Starts a siege in enemy territory without spending a flag.
 |-
-| '''Use''' || Plants a flag when the region and your character allow it. A successful plant spends one flag.
+| '''Use''' || Plants a flag when the region allows it. A successful plant spends one flag.
 |-
-| '''Assign''' || Lets you put a flag shortcut on an Action Bar slot.
+| '''Assign''' || Places a flag shortcut on the Action Bar.
 |-
-| '''Close''' || Closes the flag dialog and the Bag.
+| '''Close''' || Closes the dialog. From the Bag, it also closes the Bag.
 |}
-'''Lay Siege''' and '''Use''' appear only when available at your current location. If you are sitting, flying, or off the ground, the dialog can say '''Stand on the ground first'''. After landing, allow the HUD to update and reopen the dialog if necessary. A dialog closes automatically after 30 seconds.
+Actions appear only when you can use them. If you see '''Stand on the ground first''', land or stand up, let the display refresh, and reopen the dialog. The dialog closes after 30 seconds.
-Browsing the Bag, assigning a shortcut, and moving the bar do not spend flags.
+See [[Realm Domination/Capturing and Defending|Capturing and Defending]] for when to choose Lay Siege or Use.
-== Assign and clear a shortcut ==
+== Assign or clear a shortcut ==
-# Open the Bag and click your flag.
+# Open the flag stack and choose '''Assign'''.
-# Choose '''Assign'''.
+# Click the Action Bar slot you want to use.
-# Click the Action Bar slot where you want the shortcut.
+# Click that slot whenever you want to open your flag actions.
-# Later, click that slot to open the flag dialog directly.
-From an assigned slot, the dialog can offer '''Lay Siege''', '''Use''', '''Clear''', and '''Close'''. Choose '''Clear''' to remove that shortcut. Your flags remain in the Bag. '''Close''' from a shortcut closes only the dialog.
+From a shortcut's dialog, choose '''Clear''' to remove the shortcut. This keeps your flags. '''Close''' closes that dialog only. If you spend your last flag, an assigned shortcut can become useful again when you earn more.
-A shortcut points to your existing flag stack. Assigning several shortcuts does not create more flags. Shortcuts are saved and can remain assigned when your flag balance reaches zero, ready for when you earn more.
+The bar has '''12 slots''', in two rows of six. The Bag has '''12 cells''', three across and four down, with page arrows. All flags share one stack; cells and slots do not increase your carrying limit. Page arrows do not create more flags or pages.
-If you click a shortcut just after arriving in a region, the dialog may wait until the region information has loaded.
 == Read the Realm display ==
-The top line names your current region. The next line describes its state, team, and bar. Some team names are shortened to fit; click the display to read fuller information in chat.
+Click the display for fuller information in chat when a team name is shortened.
 {| class="wikitable"
-! Display label !! Meaning
+! Display !! Meaning
 |-
-| '''Unclaimed''' || No team owns the region. An eligible player can plant a flag to begin a claim.
+| '''Unclaimed''' || No team owns the region.
 |-
-| '''Controlled''' || A team owns the region. The percentage shows that owner's control, even if the bar is damaged or at zero.
+| '''Controlled''' || The bar shows the owner's control.
 |-
-| '''Under siege''' || The owner's bar is being fought over without a planted flag. The owner cannot lose the region from this alone.
+| '''Under siege''' || Players are weakening the owner without a planted flag.
 |-
-| '''Under attack''' || A flag has been planted against the owner. The display names the owner and the flag's team.
+| '''Under attack''' || A flag is planted against the owner; the bar still shows the owner's control.
 |-
-| '''Contested''' || The percentage now shows the flag team's claim. If the region already has an owner, '''Held by''' names that owner until the claim reaches 100%.
+| '''Contested''' || The bar shows the planted flag team's claim. '''Held by''' names any existing owner until the claim reaches 100%.
 |-
-| '''Protected''' || The owner has temporary Realm capture protection. Ordinary combat rules still apply.
+| '''Protected''' || A completed capture or defense has temporary Realm protection.
 |}
-For example, '''Under attack · Defending team · 40% · Flag: Attacking team''' shows the defender's remaining control. Later, '''Contested · Attacking team · 12% · Held by Defending team''' shows the attacker's growing claim. The defending team still owns the region at that point.
+'''Sanctuary · your influence sleeps''' means you are on System Land or in a safe zone. '''Your influence fades''' or '''Too swift''' means you are not currently helping move the bar. Stand or move normally on the ground.
-Click the Realm display to print fuller status in chat, including protection time when applicable, whether a flag is ready to plant, and how many flags you carry.
-== Influence and availability messages ==
-An orange line can explain why you are not influencing the bar.
-{| class="wikitable"
-! Message !! What to do
-|-
-| '''Your influence fades · touch the ground''' || Return to a supporting surface and stay on foot.
-|-
-| '''Your influence returns…''' || Give the HUD a few seconds to confirm that you are ready again.
-|-
-| '''Too swift · your influence scatters''' || Return to ordinary walking or running speed.
-|-
-| '''Sanctuary · your influence sleeps''' || You are on System Land or in a safe zone. Move outside the sanctuary or safe zone to participate.
-|}
-Other messages can include '''Join Realm to play''', '''Cannot capture right now''', '''Capture unavailable here''', '''Realm paused''', '''Realm unavailable''', or '''Realm access suspended'''. Read these alongside the region state: a Controlled or Unclaimed label does not override a restriction on taking part.
-An unclaimed safe location may show '''Claimed by The Darkness'''. This is a sanctuary message, not an opposing team you can defeat.
-'''Loading region…''' is normal briefly after arrival. '''Reconnecting to Realm…''' means you should wait for an updated display before trying to plant. '''Realm display unavailable''' means the HUD cannot currently show usable Realm information; check again after it reconnects.
-== Chat notices and attack alerts ==
-Local Realm notices tell you about events such as '''Siege begun''', '''Flag planted''', '''Flag ready to plant''', '''Flag broken''', '''Region captured''', and '''Protection ended'''. Read the current display as well as the chat history; an earlier notice may describe a state that has since changed.
-When an enemy plants a flag in territory your team owns, opted-in teammates with reachable working HUDs receive an attack alert, including teammates elsewhere. It names the planter and includes a clickable region map link. Laying siege without planting does not send this team alert.
+After arrival, '''Loading region…''' can appear briefly. For '''Reconnecting to Realm…''' or '''Realm display unavailable''', wait for the display to reconnect before planting. Other availability messages tell you whether you need to join or cannot currently take part.
-The alert can also play a sound that only you hear. Change your own '''Attack alert sound''' setting under '''My campaign → Settings''' on the website. Turning it off keeps the chat alert. Your HUD's usual alert-sounds option does not control this Realm sound, and your choice does not change anyone else's sound.
+Follow the display during play. Chat notices such as '''Siege begun''', '''Flag planted''', and '''Region captured''' describe events that have already happened. See [[Realm Domination/Help and FAQ|Help and FAQ]] if progress stalls.
-Continue with [[Realm Domination/Flags|Flags]], [[Realm Domination/Capturing and Defending|Capturing and Defending]], or the [[Realm Domination/Website Guide|Website Guide]].
+When an enemy plants in your team's territory, opted-in teammates with connected HUDs receive an alert naming the planter and linking to the region's map, even from another sim. A siege without a flag does not send this alert.