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Lady Elyssa edited this page Nov 17, 2024 · 2 revisions

These instructions are currently only for Windows users.

How do I make use of your marker pack?

You can use GW2TacO or Blish Hud

Once you have downloaded your preferred choice of overlay, open your download folder then right-click on the file and select Extract All to unzip the files in to a new folder.

Copy this folder to a suitable location on your computer, for example, if you have a games folder or drive.

To create a Shortcut on your desktop, open the folder and right-click on either GW2TacO or Blish Hud thn go down to Send To and select Desktop.

Manually Installing my Marker Pack

You can download my latest marker pack from here

For GW2TacO

  • Copy the downloaded Marker Pack (Right-Click, Copy), then go to the location where you saved the unzipped GW2TacO folder and open it. Look for a folder called POIs and open that. Right-Click and Paste to copy my marker pack in to that folder.

For BlishHUD

  • Copy the downloaded Marker Pack (Right-Click, Copy), Open your Documents Folder and look for Guild Wars 2, addons, blishhud, markers. Right-Click and Paste to copy my marker pack in to that folder.

How to "Install" my marker pack within GW2TacO or Blish Hud

  • Launch Guild Wars 2 and load in on one of your characters.
  • Launch either GW2TacO or BlishHud

For GW2TacO

  • Left-Click on the TacO icon and under Online Marker Packs you will see Lady Elyssa's Guides. Select it to automatically download the latest version for you. You may need to Exit TacO and then launch it again for the pack to show up correctly.

For BlishHUD

  • Left-Click on the Blish Hud icon and then on Module Repo. Scroll down the list until you find the Pathing Module and then click on the Install button. This is what is used to display the trails and markers from the .taco files.
  • Once the Pathing module is installed, click on the Manage Modules to show the new Pathing Module and click on Enable Module. You will now have a new pathing icon (castle) next to the Blish icon.
  • Click on the new Pathing Icon next to the Blish Icon. You can now click on either:
    • Manage Marker Packs - Download Marker Packs
    • Pathing Module Settings - Download Marker Packs (bottom icon on left of the panel)

You should now be able to see a list of available marker packs along with a description. Look for Lady Elyssa's Guides and Click on the Download button. If you would like it to automatically update, put a tick in the Keep Updated box.

You may need to click on the Blish Icon and select reload markers to ensure they display correctly.

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