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Old 04/21/08, 2:24 PM   #326
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Originally Posted by Smurrf View Post
#showtooltip Greater Heal
/equip [modifier:shift]<weapon here>
/equip [modifier:shift]<OH here>
/cast Greater Heal
Adding these changes would also allow you to use the macro during normal casting, and by holding the shift key would allow you to re-equip your normal weapons after the buff runs out. You'd have to manually trigger it, but it would be significantly easier and would have the least effect on GCD from weapon swapping.
 
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Old 04/21/08, 2:39 PM   #327
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Originally Posted by Hamsda View Post
just put it in the action bar and bind the slot with 5 and shift-f :o
But then it's just using both bindings for the same action, unless there's some way to specify in the macro to behave a certain way based on the binding used.

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Old 04/21/08, 2:46 PM   #328
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Originally Posted by Adoriele View Post
Adding these changes would also allow you to use the macro during normal casting, and by holding the shift key would allow you to re-equip your normal weapons after the buff runs out. You'd have to manually trigger it, but it would be significantly easier and would have the least effect on GCD from weapon swapping.
If you move the 2 equip lines below the Greater Heal cast, you avoid a wasted global cooldown completely.

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But then it's just using both bindings for the same action, unless there's some way to specify in the macro to behave a certain way based on the binding used.
The best way to do it would be to bind the key to 5 and f (instead of shift + f) then include [modifier:shift, target=focus]. That way, if you hit shift + f or shift + 5 it will perform the action on your focus target.

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Old 04/21/08, 2:57 PM   #329
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Originally Posted by Sarutobi View Post
If you move the 2 equip lines below the Greater Heal cast, you avoid a wasted global cooldown completely.
Hahaha, yes, my bad. You don't avoid it completely, though, as it looks like the GCD caused by weapon swaps (initiates once the swap occurs, which requires response from the server) is slightly behind the GCD caused by spell casts (initiated by pressing the cast button, response from server only verifies or removes). In essence you'll still add your latency to the GCD with the macro, but in the case of GHeal, that doesn't matter too much.
 
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Old 04/21/08, 3:23 PM   #330
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Ah, right...I'd forgotten about that; which shows how much weapon swapping I do. It does mean, however, that that first heal will be somewhat less robust, though. I guess I'm too used to making macros to pop tirnkets while casting spells...
 
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Old 04/21/08, 4:21 PM   #331
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Originally Posted by Smurrf View Post
Ah, right...I'd forgotten about that; which shows how much weapon swapping I do. It does mean, however, that that first heal will be somewhat less robust, though. I guess I'm too used to making macros to pop tirnkets while casting spells...
Nope. As long as it's not instant (and possibly even if it is), since almost everything is calculated when the spell lands instead of when it begins casting, the weapons will have swapped before the cast completes, and will gain the benefits of the new stats.
 
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Old 04/21/08, 5:44 PM   #332
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Originally Posted by Sarutobi View Post
The best way to do it would be to bind the key to 5 and f (instead of shift + f) then include [modifier:shift, target=focus]. That way, if you hit shift + f or shift + 5 it will perform the action on your focus target.
Yeah I thought of this workaround, the only problem with it is I'm trying not to lose my binding for Assist Target which I use quite frequently. I guess I'll have to figure something out ><

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Old 04/21/08, 6:57 PM   #333
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Originally Posted by The Gopher View Post
Yeah I thought of this workaround, the only problem with it is I'm trying not to lose my binding for Assist Target which I use quite frequently. I guess I'll have to figure something out ><
Um, why not use two actionbar slots, one bound to 5 with just the normal ability, and the other bound to shift-f with a macro version to target the focus, i.e.
#showtooltip
/cast [target='focus'] Hammer of Justice
 
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Old 04/26/08, 5:06 PM   #334
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Is there anyway to announce that I have used an ability with a macro for that ability? I wanted to let my party know when I use Nature's swiftness, but a /p blah blah in the macro is pretty spammy, and if I hit it while NS is on cooldown (wishful thinking) it broadcasts wrong information.

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Old 04/27/08, 8:17 PM   #335
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Is it possible to make a purge macro to function like this:
Cast purge on my focus target if it exists, otherwise Purge on my target.
I couldn't find a way to make this. If you know about an addon that can make this it would be a great help as well.

 
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Old 04/27/08, 8:27 PM   #336
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Originally Posted by Harmonics View Post
Is there anyway to announce that I have used an ability with a macro for that ability? I wanted to let my party know when I use Nature's swiftness, but a /p blah blah in the macro is pretty spammy, and if I hit it while NS is on cooldown (wishful thinking) it broadcasts wrong information.
Not via vanilla macros, but with an addon you can. WoWInterface Downloads : Iriel's Castle : AfterCast and then you can do:
/aftercast /p -- Nature's Swiftness --
/cast Nature's Swiftness
 
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Old 04/27/08, 9:10 PM   #337
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Unfortunately it does not work. With aftercast you can do ony unprotected actions like emotes, chat messages and so on.
/aftercast +fail /cast Purge
/cast [target=focus] Purge
Displays a "Blizzard UI blocked this action" message.
So I think I should use 2 different macros with 2 hotkeys, or this:
/cast [modifier:alt, target=focus] Purge;Purge

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Old 04/28/08, 6:44 AM   #338
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Originally Posted by Nemaa View Post
Unfortunately it does not work. With aftercast you can do ony unprotected actions like emotes, chat messages and so on.
/aftercast +fail /cast Purge
/cast [target=focus] Purge
Displays a "Blizzard UI blocked this action" message.
So I think I should use 2 different macros with 2 hotkeys, or this:
/cast [modifier:alt, target=focus] Purge;Purge
Fendryl's post was no reply to your question if you look at the quote :P

but to solve your problem, try this one:

/cast [target=focus, exists, harm][target=target, exists, harm] Purge
 
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Old 04/28/08, 9:02 AM   #339
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Thank You, that works fine.
And if I want to make my macro work like the opposite way (purge my target, if it has nothing to dispell try purging my focus target if it exists) I should change it to this:
/cast [target=target, exists, harm][target=focus, exists, harm] Purge
Am I right?

 
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Old 04/28/08, 11:04 AM   #340
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Originally Posted by Nemaa View Post
Thank You, that works fine.
And if I want to make my macro work like the opposite way (purge my target, if it has nothing to dispell try purging my focus target if it exists) I should change it to this:
/cast [target=target, exists, harm][target=focus, exists, harm] Purge
Am I right?
No. Your macros can never distinguish whether the spell will fail or not, so in this case it will only purge your focus if you have no target. Similarly, the one above will only purge your target if you have no focus, though that's a more likely scenario to pop up.
 
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Old 05/01/08, 7:28 PM   #341
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Glad I came upon this thread, I like to say I am an amateur macro writer and I use this in raids as my focus macro sheep with the option of using alt to reassign my focus.

#showtooltip Polymorph(Rank 1: Turtle)
/clearfocus [target=focus,dead]
/clearfocus [modifier:alt]
/target focus
/focus [harm,exists,nodead] target
/targetlasttarget [harm]
/target [noexists] focus
/cast [target=focus,exists] Polymorph(Rank 1: Turtle)

It may not be pretty, but it is what I use. my first question is.

1) Can this be cleaned up and
2) I really want to be able to cast random all my polys, but with what I have I run out of room adding the new info tot he macro, is there a way to do what I need done in this macro, but add in a castrandom ability to poly so I can just randomly have all my polys used.

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Old 05/01/08, 7:30 PM   #342
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I have seen a lot of posts from people that want to use click trinkets and abilites whenever the cooldowns are up and wanted to show what I use in a raid, because a) I hate missing cooldowns and b) I hate having to worry about missing cooldowns

#showtooltip Fireball
/console Sound_EnableSFX 0
/use 13
/use 14
/use Combustion
/use Icy Veins
/console Sound_EnableSFX 1
/run UIErrorsFrame:Clear()
/use Fireball


This macro to me is very clean and I use it for my fireballs and have set up my frostbolts and arcane missles with similar ones.

It simply pops everything I have whenever the cooldown is up.
 
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Old 05/01/08, 11:06 PM   #343
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Originally Posted by Lons View Post
Glad I came upon this thread, I like to say I am an amateur macro writer and I use this in raids as my focus macro sheep with the option of using alt to reassign my focus.

#showtooltip Polymorph(Rank 1: Turtle)
/clearfocus [target=focus,dead]
/clearfocus [modifier:alt]
/target focus
/focus [harm,exists,nodead] target
/targetlasttarget [harm]
/target [noexists] focus
/cast [target=focus,exists] Polymorph(Rank 1: Turtle)

It may not be pretty, but it is what I use. my first question is.

1) Can this be cleaned up and
2) I really want to be able to cast random all my polys, but with what I have I run out of room adding the new info tot he macro, is there a way to do what I need done in this macro, but add in a castrandom ability to poly so I can just randomly have all my polys used.

Thanks.
Just to make sure I get what you want it to do / what it does correct:

1. Clear focus if current focus is dead
2. Clear focus if alt is held
3. Target current focus (unneeded?)
4. Focus current target if it exists and isn't dead
5. Target your last target (unneeded?)
6. Target your focus if you don't have a target (unneeded?)
7. Cast polymorph on your target.

With that said, you can reduce the macro above to the following, as well as remove the unneeded targeting:

#showtooltip Polymorph(Rank 1: Turtle)
/clearfocus [target=focus,dead][modifier:alt]
/focus [target=focus, noexists]
/cast [target=focus,exists] Polymorph(Rank 1: Turtle)

Total length: 170

The above does:
1. Clears your focus if its dead or alt is held
2. Sets your focus to your current target if you do not have a focus
3. Casts polymorph on your current focus if it exists

If the functionality of targeting your focus if you have no target is still wanted you can simply add the line /target [exists] focus.


To make the macro cast a random poly you do:
#showtooltip Polymorph(Rank 1: Turtle)
/clearfocus [target=focus,dead][modifier:alt]
/focus [target=focus, noexists]
/castrandom [target=focus,exists] Polymorph(Rank 1: Turtle), Polymorph(Rank 1: Pig), Polymorph(Rank 4)

Total length: 219

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Old 05/02/08, 3:53 AM   #344
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Thanks, I'm in a raid right now that doesn't require any sheeping, but will get back to you on how this works out. I knew I had to much crap in there that was redundant!
 
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Old 05/02/08, 6:17 PM   #345
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Works like a charm, thanks ever so much for helping me out Marroc.
 
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Old 05/03/08, 2:31 AM   #346
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Looking to expand on a script using something from a macro I've used commonly.

/run SendChatMessage(">>> Super Cool Message Here <<<","WHISPER","COMMON","Kdorf")

Will obviously whisper Kdorf that message, and...

/in 10 /whisper Kdorf >>> Super Cool Message Here <<<

Will whisper me the same message after 10 seconds.

I couldn't find any API or syntax to make the SendChatMessage delay for whatever period of time I want. Is that possible?
 
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Old 05/05/08, 2:52 AM   #347
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Originally Posted by JoeBravo View Post

#showtooltip
/cast [modifier:shift] Psychic Scream (rank1); [modifier:alt] Psychic Scream; Mass dispell

because i tend to run into the max useable characters barrier for macro's :P
Does anyone know if there is a chance to make work /stopcasting into a macro like this for all the spells?
 
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Old 05/05/08, 5:01 AM   #348
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Originally Posted by Lons View Post
I have seen a lot of posts from people that want to use click trinkets and abilites whenever the cooldowns are up and wanted to show what I use in a raid, because a) I hate missing cooldowns and b) I hate having to worry about missing cooldowns

#showtooltip Fireball
/console Sound_EnableSFX 0
/use 13
/use 14
/use Combustion
/use Icy Veins
/console Sound_EnableSFX 1
/run UIErrorsFrame:Clear()
/use Fireball


This macro to me is very clean and I use it for my fireballs and have set up my frostbolts and arcane missles with similar ones.

It simply pops everything I have whenever the cooldown is up.
From a DPS point of view, this is a really bad idea. By all means have a macro that pops all your use trinkets, IV and Combustion, but do not tie it in with your Fireball. Not being able to use your cooldowns at 20% is a huge DPS loss.

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Old 05/05/08, 9:01 AM   #349
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Originally Posted by Matos View Post
Does anyone know if there is a chance to make work /stopcasting into a macro like this for all the spells?
#showtooltip
/stopcasting
/cast [modifier:shift] Psychic Scream (rank1); [modifier:alt] Psychic Scream; Mass dispell
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Old 05/13/08, 4:29 AM   #350
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I would like to know if there is any command to announce a taunt for example in raids and after some seconds cast it (e.g. Kremmidis is taunting in 3) ?
 
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