Macro Questions - Page 35

Ja7us · 12/27/08, 5:53 PM

Have you tried changing the order so that pick pocket is after Cheap Shot? It's possible that using a second ability is "Interrupting" your loot window, so that multiple item loots (they go one at a time, as can be seen when auto looting an object with several items on it) may not all fire before the window is closed. Since money is always first, that will always go, but depending on lag, etc additional items may or may not get cut off.

Taantric · 12/27/08, 6:54 PM

Originally Posted by Ja7us

Have you tried changing the order so that pick pocket is after Cheap Shot? It's possible that using a second ability is "Interrupting" your loot window, so that multiple item loots (they go one at a time, as can be seen when auto looting an object with several items on it) may not all fire before the window is closed. Since money is always first, that will always go, but depending on lag, etc additional items may or may not get cut off.

Pick Pocket requires Stealth so it needs to go first as Cheap Shot will bring me out of Stealth.

Dankz · 12/28/08, 6:44 PM

I recently stopped using Decursive to cut down on my cpu/mem usage and started using mouseover macros. But I miss the chat notification letting me know that the decurse was successful.

Is it possible to add a function to my mouseover macro that will send myself a message is the decurse worked?

Yessia · 12/28/08, 6:49 PM

Looking for help to create a macro that helps me cycle through party members. What I'd like it to do is to be able to go to party member x with x presses. So if I want to heal/target party member #3 I press my hotkey for this macro 3 times and that person becomes my target, or press it once and the first person in my party becomes my target, etc..

Is this still possible? I know I used to have a macro that did this but one of the older patches broke it :\.

Ktharsis · 12/29/08, 3:26 PM

Originally Posted by Taantric

I use this simple macro to pick pocket and cheap shot in one button press

/cast Pick Pocket
/cast Cheap Shot

However more times than not, I never get the loot from the Pick Pocket. I *always* get the coinage but 8 times out of 10 I will not get the additional loot items from the pick pocket (ie lockboxes, potions, grey items etc). I have got auto loot enabled. Can anyone suggest a better way to pickpocket/cheap shot in one button press?

At a guildmate's suggestion, my macro has an additional line:

/cast Pick Pocket
/stopcasting
/cast Cheap Shot

I haven't noticed any problems like what you describe - certainly not on the order of 8 times in 10. In fact, I have more Bent House Keys than I can shake a stick at. But it's not clear to me whether /stopcasting has any real effect in this context or if it's just a meaningless incantation; maybe the issue is just latency.

Sinborn · 12/29/08, 4:50 PM

Originally Posted by inzsayslaos

I've searched for weeks for a macro that will allow me to combine

(/script macro)

with

(mouseover macro)

allowing me to mouseover heal renew, but only have it cast if it is not already applied. I've tried to combine them but I am missing something, as for what I do not know. Any help would be appreciated.

I have just one question:

Does the script still work? If the first macro you quoted is still functional, there should be a way to combine the two. Perhaps by having the /script click an hotbar key that has your mouseover macro, you can get the functionality you desire.

Making a macro - WoWWiki - Your guide to the World of Warcraft search the page for "simulating button clicks"

Of course, this all hinges on the original /script macro working.

MatsT · 12/30/08, 9:06 AM

Originally Posted by Sinborn

I have just one question:

Does the script still work? If the first macro you quoted is still functional, there should be a way to combine the two. Perhaps by having the /script click an hotbar key that has your mouseover macro, you can get the functionality you desire.

Making a macro - WoWWiki - Your guide to the World of Warcraft search the page for "simulating button clicks"

Of course, this all hinges on the original /script macro working.

It doesn't work, at least not in combat. The CastSpellByName() method was removed along with many others to prevent too advanced scripts that played the game for you. There are some addons that casts spells for you, but they need to have the specific spell and target set up before you enter combat (Pallypower for example bugs out if you try to swap blessing during a fight.)

Mji · 01/04/09, 2:22 AM

Out of Curiosity, is there a macro that you press that casts Throw, and then continues to use that ability indefinitely? Or is this ability just not the same as Shoot and Auto Shot?

If so, does your Auto Swing/Auto Shot switch enabled affect this in any way, or anything in the interface menu for that matter?

Please and thank you!

Edited for spelling*

charriu · 01/04/09, 6:12 AM

Originally Posted by Mji

Out of Curiosity, is there a macro that you press that casts Throw, and then continues to use that ability indefinitely? Or is this ability just not the same as Shoot and Auto Shot?

If so, does your Auto Swing/Auto Shot switch enabled affect this in any way, or anything in the interface menu for that matter?

Please and thank you!

Edited for spelling*

If I'm not mistaken, Throw and Shoot (the warrior/rogue abilities) don't work like the hunter's auto shot oder melee swings. They are an ability that you activate and which then shoots *once*.

As far as I know, it's not possible to automatically activate them repeadetly, since a) they are on a cooldown and b) scripting limitations (see above).

Mji · 01/04/09, 12:56 PM

Originally Posted by charriu

If I'm not mistaken, Throw and Shoot (the warrior/rogue abilities) don't work like the hunter's auto shot oder melee swings. They are an ability that you activate and which then shoots *once*.

As far as I know, it's not possible to automatically activate them repeadetly, since a) they are on a cooldown and b) scripting limitations (see above).

That's what I figured, I just wanted some Clarification. I thought it might be similar to Wand Shoot, but I guess it's a completely different type of spell than Shoot or Auto Shot. Thank you for your time.

Hoffski · 01/05/09, 10:25 AM

Originally Posted by Furna

I concocted a macro to work with the flying carpet for tailors that are noticing that /dismount or Dismount() doesn't work. It's treated as a vehicle (until 3.0.8, or so I hear) so you must use VehicleExit().

/run c=CallCompanion g=GetZoneText() if CanExitVehicle()then VehicleExit()elseif IsMounted()then Dismount()elseif((g=="Dalaran"or g=="Wintergrasp"or not IsFlyableArea())and GetSubZoneText()~="Krasus' Landing")then c("MOUNT",5)else c("MOUNT",2)end

Replace the number 5 with the index of your ground mount, and the number 2 with the index of your magnificent flying carpet.

Copy and paste that exactly, and you'll use the carpet or your ground mount depending on the appropriate location.

This should also work for any generic flying mount, but it's coded to behave with the quirkiness of the magnificent flying carpet.

How exactly will 3.08 affect this macro? Are all the vehicle mounts not considered vehicles anymore next patch?

woo-haa · 01/05/09, 12:27 PM

I'm trying to remove Victory Rush from my bar by combining it with Bloodthirst. These two abilities are the same for most purposes except that, off course, VR is only usable after you kill something. I did try "/cast Victory Rush /cast Bloodthirst", but this didn't work. Is this functionality not possible anylonger? I remember having a similir Riposte/Sinister Strike macro on my rogue some years ago.

MatsT · 01/05/09, 2:08 PM

Originally Posted by woo-haa

I'm trying to remove Victory Rush from my bar by combining it with Bloodthirst. These two abilities are the same for most purposes except that, off course, VR is only usable after you kill something. I did try "/cast Victory Rush /cast Bloodthirst", but this didn't work. Is this functionality not possible anylonger? I remember having a similir Riposte/Sinister Strike macro on my rogue some years ago.

That functionality is removed. It's possible to use a /castrandom macro, but the problem is you will have to press it on average twice for normal bloodthirsts, and there's a 50% chance it will use bloodthirst even when victory rush is available. It's also possible to use an external keyboard macro to let one key click press two buttons in rapid succession, which would do what you wanted. However, as Blizzard's stance on these is somewhat shady you could possibly get banned, so i'd recommend just doing it the hard way, having two buttons and pressing the ability you want to use.

• Adoriele · 01/05/09, 2:29 PM

Originally Posted by MatsT

That functionality is removed. It's possible to use a /castrandom macro, but the problem is you will have to press it on average twice for normal bloodthirsts, and there's a 50% chance it will use bloodthirst even when victory rush is available. It's also possible to use an external keyboard macro to let one key click press two buttons in rapid succession, which would do what you wanted. However, as Blizzard's stance on these is somewhat shady you could possibly get banned, so i'd recommend just doing it the hard way, having two buttons and pressing the ability you want to use.

Since you're likely to be out of combat when you want to use Victory Rush, and will never(?) want to use Bloodthirst out of combat, you could do something like

#showtooltip
/cast [modifier:shift]Victory Rush;[nocombat]Victory Rush;Bloodthirst

Which will force VR when you hold shift, or are out of combat, and Bloodthirst otherwise.

sarf · 01/15/09, 4:51 AM

Originally Posted by Adoriele

Since you're likely to be out of combat when you want to use Victory Rush, and will never(?) want to use Bloodthirst out of combat, you could do something like

#showtooltip
/cast [modifier:shift]Victory Rush;[nocombat]Victory Rush;Bloodthirst

Which will force VR when you hold shift, or are out of combat, and Bloodthirst otherwise.

One could even modify it further, to use Victory Rush when one does not have a target or that target is dead.

#showtooltip
/cast [modifier:shift]Victory Rush;[nocombat]Victory Rush;[noexists]Victory Rush;[dead]Victory Rush;[nodead]Bloodthirst;Bloodthirst

I'm at work currently, so noexists may be wrong (in which case noexist should work). This macro will use Bloodthirst when you target something that is not dead, by the way, as that may be a bit more intuitive if one would like to start combat with a Bloodthirst.