Macro Questions - Page 9

lysergic · 02/23/08, 5:15 PM

i dont know if this type of macro is out of the scope for this post, but i was curious if someone knows how to make a macro that would resize my chat frame to make room for recount. i had caith ui for a while and on that ui it could do that for omen, but i couldnt figure out how to make it do that for recount. help would be appreciated, if this macro is possible that is.

Zedd · 02/23/08, 6:09 PM

Originally Posted by Gretten

Humm, I'm looking for what seems a simple NS macro. I want to use NS + Healing Wave when I press the macro normally, and I want to use NS + Chain Lightning when I hold alt and press the macro.

#showtooltip
/cast Nature's Swiftness
/stopcasting
/cast [modifier:alt] Chain Lightning
/cast Healing Wave

Should work.

Ajuga · 02/23/08, 7:52 PM

Or

#showtooltip
/cast Nature's Swiftness
/cast [modifier:alt] Chain Lightning; Healing Wave

Tulani · 02/24/08, 7:57 PM

I was thinking today, man, I'd really like to have a macro that lets me chug a mana pot without dragging down the specific type from my bags. Unfortunetly, I tend to have several types of mana pots on me; crystal, super, combat, unstable, etc etc.

What I'd like to know is if there's some macro that will give me the effect of:

Use crystal mana pots first, then Supers. If I use a modifier, it will use unstable, then combat mana potions. (As in big mana pots if I click, little ones if I shift+click.)

I tried to explain that pretty clearly, but it may not completely be, hopefully you can figure it out better than I can.

Zedd · 02/25/08, 5:11 AM

Originally Posted by Tulani

I was thinking today, man, I'd really like to have a macro that lets me chug a mana pot without dragging down the specific type from my bags. Unfortunetly, I tend to have several types of mana pots on me; crystal, super, combat, unstable, etc etc.

What I'd like to know is if there's some macro that will give me the effect of:

Use crystal mana pots first, then Supers. If I use a modifier, it will use unstable, then combat mana potions. (As in big mana pots if I click, little ones if I shift+click.)

I tried to explain that pretty clearly, but it may not completely be, hopefully you can figure it out better than I can.

/use [mod:shift] 28101
/use [mod:shift] 18841
/use 33935
/use 22832

Should work.

Uses unstable on shift held, combat pot if you dont have a unstable to use with shift down.
Uses crystal pot, or super when no cyrstal pot avaible.

ishellbulleti · 02/26/08, 2:46 AM

So I use this as my sheep macro, is there anyway to make it only apply the raid icon and not remove it on a second click?

/focus [modifier:alt/ctrl/shift,harm] target; [target=focus,harm,exists,nodead] focus;
/cast [target=focus,exists,nodead,harm] Polymorph(Rank 1: Turtle); Polymorph(Rank 1: Turtle)
/script SetRaidTargetIcon("focus", 1);

• Chicken · 02/26/08, 9:22 AM

Try turning the /script line into:

/script if GetRaidTargetIndex("focus") ~= 1 then SetRaidTarget("focus", 1) end

Not sure if it'll still fit though.

Vidofnir · 02/28/08, 1:39 PM

I've been working on a little, handy Priest macro. It works like this:

1) It will cast Flash Heal on your current target while using the macro button.
2) It will cast Flash Heal on yourself if you hold down your Alt key (selfcast key in my case) while using the macro button when you have no target.
3) It will cast Binding Heal on your current target if you hold down your Alt key while using the macro button, if you have a friendly target.

It looks like this:

#showtooltip Flash Heal(Rank 9)
/cast [help, modifier:alt] Binding Heal; [help] Flash Heal(Rank 8); [target=player, modifier:alt] Flash Heal(Rank 9)

It works like a charm, but there is something I want to add to it, but I cant seem to get it right. Here are my problems:

1) If I actually target myself, it counts as a friendly target, so it will try to cast Binding Heal on myself. But casting Binding Heal on yourself isn't possible so you get the "mouse over glowing hand" cursor. In case I target myself (which rarely happens, cause normally I dont target myself to heal myself), I want it to just cast Flash Heal on myself while holding down Alt. PS) It does cast Flash Heal on myself when I target myself but don't hold Alt down.
2) If I have a hostile target, I want it to cast Flash Heal on the target's target while using the macro button.
3) If I have a hostile target, I want it to cast Binding Heal on the target's target while using Alt + Macro button.

I know this is probably a lot to put in one macro, and I dont even know if it's possible. But please tell me it is, and enlighten me

Ajuga · 02/28/08, 2:44 PM

I'll give it a shot:

#showtooltip Flash Heal(Rank 9)
/cast
[help, mod:alt] Binding Heal;
[help] Flash Heal(Rank 8);
[harm, target=targettarget, mod:alt] Binding Heal;
[harm, target=targettarget] Flash Heal(Rank 8);
[target=player, mod:alt] Flash Heal(Rank 9)

I don't think you can fix the problem you mention yourself; that when having yourself as target it'll cast Binding Heal. Edit: Perhaps sticking in an extra line after [help, mod:alt] Binding Heal; with Flash Heal instead of BH will do the trick. Seriously doubt it though.

Vidofnir · 02/28/08, 5:15 PM

/cast [help, mod:alt] Binding Heal;
/cast [help] Flash Heal(Rank 8);
/cast [harm, target=targettarget, mod:alt] Binding Heal;
/cast [harm, target=targettarget] Flash Heal(Rank 8);
/cast [target=player, mod:alt] Flash Heal

Everything works now, I even Flash Heal myself if I have myself targetted and use Alt + Macro button.

Except, the part with hostile target doesnt work. If i have a hostile target that has a friendly target, and I use the macro, nothing happens at all. Also if I have a hostile target with a friendly target and use Alt + Macro, nothing happens. So lines 3 and 4 in the macro have some error.

Ajuga · 02/28/08, 9:45 PM

Ahh right, I forgot you could set it up like that (with a /cast for each). I bet you're getting a lot of errors though.

I have a feeling that line 3 and 4 are checking the targetoftarget's hostility. So replacing harm with help should do the trick.

/cast [help, mod:alt] Binding Heal
/cast [help] Flash Heal(Rank 8)
/cast [help, target=targettarget, mod:alt] Binding Heal
/cast [help, target=targettarget] Flash Heal(Rank 8)
/cast [target=player, mod:alt] Flash Heal
/script UIErrorsFrame:Clear()

Added a line to clear errors.

Let me know if it works

ishellbulleti · 02/29/08, 1:00 AM

Originally Posted by Chicken

Try turning the /script line into:

/script if GetRaidTargetIndex("focus") ~= 1 then SetRaidTarget("focus", 1) end

Not sure if it'll still fit though.

Thanks dude, it was 3 letters to long unchanged so i dropped the ctrl in modifier, since i use ctrl - 1 for the keybinding

So now it looks like
/focus [modifier:alt/shift,harm] target; [target=focus,harm,exists,nodead] focus;
/cast [target=focus,exists,nodead,harm] Polymorph(Rank 1: Turtle); Polymorph(Rank 1: Turtle)
/script if GetRaidTargetIndex("focus") ~= 1 then SetRaidTarget("focus", 1) end

Aylada · 02/29/08, 6:49 AM

Originally Posted by Jaizha

Try Deathwing's maco with a small change:

/targetexact Shadowy Necromancer
/cleartarget [dead]

Saw this the other day and tried it in a raid, but this seems to get the same error as was mentioned earlier, i.e. that it works fine on the first group, but after that it doesn't want to select anything at all. Anyone else got a suggestion as to how I might get it to work?

Vidofnir · 02/29/08, 6:16 PM

/cast [help, mod] Binding Heal
/cast [help] Flash Heal(Rank 8)
/cast [help, target=targettarget, mod] Binding Heal
/cast [help, target=targettarget] Flash Heal(Rank 8)
/cast [target=player, mod] Flash Heal
/cast Flash Heal
/script UIErrorsFrame:Clear()

It's completely working now! Had to add the "/cast Flash Heal" at the end, otherwise nothing would happen if I had no target at all while using the macro without a modifier key.

Too bad the macro is "full" now, because I cant add the "#showtooltip Flash Heal" thing anymore. It shows the icon of Flash Heal, but the actual tooltip is blanco.

Thanks for your help all.

Ajuga · 02/29/08, 7:15 PM

Originally Posted by Vidofnir

Too bad the macro is "full" now, because I cant add the "#showtooltip Flash Heal" thing anymore. It shows the icon of Flash Heal, but the actual tooltip is blanco.

Just #show or #showtooltip should be enough if you have room for it. Also, there are ways to cut a macro in pieces and have them trigger one after another (so you can bypass the character limit). An easier way to get extra characters is by saving on "spaces"; like /cast[help,mod]Binding Heal etc.

Vidofnir · 02/29/08, 8:06 PM

Ah, yes, "#showtooltip" without the spellname works (just "#show" does not).

Same goes for removing spaces. "/cast [help,mod]Binding Heal" works, but "/cast[help,mod]Binding Heal" does not.

I think I can say the macro is perfect now!

#showtooltip
/cast [help,mod]Binding Heal
/cast [help]Flash Heal(Rank 8)
/cast [help,target=targettarget,mod]Binding Heal
/cast [help,target=targettarget]Flash Heal(Rank 8)
/cast [target=player,mod]Flash Heal
/cast Flash Heal
/script UIErrorsFrame:Clear()

In exactly 255 characters.

Morakk · 03/01/08, 3:05 AM

I'm pretty sure what I want to do isn't possible, but I would like to hear it from someone else anyway before I abandon the idea:

I used to use just mouseover macros for all my healing but recently started using Clique as well. Changing keybindings made me realize that it would be cool to have a macro that, if my mouseover target is not me, casts Binding Heal, and I am mouseover, to cast Prayer of Healing instead (I can't cast BH on myself, and I can't choose targets for PoH, so this would save me a keybind). However, 30 minutes of half-asleep thought on how to write such a macro has been fruitless. I actually don't think it's possible for a macro to contain such logic any more, but if it is I would love to see it.

In case there's any confusion, I don't want to use modifiers for this; I want shift-middle click to cast BH on my mouseover, and PoH if I am moused over myself; ideally if I have no mouseover, I would have a queued BH that needs a target, but that's not a big deal.

Ajuga · 03/01/08, 1:35 PM

@ Vidofnir

Yeah, I figured you would notice my errors, so I didn't test any of it. Also I'm glad it's finally perfect

@ Morakk

Check the last posts by Vidofnir - he/she had a similar problem.

Morakk · 03/01/08, 3:49 PM

For those of you trying to squeeze in as many characters as possible: /use and /cast do exactly the same thing, and /run and /script as well, so that can save you a dozen characters for the long ones

Also Vidofnir, is there a reason sometimes you are explicitly casting rank 8 flash heal, and at the end, max rank? If you want to only use max rank, you can leave out the (rank 8) for a few more characters.

Thanks for pointing out Vidofnir's posts, Ajuga....last night I skimmed over them because I thought he was just trying to do something tricky with modifiers and target of target, I feel dumb for posting asking about the same thing now.

I finally did figure out how to get exactly what I wanted though, by reading those posts:

#showtooltip
/stopcasting
/use [target=mouseover,help]Binding Heal
/use Binding Heal
/use [target=mouseover,help]Prayer of Healing

1) Friendly mouseover not me: BH them
2) Friendly mouseover that's me: PoH
3) Otherwise: queue a BH

Vidofnir · 03/02/08, 7:17 PM

Originally Posted by Morakk

Also Vidofnir, is there a reason sometimes you are explicitly casting rank 8 flash heal, and at the end, max rank? If you want to only use max rank, you can leave out the (rank 8) for a few more characters.

I downrank it one rank when using it on others (getting +2800 healing raid buffed), cause its a difference of 70 mana between the max rank (9) and Rank 8, quite a lot. I will only use Flash Heal on myself in very rare occasions (HS/Desperate Prayer on Cooldown, noone else in the raid on low HP to use Binding Heal on) so in that case I just use the Max rank. That's why

genocide231 · 03/02/08, 8:01 PM

Looking for a Wind Serpent Macro, for lightning breath, anyone know 1? been looking around

Ajuga · 03/02/08, 8:50 PM

Originally Posted by genocide231

Looking for a Wind Serpent Macro, for lightning breath, anyone know 1? been looking around

Half a second of googling got me this:

/cast [target=pettarget,exists] Lightning Breath

Vidofnir · 03/03/08, 2:54 AM

Originally Posted by genocide231

Looking for a Wind Serpent Macro, for lightning breath, anyone know 1? been looking around

This is what I'm using on my Hunter alt, it's probably not perfect, but it works for levelling up

#showtooltip Steady Shot
/script UIErrorsFrame:Hide()
/castrandom [target=pettarget,exists] Kill Command 
/cast [target=pettarget,exists] Lightning Breath
/castsequence reset=3 Steady Shot, !Auto Shot 
/script UIErrorsFrame:Clear()

Vim · 03/04/08, 3:28 AM

I use an n52, and would like to asign the direction pad arrows to different bar numbers. When I hit one, Id like it to bring up the assigned bar, and when I release, go back to bar 1. Is there a way to set this up? I could just assign another button to take me back to bar one, but I think it would take longer, and Id lose a bit of an edge.

Jaitee · 03/04/08, 9:01 AM

Hey, I would just wondering if anyone could help me with a macro issue.
Is it possible to only /p or /rw when the above action is successful?

For example, my scatter shot macro is:
/cast Scatter shot[target=focus]
/rw Scatter shot on %f

If the scatter shot is not successful for any reason, is there a way to not post the following line?