Focus Macro - Page 2

Wankel · 03/05/07, 5:09 PM

Originally Posted by Kalman

If the MT doesn't need to be cured, I believe the macro will fail at that point and never even attempt the purge.

However, you could do something with modifier keys (I forget the syntax), where a base press cures your focus while a modified press (say, alt-keybind) purges your target, pretty easily.

Originally Posted by chuckg

This should work:
/cast [target=focus, nomodifier] FirstSpell; [target=focus, modifier:alt] DifferentSpell

Excellent, I will try it out. But looking at this, wont this try to cast "DifferentSpell" on my focus rather than the target im trying to purge (in this case Romulo)

So could I change it to [target=focustarget,modifier:alt] Purge

◊ Binkenstein · 03/05/07, 7:24 PM

I'd just like to say these focus macros are very very useful.

Made re-casting Earth Shield easy, as well as interrupting on Aran last night

Katten · 03/07/07, 1:15 AM

I'm having real difficulty coming up with a script that can swap my target and my focus - is this even possible? The issue, of course, is that once you have swapped one of them, swapping the other leaves you with the same target. This strikes me as a particularly useful ability, though. Any ideas?

vorda · 03/07/07, 1:23 AM

wouldnt something like this work?

/target focus
/targetlasttarget
/focus target
/targetlasttarget

(just guessing here, server is down so I cant check)

mad-doc · 03/13/07, 7:21 PM

I also have a question regarding focus frames.
I am looking for one that also gives me target of target as well as a casting bar (nurfed has a castingbar but no tot).

And is it possible to make a macro without focus that assists a team member and purges their target without losing my target.

thx in advance

◊ Binkenstein · 03/13/07, 9:27 PM

aguf has a focus unit frame, and ecb has a focus cast bar too.

As for targeting their target, /assist still works I think.

◊ Kalman · 03/14/07, 2:07 AM

Originally Posted by mad-doc

I also have a question regarding focus frames.
I am looking for one that also gives me target of target as well as a casting bar (nurfed has a castingbar but no tot).

And is it possible to make a macro without focus that assists a team member and purges their target without losing my target.

thx in advance

If you want to target a specific team member's target for your purge, you can use a macro as follows:

/cast [target=partyNtarget] Purge

Where N is a number from 1-4, relating to the team member's position in the party.

That's the only way I can think of to do it; the problem being, you'll need 4 of them, one for each member of your party, so it's probably useless outside of 2v2 and maybe 3v3 arenas.

tunah · 03/14/07, 8:45 PM

Originally Posted by Kalman

If you want to target a specific team member's target for your purge, you can use a macro as follows:

/cast [target=partyNtarget] Purge

Where N is a number from 1-4, relating to the team member's position in the party.

That's the only way I can think of to do it; the problem being, you'll need 4 of them, one for each member of your party, so it's probably useless outside of 2v2 and maybe 3v3 arenas.

You can also use, as of last patch

/cast [target=Asplode-target] Purge

(Same limitations of course, just more convenient as group arrangements can change)

Monsanto · 07/01/07, 7:39 AM

Apologies for the thread necromancy. I was looking for this thread to see if there were any good foruc macros. Couldn't find one quite like what I wanted, so I had to build one from scratch. Here it is:

/clearfocus [target=focus,dead]
/focus [target=mouseover, exists]
/stopmacro [target=mouseover, exists]
/focus target

-Clears out a dead focus target
-Uses your mouseover target whenever you're mousing over someone for the focus target
-If you're not mousing over anyone, set it to your current target.

For arenas I might modify it a bit. My second line will be: /focus [target=mouseover, exists, harm] so that I only get enemy players that I'm mousing over.

Mouseover targetting is nice, especially for arenas because you can use it by mousing over your ArenaMaster frames at the start of the match.

Zeblök · 07/01/07, 12:38 PM

My polymacro, kinda like once allready posted but not exactly, diffrent strokes ...

/clearfocus [target=focus,dead]
/focus [target=focus,noexists] target
/cast [target=focus,exists] Polymorph

◊ manly · 07/01/07, 5:28 PM

While this is somewhat a rehash of what has been said before, I personally use

#show poly
/focus [target=focus, noexists]; [target=focus, dead]; [target=focus, help]
/stopmacro [target=focus, noexists]
/cast [target=focus] Polymorph: Turtle

which will cast polymorph if you have a focus target, and if your current focus target is dead or inexistant, then sets your current target as your focus.

The good part about this is that you can chain cast the macro to keep the target polymorphed, and you will keep your current target as you spam it. You could easily replace polymorph by counterspell and have a very potent pvp macro.

EDIT:
Please remember to keep the '#show' in there if you want to keep high fps
2.1 - Macros Directly affecting fps?

jurgen · 07/01/07, 7:02 PM

Originally Posted by Bekah

Lets take this a step further. I would like a macro that follows the following logic.

If there is no focus, makes my current target my focus- or if focus exists, targets focus.
Casts sheep/shackle.
Calls the script to assign a raid charm. (For me, it's always /script SetRaidTarget("Target",5); since I've been the moon for shackles since charms were introduced =P)
Then targets last target.

(obviously you'd need different macros for sheep and shackle, but I have mage/priest and I use virtually identical macros for both). I *think* I can make that work by:

/focus [target=focus, noexists]
/target focus
/cast Polymorph
/script SetRaidTarget("Target",5);
/targetlasttarget

Can anyone see a logic failure?

Edit: finally got in game, and it appears to work. I realized I'd like one more conditional though and I have no idea how to put it in.

If there was no last target, target focus.

Thank you for this quite nice macro!

Lodi · 07/02/07, 4:06 PM

Manly, what's the purpose of the semicolons?

If a,b,c are conditions, then isn't:

/something [a] [b] [c]

the same as

/something [a]
/something [b]
/something [c]

("OR")

and

/something [a,b,c] is "AND"?

I think if you're doing

/cast [a] ; [b] ; [c] Spell

Then you cast Spell iff c and not a and not b. Is that right?

◊ Sarutobi · 07/02/07, 4:22 PM

It's basically the equivalent of an 'else' statement.

• Marroc · 07/02/07, 8:57 PM

Originally Posted by Lodi

Manly, what's the purpose of the semicolons?

If a,b,c are conditions, then isn't:

/something [a] [b] [c]

the same as

/something [a]
/something [b]
/something [c]

("OR")

and

/something [a,b,c] is "AND"?

I think if you're doing

/cast [a] ; [b] ; [c] Spell

Then you cast Spell iff c and not a and not b. Is that right?

/something [a] spell
/something [b] spell
/something [c] spell

and

/cast [a] ; [b] ; [c] spell

are the same thing where spell refers to the same spell all 4 times.

Marcel · 07/07/07, 4:52 AM

So: what I want is:
-If your casting, stop it
--If I press shift cast ES on my target
--no shift?
---if there is no focus make my target a focus
--cast es on my focus

So would this work or is there some logical error I'm making?

/cast Earth shock [modifier:shift]
/stopcasting
/stopmacro
/focus [target=focus, noexists]
/target focus
/cast Earth shock
/stopcasting
/targetlasttarget

Rokh · 07/07/07, 5:46 AM

Originally Posted by Marcel

So: what I want is:
-If your casting, stop it
--If I press shift cast ES on my target
--no shift?
---if there is no focus make my target a focus
--cast es on my focus

So would this work or is there some logical error I'm making?

#show Earth Shock
/cast Earth Shock [modifier:shift]
/stopcasting
/stopmacro
/focus [target=focus, noexists]
/target focus
/cast Earth shock
/stopcasting
/targetlasttarget

You want something like this:

/stopcasting
/cast [modifier:shift] Earth Shock
/stopmacro [modifier:shift]
/clearfocus [target=focus,dead]
/focus [target=focus,noexists]
/cast [target=focus] Earth Shock

You had basically the right stuff in there, just a little out of order. Also the whole /lasttarget thing isn't needed, you can just /cast directly on your focus. The only reason to leave it in there is if you want to set a new focus, then instantly switch back to your other target for healing or whatever, but it wasn't described in your original post.

That should do exactly what you described, otherwise.

Sichosis · 07/07/07, 10:34 AM

I am trying to make one that will focus my current target, then on the second click clear my focus. If I Shift click it will target my focus.

Jaizha · 07/07/07, 1:35 PM

Originally Posted by Sichosis

I am trying to make one that will focus my current target, then on the second click clear my focus. If I Shift click it will target my focus.

/target [modifier:shift] focus;
/focus [nomodifier,target=focus, noexists] target; [nomodifier,target=focus, exists] none;

Sichosis · 07/07/07, 2:02 PM

Originally Posted by Jaizha

/target [modifier:shift] focus;
/focus [nomodifier,target=focus, noexists] target; [nomodifier,target=focus, exists] none;

Thank you!

Marcel · 07/07/07, 6:41 PM

/stopcasting
/cast [modifier:shift] Earth Shock
/stopmacro [modifier:shift]
/clearfocus [target=focus,dead]
/focus [target=focus,noexists]
/cast [target=focus] Earth Shock

I copyed and pasted this. It works fine save for the shift casting part. It just doesn't respond to that for some reason. Any idea's?

Rokh · 07/08/07, 8:24 PM

Originally Posted by Marcel

/stopcasting
/cast [modifier:shift] Earth Shock
/stopmacro [modifier:shift]
/clearfocus [target=focus,dead]
/focus [target=focus,noexists]
/cast [target=focus] Earth Shock

I copyed and pasted this. It works fine save for the shift casting part. It just doesn't respond to that for some reason. Any idea's?

Make sure Shift+whatever you're using to cast the macro isn't bound to some other action button.. if it is it won't ever try to run your macro. Other than that I don't know what would be doing it.

Jaizha · 07/09/07, 11:13 AM

You could also try adding 'nomodifier' to the conditions on the last three lines. I found that necessary when adding the 'modifier:shift' line to the focus macro I posted for Sichosis above.