A /use macro that factors in range

[Deathwhisper]

I'm a spammer....plain and simple

So when I macro-d my engineering hands into my rogue's Sinister Strike I keep using it before I hit the mob

Is there a macro command that wont activate my hand tinker unless I am in range to actually use the ability I macro'd it to?

inb4: omglolnoobspammer l2p etc etc

[llDemonll]

no such thing as conditional macro's afaik

[Bananengurke]

it doesnt work with /use but it does work with normal abilities, so i would just suggest macroing it in a cast sequence. The sequence won't go on until you have successfull "cast" sinister strike

also: OP can't inb4

[Venara]

It would be useful to know why you don't want to fire them if you're not in melee range. If the reason is that you don't want them to fire before you are in combat and in melee range there is an easy way around it:

/cast Sinister Strike
/stopmacro [nocombat]
/use Youritem

Sadly this probably won't work in a raid environment. Also, there is no other way to do this because [nomelee] is not a valid condition such as [nocombat], [noharm], etc. Well, maybe there is if the following is possible.

it doesnt work with /use but it does work with normal abilities, so i would just suggest macroing it in a cast sequence. The sequence won't go on until you have successfull "cast" sinister strike

I'm not sure you can /cast the glove "enchant". If you can a castsequence macro is what you're looking for.

[ComputerNerd]

/cast and /use seem pretty interchangeable for the most part, so it would be my guess you can /cast anything you can /use and vice versa.

[Venara]

/cast and /use seem pretty interchangeable for the most part, so it would be my guess you can /cast anything you can /use and vice versa.

That's correct for spells. You can cast almost every spell with /use as well but (as my research pointed out) you can NOT /cast *items*. Items are activated via /use - always. Since the Hyperspeed Accelerators are not a really a spell but a *use* effect on the item you can only activate it by *using* the item - just the same as you do with trinkets.

[lawomous]

/cast and /use are completely interchangeable.

For reference sake,

/castsequence Sinister Strike,10

Will, in sequence, use Sinister Strike, and then your glove enchant. But this macro's use would be very limited because it just doesn't work that well.

Perhaps a scripter could give you a line of code from this API http://www.wowwiki.com/API_CheckInteractDistance and stop your macro from using the enchant if you're more than 10 yards away..?

[Venara]

Perhaps a scripter could give you a line of code from this API http://www.wowwiki.com/API_CheckInteractDistance and stop your macro from using the enchant if you're more than 10 yards away..?

You can't check range in macros. Addons only.

[lawomous]

You can run LUA script in a macro; however I checked and StopMacro() is a protected function so I don't see a way to combine it with the CheckInteractDistance function.

To answer to the OP's question, either:

1) Stop hitting the button unless you're in range
2) Choose a different enchant like AP or the Pyro Rocket
3) The macro:

#showtooltip
/cast Sinister Strike
/cast [combat]10