Ask it! Macro Edition

[sshika]

I have a problem with this macro
#showtooltip
/use 10 (engineering gloves)
/cast Lightning Bolt

The problem is that when I spam Lightning Bolt even though my gloves are ready I see them get highlighted but it skips to activat them and just casts Lightning Bolt instead. Sometimes it works if I slow down my spamming on the macro, but then again after the cooldown is ready again it wont activate unless I manually click the keybinding for my gloves. Am I doing something wrong? Any help would be great!

I think it is a latency issue and/or with the spell queuing system. There is no time between the casts. You could try disabling the spell queuing. Or maybe macro it to lava burst, because you won't be able to spam it like you do with lightning bolt but don't lose much uptime.

[Tearor]

Just wondering right now - thought of a macro during commuting to work, and couldn't get my head around it how to do it - can't test atm, just sharing my thoughts.

What I want is a macro for Havoc (WL spell). If I have a focus, I want to cast Havoc on it, if not, then on my last target (and if that doesn't exist use it normally, but I don't even get that far).

So what I want would be something like

/cast [@focus, harm][@lasttarget, harm][] Havoc

or

/cast [@focus, harm] Havoc
/stopmacro [focusexists]
/targetlasttarget
/cast Havoc
/targetlasttarget

But I (think I) know the bold conditions don't exist.
Any input?

[Jigain]

/cast [@focus, harm] Havoc
/stopmacro [@focus,exists]
/targetlasttarget
/cast Havoc
/targetlasttarget

That ought to work.

[Tearor]

That ought to work.

I didn't know /stopmacro worked with that. Will try asap, thanks!
Is there a specific reason why there isn't a @lasttarget conditional and one has to work around it all the time with /targetlasttarget?

[brollbearmantle]

I've been having some trouble with my arena1,2,3 cast macro's. I want it to cast the spell at the arena target and at my current target if the arena target doesnt exist. So far I have /cast [target=arena3,exists][] spell. This works like a charm in arena's and pve, but somehow it doesnt work inside battlegrounds. Does anybody know a macro that works?

[BugNuggets]

Okay, I'm making a healing monk and I exclusively heal thru keybindings and mouseover macros, plus I want to use melee attacks Jab/Expel Harm/Tiger Palm to generate cha when i can. I typically have a mob targeted during combat.

I need a macro that when I hit the keybinding it casts a healing spell (help) on my mouseover target, and if I use a modifier it attacks my target with a Harm spell.

This is what I've been trying to get work, but the attack doesn't work, at least on the training dummy

#showtooltip Renewing Mist
/cast [@mouseover,nomodifier,help] Renewing Mist;
[@target,modifier,harm,exists] Jab

[sshika]

Okay, I'm making a healing monk and I exclusively heal thru keybindings and mouseover macros, plus I want to use melee attacks Jab/Expel Harm/Tiger Palm to generate cha when i can. I typically have a mob targeted during combat.

I need a macro that when I hit the keybinding it casts a healing spell (help) on my mouseover target, and if I use a modifier it attacks my target with a Harm spell.

This is what I've been trying to get work, but the attack doesn't work, at least on the training dummy

#showtooltip Renewing Mist
/cast [@mouseover,nomodifier,help] Renewing Mist;[@target,modifier,harm,exists] Jab

It should work, check if it is on one line. Btw. the @target is not needed, because it will automatically cast it to your target if you don't specify it, and the exists and harm is neither because you don't have any other option to cast at.

/cast [@mouseover,nomod,help] Renewing Mist;[mod] Jab

[Squirl]

It should work, check if it is on one line. Btw. the @target is not needed, because it will automatically cast it to your target if you don't specify it, and the exists and harm is neither because you don't have any other option to cast at.

/cast [@mouseover,nomod,help] Renewing Mist;[mod] Jab

Even shorter:

/cast [mod] Jab;[@mouseover,help] Renewing Mist

[HunterSalty]

I'm looking for a macro to buy Justice Points (with Honor Points):

• Buy Justice Points
• From Edlan Halsing (for reference)

I've tried this but it doesn't work (no error message). This works for other items (i.e. Jeweler's Setting) but not Justice Points :/

/run for i=1,GetMerchantNumItems() do local l=GetMerchantItemLink(i) if l then if l:find("Justice Points") then BuyMerchantItem(i, 1)end end end

I think the problem is that "Justice Points" appears on Wowhead as a currency, not an item. Additionally, it's a currency exchange (Honor for Justice) which might be another factor. So I think the macro will need to have something like BuyMerchantCurrency instead of BuyMerchantItem, I'm just not sure how to edit the macro.

[dennisdkramer]

Even shorter:

/cast [mod] Jab;[@mouseover,help] Renewing Mist

This shouldnt work, because if you press no modifier and have no mouseover it won't use either ability

/use [mod]Jab; [@mouseover,help,exists][]Renewing Mist

[sshika]

I'm looking for a macro to buy Justice Points (with Honor Points):

• Buy Justice Points
• From Edlan Halsing (for reference)

I've tried this but it doesn't work (no error message). This works for other items (i.e. Jeweler's Setting) but not Justice Points :/

/run for i=1,GetMerchantNumItems() do local l=GetMerchantItemLink(i) if l then if l:find("Justice Points") then BuyMerchantItem(i, 1)end end end

I think the problem is that "Justice Points" appears on Wowhead as a currency, not an item. Additionally, it's a currency exchange (Honor for Justice) which might be another factor. So I think the macro will need to have something like BuyMerchantCurrency instead of BuyMerchantItem, I'm just not sure how to edit the macro.

You can't get the item link of justice points, use GetMerchantItemInfo(), and you can't specify the amount you want to buy.

/run for i=1,GetMerchantNumItems() do local l=GetMerchantItemInfo(i) if l then if l:find("Justice Points") then BuyMerchantItem(i)end end end

[Thelothian]

Hello guys
a simple question. I'm trying to create a macro to merge some spells because I have some "physiological" difficulties with the keyboard (nothing serious but enough annoying to create me problems during the raids). The rotation of the moonkin is divided into two phases. My problem is during the first part. Too many buttons to press.
Briefly... I would like to create a macro with a simple sequence, but within this sequence there's a spell with a cooldown (3 mins). So, if I use the macro when this spell is ready, everything works. But if the spell is on cooldown, the macro stops and doesn't continue.
Question: is there a way (via scripts / variables) to ensure that the macro continues, however, even if a particular spell is not ready (cd)?
It could be fine use the command /click ActionBotton# only for this spell or the macro execute only this command without continue with /castsequence?
Any ideas or suggestions about this are welcome.
Thank you.

[chief]

Hello guys
a simple question. I'm trying to create a macro to merge some spells because I have some "physiological" difficulties with the keyboard (nothing serious but enough annoying to create me problems during the raids). The rotation of the moonkin is divided into two phases. My problem is during the first part. Too many buttons to press.
Briefly... I would like to create a macro with a simple sequence, but within this sequence there's a spell with a cooldown (3 mins). So, if I use the macro when this spell is ready, everything works. But if the spell is on cooldown, the macro stops and doesn't continue.
Question: is there a way (via scripts / variables) to ensure that the macro continues, however, even if a particular spell is not ready (cd)?
It could be fine use the command /click ActionBotton# only for this spell or the macro execute only this command without continue with /castsequence?
Any ideas or suggestions about this are welcome.
Thank you.

I'm not sure if the reset function works for this, but you could try.
Should be something like /castsequence reset=XX seconds Spell, spell, spell

So if your CD is 3 minutes, it should say 180 seconds, if I'm not completely retarded now.
But as I said, I'm not sure if this will work in this case.

[sshika]

Hello guys
a simple question. I'm trying to create a macro to merge some spells because I have some "physiological" difficulties with the keyboard (nothing serious but enough annoying to create me problems during the raids). The rotation of the moonkin is divided into two phases. My problem is during the first part. Too many buttons to press.
Briefly... I would like to create a macro with a simple sequence, but within this sequence there's a spell with a cooldown (3 mins). So, if I use the macro when this spell is ready, everything works. But if the spell is on cooldown, the macro stops and doesn't continue.
Question: is there a way (via scripts / variables) to ensure that the macro continues, however, even if a particular spell is not ready (cd)?
It could be fine use the command /click ActionBotton# only for this spell or the macro execute only this command without continue with /castsequence?
Any ideas or suggestions about this are welcome.
Thank you.

Not possible, if you need more key bindings try using modifiers (alt, shift, ctrl, whichever you like best)

I'm not sure if the reset function works for this, but you could try.
Should be something like /castsequence reset=XX seconds Spell, spell, spell

So if your CD is 3 minutes, it should say 180 seconds, if I'm not completely retarded now.
But as I said, I'm not sure if this will work in this case.

This will only reset it to the first spell after the macro isn't executed for XX seconds.

[chief]

Not possible, if you need more key bindings try using modifiers (alt, shift, ctrl, whichever you like best)



This will only reset it to the first spell after the macro isn't executed for XX seconds.

As I thought then. Ah well :<

[froxyyer]

You could use the following piece if you're using the /yell together with a spell:
Just change the bolded text to your needs. You can change "CHAT" to SAY, YELL, PARTY, RAID but not custom channels such as General or Trade.
As an example; this is what I use for my Mana Tide Totem macro:

#showtooltip Mana Tide Totem
/run if GetSpellCooldown("Mana Tide Totem") == 0 then SendChatMessage("--[Mana Tide Totem] used!--","PARTY") end
/cast Mana Tide Totem

It checks if the spell is not on cooldown and if that is true then sends a chat message to specified chat.

Dunno if I missed it on some post but is there any possibility to add the target to whom u have casted?

[Squirl]

Hello guys
a simple question. I'm trying to create a macro to merge some spells because I have some "physiological" difficulties with the keyboard (nothing serious but enough annoying to create me problems during the raids). The rotation of the moonkin is divided into two phases. My problem is during the first part. Too many buttons to press.
Briefly... I would like to create a macro with a simple sequence, but within this sequence there's a spell with a cooldown (3 mins). So, if I use the macro when this spell is ready, everything works. But if the spell is on cooldown, the macro stops and doesn't continue.
Question: is there a way (via scripts / variables) to ensure that the macro continues, however, even if a particular spell is not ready (cd)?
It could be fine use the command /click ActionBotton# only for this spell or the macro execute only this command without continue with /castsequence?
Any ideas or suggestions about this are welcome.
Thank you.

Someone already let you know a macro solution isn't possible, but I would look into a gamepad of some kind. Depending on your difficulties, the Nostromo (a gamepad) could be a great boom. It's really comfy with a wrist rest and the keys are inline rather than staggered.

I use a Nostromo and a Naga for WoW. I play more than I should (like 8+ hours a day) and I never get any pain because it's really easy and comfortable to hit all my binds. Check out at least the Nostromo, for sure.

[dennisdkramer]

Hello guys
a simple question. I'm trying to create a macro to merge some spells because I have some "physiological" difficulties with the keyboard (nothing serious but enough annoying to create me problems during the raids). The rotation of the moonkin is divided into two phases. My problem is during the first part. Too many buttons to press.
Briefly... I would like to create a macro with a simple sequence, but within this sequence there's a spell with a cooldown (3 mins). So, if I use the macro when this spell is ready, everything works. But if the spell is on cooldown, the macro stops and doesn't continue.
Question: is there a way (via scripts / variables) to ensure that the macro continues, however, even if a particular spell is not ready (cd)?
It could be fine use the command /click ActionBotton# only for this spell or the macro execute only this command without continue with /castsequence?
Any ideas or suggestions about this are welcome.
Thank you.

If you can be more specific about what you want to do I can come up with a few ideas for you. Also try to be clear about your physiological difficulties for optimal results - obviously if you're missing a pinky then modifier macros won't be ideal :P castsequence macros have their purpose but generally are very poor tools. What you're requesting actually may be possible, because you CAN check whether abilities are usable via scripts in a macro. I used to have a macro that would check if I had a mouseover and if power infusion was available, and if both things were true it would PI my mouseover and send a tell to them. Unfortunately I had to use an addon (superdupermacro) to create a macro long enough to get this to work.

---------- Post added 2012-11-13 at 05:50 AM ----------

I have a problem with this macro
#showtooltip
/use 10 (engineering gloves)
/cast Lightning Bolt

The problem is that when I spam Lightning Bolt even though my gloves are ready I see them get highlighted but it skips to activat them and just casts Lightning Bolt instead. Sometimes it works if I slow down my spamming on the macro, but then again after the cooldown is ready again it wont activate unless I manually click the keybinding for my gloves. Am I doing something wrong? Any help would be great!

as the other response said it is a prblem with the queueing system. All you have to do is add /use 10 to both ends ends

/use 10
/use Lightning Bolt
/use 10

[sshika]

If you can be more specific about what you want to do I can come up with a few ideas for you. Also try to be clear about your physiological difficulties for optimal results - obviously if you're missing a pinky then modifier macros won't be ideal :P castsequence macros have their purpose but generally are very poor tools. What you're requesting actually may be possible, because you CAN check whether abilities are usable via scripts in a macro. I used to have a macro that would check if I had a mouseover and if power infusion was available, and if both things were true it would PI my mouseover and send a tell to them. Unfortunately I had to use an addon (superdupermacro) to create a macro long enough to get this to work.[COLOR="red"]

Yes you can check if a spell is on cooldown or not and do something, but not casting a spell. Because the castSpell can only be called by blizzards interface (i.e. /cast Spell, in a macro), so you can only use the macro conditionals, which can't check if something is on cooldown or not.

[dennisdkramer]

Yes you can check if a spell is on cooldown or not and do something, but not casting a spell. Because the castSpell can only be called by blizzards interface (i.e. /cast Spell, in a macro), so you can only use the macro conditionals, which can't check if something is on cooldown or not.

Yep good point, I wasnt thinking straight apparently