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I have quite a few separate macros that act the very same.



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I want to add a shift modifier for a second spell so I can easily access the spell instead of reaching for something like "5" or "h," which is sorta far when I use the "qweasd" movement keys.

Sorta ignorant when it comes to creating my own macros but I'm just wondering if this would possibly work:


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Edit: Doesn't work..

ok, there are a few issues. first, you want to put the mod-sequence (chain heal in that case) before the other one, unless you want to write nomod in every bracket - yours won't ever cast chain heal, right ?
then, how do you want it to behave concerning your focus? yours, logically, will not use focus targets unless you neither have a mouseover nor a regular target, is that intended?
[@target] is obsolete, that's what it does unless you specify another target - you can save characters here.
lastly, showtooltip without conditionals will always show the right one that is about to be triggered in the current situation.

#showtooltip
/cast [mod,@mouseover,help,nodead][mod,help,nodead][mod,@focus,help,nodead][mod,@player]Chain Heal;[@mouseover,help,nodead][help,nodead][@focus,help,nodead][@player]Earth Shield

edit: also, [help] and the similar conditions incorporate [exists] already. There have been some glitches about it, but all in all it works.

[Vampiroth]

I was wondering if there is a way to make a cancel aura macro for my dispersion that uses a modifer to cancel the aura. For example, right now the macro I'm using is this:

#showtooltip
/cancelaura Dispersion
/cast Dispersion

but I'm not sure how to make the macro where it would use a modifer to cancel the aura. I know how to make macros to cast a spell on a different target. Is this even possible I guess is what I'm asking?

[lawomous]

I was wondering if there is a way to make a cancel aura macro for my dispersion that uses a modifer to cancel the aura.

Try this:

#showtooltip
/cancelaura [mod:shift]Dispersion
/cast Dispersion

[Vampiroth]

You are amazing! Thank you!

[Jeremypwnz]

ok, there are a few issues. first, you want to put the mod-sequence (chain heal in that case) before the other one, unless you want to write nomod in every bracket - yours won't ever cast chain heal, right ?
then, how do you want it to behave concerning your focus? yours, logically, will not use focus targets unless you neither have a mouseover nor a regular target, is that intended?
[@target] is obsolete, that's what it does unless you specify another target - you can save characters here.
lastly, showtooltip without conditionals will always show the right one that is about to be triggered in the current situation.

#showtooltip
/cast [mod,@mouseover,help,nodead][mod,help,nodead][mod,@focus,help,nodead][mod,@player]Chain Heal;[@mouseover,help,nodead][help,nodead][@focus,help,nodead][@player]Earth Shield

edit: also, [help] and the similar conditions incorporate [exists] already. There have been some glitches about it, but all in all it works.

This is awesome, I love you man. <3

[John7898]

It would certainly make it more useful, but there is no unprotected script to interact with objects or units.

[Klive]

Hello, I wanted to request a line for my hunter macros that switches to Aspect of the Hawk if and only if I am in another Aspect at the moment. Currently all my macros for instant shots look like this:

#showtooltip Explosive Shot
/cast !Aspect of the Hawk
/cast Explosive Shot
/cast Claw

It's kind of annoying, particularly in turret fights where I never switch to Fox, to hear the Aspect sound every GCD, so I wanted to know if there's a line that only uses Aspect of the Hawk if Aspect of the Hawk isn't active at the time.

Thanks!

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Hello, I wanted to request a line for my hunter macros that switches to Aspect of the Hawk if and only if I am in another Aspect at the moment.

Macro cannot see what Aspect you're in, sorry.

[Klive]

Damn...doesn't it have some sort of "check for X or Y buff" thing? :s

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Damn...doesn't it have some sort of "check for X or Y buff" thing? :s

nope, that's exactly what it cannot do - make decisions based on pre/absence of buffs, debuffs, mana, health, energy and all that.

What you could do is modify it, so with a modifier (alt, shift or ctrl) it changes to Hawk and fires, otherwise it just fires...

#showtooltip Explosive Shot
/cast [mod] Aspect of the Hawk
/cast Explosive Shot
/cast Claw

-you can also specify only one or two of the modifiers, e.g. [mod:ctrl]
-I can remember a macro as well that always toggled Hawk (since it has no cost or GCD anyway), but suppresses the sound. I am not sure though if it only suppresses it for you, and you annoy the shit out of your raidmates

[Khadjid]

#showtooltip Explosive Shot
/run SetCVar("Sound_EnableSFX", 0)
/cast !Aspect of the Hawk
/run SetCVar("Sound_EnableSFX", 1)
/cast Explosive Shot
/cast Claw

This will suppress the Aspect sound for you.

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#showtooltip Explosive Shot
/run SetCVar("Sound_EnableSFX", 0)
/cast !Aspect of the Hawk
/run SetCVar("Sound_EnableSFX", 1)
/cast Explosive Shot
/cast Claw

This will suppress the Aspect sound for you.

But your raid will still hear it, correct?

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But your raid will still hear it, correct?

I highly doubt you can suppress sound for other players, that is something that would most likely be highly useful in pvp if possible.

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I highly doubt you can suppress sound for other players, that is something that would most likely be highly useful in pvp if possible.

Exactly, that's why I initially recommended a [mod] solution. It should be fine, you don't need to change aspects that often.

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You can also look at this thread, where we've worked on using action bar paging to minimize action swapping.

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I'm a Resto Shaman and we did Ultraxion HC yesterday. When placing my healing rain I accidentally click a player or pet sometimes and don't have the boss as target anymore. This was getting rather annoying, so I wrote a little macro:

/target ultraxion
/cast lightning bolt

I've tried a couple of variations of that ("/tar ultra"...). But nothing seemed to work. He's casting the lb just fine if I have him in my target, but the targeting never works.

Is there something special on Ultraxion preventing that macro to work? I'm really confused by that...

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I'm a Resto Shaman and we did Ultraxion HC yesterday. When placing my healing rain I accidentally click a player or pet sometimes and don't have the boss as target anymore. This was getting rather annoying, so I wrote a little macro:

/target ultraxion
/cast lightning bolt

I've tried a couple of variations of that ("/tar ultra"...). But nothing seemed to work. He's casting the lb just fine if I have him in my target, but the targeting never works.

Is there something special on Ultraxion preventing that macro to work? I'm really confused by that...

You could try

/cast [@Ultraxion] Lightning Bolt

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You could try

/cast [@Ultraxion] Lightning Bolt

yes, but I want to have him as a target. that's the best way to see the hour of twilight cast for me. (i know, focus cast bars would work too, but i don't have them)

guess I have to do something like target the target of my target if [harm] or something... haven't done that one before

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yes, but I want to have him as a target. that's the best way to see the hour of twilight cast for me. (i know, focus cast bars would work too, but i don't have them)

guess I have to do something like target the target of my target if [harm] or something... haven't done that one before

Not to sound like a douche but cant you just click on him? He is quite big

[lawomous]

Try

/tar boss1

Using @Ultraxion would not work, since he is not in your party/raid group he wouldn't have a valid UnitID by name.