Ask it! Macro Edition

**Tearor** · 2012-10-08, 09:44 AM

Originally Posted by Sir Kramer

I was wondering if it's possible to make a macro to do an ability and if you sucsessfully do that ability, you do an emo or say somthing?
Like if I use Last Stand I also roar. But if my Last Stand is on cooldown the roar won't trigger.

A macro cannot do this as it can't detect an ability being on CD.
Though, since there are addons that (for example) announce successful interrupts and such, I guess there might be an addon that makes you roar only after successfully casting last stand.

Xs · 2012-10-08, 11:21 AM

So since I've started heroic stuff in MoP I've had to go back to a Holy/Prot setup on my pally, but this makes dailies eye gougingly disgusting to do as Prot, so I'm going to have to spec between Prot and Ret several times.

I'm trying to set up macros for all the abilities that change based on what spec I am (not dual spec, actual talent spec) for some I assume this would be very easy, like Templars Verdict and Shield of the Righteous as they're mutually exclusive, but other binds aren't quite as simple and I'd like to know if its possible to do this or if I'm just going to have to swap my buttons around when I spec? Thanks

**madorable** · 2012-10-08, 12:21 PM

Originally Posted by Xs

So since I've started heroic stuff in MoP I've had to go back to a Holy/Prot setup on my pally, but this makes dailies eye gougingly disgusting to do as Prot, so I'm going to have to spec between Prot and Ret several times.

I'm trying to set up macros for all the abilities that change based on what spec I am (not dual spec, actual talent spec) for some I assume this would be very easy, like Templars Verdict and Shield of the Righteous as they're mutually exclusive, but other binds aren't quite as simple and I'd like to know if its possible to do this or if I'm just going to have to swap my buttons around when I spec? Thanks

Only way to macro it the way you want would be using

Code:

/cast protspell
/cast retspell

Which would completely mess up tooltips when in ret.

Basically, it can't be done properly through macros as far as I'm aware.
Might be better of using addons for that, quick google search came up with this action bar saver

Xs · 2012-10-08, 01:58 PM

Originally Posted by madorable

Only way to macro it the way you want would be using

Code:

/cast protspell
/cast retspell

Which would completely mess up tooltips when in ret.

Basically, it can't be done properly through macros as far as I'm aware.
Might be better of using addons for that, quick google search came up with this action bar saver

Yeah I thought about just using a standard /cast, I'm able to use the above mentioned macro used for the talent trees to keep the tooltips working for normal abilities but I'll give that mod a go for the more advanced stuff once I've got a moment to tinker with it

**Roderik** · 2012-10-08, 03:17 PM

I've been trying to make a macro with no luck. I want to use a mouseover macro with a modifier to cast beacon of light when holding shift and sacred shield when just hitting the macro. I currently use a macro like this for my spells. Any help would be appreciated, ty

#showtooltip Sacred Shield
/cast [target=mouseover,exists] Sacred Shield; Sacred Shield

**madorable** · 2012-10-08, 03:43 PM

Originally Posted by Roderik

I've been trying to make a macro with no luck. I want to use a mouseover macro with a modifier to cast beacon of light when holding shift and sacred shield when just hitting the macro. I currently use a macro like this for my spells. Any help would be appreciated, ty

Code:

#showtooltip
/cast [@mouseover,mod:shift]Beacon of light; [@mouseover]Sacred Shield

**Roderik** · 2012-10-08, 05:32 PM

Thanks you very much

**Flaim** · 2012-10-08, 09:48 PM

i'm looking for a macro that does the following:
it should target a party member (e.g. party member 1), BUT only if i'm in an arena.

i've thought of something like
/target [arena] party1
but i'm not sure if it's even working, as i've never heard of "[arena]".

a friend of mine had an idea to do the check through the existance of the arenaenemyframes, which would look like
/target [@arena1, exists] party1
but again, i'm not sure if this works as afaik party1 belongs inside the brackets.

edit:
just tested
/target party1
and at least this part works, so "[@arena1, exists]" in this conjunction is left to be answered

**Volitar** · 2012-10-09, 01:25 AM

can someone help me macro a macro to cast a dot on a Celestial Protector without targeting them? I'm just trying to use 1 gcd to proc Twist of Fate I'm not concerned with the actual damage on them we have melee killing them.

/casttarget=Celestial Protector Shadow Word: Pain is what I have right now and it isn't working.

Any help would be awesome!

**Sakpoth** · 2012-10-09, 02:19 AM

To cast something on someone they need a valid unitid, such as target/focus/mouseover/party/arena/etc. You can achieve what you want in several different ways.

Make it a focus:

Code:

#showtooltip
/clearfocus
/focus Celestial Protector
/use [@focus,harm][] Shadow Word:Pain

On mouseover:

Code:

#showtooltip
/use [@mouseover,harm][] Shadow Word: Pain

Quick target swap:

Code:

#showtooltip
/tar Celestial Protector
/use Shadow Word: Pain
/targetlasttarget

**Jake5467** · 2012-10-09, 03:45 AM

Code:

#showtooltip
/use blood presence
/use unholy presence

How do I make this macro show the icon of the presence I'm NOT in? Thanks!

**Kojootti** · 2012-10-09, 03:38 PM

Originally Posted by Jake5467

Code:

#showtooltip
/use blood presence
/use unholy presence

How do I make this macro show the icon of the presence I'm NOT in? Thanks!

Maybe this is what you're looking for?

#showtooltip
/castsequence blood presence, unholy presence

**Jigain** · 2012-10-10, 08:30 AM

Originally Posted by Flaim

i'm looking for a macro that does the following:
it should target a party member (e.g. party member 1), BUT only if i'm in an arena.

i've thought of something like
/target [arena] party1
but i'm not sure if it's even working, as i've never heard of "[arena]".

a friend of mine had an idea to do the check through the existance of the arenaenemyframes, which would look like
/target [@arena1, exists] party1
but again, i'm not sure if this works as afaik party1 belongs inside the brackets.

edit:
just tested
/target party1
and at least this part works, so "[@arena1, exists]" in this conjunction is left to be answered

Does stopmacro still work? If so, this might be worth testing:

Code:

/stopmacro [@arena1, noexists]
/target party1

This is just off the top of my head from the macros I used to make ages ago, so don't presume it works until you try it. :P

**Flaim** · 2012-10-10, 11:04 AM

Originally Posted by Jigain

Does stopmacro still work? If so, this might be worth testing:

Code:

/stopmacro [@arena1, noexists]
/target party1

This is just off the top of my head from the macros I used to make ages ago, so don't presume it works until you try it. :P

thx, gonna try it

**iNexus** · 2012-10-10, 02:43 PM

Originally Posted by madorable

Only way to macro it the way you want would be using

Code:

/cast protspell
/cast retspell

Which would completely mess up tooltips when in ret.

Basically, it can't be done properly through macros as far as I'm aware.
Might be better of using addons for that, quick google search came up with this action bar saver

You can just do this

#showtooltip
/cast protspell
/cast retspell

My mage shield macro is

#showtooltip
/cast Temporal Shield
/cast Ice Barrier

Every time I respec to either the icon changes so works perfectly fine.

**madorable** · 2012-10-10, 02:55 PM

Originally Posted by iNexus

Every time I respec to either the icon changes so works perfectly fine.

It does? I didn't try it myself, I just assumed it would show up as a red ? since it wouldn't know the spell.
Fair enough.

**Flaim** · 2012-10-10, 06:07 PM

Originally Posted by Jigain

Does stopmacro still work? If so, this might be worth testing:

Code:

/stopmacro [@arena1, noexists]
/target party1

This is just off the top of my head from the macros I used to make ages ago, so don't presume it works until you try it. :P

ok, it works.
now how to modify it that i can put in some other stuff when i'm not in an arena? :>

**Aqalicious** · 2012-10-10, 07:07 PM

Okay, I've been trying to find this one, I wonder why it's not in the mage-macro section yet so maybe a mod might want to copy the answer there aswell.

The macro I'm looking for is all about conjured food, all macro's I find are greatly outdated or not what I'm after.
My idea is as follows yet my macro skills are none existent

number and icon of food is in the tooltip.
button 1 makes a stack of food
button 1 + shift makes a table
right button eats either of the foods

With this macro I think 3 icon slots can be saved, anyone?
greatly appreciated for your time and effort to make this one work

- Oh, and if possible, the drop-down menu for a portal and teleport in a single key - modifier shift for a group port?
Now that MoP is out I noticed that the new buttons aren't in the drop-down yet.

**Squirl** · 2012-10-10, 07:24 PM

Assuming level 90. If not, just replace the food name.

Code:

#showtooltip Conjured Mana Buns
/use [button:2] Conjured Mana Buns
/cast [mod] Conjure Refreshment Table; Conjure Refreshment

Let me know if something doesn't function as expected.

**Aqalicious** · 2012-10-10, 07:38 PM

Works for conjuring and a table.
Can't eat it. - can actually eat the mana buns but can't use either stack (table/single)

mage food at 90 is actually in 2 forms, there's the Mana Buns from the table and Mana Pudding from a single conjure.
Both have the same specific regens. 300/150k hp/mana

Thanks for the fast reply.

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