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[Sinn]

I admit I did not scroll through the 200 pages so this has probably already been answered, but I'll ask anyway.

In fact, I'm not sure this is even possible, but I don't see why it shouldn't:

I basically want to save some place in my bars and macro slots by having a macro that does these 3(4) things:

1. Devouring Plague at target
2. (+shift) Devouring Plague @ focus
3. (+control) Flash Heal @mouseover if friendly, Devouring plague @mouseover if enemy

Would this work? Can't log in to test it right now.

#showtooltip
/cast [@focus,mod:shift]Devouring Plague;[@mouseover,mod:ctrl,help]Flash Heal;[@mouseover,mod:ctrl,harm]Devouring Plague;Devouring Plague

Could I have it change depending on the spec and still fit in the 250 char restriction? Having the opposite spells if I'm specced Heal?

Edit: would this do the trick for the 3 specs?

#showtooltip [spec:1/2]Binding Heal;Shadow Word: Pain
/cast [@focus,mod:shift]Shadow Word: Pain;[@mouseover,mod:ctrl,help]Binding Heal;[@mouseover,mod:ctrl,harm]Shadow Word: Pain;[spec:3]Shadow Word: Pain;[@mouseover]Binding Heal

And this:

#showtooltip [spec:1/2]Smite;Shadow Word: Death
/cast [@focus,mod:shift]Shadow Word: Death;[@mouseover,mod:ctrl,harm,spec:3]Shadow Word: Death;[@target,mod:ctrl,harm,spec:1/2]Holy Fire;[spec:3]Shadow Word: Death;Smite

Thank you for your time.

[Falled09]

I am looking for an all in 1 Intervene/Safeguard macro.

What I have is:

#showtooltip Intervene
/cast [nomod,@Lexisbery] Intervene
/cast [mod:shift,@Mocking Banner] Intervene
/cast [mod:alt,@Demoralizing Banner] Intervene

Considering that it is not working for mocking/demoralizing I can only assume I did something wrong or typed it wrong. I would like to keep it with the shift/alt mods. Would definitely appreciate some help.

[Tearor]

In fact, I'm not sure this is even possible, but I don't see why it shouldn't:

I basically want to save some place in my bars and macro slots by having a macro that does these 3(4) things:

1. Devouring Plague at target
2. (+shift) Devouring Plague @ focus
3. (+control) Flash Heal @mouseover if friendly, Devouring plague @mouseover if enemy

Your suggestion should work, you can save some characters by using []:
#showtooltip
/cast [@focus,mod:shift]Devouring Plague;[@mouseover,mod:ctrl,help]Flash Heal;[@mouseover,mod:ctrl,harm][]Devouring Plague

[sshika]

Your suggestion should work, you can save some characters by using []:
#showtooltip
/cast [@focus,mod:shift]Devouring Plague;[@mouseover,mod:ctrl,help]Flash Heal;[@mouseover,mod:ctrl,harm][]Devouring Plague

To take full advantage

/cast [@mouseover,mod:ctrl,help]Flash Heal;[@focus,mod:shift][@mouseover,mod:ctrl,harm][]Devouring Plague

would this do the trick for the 3 specs?

#showtooltip [spec:1/2]Binding Heal;Shadow Word: Pain
/cast [@focus,mod:shift]Shadow Word: Pain;[@mouseover,mod:ctrl,help]Binding Heal;[@mouseover,mod:ctrl,harm]Shadow Word: Pain;[spec:3]Shadow Word: Pain;[@mouseover]Binding Heal

And this:

#showtooltip [spec:1/2]Smite;Shadow Word: Death
/cast [@focus,mod:shift]Shadow Word: Death;[@mouseover,mod:ctrl,harm,spec:3]Shadow Word: Death;[@target,mod:ctrl,harm,spec:1/2]Holy Fire;[spec:3]Shadow Word: Death;Smite

Thank you for your time.

spec is considered as your 2 specs you can have (dual spec) and is not related to any spec you can choose of (3).
I'm a bit confused about your first spec macro, you want to cast Shadow Word: Pain on your target if you are shadow, but as heal you don't have any spell to be cast on your target? Please tell me if it is your intention or describe what you really want, thank you
But for the second:

#showtooltip [spec:2]Shadow Word: Death; Smite
/cast [@focus,mod:shift][@mouseover,mod:ctrl,harm,spec:2][spec:2]Shadow Word: Death;[mod:ctrl,harm]Holy Fire; Smite

Change spec:2 to spec:1 if your shadow spec is your fist spec.
What it does (I took the information from your macro, if it should do something else, feel free to describe it): If in spec 2 (shadow) cast Shadow Word: Death on mouseover enemy if mod:ctrl else on your target, else with ctrl holy fire on enemy target smite. And with shift it will cast SW on focus (in both specs)
Why do you want to show Smite if you are not in shadow spec? wouldn't Holy Fire be better? You could leave the showtooltip unspecified and it will always show the spell that you would currently cast (#showtooltip)

I am looking for an all in 1 Intervene/Safeguard macro.

What I have is:

#showtooltip Intervene
/cast [nomod,@Lexisbery] Intervene
/cast [mod:shift,@Mocking Banner] Intervene
/cast [mod:alt,@Demoralizing Banner] Intervene

Considering that it is not working for mocking/demoralizing I can only assume I did something wrong or typed it wrong. I would like to keep it with the shift/alt mods. Would definitely appreciate some help.

For the Banners you have to target them, cast intervene and target your last target

#showtooltip Intervene
/cast [nomod,@Lexisbery] Intervene
/target [mod:Shift] Mocking Banner; [mod:Alt] Demoralizing Banner
/cast [mod:Shift/Alt] Intervene
/targetlasttarget [mod:Shift/Alt]

If you don't care about Ctrl as modifier you can replace [mod:Shift/Alt] with [mod] (with only [mod] it would cast Intervene and target your last target if you hold ctrl down)
or (same with ctrl, just replace [nomod] with [nomod:Shift/Alt] if you don't want to cast and target last target with ctrl down)

#showtooltip Intervene
/cast [nomod,@Lexisbery] Intervene
/stopmacro [nomod]
/target [mod:Shift] Mocking Banner; [mod:Alt] Demoralizing Banner
/cast Intervene
/targetlasttarget

Both macros should work, take whichever you want.

[Tearor]

To take full advantage

/cast [@focus,mod:shift][@mouseover,mod:ctrl,harm][]Devouring Plague;[@mouseover,mod:ctrl,help]Flash Heal

As I read it this would never Flash Heal; should work though if you replace the [] with a [harm].
Also, as I think about it, in this case you wouldn't even need the modifier for Flash Heal; the help conditional should work alone.

[Taryble]

As I read it this would never Flash Heal; should work though if you replace the [] with a [harm].
Also, as I think about it, in this case you wouldn't even need the modifier for Flash Heal; the help conditional should work alone.

Or move the Flash Heal portion to the beginning of the macro, that'd work too.

[Anything]

I want to make a script to dismiss my pet when it's dead (delete the dead body) so that I can use my Command Demon right after I use Grimoire of Sacrifice. The problem is I want to put it into a macro which uses my pets spells when they are alive and uses Command Demon when i have the Grimoire of Sacrifice buff so i can't just use /script PetDismiss().

I tried with this but it wouldn't work: /script if UnitIsDead("pet") == "true" then PetDismiss(); end

Anybody know a working macro?

[Sakpoth]

I want to make a script to dismiss my pet when it's dead (delete the dead body) so that I can use my Command Demon right after I use Grimoire of Sacrifice. The problem is I want to put it into a macro which uses my pets spells when they are alive and uses Command Demon when i have the Grimoire of Sacrifice buff so i can't just use /script PetDismiss().

I tried with this but it wouldn't work: /script if UnitIsDead("pet") == "true" then PetDismiss(); end

Anybody know a working macro?

This script should work.

/run if UnitIsDead("pet") then PetDismiss() end

[Falled09]

For the Banners you have to target them, cast intervene and target your last target

#showtooltip Intervene
/cast [nomod,@Lexisbery] Intervene
/target [mod:Shift] Mocking Banner; [mod:Alt] Demoralizing Banner
/cast [mod:Shift/Alt] Intervene
/targetlasttarget [mod:Shift/Alt]

If you don't care about Ctrl as modifier you can replace [mod:Shift/Alt] with [mod] (with only [mod] it would cast Intervene and target your last target if you hold ctrl down)
or (same with ctrl, just replace [nomod] with [nomod:Shift/Alt] if you don't want to cast and target last target with ctrl down)

#showtooltip Intervene
/cast [nomod,@Lexisbery] Intervene
/stopmacro [nomod]
/target [mod:Shift] Mocking Banner; [mod:Alt] Demoralizing Banner
/cast Intervene
/targetlasttarget

Both macros should work, take whichever you want.

I HAVE to target them? My mouseover works everytime. The only problem is I don't want to deal with a mouseover while trying to kite someone at the same time.

[Sinn]

I'm a bit confused about your first spec macro, you want to cast Shadow Word: Pain on your target if you are shadow, but as heal you don't have any spell to be cast on your target? Please tell me if it is your intention or describe what you really want, thank you
But for the second:

#showtooltip [spec:2]Shadow Word: Death; Smite
/cast [@focus,mod:shift][@mouseover,mod:ctrl,harm,spec:2][spec:2]Shadow Word: Death;[mod:ctrl,harm]Holy Fire; Smite

Change spec:2 to spec:1 if your shadow spec is your fist spec.
What it does (I took the information from your macro, if it should do something else, feel free to describe it): If in spec 2 (shadow) cast Shadow Word: Death on mouseover enemy if mod:ctrl else on your target, else with ctrl holy fire on enemy target smite. And with shift it will cast SW on focus (in both specs)
Why do you want to show Smite if you are not in shadow spec? wouldn't Holy Fire be better? You could leave the showtooltip unspecified and it will always show the spell that you would currently cast (#showtooltip)

I always have the boss as target and I heal with mouseovers only so I don't need a damage spell @target in spec1.

On the second topic, you are right, I want to have Holy Fire as icon.

In fact, what I understand from how you save space on macros with []etc and not repeating spells is that it does the first spell associated with the first condition met and then ends the macro, right?

Is there a way to add something at the start so that if I'm in dps spec and push the button but I don't have shadowform (would [spec:2,form=0] work? or maybe [spec:2,noform]Shadowform;?), it cast shadowform before anything else (so that I could only spam my dps ability after healing)?

Anyway, tks a lot! Much appreciated.

[Sakpoth]

I HAVE to target them? My mouseover works everytime. The only problem is I don't want to deal with a mouseover while trying to kite someone at the same time.

Yes, you have to target them (or mouseover/focus), however notice the "targetlasttarget" at the end of the macro, you won't even notice that your target ever switched because the commands are executed faster than what your eyes will be able to pick up (unless you're some kind of superhuman or your client is bugged).

---------- Post added 2012-11-15 at 05:11 AM ----------

In fact, what I understand from how you save space on macros with []etc and not repeating spells is that it does the first spell that meet the first condition met and then end the macro, right?

Is there a way to add something at the start so that if I'm in dps spec and push the button but I don't have shadowform (would [spec:2,form=0] work? or maybe [spec:2,noform]Shadowform?), it cast shadowform before anything else?

This is correct. For the shadowform macros the correct syntax is [spec:2,noform] Shadowform, or [form:1] to cast a spell if in shadowform (notice the colon instead of the equals sign).

[sshika]

I HAVE to target them? My mouseover works everytime. The only problem is I don't want to deal with a mouseover while trying to kite someone at the same time.

What I wanted to say: You can't /cast [@Mocking Banner] Intervene, because "@Mocking Banner" is not valid. For the macro you have to target it with /target Mocking Banner, then cast Intervene and eventually target your last target to get the same effect. As Sakpoth mentioned you don't see this because the lines from the macro are executed really fast. You can remove the /targetlasttarget and you will have the banner as your target.

[Falled09]

What I wanted to say: You can't /cast [@Mocking Banner] Intervene, because "@Mocking Banner" is not valid. For the macro you have to target it with /target Mocking Banner, then cast Intervene and eventually target your last target to get the same effect. As Sakpoth mentioned you don't see this because the lines from the macro are executed really fast. You can remove the /targetlasttarget and you will have the banner as your target.

Oh alright, I was just making sure. Just tried it out, thanks for the help.

[VuRkka]

This is what I'm currently using;

#showtooltip
/cast [swimming,nomounted,mod:shift] Sea Turtle; [flyable,nomod,nomounted] Sandstone Drake; [outdoors,mod:ctrl] Traveler's Tundra Mammoth; [outdoors,nomounted] Mekgineer's Chopper
/dismount [noflying]

Any way to make it show icon of the mount in question rather than a question mark while mounted?

[Squirl]

This is what I'm currently using;

#showtooltip
/cast [swimming,nomounted,mod:shift] Sea Turtle; [flyable,nomod,nomounted] Sandstone Drake; [outdoors,mod:ctrl] Traveler's Tundra Mammoth; [outdoors,nomounted] Mekgineer's Chopper
/dismount [noflying]

Any way to make it show icon of the mount in question rather than a question mark while mounted?

Take out the nomounted conditionals.

[Kalistez]

I'm trying to make a Demonic Circle macro that will summon with a shift modifier, and cast with no modifier.

#showttoltip
/cast [mod:shift] Demonic Circle: Summon; Demonic Circle: Teleport

This works fine for the teleport part, but not the summon.

Shift + Click works, but shift + hotkey doesn't.

Any idea's ?

[TellyTop]

I'm trying to make a Demonic Circle macro that will summon with a shift modifier, and cast with no modifier.

#showttoltip
/cast [mod:shift] Demonic Circle: Summon; Demonic Circle: Teleport

This works fine for the teleport part, but not the summon.

Shift + Click works, but shift + hotkey doesn't.

Any idea's ?

Make sure you don't have any button keybound to Shift+Hotkey. It didn't work for me either until I looked at my hidden action bar, and there I found an unused button keybound to Shift+Hotkey. Remove it and it will work.

[Squirl]

I'm trying to make a Demonic Circle macro that will summon with a shift modifier, and cast with no modifier.

#showttoltip
/cast [mod:shift] Demonic Circle: Summon; Demonic Circle: Teleport

This works fine for the teleport part, but not the summon.

Shift + Click works, but shift + hotkey doesn't.

Any idea's ?

Shift+hotkey is probably bound to something else. Make sure you clear it. Check your default self and focus cast mods too.

Also, shift doesn't work with numpad keys. If this is on a Naga, you have to use a different mod.

[Purplekitti]

Hi All, Trying to make a macro for my monk. If it's a friendly target, it casts Detox. If enemy target, it casts Crackling Jade Lightning. If no target, it casts detox on myself.

I've got the first two parts, just can't figure out why the last part isn't working on my monk but works on my priest. (casting on self if no target) (I have a similar macro for smite and purify on my priest.)

/cast [target=target,harm,nodead] Smite; [target=target,exists,noharm,nodead] Purify; [target=player,noharm,nodead] Purify;

Above works on priest. When I try the following on my monk, the last part doesn't work:

/cast [target=target,harm,nodead] Crackling Jade Lightning; [target=target,exists,noharm,nodead] Detox; [target=player,noharm,nodead] Detox;

Auto Selfcast is enabled. Any ideas why it works on one char and not another? or if there's a different way to make it work?

[sshika]

Hi All, Trying to make a macro for my monk. If it's a friendly target, it casts Detox. If enemy target, it casts Crackling Jade Lightning. If no target, it casts detox on myself.

I've got the first two parts, just can't figure out why the last part isn't working on my monk but works on my priest. (casting on self if no target) (I have a similar macro for smite and purify on my priest.)

/cast [target=target,harm,nodead] Smite; [target=target,exists,noharm,nodead] Purify; [target=player,noharm,nodead] Purify;

Above works on priest. When I try the following on my monk, the last part doesn't work:

/cast [target=target,harm,nodead] Crackling Jade Lightning; [target=target,exists,noharm,nodead] Detox; [target=player,noharm,nodead] Detox;

Auto Selfcast is enabled. Any ideas why it works on one char and not another? or if there's a different way to make it work?

I cleaned it up, should work:

/cast [harm,nodead] Crackling Jade Lightning; [help,nodead][target=player] Detox