i want a macro that says a sentence once without spam

[nitroburst]

as title says. i want to make macros for each of my abilities and some random sentence to do with said ability but i dont want the sentences to spam if i hit the macro more then once

since im using binds its hard to only hit it once

does anyone know how to make a macro not spam if hit multiple times? much appreciated

example:[ /cast moonfire ]
[ /say ima firin ma lazor ]

[Evilution]

For the sake of peoples sanity, and you not ending up on everyones ignorelist... don´t do it to spells you spam.

Only addon that i know of where you could do custom announces was AfterCast, and it is broken now, along with it´s
following "Aftercast fans update(s)".

Use RSA to announce cooldowns/resses/things that matter.
Don´t announce common spells.

[Deleted]

I avoid people like the plague who do this, but as stated it will spam it as many times as you press it without said addon.

[Deleted]

*Stealing Thread*

I'd like this aswell, but just with my Taunt, "/say Tauned %target" but always end up with spam of 3-4 lines. Is there no pause or something you could put in ?

[Deleted]

I believe there are AddOns for this situtation, i.e. Ardent Defender for Paladin cooldowns. Haven't heard of one for basic offensive spells though.

[Deleted]

You can use RSA, as linked earlier in this thread, for taunt.

[Deleted]

as title says. i want to make macros for each of my abilities and some random sentence to do with said ability but i dont want the sentences to spam if i hit the macro more then once

since im using binds its hard to only hit it once

does anyone know how to make a macro not spam if hit multiple times? much appreciated

example:[ /cast moonfire ]
[ /say ima firin ma lazor ]

If your example is a genuine one then without intent to insult or annoy I ask that you consider not emoting it the first time let alone the rest.

Perhaps if you must do that create your own private channel and say it in there. It appears on your chat and not anyone else's.

[Zoukan]

This can't be done with a macro command, however you can use a small LUA script in your macro for this. The only concern would be the character limit of 255 in a macro.

Past the following in your macro:

/run local rng = math.random(10); if rng < 5 then SendChatMessage("msg" ,"SAY"); end

- Change the number to the chance you want the message to show each time you hit the macro (1 means 10%, 2 means 20% etc)
- Change the msg to a message of your choice.

- This macro doesn't check if the spell is fired, if you're somehow not casting the spell it will still execute the script. There is a way to check that too but that would require more complicated LUA coding and therefore an addon.

A working example:

/cast Shadow Word: Death
/run local rng = math.random(10); if rng < 2 then SendChatMessage("Die! Die!" ,"SAY"); end

This macro would attempt to cast Shadow Word: Death and say "Die! Die!" in /say on a 20% chance.

[Gohzerlock]

This can't be done with a macro command, however you can use a small LUA script in your macro for this. The only concern would be the character limit of 255 in a macro.

Past the following in your macro:


- Change the number to the chance you want the message to show each time you hit the macro (1 means 10%, 2 means 20% etc)
- Change the msg to a message of your choice.

- This macro doesn't check if the spell is fired, if you're somehow not casting the spell it will still execute the script. There is a way to check that too but that would require more complicated LUA coding and therefore an addon.

A working example:

This macro would attempt to cast Shadow Word: Death and say "Die! Die!" in /say on a 20% chance.

Very cool, thank you for this.

[Zoukan]

Is there no pause or something you could put in ?

See my previous post for a global overview on how it works. In your case; it is not possible to pause without creating a frame in LUA (again: need addon for this). However you can make it less dependent on a randomiser. Use the following:

/run local nrm = nrm+1; if nrm >= 3 then SendChatMessage("msg" ,"SAY"); nrm = 1; end

Change the number on how many times you need to hit the macro in order to activate the /say, like this:

[hit macro] nothing
[hit macro] nothing
[hit macro] SAY IT
[hit macro] nothing
[hit macro] nothing
[hit macro] SAY IT

etc.

[Deleted]

#showtooltip
/cast Moonfire
/run local cd,t=30,GetTime() if t-cd >= (MOONFIRELAST or 0) then MOONFIRELAST = t SendChatMessage("ima firin ma lazor") end

Taints global namespace, but that can't be helped. Change 30 to the amount of "cooldown" you want on the /say.

[aqthedruid]

Saying something with everything you use will be spammy no matter what, depending on your class.

Plus if your raiding people will want you to stop that or else kick you.

Imo dont even try to do it ... but hey its your $15 play how you want. If people dont want to hear it thats why Blizz made ignore.

[Ryme]

Could you not just send this to your local chat (to spare those who might not enjoy it), or do you really want to have the chat bubble?

[Newbie95816]

as title says. i want to make macros for each of my abilities and some random sentence to do with said ability but i dont want the sentences to spam if i hit the macro more then once

since im using binds its hard to only hit it once

does anyone know how to make a macro not spam if hit multiple times? much appreciated

example:[ /cast moonfire ]
[ /say ima firin ma lazor ]

This macro will only say on successful casts:

#show
/run u,mf="target","Moonfire";if IsSpellInRange(mf,u)==1 and GetSpellCooldown(mf)==0 then SendChatMessage("ima firin ma lazor") end
/use Moonfire

*Stealing Thread*

I'd like this aswell, but just with my Taunt, "/say Tauned %target" but always end up with spam of 3-4 lines. Is there no pause or something you could put in ?

Replace the bold text with your taunt spell:

#show
/run u,t="target","Taunt";if IsSpellInRange(t,u)==1 and GetSpellCooldown(t)==0 then SendChatMessage(GetSpellLink(t).." used on "..UnitName(u)..".") end
/use Taunt

Another neat addon that you can use to announce your tank cooldowns, taunts, interrupts, spells used and etc is WakeSpam (your can find it on WoWace).

[nitroburst]

thanks guys good to see a helpful community

had a feelin there would be a few haters towards this thread

[Marshmallow]

This can't be done with a macro command, however you can use a small LUA script in your macro for this. The only concern would be the character limit of 255 in a macro.

Past the following in your macro:


- Change the number to the chance you want the message to show each time you hit the macro (1 means 10%, 2 means 20% etc)
- Change the msg to a message of your choice.

- This macro doesn't check if the spell is fired, if you're somehow not casting the spell it will still execute the script. There is a way to check that too but that would require more complicated LUA coding and therefore an addon.

A working example:

This macro would attempt to cast Shadow Word: Death and say "Die! Die!" in /say on a 20% chance.

Love the little RNG script, it's a new one for me, thanks much.

[Heldamon]

#show
/run u,t="target","Taunt";if IsSpellInRange(t,u)==1 and GetSpellCooldown(t)==0 then SendChatMessage(GetSpellLink(t).." used on "..UnitName(u)..".") end
/use Taunt

How can I send the message as an emote?

[quthar]

How can I send the message as an emote?

For one of the built in emotes use DoEmote.

DoEmote("JOKE")

For a custom emote add "EMOTE" as a second argument to SendChatMessage.

SendChatMessage("Text here", "EMOTE")

[therealslayer]

https://www.curseforge.com/wow/addons/speakinspell

Can do this, and has options for only saying once per combat session or once per target, and more, to prevent spamming.

[Heldamon]

Thank you very much for the replies