Transfering Macros between PCs

[SkullRobot]

Sorry if this is posted elsewhere. I did a search and didn't find it. Anyway I have a question. Is there any way for me to transfer my macros from one pc to another instead of having to remake them all?? Is there some sort of file I can copy and paste? This would make things alot easier. Thank you in advance

[Judikael]

I answered your question on Killing Ifrit, go check there.

[Lakario]

In the interest of being more useful than the previous poster... You can copy your macros from one computer to another using the following process:

In Windows Explorer open /path/to/PlayOnline/SquareEnix/Final Fantasy XI/USER. Copy the entire contents of the USER folder to the new computer and all your settings and macros per character will be transfered.

Bare in mind: this will only work if you are using the same POL account on the other computer. If not, the process is slightly more detailed:

You must go to the same folder and open the randomly named folders within and copy out the mcr*.dat files (all 10 of them) that you desire to place onto the other computer. To make sure you are copying the right files you can open them up with a text editor such as Notepad and peek at the hex code inside. You will see the text from various macro commands throughout them.

Good luck.

[Omniblast]

I wonder what this does?

http://www.playonline.com/ff11us/ffxi_news071703.shtml

Macros, map markers, and other configuration files can now be saved to PlayOnline. There are four slots (one slot for one character) where data can be saved.
-To save data, press [L1+L3] or [Shift+Alt+Ctrl+B] at the character select screen. Use the directional buttons to select a slot to save the data to.
-To load data, press [R1+R3] or [Shif+Alt+Ctrl+R] at the character select screen. Use the directional buttons to select a slot to load the data from.
-To erase data, press [R2+L2+R3+L3] or [Shift+Alt+Ctrl+D] at the character select screen. Use the directional buttons to select a slot to delete the data from.

Man, you can dig up a lot of junk with google @_@.

[Judikael]

Originally posted by Lakario
In the interest of being more useful than the previous poster... You can copy your macros from one computer to another using the following process:

In Windows Explorer open /path/to/PlayOnline/SquareEnix/Final Fantasy XI/USER. Copy the entire contents of the USER folder to the new computer and all your settings and macros per character will be transfered.

Bare in mind: this will only work if you are using the same POL account on the other computer. If not, the process is slightly more detailed:

You must go to the same folder and open the randomly named folders within and copy out the mcr*.dat files (all 10 of them) that you desire to place onto the other computer. To make sure you are copying the right files you can open them up with a text editor such as Notepad and peek at the hex code inside. You will see the text from various macro commands throughout them.

Good luck.

I posted the same thing on the other site I mentioned, where he asked the exact question. Thanks for posting it here though. I was tired and didn't think to just copy and paste it on both forums.