Macro's I LOST THE THING and now i need help ; ;

[British demon]

Orate lads, i kinda lost my little book thing with the macro's in so does anyone of your lot know where i can get a list of them.

[Akai]

Re: Macro's I LOST THE THING and now i need help ; ;

macros? you mean /poke, and such?

ingame, type /?, and it will tell you them ALL. x:

[Irisjir Callard]

Re: Macro's I LOST THE THING and now i need help ; ;

I think he means like....

/ta "Tunnel Worm" will target the nearest tunnel worm. This is mostly useful for targeting NMs as soon as they pop, or other players.

/assist <t> will target you onto the monster attacking whoever you had targeted before. (I don't use this macro so I don't know EXACTLY what all it does, though. I think there may be an autoattack built into it)

/ra <t> hits watever you're targeting with a bow and arrow.

/ma "Magic" <t> casts the magic spell named within parentheses on whatever you're targeting.

/equip "Main" "Sword" equips a 'Sword' to your main hand.

/ja "Ability" <t> or <me> uses a job ability on yourself or target.
/b is for pet abilities.
/ws is for weaponskills

I think /pcmd "Join" and "Disband" join and disband from parties, but I don't use them so I don't know.

I know all spells, equipment, and items must be properly spelled WITH CAPITALIZATION CORRECT in macros.

PS. Item macro for mining:

/item "Pickaxe" <t>

Target selection:

<t> whatever you're targeting right now. If you use <t> for, say a cure macro, and you're engaged and therefore targeting the mob, you will cast cure on the monster. So beware of this one.
<bt> Battle Target. Whatever has a red name, basically. If you have more than one battle target, as in a link someone is sleeping or otherwise trying to isolate, <bt> can getyou into trouble. It doesn't much, but it can. I dont' like this one either.
<stnpc> Select target NPC. The chain of commands is entered but not executed. Say you have

/ma "Banish III" <stnpc>

A purple arrow would show up that you would be able to tab through monsters (and people's wyverns and summons, them being a form of NPC) in the area. The spell banish 3 is waiting to be cast, but you must manually press the enter key to execute the command string and cast the spell. You can press Esc if you decide you don't really want to cast that spell, and then use another macro. This is VERY NICE because you can double-check that yes, you are doing what you want to do.

<stpc>

This is for selecting players. if you play whitemage, redmage, bard....any class that does support job work, this will be your favorite targeting system ever. It only targets player characters (other people), although it will target any person in the immediate viscinity, party or no party. It is very nice to be able to, when you see a monster ready a poison attack, hit the poisona macro and the moment you see who gets hit, BAM! Poisona. saves MP and looks classy.

There is another palette of selection tools that I'm not familiar with, but they go something like:

<ptmem3>

If I remember correctly, this will target the third member of your party, on your list. IE the name below the name below yours. I know many whitemages use these means of targeting (although I can't imagine why).

A much better way of targeting your party members (That DOESNT eat up precious macro space and require two seperate macros for the same spell to cast on different people) is to combine <stpc> with f1-f6. f1 and f7 will always target yourself. f2 through f6 will target the respective party members. f8 targets the nearest NPC in your visual range. f8 is persnickety and finicky and not useful for very much outside the towns (but in Jeuno looking for an auction house counter or a residential guard, it more than makes up for that).

Does all that make sense?

[Takiri]

Re: Macro's I LOST THE THING and now i need help ; ;

macros? you mean /poke, and such?

ingame, type /?, and it will tell you them ALL. x:

those are emotes

[I'm just a guy]

Re: Macro's I LOST THE THING and now i need help ; ;

Akai, i know who you are, but you dont know me o.O *hint* im going to punt you if you dont go to mexico!

[neighbortaru]

Re: Macro's I LOST THE THING and now i need help ; ;

i know who you are as well

[Lilani]

Re: Macro's I LOST THE THING and now i need help ; ;

I think Irisjir Callard covered all the info you need on how to make macros, but I'd like to tell you a few things that will help you decide which ones to use where.

Disclaimer: This is from MY experience, if anyone else has input or objections, I'm fine with that. Just don't be rude about it >.>;

First, <t> virsus <bt>, and those virsus <st> and <stnpc>/<stpc>.

<t> is best used in things like pulling macros and provoke macros, where you don't really want to have to press enter all the time to confirm it. As a mage I use it in things like BCNMs, dynamis, or any sort of boss battle or high lag situation. That way I can just target something and press the macro, which is wonderful in dynamis because it is very laggy and mobs down quickly.

I really see no use for <bt>, except for weapon skills (which I don't really use very often). <bt> targets the thing you are currently battling, as in you have to be using your weapon in order for this to work. Definately not something for spells, however it is useful for weapon skills.

<st> is best in garrisons, or any other situation involving having to target both players and NPCs (beseiged, certain quests and missions, etc.). It will put the little purple arrow up, however it won't separate PCs and NPCs. Concidering the only spells/skills you *should* be using on PCs and NPCs at the same time are healing spells/skills, this isn't commonly used by DDs.

<stnpc> does the same as <st>, only it will *only* target NPCs. This is what I use for my enfeebling spells and nukes, because I can cast one, and prepare to cast the next while the other is being cast. Great for any type of black magic, and maybe weapon skills or abilities that you want to be precisely timed.

<stpc> is the same as <st> and <stnpc>, only it will only target players. I use this for things like haste and refresh, and cure spells as well. I would think it would be good for SATA or any abilities that enhance party stats and resistances, but I'm not too savvy on that stuff, so don't quote me on it.

<me> is something that you should use for any situation that you want to target yourself for something. It's great for soloing, however I use it for things that can only be used on me, such as convert, elemental seal, and divine seal. I don't know any specific abilities, but you should watch out for things that can only be used on yourself, but do affect other people around you. Typing your name has the same exact effect, but this might be a shorter alternative, depending on how fast you type and how long your name is.

IE: /ja "Convert" <me> and /ja "Convert" Lilani would both set off my convert ability.

Oh, and one more thing. You might want to have some things timed, like my convert macro goes like this:

/equip main "Light Staff"
/wait 1
/ja "Convert" <me>
/wait 1
/ma "Cure IV" <me>
/p ~~ {Red Mage} {Convert} ~~

The /wait 1 commands delay the next action by one second, so that it doesn't try to make me equip the light staff, convert, and cure myself at the same exact time. You see, in a macro, unless you specify when you want things to happen with those timers, it makes everything in that macro happen at the same time. However, things like this do tend to work, but sometimes they just don't for some reason or another:

/equip main "Ice Staff"
/ma "Fire II" <t>

The first thing it will do is equip the ice staff, but as soon as it possibly can it will cast that spell. But, for some people it doesn't work like that, so you might have to force it to delay with /wait 1.

You can also make a timer for when things like provoke are ready, like:

/ja "Provoke" <t>
/wait 15
/p {Provoke} in 15
/wait 15
/p {Provoke} {Ready!}

However, if you use that or another macro within that thirty seconds, it will not go off (yes, you might accidently press that macro again before it is ready at some point. I do that a lot). I use it for refresh, but I do two things differently. First, instead of putting it in party chat I make it /tell myself that it is ready. And second, 9 times out of 10 I don't see it because I use another macro. BUT, when I'm casting refresh after a battle, it helps me know when it is ready again so I don't have to guess.

[Icemage]

Re: Macro's I LOST THE THING and now i need help ; ;

For XP parties and other one-party combat situations, <bt> is useful for setting your current target when you aren't pulling.

/target <bt>

...will set your current active target to the nearest enemy (red colored name).

You can then follow up safely with spells or abilities against the current target without worrying about accidentally hitting the wrong one.


Icemage

[Deeke]

Re: Macro's I LOST THE THING and now i need help ; ;

Hmm, I've always been led to believe that <bt> stinks of rubbish.

Not good in one of those mid-fight Link/Agro situations... Gets party members all killed and stuff.


I can't see a use for it personally. Leastways, not for EXPing. <stnpc> and, for melee <t>, works absolutely fine unless you're doing something incredibly lagcrazy like Garrison or Besieged.

Just my thoughts on the matter anyhow^^)/


ps. Incidentally, I do actually like having my Provoke macro on <stnpc>. Can Help out with those oooh-crap-don't-YOU-join-in-too!! situations I mentioned.



ADDENDUM: damn my brain.

OK, just realised, as in looked with my eyes and saw, that Icemage was referring specifically to a targetting macro. My apologies. And my thanks!

Damn fine tip.

And also that the <bt>-in-standard-macros issue had been already been covered perfectly well by Irisjir.

Egh, I hate when I haphazardly type out loud...




Thanks in advance for ignoring this post^^
(except, strangely enough, for my p.s. - I still like that bit.. )