Macroing in items

[Dadelon]

Having a bit of a problem, need a little help please.

Been trying to macro in the swordbelt for my jumps/double thrust.
I start off with the tilt belt,want to end with tilt belt.
This is my macro, (already have tilt belt equipped)

/equip waist swordbelt
/ja "Jump" <t>
/equip waist tilt belt

It will switch to swordbelt before the jump/ws but,
won't go back to tilt belt after the ability.

I've tried every way of typing the third line.
I'm stumped.....

If anyone could provide a link to equip/item swap macros please.

Thank you........

[Sabaron]

Re: Macroing in items

You have to put quotes around multi-word items, and they must be spelled exactly as they are in the item screen including capitalization.

/equip waist "Tilt Belt"

[Dadelon]

Re: Macroing in items

That was fast! I sure do thank you.
Had to do a restore on my comp and lost all macros.
Was pulling hair out of my bald head,trying to remember all the useful macros.
Once again Thank you

[LilithAngel]

Re: Macroing in items

Just FYI as well, for those abilities/WSs that take a few seconds for the animation to play before the effects go off, don't forget to add in an appropriately timed /wait command before you reequip the original item. If you don't put one in, it'll swap to the desired item, and start the move, and if it's not instantaneous (like Jump is), it'll swap again before the effect goes off, giving you a result similar to if you'd never swapped in the first place. Especially when lag hits, the macro will execute, and the timing differences/errors will become readily apparent.

This goes double for pieces that change gear you can see on-screen. You have to allow for model swapping as well as the timing of the ability you wish you use with it. /wait commands before and after can be really helpful in these cases, but it makes the ability take significantly longer to go off, so you'll have to get used to the timing. You'll also want to be careful about such things; too many gear swap-equipped macros can slow down your routine, as you're waiting for one to finish before starting another. That might not be something you consider important, but I've certainly run into instances where I'd be waiting for a gear-swap macroed Jump to finish when I really needed to hit my Healing Breath macro followed up with a High Jump (that's three sets of gear macroed in and out right there). I'd either end up with a jumble of gear on me afterwards, wasting time in combat getting my proper gear on, or, if the timing was particularly nasty, dead.

While it's not nessesary, per se, that you wait for the model swap to occur (you can time the /wait to make the ability to happen the moment you "blink" to swap gear), the /wait is there for the server to register that you have on a particular piece of equipment that might be relevant to the ability you're about to use, as well as to account for lag. You can mess around with the /wait commands until you have a timing you feel comfortable with.

[Dryhus]

Re: Macroing in items

/equip waist Swordbelt
/ja Jump <t>
/wait 1
/equip waist "Tilt Belt"

Most JAs take about a second to actually proc, so I'd wait that long before re-equipping your Tilt Belt.

[Noodles355]

Re: Macroing in items

Another option is to use one someone told me, good for 2 or more equips in one macro.

Basically, equip in in one macro, and out in another. I always use a target and check macro:
/target <bt>
/c <bt>

so putting in your acc items in that macro means they're always in at the start of the battle, and all it means is after the WS or JA goes off you just tap it. Also you can equip like three pieces into one macro.