Super Duper Macro Thread (Page 2 of 3)

I didn't think you could make macros that were "triggered" by events, I always thought there had to be the clicking of the button to activate them.

I don't think he was talking about an auto-attack, but rather a button he could press to attack.    If he pressed it, it would then attack melee or ranged, depending on the distance the target was from him.

curt has it right... I just want a macro that would allow me to combine "auto-shot" and "attack" into one button, and so say i see dirandi and i attack him by hitting the macro and its the ranged attack b/c hes far away, he runs up inside 8 yards, and i hit the button again and it triggers my normal melee attack...

Just FYI, this exploit (Paranoia causing aggro) is being fixed in the coming patch. I'm not a fan of exploits anyway.

EDIT: Useful script function I use. If you're in a raid, it'll send some text through raid chat, otherwise if you're in a party it'll send it through party chat, and if you're solo it won't say anything.

/script if(GetNumRaidMembers() >= 1) then
        SendChatMessage("YOUR MESSAGE HERE","RAID");
    elseif(GetNumPartyMembers() >= 1) then
        SendChatMessage("YOUR MESSAGE HERE","PARTY");
    end

I actually have my own addon that's simply a list of functions I wrote, called 'myfunctions'. So if I want to do the above in a macro I'd put

/script myfunctions_grpMessage("YOUR MESSAGE HERE")

I need help with this druid macro.

What it does is you click it once, it casts nature's swiftness(easy enough)
then, supposedly, you click it again and it casts healing touch on urself.  I'd like to ask some1 to plz fillit in for me so it doesn't have the group msg, and so it works.  I know you have to put in rank, but I dont know the sequence of symbols before/after the rank number.. or anything!

/cast Nature's Swiftness
/script ns = not ns; if (ns == true) then SendChatMessage("Nature\'s Swiftness activated!",PARTY); end; for i=10,1,-1 do CastSpellByName("Healing Touch(Rank " .. i .. ")");SpellTargetUnit("player");end;

/helpless!

the s are ; ), without the space

/cast Nature's Swiftness
/script CastSpellByName("Healing Touch(Rank 1)");

Vis: That wont work, you can't cast 2 spells in one macro, and it wont do what was described, it needs something to check which spell to cast

If you want healing touch to cast on a target then use this:

/script ns=1; if (ns == 1) then CastSpellByName("Nature's Swiftness(Rank x)"); ns=0; else CastSpellByName("Healing Touch(Rank x)"); ns=1; end

If you want healing touch to be cast on yourself use:

/script ns=1; if (ns == 1) then CastSpellByName("Nature's Swiftness(Rank x)"); ns=0; else CastSpellByName("Healing Touch(Rank x)"); SpellTargetUnit("player");ns=1; end

Either way, you need to replace the "Rank x"s with the correct level of the spell.  If natures swiftness only has 1 lvl then it would be Rank 1.

What is Nature's Swiftness? lol

EDIT: Use Vis's, I didnt know what natures swiftness was/did/how it worked.

In that case, I don't really know what to do. You could make it cast PoM/NS with one click, then a spell with a second, but that defeats the purpose of macro'ing it imo. It'd be just as easy to click the two spells.
EDIT: Pac, in your test, did it cast either spell, or neither?

Whats the script command to run a macro by either name or slot?

I know zero about macros or programing but I wonder if the following macros can be done.  I have never used macros before but I can tell alot of people us them when I pvp. I am sure the warrior ones can be a real easy but the rouge/druid one may be more difficult.

Rouge or druid

Can anyone show me a macro that would do the following:

1. Check to see if you are infront or behind the target,
2. If behind the target then "backstab"
3. If infront of the target then do a different type of attack like say claw.

I would also like a macro for my druid that will have him stomp then cast a heal spell like regrowth.

Warrior

I would like to see a macro for fury warrior that just before you execute, it switches to a two handed weapon.  It would be great if after execute it rewields the duel wield weapons but that may be asking two much.  This could be the same for protectective sword and board warriors to I guess.

I would also like to see dismount, switch to battle stancecharge, rage and then switch to berserker stance.  If you are in battle stance already, what can be done to prevent from the macro not woring?

thanks for any help that can be given

There is a 1 second (I think it's 1 sec for warriors) cooldown on using abilities after switching a weapon, so a macro like this won't work any more.  Warriors used to be able to dual wield and then instantly switch to a slow 2-hander to execute/overpower and switch back all with 1 macro.  Same thing with rogues being able to macro switching in a dagger for Ambush/BS and then right back to a sword.  The cooldown was added so that you can't get the benefit of using a slow 2-hander for instant attacks while using fast 1-h weapons.

Your best bet is to use an addon called WeaponQuickSwap and set up 1 button to change weapons and another one to use execute, etc.  The weapon switch can be done with in-game macros, but IMO it's too clumbsy and restrictive (your weapons always have to be in the same bag slot).