I still don't understand Macro's.....Could any help??????????

[Silverback]

I havent been playing long and i have read the book but i still don't understand how to set these up or change them. Is there a good site or guide online that takes you step by step on how to set these up?

If i see how it is done i might be able to understand it........

Thank You for any help........Silverback:sweat: :sweat:

[Nixles]

Just go to the macro menu, and type in the macro boxes. :)

For instance:

/ma "Cure" <st> (ma as in magic)

Will cure a target you choose in F keys.

For you, the most usefull macro should be /ja "Provoke" <t> (ja as in job abbility)

It's not that difficult.

:)

Maybe you'll throw in a /ws "Fast Blade" <bt> (ws as in weapon skill) ;)

[Cali]

/? ja
/? ws
/? wait
/? ma

Do those, and they will explain their usage...

Just test in gustaberg or the lowbie land, make a macro like:

/ja provoke <t>

if it doesn't work, make the P capped or whatever ^.~
you can also make something like:

/p Fast blade in 3 seconds.<--
/wait 3
/p Fast blade!<--
/ja "Fast Blade" <t>

so you learn the wait macro as well

For the 2 I pointed at, you can set whatever you want, that is an automated message.

[Silverback]

Thanks i will go into lowbie land and practiice so i can get these right. All i can do is try and learn from my mistakes.


Thanks........Silverback:thumbsup:

[Zempten]

The people above have done a good job of explaing but I'll talk more cause I'm bored and having nothing to do

Try to think of macros as a shortcut. You know how you scroll thru the job ability menu and select certain abilites or magic menu and select certain spells. Sure it's all good and stuff, but after a while it gets annoying and you want a faster way. Macros are your answer.

There are a few type of macro configurations such as the following...

1) /ja "<name of job ability>" < the target of the job ability>
2) /ma "<name of magic abilty>" <the target of the magic ability>
3) /wait <amoung of time to wait>
4) /recast "<name of ability/magic>"
5) /ws "<name of weaponskill>" <the target of the weaponskill>
6) /echo <whatever you want> ( people really need to use this a bit often ^^ at least to me. This command is basically something that allows only you to read something and no one else so you don't spam them)

Examples of the following....

1) /ja "Provoke" <t>
/ja "Sneak Attack" <me>
2) /ma "Protect" <me>
/ma "Cure" <t>
3) /wait 60 ( 60 is the maximum amount for wait now, and it is in seconds)
4) /recast "Provoke"
/recast "Protect"
5) /ws "Fast Blade" <t>
6) /echo <pos>
/echo Provoke is now ready

Do you get the idea?

Okay, moving on. For each macro you make, you usually need to select a target. Here is a list of those to use...

<t> - your current target
<bt> - the current target of your Party
<st> - selecte the person you want to cast onto
<me> - yourself
<p1> - The 1st person under you name in the Party Window
<p2> - The 2nd person under you name in the Party Window
<p3> - The 3rd person under you name in the Party Window
<p4> - The 4th person under you name in the Party Window
<p5> - The 5th person under you name in the Party Window
<p6> - Yourself, but it is the same as using <me>

Now sometimes you want to stack something up. So let's take a THF for example who wants to stack his "Sneak Attack" with a non-elmental weaponskill , fast blade in this case. It is close to impossible to do that without macros, but with macros the setup is easy since you have 6 or 7 lines to work with in a macro. It will look something like this...

/ja "Sneak Attack" <me>
/wait 1
/ws "Fast Blade" <t>

All of that in one macro, pretty neat eh? Now if your wondering about "How long should me wait be?" , well that is something you need to experiment with.

I hope this helps.

[Silverback]

Thanks everyone i am finally figureing these out, i still have a ways to go but it is getting easier as it goes along.

Thanks for all of the great info you have shared.:thumbsup:


Silverback:spin: