EQBC - The Way To Skip Macros (my post from mqemulator.net)

[Nilbus]

Just a thought on having one command give a sequenece of spells.

Have the necro have a hotkey with

/pause (cast time + recovery time + a little bit for lag), /cast <gem # of first dot>
/pause (cast time + recovery time + a little bit for lag), /cast <gem # of second dot>
/cast <gem # of third dot>

set up on their bar that has a key press associated with it.

then the eqbc command can be /bct necroname //keypress "hotbutton associated with macro"

that should in theory make the timing of the delays come from the necro eq session and chain their dots in a row.

Issue of course would come from dots not having same durations, but at least it can slap all the dots on at once to start a fight

[Waylander]

Yeah Nilbus i've tried that actually, not for any real length of time but testing it in the guild hall against the dummies, didnt prove to work unfortunately, that was with testing it with pause and then delay.

[Nilbus]

Strange, I tested it sending the command to my SK from my mage. after I sent it SK cast spells 1 - 3 on his spell bar.

[moonrazor]

Necro eqbc macros are notorious for being difficult. One thing I would do though is something like;

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/multiline ; /bct necro1 //target id ${Target.ID} ; /bct necro2 //target id ${Target.ID}
/bca //casting "Necro dot"
/pause #
/bca //casting "necro dot2"

I'm sure I could trim that down a bit, but I don't have access to a necro, so I can't do testing on it as I would normally.

Maybe something like,

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/bca  //casting "necro dot" ID ${Target.ID}

But that's just pure speculation at this point, I know you can cast at an ID, but the command line escapes me at the moment.

Strange, I tested it sending the command to my SK from my mage. after I sent it SK cast spells 1 - 3 on his spell bar.

Could you be a bit more specific on this? Like, names of spells cast, types (nukes, dots, etc) and cast times. And the exact macro you used with pause numbers and the like?
Not to be rude, but that information would be a little more helpful then just saying you tried it and it works.



Moonrazor

[Nilbus]

They bct command I sent from my mage Nilbus was

/bct Nodyin //keypress "1"

on Nodyin I made a hotkey and moved it to hotbutton position 1 which is bound to 1

/pause 35, /cast 1
/pause 35, /cast 2
/cast 3

Spell Gem 1 was Javelin of Corruption Rk. I
Spell Gem 2 was Seething Anger Rk. I
Spell Gem 3 was Grasp of Death Rk. I

Nodyin proceded to cast Javelin, delay 3.5 seconds (recast time of Javelin + some change) then cast Seething Anger, wait another 3.5 seconds then cast grasp of death.

All 3 are nukes, but I don't see why it wouldn't work with dots (adjusting the delays appropriately). The macro itself doesn't use any MQ2 features, just plain EQ ones, the MQ2 usage is just in getting the command to the other character from a different one.

In fact, just tested it with 3 SK dots. Dark Constriction, Blood of Discord, True Disease.

[Stickybuds]

what nilbus is doing should work for any spells on any class. You just need to adjust the pause time for the spells being used + global cooldown + a little extra for latency.

so for nature's prayer rk. II which with my spell haste has a 2.0 cast time, + another 2.0 seconds for GCD, and i would add 0.2-0.5 seconds for lag i would use a /pause 42.

just do the same for your necro dots and it should work just fine.

[Nilbus]

Cast time shouldn't actually matter as the /pause happens after the spells finish casting. I use 35 for the 2.5 second global and 1 second of extra. I used the exact same ingame macro for 3 insta cast sk nukes and 3 cast time SK dots.

[Waylander]

I think my actual issue is lag time, since I am running anywhere from 12-14 eq's at once. Maybe just have to play with my command lines a little more, and Moon if need be I can let you borrow my main necro for a night to toy with some necro stuff. You just can't keep him. Lol

[Dellanx]

I am assisting of the ranger as MA, instead of the Tank, this way Wiz don't die because tank did not get agro yet. Works pretty well part.

Trying to understand the difference between /assist and /Target ID ${Target.ID}? Thanks.

[Nilbus]

/assist tells the recepient of the tell to assist their current target. the other command I believe sends the target of the person sending the command and has the recipient target that specific target