exact name auto follow?

[leaderofall228]

well all my guys names are really close and i was wonder if there was a exact name auto follow macro

[The_Whack]

well you could try.........

/target "Exact Name"
/follow

[Golle]

I wonder if the following works:
/follow [target=targetname]

would be nice to get rid of that target thingy, I'm gonna try that when i get home.

[Hazard]

Have your slaves focus your master.

Then use the following macro;

/follow focus

This way they won't target your master. You can also do the same thing for assist. :)

I hope this was what you were looking for.

[bsdll]

You can follow with the character name.

/follow abc

where abc is the name of you character. Type the exact name and it will follow that character, regardless of focus or target.

I use the Designated Driver addon personally. Fight, then type /dd and away you go. It will auto follow whoever typed it. You can look it up on curse.

[Depherios]

If you're using focus assist, or party1 assist you can always

/follow focus or /follow party1 -- although I've never tried the second...

/follow also accepts the key unit conditionals... so

/follow [target=focus,dead] [target=focus,noexists] party1; focus
So you have to watch out with target conditionals.

[Vyndree]

/targetexact <personName>
/follow



I had the same issue with "Velath" and "Velathi".

If I did /target Velath SOMETIMES it would get "Velathi" instead.

[wetstreet]

/follow focus or /follow party1 -- although I've never tried the second...
I use the second one so I can say that it does work.

[Souca]

Try this:

/script FollowUnit( "exactcharactername" )

Thats very similar to what I do, although I do it with a variable and an addon I'm writing.

[Depherios]

/follow focus or /follow party1 -- although I've never tried the second...
I use the second one so I can say that it does work.Ahh good, plan to rework my PvE team (all different classes) to use party1 so I can use my focus for CC, eventually.

[Souca]

/follow focus or /follow party1 -- although I've never tried the second...
I use the second one so I can say that it does work.Ahh good, plan to rework my PvE team (all different classes) to use party1 so I can use my focus for CC, eventually.

I used to use party1, but I don't know how it will work in a BG or a raid. Just something to keep in mind.

[Vyndree]

I used to use party1, but I don't know how it will work in a BG or a raid. Just something to keep in mind.

It works if you are BG or raid leader.

I personally use this ('http://dual-boxing.com/wiki/index.php/Macro:Assist_via_Party_assignment_or_Focus):

/target [target=focustarget,harm,nodead][target=party1target,harm,nodead]
/stopmacro [noharm][dead]
/cast SpellName

Basically, it will attack my focus's target (if I have a focus), otherwise my party leader's target. So I can use party leader for normal PvE, or if I'm BG/Raid leader. Otherwise, a quick "/focus CharName" macro will allow me to set a new "leader" at will in BGs/Raids/my main dies/etc.


My follow macro is along the lines of...

/target [target=focus,help,nodead][target=party1,help,nodead][target=ExactCharName1,help,nodead][target=ExactCharName2,help,nodead][target=ExactCharName3,help,nodead][target=ExactCharName4,help,nodead][target=focus,dead][target=party1,dead]
/follow