is /focus working differently in 3.0.1?

[Malekyth]

Hey all, I just logged on after today's patch and found that my focus macros are not working properly. Is it just me? I haven't seen anyone else mention it and hope it's just some weird variable with my setup that can be fixed. I put a few characters from different teams on each of my focus-and-follow macros, e.g. my F1 key:


/run UIErrorsFrame:Hide();
/cleartarget
/focus Osaar
/focus Malekyth
/follow Osaar
/follow Malekyth
/run UIErrorsFrame:Clear();
/run UIErrorsFrame:Show();

This should focus and follow Osaar or Malekyth, depending which is online. This patch, I get the follow as expected, but focus only works for the character at the end of the list ... i.e. Malekyth can be focused, but Osaar cannot. I haven't tested much further than just enough to become frustrated, but it seems it clears focus when I tries to focus a nonexistent toon too (and doesn't use the [exists] option to keep it from doing so).

Anyone else? It'd suck to have to make a unique focus-follow macro for every character on every account. Not the end of the world, but macro space is limited.

[aNiMaL]

No need to make unique macros :p
In fact, the macro's used to change focus are the same on all my accounts/characters.
It can become a huge macro this way, Macaroon ftw \o/


/run UIErrorsFrame:Hide();
/cleartarget
/focus [exists]Osaar;[exists]Malekyth
/follow focus
/run UIErrorsFrame:Clear();
/run UIErrorsFrame:Show();

Is what will fix your problem probably, i'm not sure if it was exist or exists, my highest bid is on the latter.
Mine kept messing up untill I used the exists even pre patch.

I'm not sure why you had the follow with names tho, you just set the focus so why not just follow that ;)

[Creazil]

Yes, I experience the same .. If you have a focus target, and you try to focus someone, not in range or online .. You'll lose your focus target.

Before patch, you'd not lose your current focus target. WEIRDO!

[Creazil]

Is what will fix your problem probably, i'm not sure if it was exist or exists, my highest bid is on the latter.exist

[Malekyth]

I'm not sure why you had the follow with names tho, you just set the focus so why not just follow that ;)

hehe, good catch ... no reason, it's just one'a them sloppy scripting things you don't notice 'til someone points it out on a messageboard. :)

I tried [exists] (and [exist] ) last night and concluded that /focus doesn't respect options ... but I did it differently, a /focus [exists] for each character on its own line, and expect that was what failed it. I'll update my macros tonight.

Thanks guys!

[puppychow]

I found this out too. [exists] works off target afaik, don't think it'll work (try it out and let me know). I changed to something like this:

/cleartarget
/targetexact ziggy
/targetexact jiggy
/targetexact biggy
/focus [exists]
/cleartarget

It will remove your current target (you can use /targetlastenemy or /targetlasttarget at end if you want), probably some ways to improve it but it works for me :) I had just switched to Jamba too so I was beating my head trying to figure out what was going on, lol!