Lead change question

[Ñightsham]

When leading with toon {slot 1}, I have a key assigned to spread out toons {slots 2-5}. Toon 2 strafes left, toon 3 goes left and back, toon 4 goes right and back and toon 5 strafes right, leaving toon 1 to do whatever.

What I want to setup is when I change leads, I can get the same results. Thus if toon 3 leads, then toons 1,2,4,5 do the same spread out as in the 1st example, of if leading with toon 2....ect..

Is there an easier way to set this up in ISB without having to make 4 other key mappings to accomplish this?

[MiRai]

If you look at the formation Mapped Keys that the wizard generates for you, you'll notice they use Variable Keystrokes. If you set the appropriate movement keys under Variable Keystrokes and then assign a Hotkey to the formations, you should be able to do a formation from any slot.

[Ñightsham]

Thanks for the quick response MiRai, I'm out on the road with my Mac atm, so I'll check this out when I get back home next week.

NS

[Ñightsham]

Using the built-in formations does not work on the lead change issue under my current setup. Still investigating

[Ñightsham]

Re-post from ISboxer forum http://isboxer.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=2897#p12457


Yes, actually.

If you are always going to have the same number of people (e.g. 5), then it is safe to use advanced Target mechanics (http://isboxer.com/wiki/Target) to set this up using only a single Mapped Key. http://isboxer.com/forum/images/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif

I will walk you through this based on the default "Star formation" which looks like this:


<Move Forward> -> 2
<Move Backward> -> 3
<Move Left> -> 4
<Move Right> -> 5


The part to change here is the 2,3,4,5 which is the "Character Slot:2" through "Character Slot:5" selections in the Target drop-down box of each of these. Instead of selecting anything from the drop-down box, we will manually change the Target -- by typing in the box! The first one will be something like "(all other)%1" with no quotes, the second "(all other)%2" with no quotes, and so on.

When complete, it will look like this:


<Move Forward> -> (all other)%1
<Move Backward> -> (all other)%2
<Move Left> -> (all other)%3
<Move Right> -> (all other)%4


Note: If you want to use an Action Target Group instead of "all other", say it's called Melee, you would put "(other Melee)%1" instead for the 1st character in Melee other than yourself, and so on.

This may be simpler than you even thought possible. Enjoy. http://isboxer.com/forum/images/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif