Need help shortening macro

I've got a ton of macros like this, i get this feeling like it could get shortened a fair bit, can someone with a bit more experience with macros help me out please?

This one in particular does
1. Cast drain life on hostile target i am targeting, if i'm not already casting drain life
Cast drain life on hostile target the focus is targeting, if i'm not already casting drain life
2. Alt modifier - Cast drain mana regardless of whether or not i'm channelling
3. Ctrl modifier - Cast drain soul (rank 1) regardless of whether or not i'm channelling

Code:

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#showtooltip
/cast [target=player-target,nomod,harm,nochanneling: Drain Life][target=focus-target,nomod,nochanneling: Drain Life] Drain Life; [target=player-target,mod:alt,harm][target=focus-target,mod:alt] Drain Mana; [target=player-target,mod:ctrl,harm][target=focus-target,mod:ctrl] Drain Soul(Rank 1)

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Hmm looks to me like you don't need the "target=player-target", target=target should suffice (i hope). Not even sure if you need it at all for the fist condition.

Code:

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#showtooltip
/cast [nomod,harm,nochanneling: Drain Life][target=focus-target,nomod,nochanneling: Drain Life] Drain Life; [mod:alt,harm][target=focus-target,mod:alt] Drain Mana; [mod:ctrl,harm][target=focus-target,mod:ctrl] Drain Soul(Rank 1)

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with target=target just in case

Code:

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#showtooltip
/cast [target=target,nomod,harm,nochanneling: Drain Life][target=focus-target,nomod,nochanneling: Drain Life] Drain Life; [target=target,mod:alt,harm][target=focus-target,mod:alt] Drain Mana; [target=target,mod:ctrl,harm][target=focus-target,mod:ctrl] Drain Soul(Rank 1)

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otherwise it doesn't look like one could remove any more

hi,

I'think you doesn't ned target=target at all, cause its the default option and can thereby left out.
Aonother think you could do is eliminate spaces, by doing so, I end up with:

Code:

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#showtooltip
/cast [nomod,harm,nochanneling:Drain Life][target=focus-target,nomod,nochanneling:Drain Life]Drain Life;[mod:alt,harm][target=focus-target,mod:alt]Drain Mana; [target=target,mod:ctrl,harm][target=focus-target,mod:ctrl]Drain Soul(Rank 1)

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which is only 248 chars long...

(another ponit could be replacing focus-target with focustarget, but i'm not shure if thats work)

EDIT: argh, sry Ðeceased u allready mentioned the target=target :(

If need be, you can also just remove #showtooltip as it only adds a visual aid.

Quote:

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Originally Posted by 'OLIPCS',index.php?page=Thread&postID=96196#post96 196

hi,

I'think you doesn't ned target=target at all, cause its the default option and can thereby left out.
Aonother think you could do is eliminate spaces, by doing so, I end up with:

Code:

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#showtooltip
/cast [nomod,harm,nochanneling:Drain Life][target=focus-target,nomod,nochanneling:Drain Life]Drain Life;[mod:alt,harm][target=focus-target,mod:alt]Drain Mana; [target=target,mod:ctrl,harm][target=focus-target,mod:ctrl]Drain Soul(Rank 1)

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which is only 248 chars long...

(another ponit could be replacing focus-target with focustarget, but i'm not shure if thats work)

EDIT: argh, sry Ðeceased u allready mentioned the target=target :(

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np m8y :)

ur right about the focus. one should be able to use target=focustarget.. the dash seems to only play a roll when targeting a specific players/characters target etc

i hate how short macros have to be when using with multiboxing. does anyone know if they ever plan on increasing the limit? I have been using 3 charachters in my new toon's names to make things as short as possible.

nah no announcements as such :S although they did say they are increasing the number of macros to 36

If you use Trinity Bars you can write macros up to 1023 characters long. And you can write an unlimited number of them.

until the release of WOTLK... macros are going server side...