Would this type of keyboard macro be considered one click - one action?

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11-10-2020, 02:47 PM
Xeder

Would this type of keyboard macro be considered one click - one action?

So basically I have steelseries keyboard that allows me to program buttons to whatever I want it.
If I program my F1 button into [press alt+esc+1] and my F2 button into [press alt+esc+2], would that count as one button one action macro? I'm not broadcasting anything, just using keyboard to switch WOW windows and press a buton in said window by using one click.
11-10-2020, 06:14 PM
jak3676

I think that would be OK - I feel it meets the intent of 1 key = 1 action in 1 client. I plan on doing a similar setup myself.
11-10-2020, 07:33 PM
nodoze

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Originally Posted by Xeder

So basically I have steelseries keyboard that allows me to program buttons to whatever I want it.
If I program my F1 button into [press alt+esc+1] and my F2 button into [press alt+esc+2], would that count as one button one action macro? I'm not broadcasting anything, just using keyboard to switch WOW windows and press a buton in said window by using one click.

When I see "press alt+esc+1" that indicates to me that you are pressing the 3 keys at once.

Are you actually doing all 3 keys simulteanously or are you doing multi-step key pressing like the following?:

F1: alt+esc , 1 (where , represents a delay of some time?);
F2: alt+esc , 2 (where , represents a delay of some time?);

Regardless of the answer I think the above is in keeping with both the letter and the spirit of the law (1 human action doing only 1 game action in only 1 wow client).

Technically if the Steel-series keyboard is storing the macros via software on the PC and that 3rd party software needs to be running for the steelseries keyboard to function you may want to replace it. I would instead go with a KoolerTron keyboard what is hardware based storage of the macros so no 3rd party software is running nor involved in sending commands to the wow clients.

Also I am curious what what classes fulfilling which roles are you playing on that PC?
11-10-2020, 08:10 PM
Xeder

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Originally Posted by nodoze

When I see "press alt+esc+1" that indicates to me that you are pressing the 3 keys at once.

Are you actually doing all 3 keys simulteanously or are you doing multi-step key pressing like the following?:

F1: alt+esc , 1 (where , represents a delay of some time?);
F2: alt+esc , 2 (where , represents a delay of some time?);

Regardless of the answer I think the above is in keeping with both the letter and the spirit of the law (1 human action doing only 1 game action in only 1 wow client).

Technically if the Steel-series keyboard is storing the macros via software on the PC and that 3rd party software needs to be running for the steelseries keyboard to function you may want to replace it. I would instead go with a KoolerTron keyboard what is hardware based storage of the macros so no 3rd party software is running nor involved in sending commands to the wow clients.

Also I am curious what what classes fulfilling which roles are you playing on that PC?

Honestly I'm not exactly sure how the macro is executed. When setting up the macro in macro editor it looks like VAlt-Vesc-^Alt-^Esc-V1-^1 where V means pressing the key down and ^ means releasing it. Recording the macro created delays between each click as you usually press each button with slight delay however there is an option to completely remove delays which I selected because I didn't want any risks related to any automation. I tested it a few times and each press switches the window and then executes the spell under specified button so all seems to be working quite well.

Sadly it seems that it does require steelseries software for modifying this stuff, so thank you for the suggestion.

As for roles, at the moment I mostly focus on farming for my shadowlands licences so its mostly druid dps's, but I would also be leveling, but its hard to tell which classes and roles will be there.