AOE targetting

[Ualaa]

In Keybindings, you can set something to save camera view.
There are four or five different camera views.
Basically pick one, doesn't matter which, and assign a hotkey to it.
Pick the same view number on each toon.

Now select your AoE view of choice.
Try to get the same angle and zoom distance on each account.
When they're as close as possible, press your hotkey to save the view.
Repeat for each account.

You can go back into keybindings and unbind the key to save that specific view.
You might need to log out, for it to write your settings to the config file.
If you crash or Alt F4 or red X to exit the game, you won't have settings saved.

Next you want to pick a Keyclone hotkey for AoE clicks.
I believe the option is called, send next click, or something very similar.

In WoW, you want to put a macro on this same keybind.
So when you press the key, it activates the wow macro and also the keyclone send next click.
Your wow macro will be similar to this:

#show Hurricane
/Script SetView(4);SetView(4)
/Cast Hurricane

Change Hurricane to the ground target spell of choice.
Change the (4) in SetView to the View you have saved.

The doubling of the SetView command tells wow to switch to that saved view instantly.
A single SetView command will slowly zoom to the chosen view.

Keyclone is not perfect for mouse broadcasting, but it gets the job done.
The Hurricane's probably won't overlap exactly, but they'll be close.
For PvEing down a pack of mobs, you can position the toons and then click the macro to open.
For PvP, you won't likely have the time to do this perfectly, but it still works decently.

I believe HKN can do mouse broadcasting fairly well.
I have recently switched to Inner Space from Keyclone, and know the broadcast works very well. Plus you can set any hotkey or click to broadcast not just a specific one. My druids broadcast Hurricane on 5 and Force of Nature on 4. With Keyclone, you'd pick to broadcast one or the other.

[Drommon]

Thanks Ualaa! That helped a lot.

Drommon

[Sam DeathWalker]

Edit your config-cache.wtf file. Keep in mind A is view 2 I think (its off by one as one is default). This way you are sure to have the absolute same view on all. Then you make your macro as stated above.


SET cameraPitchMoveSpeed "135"
SET cameraYawMoveSpeed "270"
SET cameraPitchSmoothSpeed "22.5"
SET cameraYawSmoothSpeed "90"
SET cameraView "3"
SET cameraDistanceA "20"
SET cameraPitchA "19"
SET cameraYawA "0"
SET cameraDistanceB "40"
SET cameraPitchB "80"
SET cameraYawB "0"
SET cameraDistanceC "20.000000"
SET cameraPitchC "20.314846"
SET cameraYawC "357.300013"
SET cameraDistanceD "20.000000"
SET cameraPitchD "20.314846"
SET cameraYawD "357.300013"
SET cameraTerrainTilt "1"
SET cameraWaterCollision "0"
SET cameraPivot "0"
SET cameraDistanceMax "25"
SET cameraDistanceMaxFactor "2"



Im able to put down 6 blizzards on the same spot in AV lol its a hoot, but my setup allows me to move a mouse on six computers to the same spot, if the views are the same on each.

[Drommon]

Thank you Sam and Ualaa for your kind responses. Although originally I follwed Ualaa's suggestion it can be improved a bit. My party has mixed casters. There are times I need both the warlock and mage to put down an AoE. For both of them to put the targetting reticle on the same spot while in a formation other than a dot (line, square, diamond, semicircle, etc..) seems difficult to do at the moment. Do I have have to setup a camera view and zoom based on each toons position in a formation? I can see the number of combinations becoming very cumbersome. My understanding is that the reticles position is based largely in part of the camera view. There is probably a way to script the camera view of the slaves to use the mains position. I have some experimenting to do. Any suggestions will be entertained. I know I will run into hurdles

Drommon

[Tsumi]

I was looking for this exact thing for a DK team I am working on.

Thanks!

[Bazibaz]

Next you want to pick a Keyclone hotkey for AoE clicks.
I believe the option is called, send next click, or something very similar.

is there anyone who could tell me exactly what its named? cant find it

[Meshuggenah]

This is the method I use, I'm not sure if anyone else does the same.

I AoE target by first increasing the max camera distance so that, when you're viewing your characters directly from above, you can "see" the ground at maximum ground-target range. I don't recall the exact number, but you can tweak it by typing ;

/script SetCVar("cameraDistanceMax",30)

Replace the "30" with whatever number suits your purpose. You can add this macro into something like your /follow command, or your party invite hotkey to enable this max zoom distance by default. The script doesn't actually change the camera view at all to begin with. It increases the amount you can zoom out, but there is no noticable difference unless you then actively zoom out.

Next, you need to make two hotkeys. First, find a comfortable standard viewing angle/distance and save that as your default view by typing "/script SaveView(2)", without quotation marks. You can use this saved view to quickly switch back to a more comfortable viewing angle after you've cast your spell. Second, move the camera directly above your character's head and zoom out to max distance, then save this camera view by typing "/script SaveView(3)".

You can then create a macro for your chosen AoE spell and add the following line - "/script SetView(3); SetView(3)".

Ie:

/cast hurricane
/script SetView(3); SetView(3)

Then use any of the software boxing tools available to broadcast your subsequent click. Because all of your alts have the same camera distance, the same camera angle and should be facing the same direction, AoE targeting is generally quite accurate. Obviously, if your characters aren't properly stacked or have been feared and are in different locations, it won't be perfect.

PS,

I'm at work at the moment and don't have access to my WoW macros, so this is all from memory. Some of the scripts might not be spot on, but you should be able to google the camera API scripts if I got them wrong.

[Ualaa]

is there anyone who could tell me exactly what its named? cant find it

Click Setup.
General Tab.

pass-mouse-click-hotkey
Pick the hotkey you want to use.
Check one-click then off.

Click Ok.

[Bazibaz]

Click Setup.
General Tab.

pass-mouse-click-hotkey
Pick the hotkey you want to use.
Check one-click then off.

Click Ok.

thanks alot mate