problem: alts dismount when I press the key for follow

[Mac]

I can't figure out why my alts dismount when I press the follow key?

It only happens when I have an npc, or other player or the main self targeted. If I press escape to clear any target on my main, then when I press follow, they just follow like they should, any idea how to resolve this?

my mount macro :

#showtooltip
/cast [combat,nomounted][mod] Ghost Wolf
/cast [nostance,nocombat] Horn of the Dire Wolf
/dismount [mounted]
/cancelform [stance]

My follow macro :

/target Zorgom
/focus
/follow
/assist
/stopcasting

[kadaan]

I've noticed this recent too, but also noticed it's only when the followers have something targeted. Try remove the /target line and see if it still dismounts you.

If that doesn't dismount you, try change your follow macro to:

/target Zorgom
/focus
/cleartarget
/follow [target=focus]
/assist [target=focus]
/stopcasting

[Zub]

it's the /assist that makes them dismount. Probably because you have the setting "attack on assist" in the options.

I had the same problem, now i've removed /assist from my follow macro, and added it in my spell/damage macros. Works fine now

[Ughmahedhurtz]

heh, you had "attack on assist" enabled, didn't you? If you uncheck that option from within WoW, I bet they stop dismounting. :P

[Ðeceased]

looks like you have a few problems in that macro :S

first may be the attack on assist thing.

the second is this:

are you using this macro to also reset ur focus? or do you want to use it to follow your focus?

cos atm it's set to reset ur focus and then follow which could be causing all the problems

make it
/target [target=focus,help,exists]
/follow
/assist
/stopcasting

the problem arises because there is a certain amount of lag when retargeting. so the /target Main command is coming through later then the set focus command (at least this happens in my experience)

you will need a separate focus setting macro if you wish to switch mains etc but if you have your focus already set they should follow that one np now (fingers crossed)

[caffiend86]

I'd say drop the /assist line from your macro and instead throw it in for the spells an abilities you actually want them to assist with. Alternately you could use /stopmacro [mounted] as I've done below.

/target [target=focus,help,exists]
/follow
/stopmacro [mounted]
/assist
/stopcasting

[Mac]

Hmm, ok, I first must admit to not being very good at this aspect of multi-boxing. So if you ask me why I am doing something, I may or may not be able to tell you since I just copy the macros off the wiki that are working for everyone else. I can't recall where I got this one, it was a while ago. I was thinking I didn't want to go through and add assist to all the macros on all four, so I would try your other listed suggestion first. With that said...

In the macro I posted, it was setting the focus to the main guy, and everyone would follow and assist him. When I use your two examples for my clones, it now gives a warning on the clone screens "you have no target" when I press that button. I had the main guy click himself thinking he needed to target himself that way to make it work because of the target part of your macro, but that didn't help either, so I manually clicked him from the clone, and then pressed it and it selected him, so how do I set the focus as my main using your two examples without having to manually select him every time from each guy? Shouldn't it mention him in the target part first?

[Mac]

heh, you had "attack on assist" enabled, didn't you? If you uncheck that option from within WoW, I bet they stop dismounting. :P

I do have attack on assist set in the interface options, are you suggesting it doesn't need to be set there because I have assist in the macro, and by having it checked somehow that tells them to dismount ?

[Mac]

ok, I put /target Zorgom on the first line above the ones you gave me and that seems to have solved it. thanks !

[Mac]

hmm, this seemed to have messed up how my other spells work. I have assist in my dps spells also. So, now when an enemy was approaching, I had him targeted, and pressed my LB spell, and my main jumped off and started to cast LB, but the alts just sat there. I had to manually dismount them, then they just stood there, so I figured out I had to hit the button again to get them to engage. I got feared and divided and killed. So.. I put the macro back the way it was for now. At least I know all I have to do is press esc to clear the target but everything else works. Sorry, i'm a noob at this lol..