Need help shortening macro

[nogbog]

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

#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)

[Ðeceased]

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.

#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)

with target=target just in case

#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)

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

[olipcs]

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:

#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)

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

[Ken]

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

[Ðeceased]

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:

#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)

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

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

[blast3r]

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.

[Ðeceased]

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

[Old Dirty Bathtub]

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

[Binaryzero]

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