targetenemy / assist macro unreliable! help?

[Ohitekah]

Can someone with good macro knowledge explain why the following macro does not work as intended? It is used on a dualbox setup to select a target via /targetenemy on the main and at the same time instruct the slave to select the same target -and- can be used if the characters are standalone (in case the other dies, or just soloing).

/targetenemy [target=focus,noexists]
/target [target=focustarget,exists]

When testing this macro it works fine when first selecting a target, but when changing to another target, the slave does not switch the target. It actually works when I hit the key twice with a short pause between keystrokes so I suspect a timing problem.

Any suggestions?

Thanks a bunch for your help, have fun out there.

[Zub]

i'm using the focus-set-on-leader method and have [target=focustarget] in all my spells but i have this same problem exactly.
Seems the clones are always a click late.

[thinus]

There will always be a timing issue probably dependant on your latency. Your slave does not aquire the target from your other WoW client, it queries the server for the target. So when you select a target on your main it takes a little bit of time before the server is updated with your character's new target.

In short, you cannot select a target on your main and immediately have your slave change to that target as well.

[Zub]

There will always be a timing issue probably dependant on your latency. Your slave does not aquire the target from your other WoW client, it queries the server for the target. So when you select a target on your main it takes a little bit of time before the server is updated with your character's new target.

In short, you cannot select a target on your main and immediately have your slave change to that target as well.

no, in my case i click the target once. i can wait 30minutes and it's only when i click again that i get the clones to target it as well.

[thinus]

There will always be a timing issue probably dependant on your latency. Your slave does not aquire the target from your other WoW client, it queries the server for the target. So when you select a target on your main it takes a little bit of time before the server is updated with your character's new target.

In short, you cannot select a target on your main and immediately have your slave change to that target as well.

no, in my case i click the target once. i can wait 30minutes and it's only when i click again that i get the clones to target it as well.

No? How did what I said contradict what you said?

[thinus]

i'm using the focus-set-on-leader method and have [target=focustarget] in all my spells but i have this same problem exactly.
Seems the clones are always a click late.

no, in my case i click the target once. i can wait 30minutes and it's only when i click again that i get the clones to target it as well.

If you are using [target=focustarget] in macros for all your spells then your clones NEVER TARGET ANYTHING.

/cast [target=focustarget, harm][harm] Lightning Bolt

That macro will never make your clones target anything.

[Ohitekah]

There will always be a timing issue probably dependant on your latency. Your slave does not aquire the target from your other WoW client, it queries the server for the target. So when you select a target on your main it takes a little bit of time before the server is updated with your character's new target.

In short, you cannot select a target on your main and immediately have your slave change to that target as well.

That is what I thought it might be. Thanks a bunch, I appreciate you took the time to respond. Have fun out there.

[Ughmahedhurtz]

There will always be a timing issue probably dependant on your latency. Your slave does not aquire the target from your other WoW client, it queries the server for the target. So when you select a target on your main it takes a little bit of time before the server is updated with your character's new target.

In short, you cannot select a target on your main and immediately have your slave change to that target as well.

That is what I thought it might be. Thanks a bunch, I appreciate you took the time to respond. Have fun out there.

You can see this same exact behavior by setting your main's focus to your main (focus = self) and then adding an /assist focus line to your macro. Then switch targets and hit your assist button quickly. You'll see yourself switch back to previous targets quite often. :P