Mouse over macros.

[aulrich]

I don't get the mechanics of mouse over macro's. how do they work. Is it as simple as casting a spell on whoever is currently under the mouse?

[ZorbaTheGeek]

Yes.

/cast [target=mouseover] heal - will cast heal at the person whos party frame your mouse is hovering over. I believe, although I've never tried it, it works if you hover over them in the game window too.

[elsegundo]

its always good to have a backup function for the macro so you can heal, if your spell is heal, if you do not want to mouseover.

example would be....
/cast [target=mouseover, help] [target=player, mod:alt][] Heal

this will first check if you have a friendly player on mouseover. if yes, then it heals, if not, then it goes to the next condition. do you have alt pressed? if yes, it heals yourself. if not, it goes to the next option, which is basically, Heal. so it will attempt to heal your current target.

[Ughmahedhurtz]

Note that "mouseover" macros and targets _cannot_ be passed on to your alts. It only works on the WoW window that has the active mouse cursor. (Caveat: yes, it can work under certain other configurations but that is a advanced topic best left for later, IMO.)

[aulrich]

Thanks that makes sence, I am just running 2 accounts on one on my desktop one on my laptop using multiplicity to control both. I wanted to make the healing a little more efficient but I also wanted to keep my action bar generic so I get use to it for single box play.

FWIW 2 druids feral and resto

[elsegundo]

why not just do two ferals?

[Tasty]

Note that "mouseover" macros and targets _cannot_ be passed on to your alts. It only works on the WoW window that has the active mouse cursor. (Caveat: yes, it can work under certain other configurations but that is a advanced topic best left for later, IMO.)

so thats a no-go on the /cast [target=main-mouseover] Spell?

[valkry]

^There is a mod called clique that can help with that I think.

[aulrich]

Why not two ferals? there is a couple of reasons.

1 I want both a tank and healer and some clue how to play them, single boxing instances.

2. when I started them I was leveling a mele(rogue) + healer (spriest) the concepet work really well (though that was single boxing with one of my kids). The druids were started so I could mess about after bed time.

3. I am more of a casual player vs hard core so having the always in demand tank and healer in the inventory will get me into pugs easier than my hunter.

4. with Multiplicity and no special key bindings a melee and caster is quite easy to manage. Just move the mouse between the screens and the controls switch.

[Ughmahedhurtz]

Note that "mouseover" macros and targets _cannot_ be passed on to your alts. It only works on the WoW window that has the active mouse cursor. (Caveat: yes, it can work under certain other configurations but that is a advanced topic best left for later, IMO.)

so thats a no-go on the /cast [target=main-mouseover] Spell?

That will only work on your main. It cannot propagate to alts. E.g.: "/cast [target=focusmouseover] spell" will not work as your alts cannot see your mouseover target.