any way to send commands to Alts with macros?

[incendie22]

Is there a way to click on a macro on my main toon that will send a command to my alts?

What I want to do is click on a custom macro that will make my alt mages cast arcane explosion (without using keybind)...

[Aethon]

Not that I'm aware of, currently. There used to be some add-ons that would look for keywords (like buff names) and cast them, but those were changed many, many patches ago.

I think the reason is this is getting more into the realm of automation, which is not allowed.

[eqjoe]

Is there a way to click on a macro on my main toon that will send a command to my alts?

What I want to do is click on a custom macro that will make my alt mages cast arcane explosion (without using keybind)...

Some things can be relayed between your toons via whispers or in group chat. Follow is an example that works, and there are several UI mods out that will cause your toon to follow on command. Casting a spell is another matter.

UseAction(slot[, checkCursor[, onSelf]]) for example is a protected API. It can only be called from a Blizzard signed UI.

-j

[Suvega]

Hey Incendie,

Using the ingame macro system, you can perform what oyu want by writing an addon, however it would only work while not in combat.
This is due to teh restriction of requiring direct user input to trigger a spell.

For using a program to accomplish this, it is currently considered a grey area (using mouse clicks -> keyboard replication). While possible it is currently unknown if this will be considered allowed under the ToS.


~Suvega

[Ualaa]

You need to be careful with something like that.
It needs to hold to the rule of one action from the user does no more then one keypress or mouse-click in game could accomplish.

One click = one action per client.... if fine.
If you could click once and have it do multiple things that could not be done in game... that's not fine.

Take the G11/G15
A macro which casts Elemental Mastery (no GCD) followed by Nature's Swiftness (no GCD) followed by a single Chain Lighting (incurs a GCD) can be accomplished in game with a single mouse-click or keypress of the associated macro.
So making a G-macro which does all of these on one click is fine.
Making a cast sequence which will, "Curse of the Elements, Corruption, Immolate, Shadow Bolt, Shadow Bolt, Shadow Bolt" is ok, if it requires one click, one keypress or one G-press per action.
Using the G-macro to insert delays and press 6 times in sequence on your one click is not ok.

I've gone into the warcraft keybinds and given my thumb buttons (Firefox/Explorer default page forward, page backward) keybinds, and then placed in-game macro's in those slots.
The use of the mouse for in-game actions is fine, as long as it does no more then could be done with in-game abilities.
Any software that provides potential for more then this should be evaulated carefully, and definitely never used for additional functionality then can be achieved in game without it.

[incendie22]

I remember using a program that lets people program a mouse click to type letters and words. I don't know if autohotkey does that or not. Clicking on an area on the screen and it sends the number "4" keystroke.