Targeting Via Modifiers + button

[Bettysue]

#showtooltip
 /cast [nodead,help][mod:shift,nomod:alt,nomod:ctrl,target=Orbzz][mod:ctrl,nomod:shift,nomod:alt,target=Orbzm][mod:alt,nomod:shift,nomod:ctrl,target=Iceorbs][mod:alt,mod:ctrl,nomod:shift,target=Orbzem][] Lesser Healing Wave

If the tooltip doesn't show you've spelled something wrong in the macro. The last blank parameter means that if nothing else works just try casting on whatever I have targeted or use the selfcast option. There is no need to put nodead help allthroughout a macro. If options exist in every parameter just make them their own default parameter at the beginning of the line. An important part of using modifiers in combination with each other is to make sure you specify the proper combination thus the nomod/mod parameters. It also seems important since tha advent of server side macro storage to remove all unnecessary spaces, thus the no spaces between parameters and no spaces on either side of commas in individual parameters.

Another important thing to remember is to make sure the key you have this maco bound to is capable of using all the modifiers (some F keys cant not use ctrl and numpad numbers can't use shift). Then make sure you have nothing bound to the key+modifier.

[Ken]

Let's improve this!

Put this in a macro:

/target [mod:shift] iceorbs
/target [mod:ctrl] Orbzem
/target [mod:alt] Orbzz
/target [mod:ctrl,mod:alt] Orbzm

.. and put it on your lower right bar at the most right spot (near your main bag)


Now use a '/click' command in your cast spells to call this macro. Now you don't have to rewrite the above code every time and you have more macro space left for all your macros:

/click MultiBarBottomRightButton12
/cast Lesser Healing Wave

For DPS you could create another macro (similar like the first one) that calls "/assist" or that tries to find "Orbzemtarget" instead of "Orbzem"

The benefits:
- more space in your cast macros
- if you want to change your targetting (new team member, focus-based, etc.), then you only have to change 1 macro instead of all of them

[Bettysue]

Nice Ken you posted exactly what i was thinking about telling him but I decided to put aside my "great" ideas and try to work with what he had, now he has both and I typed a lot less :P thanks for adding that.

[wowphreak]

Not sure this is relevant but one of the problems I ran into when I was setting up ftl using similar macros is that if there is something already bound to say ctrl-1 shift-1 alt-1 and yeh put a macro
on it then the macro wouldnt run it seems that wow keybinding has precedence over macros.

[DLoweinc]

i'm trying to do something similar with my multiclass group.

I want my priest to cast power infusion on my mage each time the cooldown is up, then assist my tank and cast holy smite.

The power infusion part works but since power infusion is now on cooldown, it never casts holy smite.

my code looks like

/cast [target=party4] power infusion
/assist party1
/cast holy smite

i like having it in that manner because all of my guys have different casting speeds and i just spam a single button for all of them.

anyone know of a way to cast a beneficial spell on a target and have it continue while the spell is on cooldown?

[DLoweinc]

[s]i'm trying to do something similar with my multiclass group.

I want my priest to cast power infusion on my mage each time the cooldown is up, then assist my tank and cast holy smite.

The power infusion part works but since power infusion is now on cooldown, it never casts holy smite.

my code looks like

/cast [target=party4] power infusion 
/assist party1 
/cast holy smite

i like having it in that manner because all of my guys have different casting speeds and i just spam a single button for all of them.

anyone know of a way to cast a beneficial spell on a target and have it continue while the spell is on cooldown?
[/s]


I got mine to work, i had a few errors (Holy SMITE for one..) anyways, I made it the following:

/assist party1 
/cast smite 
/click BT4Button36 
which is 
/cast [target=party4] Power Infusion

Works great now

[JRuss2k]

Alright, so i changed the macro to this now

/target [mod:shift] iceorbs
/target [mod:ctrl] Orbzem
/target [mod:alt] Orbzz
/target [mod:ctrl,mod:alt] Orbzm
/cast Lesser Healing Wave

and that works...

I dont know why the hell /cast [mod:ctrl, target=Orbzem] Lesser Healing Wave would not....

I don't believe this will work perfectly. When you want to heal Orbzm it will see the alt key is presses and heal Orbzz. You need to either use a nomod or put your more complex (alt and ctrl) first.