region based keymaps for formations (stack and diamond)

[keyclone]

did you know about the region-based keymaps that popped up in v1.9?

using them, you no longer have to use wow keybindings to do formations. no matter which character is the lead, the formations always work.

one formation i use regularly is 'form.stack'... which brings all my alts right onto my main. i tied 'form.stack' on my region1.keymap to COMMA (,)... then i mouse-mapped the COMMA to my xbutton2. doing this, i just drive up to my firing position, tap xbutton2, and start firing. when the mob gets within melee range... ALL my characters are in melee range. (definitely helps on my DKs)

i also regularly use 'form.diamond'... which spreads out my alts into a diamond while 5 boxing. i tied it to PERIOD and mouse-mapped that to xbutton1.

here are the keymaps:

• region1
• region2
• region3
• region4
• region5

these would be useful even if you are not 5-boxing. instead of a diamond, you would get a triangle if you are 3-boxing. and stack is always useful.

to use these, just right-click/save-as into your keyclone folder. then go to your keyclone/setup/maximizer and for each region, left click the center of the region to select it, then hit the 'keymap...' button at the button. select the appropriate keymap and hit 'open.' once you have done this with all your regions, hit 'ok' to get out of setup... and start your wows normally.

if all is good, you should see the keymap associated with each wow in your keyclone list:



another useful trick would be to map your mouse buttons to trigger the formations. to do this, go to keyclone/setup/mouse-map, click into the 'mouse-action' field, hit the button you want, then click the key field, and hit the associated key (COMMA for stack and PERIOD for diamond)... then click the '+' button to add the mouse-button-to-key mapping.

if all is good, your mouse-map might look something like this:



(the LCTRL+EQUALS is my /follow key. so i just hit ctrl+left.button and my crew gets in tow)

:!: note:
i believe wow defaults XBUTTON2 (or MouseButton4) to 'toggle auto-run'. if you wish to use this button for the formation, make sure you clear that keybinding in wow for all your characters.

if you have any questions, please feel free to drop me a note.

good luck and have fun!

Rob

[ghonosyph and the moocrew]

Thanks rob! Can't wait to get home and play with this, since I never really knew what all the mapping shit was for or how it worked! yay

[skooks]

I am loving the stack idea, I was under the impression the slaves would (after hitting period) walk up to the main (whoever is leading) and stack on the target.

What is happening is (when I hit period) the slaves will walk just a hair passed the main or even passed him a great deal, which is kinda nice in AB when everyone under sun targets the main it confuses them a bit.

But is this right or did I retard something up?

[keyclone]

err... how far they will walk depends on you. just tap the key, don't tap and hold.

[Treesy]

I've tried inputting the hotstrings but when added to my keymap editor it seems to add a fullstop instead of the closing bracket eg. k(190.0.0.:hs(form.stack.

As you can see the closing bracket is replaced with a fullstop.

No matter what I do I can't seem to get the hotstring working, I press period key and nothing.

[keyclone]

i'm not sure what you are doing, but the keymaps mentioned above would just be saved into your keyclone folder. to use them for region-based keymaps, in the maximizer, left-click to select the region, then click the 'keymap...' button, selecting the appropriate keymap file. then hit ok. no editing keymaps required.

[knopstr]

Rob,

Awesome idea, but how do they interact with my current ToonA.kcl files? or am I missing something. I have ToonA,B,C etc with all of my FTL keys bound. When I fire up keyclone each .kcl file is then associated with a given version of wow. How do I make this formation thing work in conjunction?

Thanks

[keyclone]

with v1.9 there are now 2 keymaps possible on any one application. the one you are use to... and a region based keymap.

the region based keymap stays with the region when you pip swap your windows. this allows for formations to work properly even after pip swapping

to set the region based keymap, in the maximizer... at the bottom, there is a field for keymap. when you have the region selected, hit that button and select your keymap

don't try to mix your keymaps with the region ones. they are separate and you will see the two keymaps listed in the list (pic above shows 'keymap(r2.)' ... you normal keymap would be loaded to the right of the '.'

[ghonosyph and the moocrew]

this is all fine and dandy, but i've found that when setting this up, the keybindings for strafe, move forward, and move backwards, NEED to be the same as what you have them keybound to, and i've changed all those keybinds.... perhaps i have to re-edit the kcl files for the keymaps so that they match my strafe options ?

mkay i tried playing with this a little bit, and i have no idea how to edit these files to fix the strafe/movement issues im having lol. I've got my strafe keys unbound on my alts and or set to something alternate(dont like using white lists and stuff as i cant type across all characters and spam people like crazy lol) and i havent a clue how to get the .kcl files to match my current keybindings so everyone moves the same! rob! help! lol <3

[keyclone]

ok... first off, for each wow, you need to get the keybindings working properly for wow. go to wow/menu/keybindings and find:

move forward W
move backward S
rotate left A
rotate right D
strafe left Q
strafe right E

once that is set back to normal, you should be able to use the kcl files i listed above. just re-download over your existing (in case you've edited them), then link to their appropriate region.

if all goes well, you should see each keymap listed next to the region... and hitting the associated button will trip the formation.

personally, i've been using these fairly extensive... the most useful being 'stack'. i have also tied both to mouse buttons so its just a simple button click to bump them forward and start going to work.

if you're still confused, you can try giving me a call and i'll try to walk you thru the fix (please try after 6pm tomorrow night... RL will be a bit busy until then)