Jamba 0.5 available for testing (Update 12).

[Khatovar]

I don't know if it's just me or not, I can't seem to get follow strobing to stay off when I turn it off. Basically, what I wanted to be able to do is follow strobe when I'm mounted and follow strobe only my melee slave in combat.

So what I had was a strobe command {onme/slave/all, Kina/slave/all, I tried everything} in my mount macro. For my melee slave, I had just the strobeon for the tag melee {setting that tag up first, of course}. I had a matching strobeoff command in my regular follow macro. I also created a seperate strobeoff macro that I put on my End key, which is my slaves spreadout key. Spamming the seperate strobeoff key sometimes got them to stop following, but usually, they'd break follow for a second or two and start following again.

No matter what I do, I can't get the strobing to stay off. I used all the different on and off commands, tried different tags, played around with the delay and still the same. If I use it in any way shape or form, it makes all of them follow all the time. I removed all the strobing commands for my slaves and just used the melee one and it still makes my other slaves start strobing. Not fun to run up on a boss and start combat only to see all my casters stop casting and start running toward me. Any ideas?

[Jafula]

I don't know if it's just me or not, I can't seem to get follow strobing to stay off when I turn it off. Basically, what I wanted to be able to do is follow strobe when I'm mounted and follow strobe only my melee slave in combat.

So what I had was a strobe command {onme/slave/all, Kina/slave/all, I tried everything} in my mount macro. For my melee slave, I had just the strobeon for the tag melee {setting that tag up first, of course}. I had a matching strobeoff command in my regular follow macro. I also created a seperate strobeoff macro that I put on my End key, which is my slaves spreadout key. Spamming the seperate strobeoff key sometimes got them to stop following, but usually, they'd break follow for a second or two and start following again.

No matter what I do, I can't get the strobing to stay off. I used all the different on and off commands, tried different tags, played around with the delay and still the same. If I use it in any way shape or form, it makes all of them follow all the time. I removed all the strobing commands for my slaves and just used the melee one and it still makes my other slaves start strobing. Not fun to run up on a boss and start combat only to see all my casters stop casting and start running toward me. Any ideas?

I'm assuming you are using JambaDev 0.5.

Ok, I've done some testing and I'm _very_ sorry for you pain. I've just fixed a bug in follow where commands without tags were being ignored. Please get Update 6 when it comes out.

When you mention having a mount macro, it makes me wonder if you are sending the commands to follow from each toon to all the other toons. I assume you need the mount macro on all your toons; but the jamba-follow commands with tags are meant to only be called from one toon.

From what you are describing; these are the commands you want. Please note that these commands do not have tags and are meant to be entered directly into a macro on each toon.

I also assume you have a main master that does not change - I'm going to call it Bob

All toons - mount macro

/mount a mount code here
/jamba-follow strobeon Bob

All toons - spread out key

/jamba-follow strobeoff

Melee toons only - separate key

/jamba-follow strobeon Bob

This will not work correctly without Update 6. Could you try these as they are; and if you do switch masters, we can work on a set of macros and keybindings that use the tags.

[Jafula]

Update 6 Available.

New module: Item Use - provides an item bar (1 to 10 items) where you can drop an item in a slot on the bar on your master character and the item will appear in the bar on all your slave characters. To use an item in the bar, press the key for that item slot that you bound in the keybindings interface.

Follow - characters will no longer follow themselves.
Follow - commands now work without tags.
Display Team - when percentages display alone, they no longer have () around them.

Pretty pictures...

[Jafula]

In case you haven't work out how awesome this is....

When you get an item drop that starts a quest; after looting it on all your toons, just drag the item from your bag on the master to the Jamba item bar and then press the appropriate key. The slaves all pop up with the quest window without having to look in each of their bags for the item in order to use it,

[rahven32]

OK that is just freakin awesome lol. Sorry I haven't got back much about the follow issue I couldn't ever reproduce it but seems like you found a bug with it in update 6 so maybe that was it will have to see.

[coupas]

Interesting.. very very interesting.

[Khatovar]

Edit - Quick test with update6, after clearing out all my old jamba and jambaDev files things seem to be working perfectly via the setup below. But now it's dinner time, so I'll have to try to break it later Assume that bug is squashed between the new update between your end or my end. Leaving the stuff below for reference.

I'm assuming you are using JambaDev 0.5.

Ok, I've done some testing and I'm _very_ sorry for you pain. I've just fixed a bug in follow where commands without tags were being ignored. Please get Update 6 when it comes out.

When you mention having a mount macro, it makes me wonder if you are sending the commands to follow from each toon to all the other toons. I assume you need the mount macro on all your toons; but the jamba-follow commands with tags are meant to only be called from one toon.

From what you are describing; these are the commands you want. Please note that these commands do not have tags and are meant to be entered directly into a macro on each toon.

I also assume you have a main master that does not change - I'm going to call it Bob

All toons - mount macro

/mount a mount code here
/jamba-follow strobeon Bob

All toons - spread out key

/jamba-follow strobeoff

Melee toons only - separate key

/jamba-follow strobeon Bob

This will not work correctly without Update 6. Could you try these as they are; and if you do switch masters, we can work on a set of macros and keybindings that use the tags.

These are the macros I had :

Master {Kina}- 

Mount macro
/cast [nomounted, flyable] Swift Red Wind Rider
/cast [nomounted] Summon Charger
/dismount
/script VehicleExit()
/jamba-follow strobeon Kina slave {also tried strobeonme slave, strobeon Kina all}

AF macro

/jamba-team invite
/click [nomounted] SmartBuff_KeyButton
/jamba-follow strobeoff slave {also tried strobeoff all}

Spread macro

/jamba-follow strobeoff slave {also strobeoff all. With this you have to spam a few times since movement starts and continues on keydown breaking AF, but the command doesn't get sent 'til keyup.}

Pull/strobe melee

/castsequence [mod:alt] Sacred Shield; reset=combat Avenger's Shield, Divine Plea, Null
/startattack
/jamba-follow strobeon Kina melee {also tried strobeonme}


Slaves -

Mount Macro 

/cast [nomounted, flyable] Swift Green Wind Rider
/cast [nomounted] Swift Orange Raptor
/dismount
/script VehicleExit()

AF Macro

/click [nomounted] SmartBuff_KeyButton
/cast [nomounted] Totemic Recall
/focus Kina
/follow focus

No macros to match Spread and Pull

So Jamba commands are only coming from the main. I'll purge update 5 and give 6 a try and let you know how it goes.

and BTW, new bar is PURE AWESOME. Can't wait to play with that.