AOE targetting

[Drommon]

I have searched through the forums without success on this topic. I have read a few threads but none seem to have the answer I need. I basically want to be able to target an AoE spell like Blizzard on my slave from my main. I software box and right now I just go to the individual toon and do the targetting manually.

I use keyclone and would prefer to continue to use it. Is there is a way to target an AoE on my slave from my main? How do you do it? If not, then what is the best method?

Thank you,

Drommon

[Redbeard]

Keyclone has a toggle button to allow you to pass your next mouse click. So you would press the button to initiate the spell cast, then you click the button to toggle clicking, then click on your main where you want the click to be on your alt, then untoggle mouse broadcasting.

[Drommon]

Keyclone has a toggle button to allow you to pass your next mouse click. So you would press the button to initiate the spell cast, then you click the button to toggle clicking, then click on your main where you want the click to be on your alt, then untoggle mouse broadcasting.

Cool. I saw the checkbox that allows this in keyclone. But I didn't understand how it worked or what toggle key to press. Thanks for the info.

[Drommon]

Keyclone has a toggle button to allow you to pass your next mouse click. So you would press the button to initiate the spell cast, then you click the button to toggle clicking, then click on your main where you want the click to be on your alt, then untoggle mouse broadcasting.

On second thought that seems to be a lot of work for something simple. Is there a way to toggle the check box using a button dedicated to it?

[Redbeard]

Yes you setup a keybind for the toggle (in the KC interface, i dont recall where).

Other things of note: your camera view is important. If your mage isnt looking at the same place as your main, the blizzard could end up weird. Will have to play with it.

Also, last time I used this, KC basically PiP switched to each screen to broadcast the mouse click so there was a bit of a delay in using the ability and actually being able to control your people. It may or may not be like that anymore.

[Ualaa]

In Keybindings, you can set something to save camera view.
There are four or five different camera views.
Basically pick one, doesn't matter which, and assign a hotkey to it.
Pick the same view number on each toon.

Now select your AoE view of choice.
Try to get the same angle and zoom distance on each account.
When they're as close as possible, press your hotkey to save the view.
Repeat for each account.

You can go back into keybindings and unbind the key to save that specific view.
You might need to log out, for it to write your settings to the config file.
If you crash or Alt F4 or red X to exit the game, you won't have settings saved.

Next you want to pick a Keyclone hotkey for AoE clicks.
I believe the option is called, send next click, or something very similar.

In WoW, you want to put a macro on this same keybind.
So when you press the key, it activates the wow macro and also the keyclone send next click.
Your wow macro will be similar to this:

#show Hurricane
/Script SetView(4);SetView(4)
/Cast Hurricane

Change Hurricane to the ground target spell of choice.
Change the (4) in SetView to the View you have saved.

The doubling of the SetView command tells wow to switch to that saved view instantly.
A single SetView command will slowly zoom to the chosen view.

Keyclone is not perfect for mouse broadcasting, but it gets the job done.
The Hurricane's probably won't overlap exactly, but they'll be close.
For PvEing down a pack of mobs, you can position the toons and then click the macro to open.
For PvP, you won't likely have the time to do this perfectly, but it still works decently.

I believe HKN can do mouse broadcasting fairly well.
I have recently switched to Inner Space from Keyclone, and know the broadcast works very well. Plus you can set any hotkey or click to broadcast not just a specific one. My druids broadcast Hurricane on 5 and Force of Nature on 4. With Keyclone, you'd pick to broadcast one or the other.

[Drommon]

Thanks Ualaa! That helped a lot.

Drommon

[Sam DeathWalker]

Edit your config-cache.wtf file. Keep in mind A is view 2 I think (its off by one as one is default). This way you are sure to have the absolute same view on all. Then you make your macro as stated above.


SET cameraPitchMoveSpeed "135"
SET cameraYawMoveSpeed "270"
SET cameraPitchSmoothSpeed "22.5"
SET cameraYawSmoothSpeed "90"
SET cameraView "3"
SET cameraDistanceA "20"
SET cameraPitchA "19"
SET cameraYawA "0"
SET cameraDistanceB "40"
SET cameraPitchB "80"
SET cameraYawB "0"
SET cameraDistanceC "20.000000"
SET cameraPitchC "20.314846"
SET cameraYawC "357.300013"
SET cameraDistanceD "20.000000"
SET cameraPitchD "20.314846"
SET cameraYawD "357.300013"
SET cameraTerrainTilt "1"
SET cameraWaterCollision "0"
SET cameraPivot "0"
SET cameraDistanceMax "25"
SET cameraDistanceMaxFactor "2"



Im able to put down 6 blizzards on the same spot in AV lol its a hoot, but my setup allows me to move a mouse on six computers to the same spot, if the views are the same on each.

[Drommon]

Thank you Sam and Ualaa for your kind responses. Although originally I follwed Ualaa's suggestion it can be improved a bit. My party has mixed casters. There are times I need both the warlock and mage to put down an AoE. For both of them to put the targetting reticle on the same spot while in a formation other than a dot (line, square, diamond, semicircle, etc..) seems difficult to do at the moment. Do I have have to setup a camera view and zoom based on each toons position in a formation? I can see the number of combinations becoming very cumbersome. My understanding is that the reticles position is based largely in part of the camera view. There is probably a way to script the camera view of the slaves to use the mains position. I have some experimenting to do. Any suggestions will be entertained. I know I will run into hurdles

Drommon

[Tsumi]

I was looking for this exact thing for a DK team I am working on.

Thanks!