Base/Root Macro editor for multiple accounts?

[Vènkman]

Just started multi-boxing with 5 accounts and every time I seem to refine my methods, I am forced to go back and rewrite my entire macro listing for all 5 clients.

Is there an addon that would allow me to import macros from a file I can edit in windows?

Didnt see anything in the FAQ that covered this, I am hoping its not a stupid question.

[Wulfos]

Look at the file World of Warcraft\WTF\Account\-accountname-\macros-cache.txt. Perhaps you can use this file for editing them ... didn't test it

[Boylston]

I edit a master copy of the macros-cache.txt file mentioned in the previous reply in Notepad, then copy it out to all the proper account locations. At some point I'll make a batch file to do this, I suppose.

[Lost Ninja]

Rather hoping that one of the code wizards who frequent these forums would make a proper offline macro editor. That will do this, save it in the right locations check syntax etc. Its definitely IMO a missing program that would make multi-boxing (and all other WoW play) much easier.

If it then plugged into an in game addon, like SuperMacro thus giving extra LUA functions and or binding to macros (beating the 18+18 macro limit) it would be even more cool.

[Vènkman]

Rather hoping that one of the code wizards who frequent these forums would make a proper offline macro editor. That will do this, save it in the right locations check syntax etc. Its definitely IMO a missing program that would make multi-boxing (and all other WoW play) much easier.

If it then plugged into an in game addon, like SuperMacro thus giving extra LUA functions and or binding to macros (beating the 18+18 macro limit) it would be even more cool.

I think what Wulfos has posted will save you plenty of time. I really do hate editing through the game UI.

Thanks Wulfos.

[opt]

wow thanks for this!
rather than recreating all my UIs and customising it for each char i can just copy the settings for all the mods from one account and paste it in the respective directory. This has just saved me a heap of time ty!!

[Los]

There is a way of doing this through ingame api's, making/editting macro's i mean. Was putting a mod together to pull it off, but got distracted with levelling. Might have a look again later this week, and try and see if i can put something crude together to complement my mod thingy.

[Lost Ninja]

I already use the method above, mainly so I can keep my macros synced between accounts. What I'm really after is the syntax checking so often when I write a macro I get it wrong in some minor detail which only lets me down when I really really need it. :shock: So having an offline macro editor with syntax checking would be awesome...

I did look at coding it myself but my only coding experience other than poor PHP skills and HTML etc is with Turbo Pascal... which I haven't used in ten years and wasn't particularly good then. Though it might be a good project to learn on...

*goes to look at it again...*

[thinus]

I already use the method above, mainly so I can keep my macros synced between accounts. What I'm really after is the syntax checking so often when I write a macro I get it wrong in some minor detail which only lets me down when I really really need it. :shock: So having an offline macro editor with syntax checking would be awesome...

I did look at coding it myself but my only coding experience other than poor PHP skills and HTML etc is with Turbo Pascal... which I haven't used in ten years and wasn't particularly good then. Though it might be a good project to learn on...

*goes to look at it again...*

A syntax checking app might not be the easiest thing to get your feet wet with. Most development tools these days are aimed at visual design and RAD and you will find very little to help you do what you need to do.

Take a look at the free copy of Visual Studio .NET / C# you can get from Microsoft though. .NET has some good string handling routines and all types are treated as classes which makes code completion very intuitive and helpful, especially when learning the language.

A good starting point will be to come up with a set of syntax rules for macros. Once you have a list of rules the coding should be straightforward.

Another good thing about .NET / C# is the multitude of example code you can get. Particular interest to you will be "parsing" examples. There is a very good clean code example of parsing HTML tags which should be easy enough to modify to parse a macro instead.

[junx]

I use Edit Plus. You can get syntax libraries for WoW LUA and more. And it's free.

I keep a master copy of the general macros and then master copies of the class macros. then I place where I need them.

I don't think an off line editor would work for making macros while you play. The macros get written to memory and WoW will overwrite changes you made when you log out. That has been my experience anyway. I think you would have to inject the macros somehow and that could get you in trouble with Warden.