MiniMap Ping Explained - Cast AOE Spells

[kllrwlf]

I'm going to be trying this when I get home on my Mages... :thumbsup:

[The IT Monkey]

Please please please... someone test this out!

I got a little chub just reading this post. I want my AoE attacks back!

I am wondering why this is the first time I have seen this brought up. As long as I have been multiboxing I've been asking people how to do targeted AoE attacks while five boxing on one machine. Did anyone else know this was possible?

Damn Falkor, a member for a hole 24 hours and already added TWO useful things to the community.

Now if you could just write a script that will get hot bikini models to show up at my door, naked except for the 12 pack of new castle they are carrying!

Anyway, got to go... someones at the door.

Why do I smell suntan lotion?

[Anahka]

Tried just now.

/cast blizzard
/run Minimap:PingLocation(X, X)

That works for sure although it seems to be picky on specific locations. But workable for a fixed location for sure, /run Minimap:PingLocation(0, 10) would have a good chance of hitting whatever your tank is hitting in the face.

Then I tried, on my main, the tanking Pali:

/run Minimap:PingLocation(0, 0)
/run Minimap:PingLocation(0, 0)

On my mage I use:

/cast Blizzard
/script Minimap:PingLocation(Minimap:GetPingPosition())

However she keeps pinging her location and then casts Blizzard. I know she pings her own location because the minimap addon on the main shows me who pinged.

Any idea?

(Btw, if this gets out to the general public it's gonna be disabled/nerfed pretty fast I think)

[genocyde]

Just gave it a run on my mages. It does indeed cast on all 3 at once main casts at the specified coords but both slave toons just cast directly at there feet regardless of minimap ping using the

/script MinimappingLocation(Minimap:GetPingPosition())

Also the coordinates do change depending on minimap zoom for me. If i tell it to cast blizzard at 0,15 say, it will cast on full minimap zoom in but i zoom out it says out of range even tho i didn't move.

Its a good start now if i could get a targeting circle on my main and have the toons auto cast on wherever i choose to click the circle :thumbsup:

[Falkor]

Anahka if you read the wiki you will find my solution to your problem but here is it again

Using /run is a local map ping, if you use /run on your main then your alt's will not be able to grab this.
You need to use /run and /script on your main

Heres the wiki link and the example again:
http://www.dual-boxing.com/wiki/inde...o:Minimap_Ping

Main Charactor

/cast Spellname
/run Minimap:PingLocation(X, Y)
/script Minimap:PingLocation(X, Y)

Alts

/cast Spellname
/script Minimap:PingLocation(Minimap:GetPingPosition())

Hope this helps

[Falkor]

Just gave it a run on my mages. It does indeed cast on all 3 at once main casts at the specified coords but both slave toons just cast directly at there feet regardless of minimap ping using the

/script MinimappingLocation(Minimap:GetPingPosition())

Also the coordinates do change depending on minimap zoom for me. If i tell it to cast blizzard at 0,15 say, it will cast on full minimap zoom in but i zoom out it says out of range even tho i didn't move.

Its a good start now if i could get a targeting circle on my main and have the toons auto cast on wherever i choose to click the circle :thumbsup:

Have you enabled "Rotating Mini-map" on your interface options?
I have tested this on both zoom and no-zoom and it dosnt change, the only thing I can think is you are running a different resolution on each client, this has not been tested (yet).

[Falkor]

(Btw, if this gets out to the general public it's gonna be disabled/nerfed pretty fast I think)

Blizzard can only nerf this by making the public function in their Frame.xml file a Protected function.
When they decided to make this function a public one they knew full well what it could be used for, so don't expect it to be nerf'd any time soon "if at all!"

[Falkor]

Please please please... someone test this out!

I got a little chub just reading this post. I want my AoE attacks back!

I am wondering why this is the first time I have seen this brought up. As long as I have been multiboxing I've been asking people how to do targeted AoE attacks while five boxing on one machine. Did anyone else know this was possible?

Damn Falkor, a member for a hole 24 hours and already added TWO useful things to the community.

Now if you could just write a script that will get hot bikini models to show up at my door, naked except for the 12 pack of new castle they are carrying!

Anyway, got to go... someones at the door.

Why do I smell suntan lotion?

Hehe your comments are much appreciated
The only reason I can think this has never been brought to the tables is because people simple don't understand the cords system used on the minimap.
Additionally people didn't know that a minimap ping is also a left click on your terrain map!!

Hopefully by showing my research on how the cord's work and demonstrating the use of the macro to grab the ping we can expand further on this and I will be more then happy to help solve any issues people run into.

I can proberly solve your last problem - Ever heard of the naked nightelf patch??? :thumbsup:

[genocyde]

good call on the different resolutions. i run my main at 1900x1200 and the other 2 with keyclone maximizer at w/e it is like 800x600. But on my main i still get different distances with minimap zoom. i wonder if its a mod doing it, i do have bongos minimap and metamap installed. Either way i can't get my clones to cast anywhere but at their feet with /script MinimappingLocation(Minimap:GetPingPosition())

[Falkor]

Not sure if this is your problem but the code you posted is incorrect

Yours
/script MinimapPingLocation(Minimap:GetPingPosition())
Mine
/script Minimap:PingLocation(Minimap:GetPingPosition())