MiniMap Ping Explained - Cast AOE Spells

[genocyde]

/script Minimap:PingLocation(0,15) is what you get if you copy paste that code directly to text. i have it typed your way in the macro (the way i typed it just errors out) sry for the confusion.

As a side note i did a little test for testings sake. I put my mages into a triangle all at max casting range from eachother

with my main having the macro

/cast Blizzard
/run Minimap:PingLocation(0,0)
/script Minimap:PingLocation(0,0)

and clones having

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

and they all cast at their own feet. The main is expected from the coords 0,0 but he pings himself correctly and both clones cast at their own feet not his. What'd i break!!



argh clones macro has the : in it where correct i just keep deleting the smiley and retyping it wrong :P

[zanthor]

This is working for blizzard but not for flamestrike... the flamestrike seems to target up in the air...

[keyclone]

ok.. i tried it... and for some reason my flamestrike appears above me



i tried several combos. it will work with blizzard but not flamestrike. and no, negative numbers did not bring it down

[Stabface]

Hilarious screenshot keyclone, looks like you're getting nuked from orbit.

[The IT Monkey]

I thought it looked more like god's fiery anus.

[zanthor]

This is working for blizzard but not for flamestrike... the flamestrike seems to target up in the air...

See screenshot from KeyClone .

[genocyde]

Alright so i felt inspired to try flamestrike after above posts and guess what. blizzard refuses to cast anywhere but at my feet but flamestrike does something all together different for me.

Look how far away center one is

Showing max range with same spell and i didn't move at all

So who can think of good uses for that :P

Edit: ok i tried it a few more times it casts in the air making it look really far away. /smackself and btw this is using the mini map get ping position script i was using before it casts about the same relative to the toons but does not cast it where the ping happened

[Toned]

For my 3 mages I'm using:

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

On all 3 of them I'm using this macro then I manually ping and I can get all 3 blizzards ontop of my head. Still trying to get it so it's not all over the place or up in the air using coordinates to ping.

[Falkor]

Some very unusual effects going on there! I am looking into this for you guys to try and see if I can clear a few things up, keyclone yours is pretty intresting but as yet has me very stumped!!!

[Otana]

It works well, tested it today. What a fantastic script!

This is fun, and something i've wanted to be able to do for ages.

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

Thanks again Falkor.