Weird follow macro issue

[Ðeceased]

Hi everyone,
I've been multiboxing up a few lvls now but stumbled on a problem i've never come across before.
on my clones I made this macro so that no matter which main i used.. they would follow it

/tar [target=Kaiya,nodead,exists] [target=Ðeceased,nodead,exists] [target=Ælures,nodead,exists]
/follow

nice and simple (i guess i could use player1 or something but I will be going through all my maros to tidy them up eventually)
the problems is, it works for both Kaiya and Ðeceased, but not for Ælures..
Is there a maximum amount of condidtions to one action? or what is it stopping the macro frm working.. I can't see it being the wierd letters cos i have that on Ðeceased too

thx in advance guys and gals

happy hunting

[geoffdavison]

could it be the non-standard character you are using in the third name?

[The IT Monkey]

When are you testing this? Who would be following Ælures? The other two would have to be DEAD for them to follow.

Your macro goes like this

If A is alive and online follow A.
else if B is alive and online follow B.
else if C is alive and online follow C.

The only one that would EVER be following C according to your macro is C itself. C can't follow C.

Edit: If you are doing the PiP thing with BOOBS I would set up the key that you call that character with to also set focus on that character and then include /assist focus in all your macros.

So you have characters A B and C and they are called to the main frame by keys 1 2 and 3 respectivley.

Hitting key 1 brings character A to the main frame and sets the focus of both B and C to A.
Hitting key 2 brings character B to the main frame and sets the focus of both A and C to B.
Hitting key 3 brings character C to the main frame and sets the focus of both A and B to C.

I would make ONE follow macro and it would be /follow focus.

but that is just me.

[Ðeceased]

could it be the non-standard character you are using in the third name?

hmm well i went as far as transferring the letter from my main pc (which has a numpad) to my laptop through word.. logged on and copied he WFT Account letter.. went online to find it.. all of those in both capital and lower case and yet it still doesn't work :S
I might just change it to player1.. what's the exact wording for it?

/tar [target=Party1,nodead,exists]
/follow

?

or is that just an expression that ppl use to say insert ur party leaders name here

[The IT Monkey]

could it be the non-standard character you are using in the third name?

hmm well i went as far as transferring the letter from my main pc (which has a numpad) to my laptop through word.. logged on and copied he WFT Account letter.. went online to find it.. all of those in both capital and lower case and yet it still doesn't work :S
I might just change it to player1.. what's the exact wording for it?

/tar [target=Party1,nodead,exists]
/follow

?

or is that just an expression that ppl use to say insert ur party leaders name here

No, Party1 is the leader... but party2 is not going to be the same on each of your characters

Furthermore... changing it from the name to Party1 does not fix your inherrant problem of Ælures not being able to follow Ælures and everyone else in your party being DEAD.

[Ðeceased]

When are you testing this? Who would be following Ælures? The other two would have to be DEAD for them to follow.

Your macro goes like this

If A is alive and online follow A.
else if B is alive and online follow B.
else if C is alive and online follow C.

The only one that would EVER be following C according to your macro is C itself. C can't follow C.

Edit: If you are doing the PiP thing with BOOBS I would set up the key that you call that character with to also set focus on that character and then include /assist focus in all your macros.

So you have characters A B and C and they are called to the main frame by keys 1 2 and 3 respectivley.

Hitting key 1 brings character A to the main frame and sets the focus of both B and C to A.
Hitting key 2 brings character B to the main frame and sets the focus of both A and C to B.
Hitting key 3 brings character C to the main frame and sets the focus of both A and B to C.

I would make ONE follow macro and it would be /follow focus.

but that is just me.

soz didn't make it entirely clear.. all those characters are on my main account.. the macro is for use on my clones.
as for not wanting to use focus, I want to see if i can free that up so i can use it for stickytargeting in pve and for shocks in pvp to interrupt healers


Edit: apologies for all the typos.. my keyboard on this pc skips keys on occasion :P

[The IT Monkey]

Ah... then yes you can just use /follow Party1

You don't need all those other conditions in there. And you don't need to /target party1 and then /follow. /follow party1 works.

[Ðeceased]

shweet thx

quick question tho :P I am guessing if you join, say, AB as a group.. but don't end up in the same group, the macro won't work cos they'll be getting a command to follow different ppl.
Is here anyway to use the party you had before the raid as your base for following?
I ask this cos even when you join a BG you can still chat to you party outside the BG through /p and with the BG through /bg
there must be some way of separating the two right?

Edit: damn this keyboard!

[The IT Monkey]

Good question! And the answer is.... I have no freakin' clue.

I kind of doubt it though.... I think they would end up following whoever was the party leader in your BG party. Which would be way inconvenient even though HILARIOUS.

[Ðeceased]

hehe I can imagine it now

hmm.. U just gave me an idea.. for a laugh in a BG.. I'm going to set a focus for each of my clones and run as a personal support healer/dpser for 5 lucky players