GUIDE: Click Healing System Using Party Frames

[Kro]

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Agree

[Mercbeast]

The one problem I think you may run into with the variable target system Chazz describes(unless I completely missed it!) is that occasionally your characters are not sync'd up in the group. What I mean by this is, Character 1 is slot 2 for Character 2, and Character 2 is slot 3 for Character 1.

This means that you cannot properly drive with both characters, you pick one, and if you run with the other one your slave follows and assists the wrong person.

With the Chazz system it seems to me the solution would be to define a second toggle key and tie each character to its own ATG. Toggle 1 cycles party 1 through 4 for others in ATG1. Toggle 2 cycles party 1 through 4 for others in ATG2. What this should do is only send the appropriate assist keys to the character ONLY if they are not the focus.

If you haven't run into the issue I am describing Chazz, it seems rare but it does occur where the party re-orders and your characters are not sequential in their positioning.

[chazz]

The one problem I think you may run into with the variable target system Chazz describes(unless I completely missed it!) is that occasionally your characters are not sync'd up in the group. What I mean by this is, Character 1 is slot 2 for Character 2, and Character 2 is slot 3 for Character 1.

This means that you cannot properly drive with both characters, you pick one, and if you run with the other one your slave follows and assists the wrong person.

With the Chazz system it seems to me the solution would be to define a second toggle key and tie each character to its own ATG. Toggle 1 cycles party 1 through 4 for others in ATG1. Toggle 2 cycles party 1 through 4 for others in ATG2. What this should do is only send the appropriate assist keys to the character ONLY if they are not the focus.

If you haven't run into the issue I am describing Chazz, it seems rare but it does occur where the party re-orders and your characters are not sequential in their positioning.

This is absolutely true Mercbeast, if you are playing more than two characters. For just two the current system should work (change Target Window from Character Slot 2 to All w/o Current).

[Apatheist]

When I run 3 Sages, whichever window I'm currently on won't heal because there's no option in repeater regions to target "All with current", only "All other".

Any idea how to fix this?

[chazz]

When I run 3 Sages, whichever window I'm currently on won't heal because there's no option in repeater regions to target "All with current", only "All other".

Any idea how to fix this?

I'm not entirely sure what you're asking. A Repeater Region repeats the actions from the current window to other specified window(s).
And if you're using the 'system' from this particular guide, I'm not sure just how you are trying to use it for several characters (as in theory it wouldn't work for multiple healers without changing things around).

[Apatheist]

I'm not entirely sure what you're asking. A Repeater Region repeats the actions from the current window to other specified window(s).
And if you're using the 'system' from this particular guide, I'm not sure just how you are trying to use it for several characters (as in theory it wouldn't work for multiple healers without changing things around).

It works fine for multiple healers, just not the primary window. When you configure repeater, it doesn't have the option to pass clicks to "all w/ current". It's not really a big deal though, it's just as easy for me to target the person and use a basic assist key with my healing.

[chazz]

It works fine for multiple healers, just not the primary window. When you configure repeater, it doesn't have the option to pass clicks to "all w/ current". It's not really a big deal though, it's just as easy for me to target the person and use a basic assist key with my healing.

If multiple healers are working fine for you then you are probably doing something different than what this guide describes, since this guide has the Lead character block off his/her Party Frame with a Click Bar (so if you were sending mouse clicks to the Lead from a Slave the Lead wouldn't be able to aquire a target).
Also I'm still not sure what you mean by "all w/ current" for the Repeater Region, since a Repeater Region sends whatever mouse input that happens within the region on the current window to the other windows. Meaning it doesn't function like a Mapped Key/Action where "all others" only sends the key to the other windows but not the current one.

EDIT:
I should clarify that I assumed, due to how you worded the beginning of the following sentence; "When I run 3 Sages, whichever window I'm currently on..."
That you mean that you are trying to be able to heal from all three characters.
Of course this guide would work for multiple healers, as long as you're 'controlling' them from the same character. Otherwise you would run into the problem with the Click Bar blocking off the Party Frames as I described above.
Getting it to work for all characters is however probably possible and something you might already have done, seeing as how you said it worked fine, but it would require doing things differently than what this guide describes (not using the Party Frame for targeting for example).

[Igg]

Chazz,
I could not get this to work for the life of me, anychance you can post your isboxer xml so we can dissect it / adapt it ?
Worse case, see the full setup that you did so we can make it work?

Thanks

[chazz]

Set up the Mouserover Key
- Create a new mapped key in any Key Map you want and name it Mouseover (or whatever you want).
- Set it to "pressed OR released" and add a second step.
- In Step 1 disable the Assist and DPS keys for your Slave and in Step 2 enable them again. Do this by choosing Keymap Actions, New Key Map/Mapped Key State Action.
- In Step 1 also enable your Mouse# keys and in Step 2 disable them. Do this by choosing Keymap Actions, New Key Map/Mapped Key State Action.

I'm new to this. Please explain the meaning in disabling Assist and DPS keys?

Disable and enable the keys that you use for Assist and DPS in two steps (Step 1 disable, Step 2 enable) so that when you're mousing over the area; the healer doesn't try to assist or do dps and interrupts his/her heals.

Chazz,
I could not get this to work for the life of me, anychance you can post your isboxer xml so we can dissect it / adapt it ?
Worse case, see the full setup that you did so we can make it work?

Thanks

Unfortunately I don't have my XML file available anymore and my SWTOR subscriptions have been cancelled.
But if you can try to explain where/when you get lost or have issues; I will do my best to help you out.

[recitative]

Set up the Mouserover Key
- Create a new mapped key in any Key Map you want and name it Mouseover (or whatever you want).
- Set it to "pressed OR released" and add a second step.
- In Step 1 disable the Assist and DPS keys for your Slave and in Step 2 enable them again. Do this by choosing Keymap Actions, New Key Map/Mapped Key State Action.
- In Step 1 also enable your Mouse# keys and in Step 2 disable them. Do this by choosing Keymap Actions, New Key Map/Mapped Key State Action.

I'm new to this. Please explain the meaning in disabling Assist and DPS keys?

I still don't understand this. Select which key? where do you select the key? Anyway you can provide a step by step with image tutorial from the start. I feel like I have too many key maps or they are not set up correctly.