controlling with healer

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I'm familiar with the healing through click bars tutorials, I was just curious what your individual implementation was since you said "any level", most of the early "any level" stuff that people were throwing around a while ago just looked messy and made things excessively complex. I remember that there was work during cata on a complete implementation of macros for all levels and all classes but it was only about 50% filled in when I last checked on the project.

Yes. True. I felt the same as you but I decided to give it a go and now I'm collecting the profit. You really don't need ALL class-level brackets. I just have VirtualHealing implemented for the classes/levels I've played and just the ones I found it was necessary. And the 2nd Group I've mentioned in my post (the ASSISTANT group) is just configured on lev80+ on some particular classes.

I got that 50% filled configuration and I worked on it when I felt something was not like it should. But once done is done!

(http://isboxer.com/wiki/HOWTO:Config...xer_like_a_pro)


If you want to try a minimal configuration even without having the 'Like a Pro' model implemented. I'll try to explain how to do it fast and easy:

(This is all describid with all detail here -> http://isboxer.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=12528)

To simplify, we want a ClickHeal bar with 2 zones where, on each one, you can LeftClick or RightClick.

Zone A will be (HOT,Protect); Zone B (FastHeal,GreaterHeal).

1. Create a KeyMap named Virtual Healing.
2. Create a MappedKey named A_left. This MK has a blank 1 step (no actions).
3. Make 3 copies of this MK and name them: A_right, B_left and B_right.
4. Make a copy of Virtual Healing Key Map and name it Healing.

6. Edit A_left Mapped Key inside Healing and add this 2 actions to Step 1:

Sync Cursor -> All other
Do A_left in Virtual Healing Key Map -> all

7. Copy this actions to the 3 other Mapped Keys changing A_left to the matching MK (A_right, B_left and B_right)

8. To learn how to create the Click Bar go here (http://isboxer.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=12528).
In our case we need a 1x2 grid bar assuming healbot/grid is vertical aligned (Alge's tutorial Bar is a 3x1 is horizontal aligned grid).

9. If you have a CLS setup (Like a Pro) you should put the Class-level especific actions inside the corresponding Key Map (ex: 85-90 Disc Priest) but if you don't have like that, just create a more global Key Map and name it whatever you want, for example Priest Stuff (note if you make this lev 90 oriented, obviously a lev 20 priest will fail to POM or POH if you click the proper bar BUT he still be capable of cast a Flash or drop a Shield).

So, even if you have a complete CLS setup, you don't need to program VirtualHealing actions in all bracket KeyMaps. Just assign your lev 20 Priest the 85-90 Disc Priest keymap and he'll get the job done. Got it?

Ok, but lets continue supposing we don't have the CLS setup, we created a Priest Stuff Key Map, so what?

Again, copy the 4 Mapped Keys from Virtual Healing to Priest Stuff (do the same to Pala Stuff, Druid Stuff, whatever you need...)

Each of these Mapped Keys are what each class will perform when you right or left click each zone on our ClickBar and once set it's done for all toons for that class.

So, you should be capable of setting that. If you have a CLS setup, you'll have macros for all or the most of the spells, if you don't have it, time to begin to create your Macro Sets

10. We configure who are the toons that respond to this Click thing on the Caracter Properties. Look for the tab Virtual Key Maps. If we set 'Virtual Healing Keymap is Priest Stuff', this guy will respond to our clicks on our Bar doing whatever you've programmed in the 4 Priest Stuff Mapped Keys.


NOTE this virtualization healing concept don't apply exclusively to ClickBars. I'll give you a (1-2-3) short example:

Objective: 'R' key is |get ready to battle|

1. Let's create a Mapped Key 'ReadySetGo' inside the Priest Stuff Key Map:

Step 1 will cast POW:Shield on tank
Step 2 will cast POM on tank

By analogy, the 'ReadySetGo' MK inside the Druid Stuff KM will be something like this:

Step 1 will cast Rejuve on tank
Step 2 will cast Lifebloom on tank

etc. etc. etc.

Every toon can take part of this |get ready to battle| plan and when you press 'R' all will be ReadySetGo.

2. Now, lets add the Mapped key 'ReadySetGo' inside the Virtual Healing Key Map, like the others we just did, a single blank step with no actions.

3. The trigger (with R hotkey) can be created anywhere you want (your main DPS Key Map or General Key Map) and should be a Mapped Key containing:

Do Mapped Key ReadySetGo on Virtual Healing

All toons with 'Virtual Healing Keymap is <insert class here> Stuff' set (see 10 on the clickbar example), will be Ready to Battle.


Hope this can be useful.
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