Problem with targeting

[scottig]

This is my problem. I like to use the mouse alot of the time to target mobs or other players in pvp ect. But, sometimes when I target a mob or other player and hit lets say chain lighting sometimes it will switch back to my previous target??? Seems to only happen when I switch targets fast and im spamming my keys.

[Kaynin]

You mean your alts go on the previous target?

That is because when you target a target on your main, it takes a second of lag before your alts see your main switching targets. So if you press the attack macro's too fast, they'll still have the old target and not the new one.

Switching targets for a multiboxer therefor just happens to take a second.

[scottig]

no i mean my mains target goes back and forth between the mob i just selected and the old mob i had targeted.

[scottig]

I think it might have something to do with the way my macros are written. Here is a example

#showtooltip
/assist focus
/cast chain lighting

[Gallo]

You should look into using /focus in all your macros. Use the search to find posts about it. This wont prevent lag-related targetting issues, but it will make sure that they dont change mid-battle.

[Kaynin]

Surely that macro is for your alts and your alts have your main focused?

Your main doesn't need to focus himself for targeting, on your main you can just do /cast chain lighting without having to assist anyone. Only your alts need to assist.

[Eteocles]

On your main, remove all /assist commands OR remove his Focus target; I did so because your main can and will assist the MOB and take his target, or if the above lag scenario is the issue, you assist an alt and the alt still has an old mob targeted

Otherwise I have no clue...that's a really confusing-sounding problem, I don't understand how it could switch targets like that other than /assist issues lol

[scottig]

I have to leave the assist macros in place so if I need to switch to one of the alts the main take the roll of an alt.

[Ian]

Nub idea here, but when sorting out macros for my succie a long time ago you had to unfocus to be able to refocus. there for you have operated a focus on a target then try to refocus on a new target with out first being dead or hiting unfocus then your focus will be on the original target not your 2nd one, (lol stay focused)

Ian

[scottig]

You should look into using /focus in all your macros. Use the search to find posts about it. This wont prevent lag-related targetting issues, but it will make sure that they dont change mid-battle.

All my macros /assist the focus. I have a separate key thats sets the focus to one of the characters.