Formation - Finally found a way to get my guy to break /follow without pressing any additional keys

[Deshu]

Honestly, I had no idea the G15 had a toggle feature like that. That's cool how you used it; I really need to get one.

When you go in to edit the macro it gives you the option to delay, pause, toggle, etc. Theoritcally, if I held the button down for too long they'd simply strafe off into the distance... so I guess it takes some timing but it's such a simple formation to use that I don't worry about timing because while my one finger is pressing that button my other finger is firing away at my target. The true main reason I wanted this formation was for the skilled use of traps. So I can place outer frost traps or a range of immolation traps (which are wckedly cool btw)!

[Talamarr]

I think what you are doing is fine. I took what you said "Then I just programmed the G15 key to record the multiple keystrokes" and not knowing about the toggle feature of the keyboard as something else. Carry on with your coolness

[Knytestorme]

I'm having to press the same button for movement (which is no different than you pressing and holding your strafe left button). All I did was set it up so that my finger doesn't have to move off the 1 single button.

If you mean you just hold the key down the same way you would for moving forward for instance then this is considered automation by Blizz and has had posts about it from blues in CSF to confirm it. I argued against that for a while but then had an analogy pointed out to me that set me at ease that it would actually be automation.

[Talamarr]

I'm having to press the same button for movement (which is no different than you pressing and holding your strafe left button). All I did was set it up so that my finger doesn't have to move off the 1 single button.

If you mean you just hold the key down the same way you would for moving forward for instance then this is considered automation by Blizz and has had posts about it from blues in CSF to confirm it. I argued against that for a while but then had an analogy pointed out to me that set me at ease that it would actually be automation.

That's not what he's doing. He presses key X, it does one thing, releases, presses the same key X again and it does something different. Sort of like a castsequence but through the keyboard.

[Deshu]

I'm having to press the same button for movement (which is no different than you pressing and holding your strafe left button). All I did was set it up so that my finger doesn't have to move off the 1 single button.

If you mean you just hold the key down the same way you would for moving forward for instance then this is considered automation by Blizz and has had posts about it from blues in CSF to confirm it. I argued against that for a while but then had an analogy pointed out to me that set me at ease that it would actually be automation.

Do you happen to have a link to any information pertaining to this that would argue the fact that Blizzard calls it automation? Thanks!

*EDIT* I found Vynd's link... thanks.

[Deshu]

Keybindings
If the signal is identical but you have a different keybinding for the signal is that automation. Eg. If I push a button and one character moves left and another moves right.

"Fine. "

-Belfaire, Blizzard Poster [9]



Am I missing something? They say it is fine?

[Toned]

You're fine with what you're doing. It's more if you press key X and 2 toons strafe left and right, then like 1second later toon 3 moves back into formation or just taps back... Then that is automation.

The simple form is 1 key for 1 action (might be 3 different actions on 3 clients but it's 1 key for 1 input how your clients handle the input is different).

Your setup is 2 actions for 2 keypresses. The example I used above is multiple "timed" actions for 1 keypress which is a no-no.

[Sivier]

I'm using Hotkeynet at this moment. With only pressing my numpad 7 my 5 toons make a diamond form.

<hotkey NUMPAD7>
<sendpc local>
<sendwin "World of Warcraft">
<keyDown W>
<sendpc 192.168.1.4>
<sendwinm WoW2>
<keyDown E>
<sendwinm WoW1>
<keyDown Q>
<sendpc 192.168.1.5>
<sendwinm WoW2>
<keyDown S>
<sendwinm WoW1>
<key w>

<hotkeyUp NUMPAD7>
<sendpc local>
<sendwin "World of Warcraft">
<keyUp W>
<sendpc 192.168.1.4>
<sendwinm WoW2>
<keyUp E>
<sendwinm WoW1>
<keyUp Q>
<sendpc 192.168.1.5>
<sendwinm WoW2>
<keyUp S>

For the WoW1 on the 192.168.1.5 i didnt use a KeyDown, just a single Key W tap so he dont keep follow my leader. ^^