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December 28, 2009, 05:06 AM
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Cormanthor 85 Orc Warlock Undermine US PvE Profile: Blizzard Armory Talent Tree: Demonology |
Macro Guide
Macro Guide (v 4.0.6) Macros are a very powerful, often misunderstood tool offered by Blizzard. This guide aims to be useful to beginner to intermediate level macro creation and use. Not everything presented will be directly useful for Warlocks, but most of use have alts on the side too. Macro capabilities There are many things macros can do, but there are some very important things that macros cannot do. Under no circumstances can a macro check for buffs, debuffs or cooldowns. Macros cannot delay a spellcast since all spells require a hardware interaction to fire. Macros cannot use more than one GCD per click (some spells do not consume a GCD, and therefore can be chained). Macros cannot exceed 255 characters in length.* *Addons have the ability to extend macros to 1024 characters in length. Macro Basics The basic format of a macro command is: Code:
/command [conditionals] object When a set of conditionals are not met, the object isn't acted on by the command. For example: Code:
/cast [@mouseover,help] Dark Intent Code:
/cast [@mouseover,help][@pet] Dark Intent Commands You can use any slash command in a macro, including: /lol -- or any emotes /s, /p, /ra, /bg, /g, /1, /2, -- or any other chat mode /cast or /use -- these two commands are interchangeable /castsequence -- this is a special form of cast /console -- this allows you to adjust game settings like sound effects /run or /script -- these allow you to execute Lua code directly /click -- this allows you to ‘click’ another button /stopmacro -- this stops the macro. Only useful with conditionals. /petattack, /petfollow, /petstay -- tells your pet to attack/follow/stay (/petstay still works in 4.2) /petmoveto -- gives you the targeting reticule for the 'Move To' command. /petassist, /petdefensive, /petpassive -- sets the mode your pet is in /petautocaston, /petautocastoff, /petautocasttoggle -- on/off/toggle for pet abilities /dismount -- gets you off your mount and back on your feet /leavevehicle -- gets you out of your current vehicle /equipset -- equips a specific set by name from the Equipment Manager /equip or /equipslot -- to equip particular items (optionally to specific slots) /follow, /fol, or /f -- follow your target (works with targeting conditionals) /usetalents -- used to change specs /randompet -- summons a random non-combat pet /assist or /a -- changes to your target's target /focus and /clearfocus -- sets or clears a focus target /target, /tar, and /cleartarget -- used to set (and clear) your target. Can be a named target (ie /tar Darkened Creations) /targetenemy or /targetenemyplayer -- cycles through targets (or just enemy players) just like <tab> /targetfriend or /targetfriendplayer -- cycles through friendlies (or just friendly players) just like <ctrl + tab> /targetlasttarget -- switches back to your previous target (useful for target swapping) #show or #showtooltip -- these commands work with the ‘?’ icon to show your spell’s icon Conditionals While optional, conditionals allow you to select the target of your command or perform checks to allow or disallow your command to execute. They are always in [brackets], and multiple conditions are separated by commas. The @ is new and replaces ‘target=’ (saves space). You can also put the word ‘no’ directly in front of any conditional except the ones that start with ‘@’. The ‘/’ listed below is an ‘or’, where 1/…/6 means any number 1 through 6. Test conditions actionbar:1/.../6 or bar:1/.../6 -- Given action bar page is selected bonusbar:5 -- The possess bar is active (controlling a vehicle or another player) button:1/.../5 or btn:1/.../5 -- Macro activated with the given mouse button exists -- Target exists dead -- Target is dead, but exists harm -- Can cast harmful spells on the target, and the target exists help -- Can cast helpful spells on the target, and the target exists party -- Target is in your party raid -- Target is in your raid/party group or group:party/raid -- You are in the given type of group flyable -- In a zone where flying is allowed flying -- Mounted or in flight form AND in the air swimming -- Self explanatory mounted -- Self explanatory indoors/outdoors -- Self explanatory modifier:shift/ctrl/alt or mod:shift/ctrl/alt -- Holding the given key pet:<pet name or type> -- The given pet is out spec:1/2 -- Currently active talents stance:0/1/2/.../n or form:0/.../n -- In a stance. Meta is [form:2] stealth -- Stealthed channeling or channeling:<spell name> -- Channeling the given spell combat -- In combat equipped:<item type> or worn:<item type> -- item type is equipped (item type can be an inventory slot, item type, or item subtype) vehicleui or unithasvehicleui -- the player (or targeted unit) is in a vehicle Targets You can also attach ‘target’ to the end of these, indicating that unit’s target, as many times as you like (Ex. @pettargettarget). There is a running joke about Kevin Bacon that involves @targettargettargettargettargettarget... @player -- This is you @pet -- This is your pet @vehicle -- This is your vehicle @party1/…/4 -- Party members 1-4 @partypet1/…/4 -- Party members’ pets 1-4 @raid1/…/40 -- Raid members 1-40 @raidpet1/…/40 -- Raid members’ pets 1-40 @focus -- This is your focus @target -- This is your target @mouseover -- This is the unit under your mouse @arena1/…/5 -- These are your arena enemies @boss1/…/4 -- I haven’t seen these used yet, but they correspond to the four new boss unit frames Objects The command at the beginning of the line will often need something to act on. That is where the object comes in. Objects can be spells, items, or units. You can also specify what rank you want to cast in a spell by adding the suffix ‘(Rank x)’, where ‘x’ is the rank you’d like to cast. You can include more than one object per command if you use conditionals. The first condition that evaluates to ‘true’ will pass its object to the command. See the examples below. You can prevent toggling an ability off by preceding its name with an exclamation mark. (ie /cast !Shoot) Examples This will cast Immolate at your current target. Code:
/cast Immolate Code:
#showtooltip /cast [pet:Imp,@focus,harm][pet:Imp] Firebolt /cast Immolate Code:
#showtooltip /cast [@mouseover,help][] Unending Breath Code:
/usetalents [spec:2] 1; 2 Code:
/follow [btn:4] party4; [btn:3] party3; [btn:2] party2; party1 Code:
/use [mod:alt] Mythical Healing Potion /use Fel Healthstone /ra I had a cookie, but I eated it Code:
#showtooltip /cast [@arena1,mod:alt][@arena2,mod:ctrl][] Curse of Exhaustion  It will try to summon my Abyssal Seahorse if I'm swimming (use <alt> to skip this mount), or my Violet Protodrake if the area is flyable (use <shift> to skip this mount), or my White Polar Bear if I am in a raid group. If none of these conditions are met, it will try to summon my X-53 Touring Rocket, Dreadsteed or Dark War Talbuk. If I am mounted, or in a vehicle, it will try to dismount me. Code:
#showtooltip /cancelform /castrandom [swimming,nomod:alt,nomounted]Abyssal Seahorse;[nomounted,flyable,nomod:shift]Violet Proto-Drake;[nomounted,group:raid]White Polar Bear,[nomounted]X-53 Touring Rocket, Dreadsteed, Dark War Talbuk /dismount [mounted] /leavevehicle This is a pretty complex looking macro that one might use for your main nuke. It turns off sound effects, then tries to pop both of your trinkets. No annoying “That’s not ready yet” warnings for the trinkets. It will also put your Imp’s Firebolt on autocast (corrects a periodic bug that has cropped up from time to time since Wrath). And if you have your Felguard out, he will pop Felstorm if it's off CD. Once it is done with all that, it clears the error frame (before you could even see it pop up) and reenables sound effects for the actual spell cast of Shadow Bolt. The ‘#showtooltip’ part is useful with the ‘?’ icon to show the tooltip for Shadow Bolt. Code:
#showtooltip Shadow Bolt /console Sound_EnableSFX 0 /use 13 /use 14 /petautocaston [pet:Imp] Firebolt /cast [pet:Felguard] Felstorm /script UIErrorsFrame:Clear() /console Sound_EnableSFX 1 /cast Shadow Bolt Code:
#showtooltip Banish /petpassive /focus [@focus,dead][@focus,noexists] target /cast [@focus,btn:1] Banish /clearfocus [btn:2] Code:
#showtooltip /cast [mod:alt] Soulburn /cast [nochanneling:Drain Life] Drain Life Code:
#showtooltip Soul Fire /console Sound_EnableSFX 0 /use 13 /use 14 /cast [nobtn:2] Soulburn /script UIErrorsFrame:Clear() /console Sound_EnableSFX 1 /cast Soul Fire Code:
#showtooltip [form:0] Metamorphosis /cast [form:0] Demon Soul /cast [form:0] Metamorphosis /castsequence [form:2] reset=29 Immolation Aura(Metamorphosis), Demon Leap(Metamorphosis), Immolation Aura(Metamorphosis) Wowpedia.org/Macro_API Wowpedia.org/Making_a_macro Fitzcairn's Macro Explain-o-matic
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Some days it's just not worth chewing through the restraints. Last edited by Cormanthor; November 12, 2011 at 04:36 PM.. Reason: Minor update |
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April 02, 2010, 05:05 PM
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Skewd 79 Undead Warlock Frostwolf US PvP |
Re: Macro Guide
TYVM for this guide, it is appreciated. I would love to know how to do something and for the life of me, using the above and being in game can not for the life of me make it work. I know it's simple and I'm sure it's a small thing I'm either missing or doing wrong or dont' understand. When I'm solo'ing and when in randoms I like to tab target almost everthing .... so Tab ... then I would like a macro doing: Corruption (instacast), Curse of Agony (instacast) and then Immolate (cast time). I think I know what a GCD is and I think the first two are instant cast so their not on the GCD but the Immolate would be? Here is what I've tried so far, don't giggle 8) /cast Corruption @target /cast Curse of Agony @ target /stopcast {done this both with and without this line} /cast Immolate @ target No matter what I do it'll cast the first one, either one, but then say I can't cast that yet ... is that the GCD talking to me and both those spells fall under that? TY for the guide, it really is appreciated. If I gone about contacting you the wrong way, please forgive me. TY, chad aka skewd on the Frostwolf server |
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April 02, 2010, 07:06 PM
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Re: Macro Guide
Instant cast doesn't mean no GCD. It only mean it's apply directly on the target(so no cast) but you still have to wait the minimal time between two spell(=global cooldown). So you can't cast corruption,agony,immolate in a one push button maccro. The best you can do is using a /castsequence corruption,agonie,immolate which will cast corruption on the first push, agony on the seconde, immolate on the third,.... Some very rare talent are off gcd(demonic empowerment,metamorphosis) and can be combine with a spell |
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April 02, 2010, 07:48 PM
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Skewd 79 Undead Warlock Frostwolf US PvP |
Re: Macro Guide
Thnx so much for the reply. |
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April 03, 2010, 04:17 AM
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Varsang 85 Blood Elf Warlock Stormrage Euro PvE Guild: Unqualified Talent Tree: Affliction |
Re: Macro Guide
Hey all my first post on the fourms woot I'm looking for a macro that was used on me when I was playing my rogue. It's a macro to knock a rogue out of stealth I asked the lock how he did it he told me twas a macro useing Coe but not what the macro was. I have heard other locks talk about this macro does any one know of this ? |
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April 17, 2010, 07:20 AM
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Eschatos 85 Gnome Warlock Moonglade Euro RP PvE Guild: Nightfall Profile: Blizzard Armory Talent Tree: Affliction |
Re: Macro Guide
@Varsung, this is what I use: #showtooltip /cast [pet:voidwalker] consume shadows /targetenemy [noharm][dead] /cast curse of exhaustion First things first:I'm not good at macros. Any help is very appreciated. I want a macro to cast Drain Life when not channeling, and Drain Mana if have the shift button pressed, again when not channeling. It should be a quite simple macro, I just can't sort it out. Just want to mix these too with the shift button on Drain Mana /cast [nochanneling:Drain Life] Drain Life and /cast [nochanneling:Drain Mana] Drain Mana cheers
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Don't worry, it only hurts till you die. Last edited by Eschatos; April 17, 2010 at 07:23 AM.. |
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April 17, 2010, 07:26 AM
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Cormanthor 85 Orc Warlock Undermine US PvE Profile: Blizzard Armory Talent Tree: Demonology |
Re: Macro Guide
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#showtooltip /cast [nochanneling, mod:shift] Drain Mana; [nochanneling] Drain Life
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April 17, 2010, 10:13 AM
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Eschatos 85 Gnome Warlock Moonglade Euro RP PvE Guild: Nightfall Profile: Blizzard Armory Talent Tree: Affliction |
Re: Macro Guide
Thank you, works just fine  I also added Shadow Bolt in it, now that I get how it works: #showtooltip /cast [nochanneling, mod:shift] Drain Mana; [mod:ctrl] Shadow Bolt; [nochanneling] Drain Life just fantastic in affl pvp So I spent a lot of time today to set my macros for arena etc, and while i was in Arathi Basin I got DC'd and all the macros I did today are gone..... WTF!!!!
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Don't worry, it only hurts till you die. Last edited by Eschatos; April 17, 2010 at 07:56 AM.. |
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April 17, 2010, 02:49 PM
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Cormanthor 85 Orc Warlock Undermine US PvE Profile: Blizzard Armory Talent Tree: Demonology |
Re: Macro Guide
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April 17, 2010, 03:51 PM
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DoomOracle 80 Undead Warlock Cho'gall US PvP Guild: Redemption in Depravity Profile: Blizzard Armory Talent Tree: Affliction |
Re: Macro Guide
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