[Guide] Compressing Macros
by Zeph | 09/06/2008 16:58:35 Have you ever reached a Macro Limit and was unable to complete your Uber Macro? Here are some Tips you may find useful to save those precious few macro characters! IMPORTANT NOTE: All spells and macros here are purely EXAMPLES and are not 'decent' or 'to be used' macros. So please don't say "Why did you do <this> macro when its completely useless or could be done better?" Replacements: Use "/use" instead of "/cast". It works exactly the same, but is one character shorter! Use "/userandom" instead of "/castrandom" Use "/s" "/p" "y" "/w or /t" "/g" etc instead of "/say" "/party" "/yell" "/whisper" "/guild" etc Use "/cast <Spell>" instead of "/cast <Spell>(Rank #)" if you want to cast the maximum rank of that spell Use "/use ##" instead of "/use <ItemNameHere>" when using an equipped item (EG: trinket). Info here: http://www.wowwiki.com/InventorySlotId Use "/use item:#####" instead of "/use <VeryLongItemNameHere>" when using a non-equipped item (EG: Mount) Use "/run" instead of "/script" Use "/tar" instead of "/target" Use "/a" instead of "/assist" Use "[btn:#]" instead of "[button:#]" Use "[mod:###]" instead of "[modifier:###]" Use "[worn:####]" instead of "[equipped:####]" Use "[form:#]" instead of "[stance:#]" Use "[bar:#]" instead of "[actionbar:#]" Formatting: Reduce the use of repeated spell names. For example: /cast [target=targettarget,help] Flash Heal; [help] Flash Heal; [target=mouseover,help] Flash Heal Can be made much shorter: /cast [target=targettarget,help][help][target=mouseover,help] Flash Heal Reduce the use of repeated slash commands. For example: /cast [stance:1] Retaliation /cast [stance:2] Shield Wall /cast [stance:3] Recklessness Is much shorter if it was written: /cast [stance:1] Retaliation; [stance:3] Recklessness; Shield Wall Do not use: /cast [help,exists] Flash Heal Because [help], [harm], [dead], [party], and [raid] all include the effect of [exists]. Reversing the order of conditions may produce a shorter macro: /cast [noequipped:shields] Revenge; Shield Slam Is shorter if reversed: /cast [equipped:shields] Shield Slam; Revenge Another example: "[nostance:3]" is shorter then "[stance:1/2/4/5]" Use a "/stopmacro [option]" instead of many repeats of a "[option]" condition. For example: /cast [mod:ctrl,target=targettarget,help][mod:ctrl,help][mod:ctrl,target=mou seover,help] Flash Heal /cast [nomod:ctrl,target=targettarget,help][nomod:ctrl,help][nomod:ctrl,targ et=mouseover,help] Greater Heal Is shorter if it was: /cast [mod:ctrl,target=targettarget,help][mod:ctrl,help][mod:ctrl,target=mou seover,help] Flash Heal /stopmacro [mod:ctrl] /cast [target=targettarget,help][help][target=mouseover,help] Greater Heal Reduce the number of spaces you use. For example: /cast [mod:ctrl,target=targettarget,help][mod:ctrl,help][mod:ctrl,target=mou seover,help]Flash Heal;[target=targettarget,help][help][target=mouseover,help][]Greater Heal Is shorter then: /cast [ mod:ctrl, target=targettarget, help ] [ mod:ctrl, help ] [ mod:ctrl, target=mouseover, help ] Flash Heal; [ target=targettarget, help ] [ help ] [ target=mouseover, help ] [ ] Greater Heal You must have a space between a slash command and the first spell/option, but the rest can be space-less. Note: Special commands such as resets in castsequences require spaces as below: /castsequence reset=combat [option]<spell>,<spell>,<spell>;[option]<spell> ;,<spell>,<spell> Generally though this makes macros harder to read, so only do this if you really need to! #showtooltips with [options] can (usually) be far simpler then a repeat of your macro's conditions. For example: #showtooltip [mod:ctrl] Flash Heal; Greater Heal instead of: #showtooltip [mod:ctrl,target=targettarget,help][mod:ctrl,help][mod:ctrl,target=mou seover,help] Flash Heal; [target=targettarget,help][help][target=mouseover,help] Greater Heal This is only applicable if you use something between the #showtooltip and the spell(s), for example a trinket. (Thanx Gotai) If you find any errors (see Important Note at the top first!) or can suggest improvements or have better examples, please let me know. If you have your own Tips please (please!) reply with them and i shall add them to the list and Credit you If you found this guide usefull please feel free to report for sticky. [ Post edited by Zeph ] Zeph 70 Dorph Priest, Healer Zephman 70 Human Warrior, Tank Zephy 70 Human Rogue, Mutilate Zephster 66 Gnome Mage, Frost AOE Zephish 49 Nelf Hunter, Twink Marks |
by Vaneras | 10/06/2008 15:43:56 Nice :-) Added this to the UI Sticky compilation thread: http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=304192506& ;sid=1 Behold! The glorious Epic Mug of Vaneras... More commonly known as The Alebringer: http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z57/Vaneras_bucket/EpicMug.jpg |
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