What Everybody Wants: Shorter, Simpler Macros

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Originally Posted by Laraul

Macros are stored in UTF-16 format... All combined it's less than 300Kb for every possible Macro, Map marker, etc... and these aren't fetched from the HDD until needed...

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If macros are stored in UTF-16, then every macro book is ~288KB, so storing all macros would take ~2.7MB. This shouldn't be any issue at all for the PS2 to handle (and makes my calculations on a previous mage even more feasible, since I assumed 8-bit encoding).

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Originally Posted by Laraul

I would just like an /optimize command... for equipping the optimal gear for a specific job or level. I would also like to cycle thru multiple ways of inventory sorting... like name, job, level, slot, type, etc...

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If I understand it correctly, it would be hard to implement. How do you even define optimal? For so much situational gear.. I believe it would require quite some computational power and would only give approximate results. Equipment description is stored in text form, so either it would have to be parsed (which is not possible to do correctly, due to translation errors and hidden/unclear effects) or every item would have to be stored as some sort of struct with all its stats stored internally, which would require a lot of space.

On the other hand, if you wanna do the computation server side, it would be nearly impossible to manage with thousands of active players spamming spells all the time. Or did I misunderstand what you said?

Thought.
Most of the macro issuing is because of equips. So;
Have a toggle switch. Flip the switch, this maco now has 16 spaces, but now can only be used for equip specific lines. This would allow people to have thier equip macro sets in any spot they want.

Been waiting for more macro lines for years now, hitting 2 macros to change gear is very annoying. Please SE make this happen.

I think the /equipset idea is pure genius.

Not really...I'd love to be able to access more complex commands. Shorter is definitely good though.

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Originally Posted by Twille

I think the /equipset idea is pure genius.

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same...would be a shame if this wasn't explored

I also agree, this thread has some great ideas, i will be intrested to see if SE would implement such a macro system.

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However, allowing the /wait command to be placed on the same line as the previous command is, to use an analogy that has particularly amused me, "like applying a bandage to a severed head."

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Since I came back i heard they changed the /wait macro system. I use macros frequently and usually have a /wait in each one..

I remember before it had to be /wait for like 3 seconds? idk. How is the /wait command used in macros?

They changed it so you can do <wait 5> in the same macro line as the previous command. Like this

/ja "Provoke" <t>
/wait 15
/echo Provoke ready in 15.
/wait 15
/echo Provoke ready.

This can now be done this way:
/ja "Provoke" <t> <wait 15>
/echo Provoke ready in 15. <wait 15>
/echo Provoke ready.

oh so you just use the <>'s, i see.
what does /echo do? tell it to your pt?