Mouseover Macros

Well, there isn't a subforum for macros, I figured I'd post it here rather than clutter the general forums.

The MO command used for macros feels incomplete right now. It goes like this:

No mouseover, No unit targeted:
Error Message.

No mouseover, one unit targeted:
Error Message.

One target with mouseover:
Cast spell on mouseover regardless of target.

Well, I guess in the literal sense it works, but I feel it'd work alot better this way:

No mouseover, No unit targeted:
Cast spell on user.

No mouseover, one unit targeted:
Cast spell on target.

One target with mouseover:
Cast spell on mouseover regardless of target.

This is what I've always loved about mouseover. Rather than just a tool to reduce the time your input takes, it also helps healers to quickly switch targets between themselves, a specific targeted player and other units.

Not to mention that the error messages just seem silly.

/micon "spell"
/ac "spell" <mo>
/ac "spell" <t>
/ac "spell" <me>

Does that not fix it?

That seems appropriate to me - makes a function like mouseover into a building block instead of a full featured casting apparatus. As is posted, it lets the macro writer decide how they want the priority for target and me. The error reporting seems a little sloppy, but that seems more a function with the overall error interface on the UI rather than a problem with mouseover that does exactly as it suggests.

IMO, I'd rather that /ac "spell" <me> never occurs during one of my command sequences, so having the primitive mouseover building block makes this possible.

Add a "clearerror" command for both chat and main screen and we can meet halfway there.

(If it exists, google hasn't been kind to me)

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Originally Posted by Retrograde

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Add a "clearerror" command for both chat and main screen and I'm sure we can meet halfway there. I can deal with it flooding my chat window, but the sound and error message that pop in the middle of my screen are hella distracting.

(If the "clearerror" exists, google hasn't been kind to me)

And I didn't mean to overwrite the current command, but add a different one with more options.

that's what I use for healing

/micon "Physick"
/ac "Physick" <mo>
/ac "Physick" <t>
/ac "Physick" <me>

works great