HowTo: Switch between Performance HUD and Combat HUD

Update: With the 4.2 changes to the Performance action, which give performance its own hud element and keybinds, this guide is obsolete.
I have left it for future reference regarding storage of hotbars on unused classes.

The original guide used two macros because of the need for a hud layout change. If you just want to cycle two hotbars without changing your hud layout, it can be done with a single macro.

Code:

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/hotbar copy JOB 1 CLA 2
/hotbar copy CLA 1 JOB 1
/hotbar copy CLA 2 CLA 1

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Pre-4.2 Performance-specific post follows:

Hi folks, just wanted to share this for those who want a quick toggle between performance mode and normal mode. This assumes you have four bars free for a three octave "piano" layout, and two base classes to store the bars on.

For this example, I'll be using ARC to store my combat bars and PGL to store my performance bars. HUD layout 4 is my performance HUD, and layout 1 is my combat HUD.

Switching to performance mode:

Code:

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/hotbar copy BRD 1 ARC 1
/hotbar copy BRD 2 ARC 2
/hotbar copy BRD 3 ARC 3
/hotbar copy BRD 4 ARC 4
/hotbar copy PGL 1 BRD 1
/hotbar copy PGL 2 BRD 2
/hotbar copy PGL 3 BRD 3
/hotbar copy PGL 4 BRD 4
/hudlayout 4

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Switching to combat mode:

Code:

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/hotbar copy BRD 1 PGL 1
/hotbar copy BRD 2 PGL 2
/hotbar copy BRD 3 PGL 3
/hotbar copy BRD 4 PGL 4
/hotbar copy ARC 1 BRD 1
/hotbar copy ARC 2 BRD 2
/hotbar copy ARC 3 BRD 3
/hotbar copy ARC 4 BRD 4
/hudlayout 1

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1) First, switch to BRD and put your "To Performance HUD" button on your bar.
Important: The button to switch to performance mode should be on one of the bars that is switching over.

2) Activate the performance mode macro to save your combat bars to ARC. This will also switch to the HUD layout that you will use for performing. It will also replace your bars with whatever was on your PGL bars.

3) At this point, you should replace the "to performance mode" macro with the "back to combat mode" macro. The two macros should never be on your bars at the same time.

4) Now you can set up your bars like so, discarding the PGL actions:
https://i.imgur.com/VBMxRoF.png

or

https://i.imgur.com/Y2K43kO.png

In my personal experience, the piano-style layout is better for clicky clicky playing, but the one with each bar being a semitone series feels better for playing on [1] ~ [=] with modifier keys to change octaves. Use whichever you feel more comfortable with.

Once you've got all the buttons on, including a button for the combat mode macro,

5) activate the combat mode macro to save your "piano" to PGL and switch back to your BRD combat bars.

Now you should be able to use the switch macros to go back and forth easily.

This is awesome, thank you!

Is there also a way to change keybindings at the same time as changing layout ? Or are we stuck with our fighting keybindings (in which case I'm fucked...) ?

oh well, i got the wrong idea x_X don't think you can change keybinds with macros :x

Is there any option to add specified macro to hotbar with "hotbar" or another command? (for example - by number)

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Originally Posted by TerminatorTM

Is there any option to add specified macro to hotbar with "hotbar" or another command? (for example - by number)

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The system doesn't allow assigning singular macros to bars, but they are allowed to transfer with a whole hotbar copy. My swap macros are in the same hotbar slot on their respective setups, so that one button acts as a toggle between the two.

You, are a god. <3 thank you for sharing this! it works perfectly! :D

You rock! I've been looking for this all day D:

Really useful setup, ty! Make sure to avoid losing hotbars by overwriting the wrong one. Put the macros on a non-shared toolbar so only one of the two is showing at a time, or after the initial copy remove copying the toolbars to the storage jobs(the lines that copy to the arc & pgl).

Not sure what I did wrong, but it's not saving my hotbars. It'll keep them for a little while, but after doing an instance or something, I loose everything on my performance bars.

EDIT: Gave it another try, following what Dustytome said. Hoping having the macros apart will be the difference.

For some reason, I am having a hard time wrapping my head around those macros. How would it work putting bard actions and perform notes on a different class like pugilist? When I'm setting it up, do I need to put my perform notes on a base class on a different hud layout?

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Originally Posted by Rikuh

For some reason, I am having a hard time wrapping my head around those macros. How would it work putting bard actions and perform notes on a different class like pugilist? When I'm setting it up, do I need to put my perform notes on a base class on a different hud layout?

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No. Perform the steps in the order described. It doesn't matter what classes you use as long as one macro does (save BRD->class1, load class2->BRD) and the other goes (save BRD->class2, load class1->BRD). You will set up your performance bars after activating the "To Performance HUD" macro the first time. The first time you press it is just to save your BRD combat bars elsewhere. Immediately replace it with the "To Combat HUD" macro but do not press it again until you're done setting up your performance bars.

When you switch hotbars will it switch keybinds as well, or do I have to edit the macros to do that? Sorry if this is kind of stupid I'm new to doing this.

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Originally Posted by DriftyFlea

When you switch hotbars will it switch keybinds as well, or do I have to edit the macros to do that? Sorry if this is kind of stupid I'm new to doing this.

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Nvm i figured it out