Linking HUD layout to gear set

[OcieKo]

I want to say touchpad for PS4 controller, then theres a button combo to turn your left stick into a cursor, you an then just manually click a bar on the right side of your screen just for hotbar changing.

[Limonia]

I want to say touchpad for PS4 controller, then theres a button combo to turn your left stick into a cursor, you an then just manually click a bar on the right side of your screen just for hotbar changing.

I thought this only works for the PS4 version, but not the PC version.

The visual format would be a bit different but you could still do it with /chotbar (just add a 'c' to each line). The underlying principles are the same: you have (# of jobs)+(# of classes)+1(shared) versions of each chotbar 1 through 8 that you can use to swap bars in and out.

It's even actually more compact on a chotbar. For regular hotbars, you need two bars to handle all jobs and all classes, but you can fit all jobs and classes on a single chotbar (not even an expanded bar, just a regular chotbar). LT+button to change job category, RT+button to change job.





And whether you're using hotbars or chotbars, you can also add "/hudlayout #" to each category macro, and then you don't have to spend a million macro slots on job changes. Press the Healers button to change your hudlayout to healing layout and bring up the healer gearsets; press the melee DDs button to switch to your melee DD hudlayout and bring up the melee DD gearsets; etc.

Thanks, I'll look into it. I would prefer it to not use my hotbars for stuff like this anymore, but there is not really a good way to change your class together with a HUD layout other than using macros for it and putting them on your hotbars I guess.
I think it's a little inconvenient to have two instead of one button press every time I switch from one crafting class to another though. Or does it stay showing all the crafting classes if you press on the crafters symbol?

Now if we could have prettier macro icons as well... ^^

(And what if they someday remove classes and we only have jobs? We couldn't use macros like this anymore.)

[Niwashi]

I think it's a little inconvenient to have two instead of one button press every time I switch from one crafting class to another though. Or does it stay showing all the crafting classes if you press on the crafters symbol?

It should stay on whichever category you'd last selected, so the selecting category step would only apply when you're going from one category to another rather than e.g. from one crafting class to another.

But even when you are changing categories, if you compare it to the standard default way to switch gear sets:
1) From the main menu, open the character window.
2) From there, open the gear set list.
3) From there, select the gear set you want. (involves having to scroll through the list if on controller)

Instead this pattern has:
1) Switch to this gear sets cross-hotbar.
2) Select the category (if different than current)
3) Select the gear set.

It's no harder than before, in fact slightly easier since the last step doesn't need scrolling through the list, and the second step is sometimes unnecessary.

It is a fair amount of work to set it up in the first place, though.

[Rongway]

(And what if they someday remove classes and we only have jobs? We couldn't use macros like this anymore.)

You still would be able to. You'd just store each bar on a job instead. You'd still have (# of jobs)+1(shared) available versions of each hotbar.

[Limonia]

I tried it out and it was pretty easy and quick to set up.
I've used the pvp LB icons for each role for the icons, they were the only ones I found that had the role icons. Of course they are greyed out, but whatever. Better than the default macro icons with the numbers on them that don't differentiate between the DPS jobs.

When I change my hotbar set, my WXHB changes with it (I have it set to cycle so when I'm on hotbar 1 the WXHB shows hotbar 2. When I press R1 it changes to hotbar 3+4 and so on). So when I change to hotbar 8 the WXHB shows hotbar 1. But whatever. It's only for switching classes anyway.
I had planned to use hotbars 5-8 for emotes, but then I'll use 5-7 for it. 7 will show the job change bar above it then though... maybe you can make emote hotbars with macros like that as well?

(I would still like it to be able to link the HUD layout to a gearset like you can with your glamour plate though ^^)

[Rongway]

maybe you can make emote hotbars with macros like that as well?

You can make category bars for near anything you want! For example, emotes grouped by general mood (happy emotes, sad emotes, angry emotes) or by purpose (dances, greetings). You just have to have some bar somewhere that you can store the category bar. And you do. For any bar that is set to Share, you have 35 unused bars with the same number -- whether or not you've unlocked all classes and jobs, the bar is available to use for bar swaps.

[Limonia]

So would I do it the same way as with the gear/hud change macros, or would you suggest another way? It could maybe get confusing with emotes because there are many and the icons look so similar.
I do have all classes unlocked though, so I definitely have enough unsued hotbars for it. ^^