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    Core1019's Avatar
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    Any way to get multiple abilities on the same key?

    Pretty sure there isn't, but it'd be great if I could have something like:

    if (Thundercloud)
    Thunder3
    else
    Thunder

    I'm having trouble finding enough keys for everything (I'm not good with Ctrl/shift+key etc).

    Or are there any other solutions to such a problem?
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    I understand your pain. Unfortunately, you can't do If/then/else commands with macros. Basically, your only options are (use X-skill) and (/wait). Macros also have a built-in delay which decreases your overall damage output making them even less useful for combat purposes. To make matters worse, holding SHIFT blocks all movement other than strafe left/right. :/

    The easiest solution is to get a gaming mouse with multiple buttons to which you can assign the Shift+ functions. I've heard some people also swear use the mouse for movement, but that just feels incredibly awkward to me.
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    Last edited by Chasely; 03-29-2016 at 04:12 AM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Chasely View Post
    To make matters worse, holding SHIFT blocks all movement other than strafe left/right. :/
    I just tested this right now and it most certainly does not.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Chasely View Post
    The easiest solution is to get a gaming mouse with multiple buttons to which you can assign the Shift+ functions. I've heard some people also swear use the mouse for movement, but that just feels incredibly awkward to me.
    This is a nice idea, I've ordered a cheap one. Hopefully it'll make this much easier. Thanks for the advice
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    it does for me. >.>
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    I mean, I'm using WASD to move and I don't have shift as a modifier on my keybinds.
    If you've set your game up otherwise, results may differ.
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    Ah, yeah. As a left-handed person, there's no way I could function on WASD. My hands would be constantly getting in each other's way.
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    Based on my experience coding, I can tell you this will be no simple feature to make.

    To make this possible, the easiest way is to make macros accept logic gates. What that would entail however, would be the ability for people to start legitimately botting without a 3rd party program - because "if"/"while"/"for"/"else"/"etc" is exactly what is necessary to write working software (bots). It is possible to write a program (game in this case) that lets you write "Scripts" (kinda like macros needed to make your idea work) that you can manually program, but I think some very fundamental rules in the game will have to be changed for this to be a good idea.
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    Y'kayah Tia
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    Quote Originally Posted by Luxea View Post
    To make this possible, the easiest way is to make macros accept logic gates. What that would entail however, would be the ability for people to start legitimately botting without a 3rd party program - because "if"/"while"/"for"/"else"/"etc" is exactly what is necessary to write working software (bots). It is possible to write a program (game in this case) that lets you write "Scripts" (kinda like macros needed to make your idea work) that you can manually program, but I think some very fundamental rules in the game will have to be changed for this to be a good idea.
    They could add conditionals without adding loops. They could even specify what types of conditions those conditional statements can use. They did it with FFXII's gambit system, and if they wanted to they could implement something similar here with macros. That wouldn't go as far as allowing full-fledged botting. It would, however, make macros a lot more powerful than they currently are, and that's something they're trying to avoid. (They're afraid if macros are too powerful, they'd become de facto required.)
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    You cannot bind multiple gcd weaponskills actions to the same key with a macro without using /wait, but you can do it for ogcd skills by ignoring the wait command and turning off error messages in your options, they will fire off as fast as if they were seperated but you just have to hit the button more than once to trigger multiple skills. I keep Internal Release and Blood for Blood on the same key with this macro. It is very helpful if you play with a controller and want to save hotbar space.

    /macroicon "Blood for Blood"
    /ac "Internal Release"
    /ac "Blood for Blood"
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