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Some notes on Alias' and Macro's. Note spelling MAY be wrong, and you need to check specific commands.

To get a list of commands type /log to turn logging on and then // to get a list of the commands. The log is in your SWG directory.

There are 2 types of Macro's.

Those found under the Ctrl + A option and the second type is Alias'

Alias's can be made by typing /alias myalias: /cmd; /pause 2; /cmd2

Having created several Alias' you can save them by typeing /save c:\macro.txt

OR you can create a text file in Windows, but each line in it and then type /load c:\Macro.txt

Alias and Macro's do NOt conflict with each other. So you can have a macro called Fight1 which has various attack commands in it, and you can have an Alias with the same name, tthen you can either click on the Button OR type /fight1 and it will do the same job.

Any command you can put in a Macro can also be put in a alias.

So if you wanted to set up a Macro and an Alias to put armour on, use the Macro cmd earlier stated in this thread to goto a particular toolbar, then use all the buttons on that toolbar and then return to toolbar1 . Note there is a cmd to change to a toolbar and 1 to use a slot in the current toolbar ie

Macroname is Arm1

/ui action toolbarSlot03; /ui select slot 2 cmd (I can't remeber it off the top of my head) ; /ui slot3 ;/ui slot4 etc; /ui back to first toolbar

Then do the same thing in an alias.Drag your respective armour segments too the correct tool bar slots and the macro to somewhere on the first toolbar.

Also make an alias for the same cmd OR on that just calls the slot on the first toolbar.

That way you either press the appropriate function key or type /cmd and it will take your armour off or on.

If you set up 2 of these in different orders you can take all your armour off and then put your clothes onOr with the second 1you take your clothes off and put your armour on.

I generally name macros/alias for this knid of thing as /arm1 and /arm2 that way if you run the first itdoes one thing, or the put the 2 on the end does the reverse,

I hope this makes some kind of sense.

Note if you make a ttx file to create the Alias' then you can make it nice and neat, if you use the /save option it makes a mess of it, but it still works.

The text file should look like this:

alias1: /cmd1; /cmd2; etc

alias2: /cmd3; /cmd4; etc

semi-colons go between cmd's.

Note. to save yourself pain, create a Macro to /load c:\mymacrofile.txt

that way each time you log on, hit this macro, and your alias file is loaded.

Gruntbacca

Starsider/Tatooine/Mos Entha

Novice Architect-Marksman-CH

Good Hunting

Refer to :

http://forums.station.sony.com/swg/board/message?board.id=game_guides&message.id=3098

for more info.

Niding01

/g Target is- %TT - Click on me then type /assist to get my target

that should work - If you don't put the /g (groupchat) then it will say it aloud, i would probably use /shout instead

Assuming you were targeting a Kreetlethen itshould do the Following:

Target is- a Kreetle - Click on me then type /assist to get my Target

I have used both the %TT and the /assist quite well.

Gruntbacca

Can someone tell me how to make a dance macro with flourishes pls?

I got the 'switch gun' macro working ok, but I can't figure out how to make a macro to Un-Equip my weapon anymore.

Sometimes you don't want to carry a weapon at all. When you only use one weapon it's pretty easy just to stick an icon of the weapon on the taskbar.. Click - the weapon is equipped. Click again - the weapon is not equipped. This is not so easy to do if you use more than one weapon it seems.

Has anyone figured out a macro to Un-Equip your weapons when you use two or more weapons?

I was thinking of trying to find some item that goes in your hand that isn't a weapon and equipping that. Only way I've found so far is to hotkey each weapon, but slots are kinda too valuable for this. Any ideas out there?

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Ibav wrote:

/dump -stop a currently running macro

The following macro will loop forever until you log out or do /dump if you put it in slot 1:

/sit;

/pause 10;

/stand;

/pause 10;

/ui action toolbarSlot00;

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You can simply move/remove the macro from slot 1 one the toobar and the macro will stop the next time around or you can edit the macro text while it is running.

Thanks for the /dump info. Sometimes I have to take off somewhere and if the macro is still running, I'll see myself sitdown or kneel mid-run. It's annoying in that case, especially if I'm fighting a mob.

Can someone tell me what i must do to make a macro that will make my character continually mine for resources

Have heard it has been disabled. If you just want to sample nearly non-stop, max your action substats with a healthy bit into your mind substats, and get scouting so you can build camps and mine in safety(and wear no armor). My human Artisan can sample for about 15-20 mins with 2 or 3 mins downtime. You MAY be able to set a macro to sample with a pause of 600 or 900 seconds (10 or 15 mins), then sit pause for 180 seconds (3 mins) then stand and go to it again, then just retype the macro so it covers an hours time.

Sample: (check for exact phrasing of action commands)

/sample

/pause900

/sit

/pause180

/stand

/sample (repeat all lines as many times as you can before SWG says too much

Also never used pause in macros yet, just learned it today, so may be written as /pause 900 or as /pause900 seconds.

/pause 900

it is

greetz

cyber

Actually, the following technique will work a little better:

/sample;
/pause 4;
/sit;
/pause 30;
/stand;
/ui action toolbarSlotXX;

* replace the "/pause 30" with a duration that allows your action to completely regenerate

* replace the "XX" in the /ui action toolbarSlot command with the appropriate toolbar button number (00-11 for F1-F12 or 13-23 for Shift-F1 - Shift-F12)

This macro will get around the occasional prompts you will get about finding previously undiscovered concentrations, etc. and allow you to continue surveying uninterrupted. The dialogs will still appear and stack up, but your char will keep surveying. Just periodically cancel them.

yeah whut he said.. and pause 900 is gonna be FOREVER thats to long.

Can anyone give me a link to a macro guide (on forum or otherwise)? I need a macro for surveying for resources and creating a pre-specified item.

Thanks in advance.