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Thread: Requesting a review of my Survey Macro
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koifish
Mon Jan 03, 2005 9:10 pm
#1
This is whatI have, it seems to be working well atm. However I am still getting the window of "Survey Event", is this avoidable?
GatheringAFK2
/stand;
/pause 5;
/sample;
/pause 5;
/stand;
/pause 5;
/sit;
/pause 25;
/macro GatheringAFK2
I was hoping for a "Macro-Master" to review this macro.It runs on a 40 second timer start to finish and does one sample session per. Itis also perfectly timedfor regenerating my Action pool. Please let me know why I still have the "Survey Event" window popping up. The "Survey Event"window does not seem to put my surveying/sampleing on hold, is it even worth worrying about?
One last question I have is; Will I go to bed with this macro running, only to find out next morning that I had been disconnected 45 minutes after I left PC alone?
Thnx,
Fowem - Aspiring Mon Calamari Artisan - Bria
Elyssa
Tue Jan 04, 2005 12:27 am
#2
Try this one I've named MegaSample:
/sample;
/ui action defaultButton;
/macro MegaSample;
/ui action defaultButton;
/macro MegaSample;
It will burn through your action bar if you aren't buffed so your mileage may vary.
However, it will sample non-stop until your HAM gets too low and it will automatically close those annoying pop-up boxes.
Once you're out of action, it will slow down a little bit while you regenerate, but it will still keep sampling as often as it can.
SEAkridge
Tue Jan 04, 2005 6:06 am
#3
Your macro should work fine and continue to run all night. The survey event boxes will still show up, but since you are stopping and restarting the sample each time, they won't really affect you. You will just have to clear all the boxes out when you get up in the morning. Or you can add the /ui action defaultButton; command in there, maybe just before you sit. I will clear out the boxes as well.
WookieeGeek
Tue Jan 04, 2005 7:54 am
#4
Didn't know about that defaultButton yet either, really usefull.
Elmmx-5
Thu Jan 06, 2005 7:49 am
#5
My "survey macro" was migrating my stats to something that I never had to stop surveying with and wedging a penny in the enter key for those annoying pop-ups. I'm not sure if a penny constitutes a 3rd party program or not, but it worked.
Danto1
Sat Jan 08, 2005 12:06 pm
#6
for the line /ui action defaultButton; do I need to put a number after the Button, eg:
/sample;
/ui action defaultButton01;
/macro sample;
if this is possible could I have two tools running at the same time like so?
/sample;
/ui action defaultButton01;
/sample;
/ui action defaultButton02;
/macro sample
/sample;
/ui action defaultButton01;
/macro sample;
if this is possible could I have two tools running at the same time like so?
/sample;
/ui action defaultButton01;
/sample;
/ui action defaultButton02;
/macro sample
X-Rebel
Sat Jan 08, 2005 12:26 pm
#7
i havnt had to put a number after /ui action defaultButton; just the line and thats it
the only this it was a 50/50 if it causght the pop up. what i did was add it in 3 times in my macro and it was caught not 100% per for the most part.
my macro is in the thread macro problem
so i have it like this now
/sample;
/pause 60;
/ui action defaultButton;
/sit;
/pause 80;
/ui action defaultButton;
/stand;
/pause 10;
/kneel 10;
/ui action defaultButton;
/macro sample;(the name of the macro)
this pauses are different depending on the attri points on each char this works for me
Message Edited by X-Rebel on 01-08-2005 11:28 AM
Elyssa
Sat Jan 08, 2005 12:35 pm
#8
Danto1 wrote:
for the line /ui action defaultButton; do I need to put a number after the Button, eg:
No.
This command is the equivalent of hitting "enter" when something pops up on your screen.
It activates whatever button the Devs coded as being the "default" action to perform on whatever window is active.
In the case of the survey pop-up, it just closes it without making a selection.
It will mess you up if you try to do other things while this macro is running since the 'defaultButton' command will be executed on whatever window you open up.
This is meant to be used in an AFK macro since it would just be easy enough to close the pop-up if you were actually sitting ATK.
You really don't want to try crafting while it's running. 
The /sample command doesn't rely on any tools.
It merely digs up the last resource that you surveyed for so you really can't /sample more than once. After that, you just continue to dig until something causes you to stop.
Elyssa
Sat Jan 08, 2005 4:01 pm
#9
Remember, it's not the tool that does the surveying.
It's like taking a metal detector to the beach.
The tool only locates the stuff for you.
You can look for stuff with 6 metal detectors at a timebut you only have two hands to dig with.
Danto1
Sat Jan 08, 2005 4:58 pm
#10
good point, and bah, bah I say!! as a wookiee I should be able to dig quicker with my shovel sized hands!
Elyssa
Sat Jan 08, 2005 6:16 pm
#11
But most of the material you're digging for gets stuck in your fur so the time it takes to pick it out of each scoop is all factored in. 
Danto1
Sun Jan 09, 2005 1:57 am
#12
oh well, I had been hoping to get 3 different tools running at the same time to speed up the XP, so I dont have to afk overnight to get the forth box. Oh well one tool it is then 
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