Dancer Archive

I thought it might be worth listing all the commands that I find helpful for dancers. Most of them are mentioned somewhere in the guides; this is just what I believe to be a nice reference.

Basic Commands
/find guild:theater
Create a waypoint to the nearest NPC theater (and therefore dancer trainer)

/find theater
Create a waypoint to the nearest player theater. Usually only helpful for some reclusive workout. But nice nevertheless.

/find cantina
Find the nearest cantina, including player cantinas

/find terminal:bazaar
If you need outfits or resources for props this way you can easily find a bazaar terminal. I strongly recommend using the "vendor location" tab often to monitor what's going on in the tailor scene.

/lfg
Mark yourself as "looking for a group".****

/who lfg
List players looking for a group nearby, with certain details as always with the search function. (/who is the command line version of the search mask in the Community screen)

/register
If your current location supports location registration you may do this. After you did a sun symbol will appear next to your location on the planetary map CTRL+V, indicating that an entertainer is available to everyone.


/smoke 1
/smoke 2
/smoke 3
/dazzle 1
/dazzle 3
/dist 1
/dist 2
/dist 3
/colorl
/spotl
/colorsw
/centerst
/discol
Perform the according effect while dancing - if you already have it. Calling an effect without a level number makes you always display the "highest" you have. I listed only those I find helpful. Except the last three mentioned all these effect have three different versions as the indices show. For example you could reach the three different versions of /spotl with /spotl 1, /spotl 2, /spotl 3, but that wouldn't be much help since spotlight 1 and 2 do only look like "nerfed" versions of spotlight 3. Thus, for a master dancer there is not much reason to use them.

/holoemote help
See the names of the holoemotes you have currently available and how many charges you have left.

/holoemote beehive
/holoemote blossom
/holoemote brainstorm
/holoemote bubblehead
/holoemote butterflies
/holoemote haunted
/holoemote hearts
/holoemote hologlitter
/holoemote holonotes
/holoemote imperial
/holoemote kitty
/holoemote phonytail
/holoemote rebel
/holoemote sparky
Perform the given holoemote. This will let a holographic projection appear over your head or around you for a brief timespan. Click on the names of those to see how they may look like.
Holoemotes must be bought from Image Designers and you have only limited charges. To find an image designer I suggest using the search function in the community screen. If you found one send them a tell and ask them nicely wether they were available.

/changed [Dance-Name]
Switch to the indicated dance while dancing. This only works if you are already dancing a different dance. This has some sideeffects beyond the scope of this article.*

/startd [Dance-Name]
Start dancing the indicated dance.* This does only work if you are not already dancing.

/flo 1
[...]
/flo 8
Perform the given flourish. It will only be animated if your previous flourish has been finished.

/bandfl 1
[...]
/bandfl 8
Makes everyone dancing in your current group and accepting bandflourishes (see below) perform the given flourish for the dance they are dancing.**

/band [on|off]
Accept|Reject band flourishes. Default is off.

/smile
/greet
[several other emotes]
Correct your facing to the targeted person. In a difficult show it may be helpful to have an item with a unique name to empte to, to correct your facing.***

/covercharge
The covercharge command helps you charge an amount of credits from everyone who's going to watch you. Please be aware, since currently hardly anyone demands to cover a charge, that will most likely lead to no-one watching you at all. Even if you charge ridiculously small amounts.

/inspire
If you're dancing and your target is watching you this brings up a dialague from wich you may select on of several "Inspiration" that you may grant your patron. See: Red-Dwarf Idiot's Guide to Inspiration Buffing in Publish 23

Basic Aliases
/changed & /startd at once - Panthu's suggestion
These aliases is as simple as they are helpful. You can just type /basic2 and you switch to /basic2, no matter wether you are already dancing or no. And it is way shorter than the actual command.
The following lines to your "C:\program files\StarwarsGalaxies\aliases.txt" file (assuming you have an English windows and installed SWG to your default directory) - Note that you have to edit the file with WordPad, not just the editor. The smokebomb is a matter of taste in this case. The nescessary delay of oa half second after it may make it hard to handle.

basic /smoke;/pause 0.5;/changedance basic;/startdance basic;
basic2 /smoke;/pause 0.5;/changedance basic2;/startdance basic2;
rhythmic /smoke;/pause 0.5;/changedance rhythmic;/startdance rhythmic;
rhythmic2 /smoke;/pause 0.5;/changedance rhythmic2;/startdance rhythmic2;
footloose /smoke;/pause 0.5;/changedance footloose;/startdance footloose;
footloose2 /smoke;/pause 0.5;/changedance footloose2;/startdance footloose2;
formal /smoke;/pause 0.5;/changedance formal;/startdance formal;
formal2 /smoke;/pause 0.5;/changedance formal2;/startdance formal2;
bunduki /smoke;/pause 0.5;/changedance bunduki;/startdance bunduki;
bunduki2 /smoke;/pause 0.5;/changedance bunduki2;/startdance bunduki2;
popular /smoke;/pause 0.5;/changedance rhythmic;/startdance popular;
popular2 /smoke;/pause 0.5;/changedance popular2;/startdance popular2;
poplock /smoke;/pause 0.5;/changedance poplock;/startdance poplock;
poplock2 /smoke;/pause 0.5;/changedance poplock2;/startdance poplock2;
tumble /smoke;/pause 0.5;/changedance rhythmic;/startdance rhythmic;
tumble2 /smoke;/pause 0.5;/changedance tumble2;/startdance tumble2;
breakdance /smoke;/pause 0.5;/changedance breakdance;/startdance breakdance;
breakdance2 /smoke;/pause 0.5;/changedance rhythmic;/startdance rhythmic;
lyrical /smoke;/pause 0.5;/changedance lyrical;/startdance lyrical;
lyrical2 /smoke;/pause 0.5;/changedance lyrical2;/startdance lyrical2;
exotic /smoke;/pause 0.5;/changedance exotic;/startdance exotic;
exotic2 /smoke;/pause 0.5;/changedance exotic2;/startdance exotic2;
exotic3 /smoke;/pause 0.5;/changedance exotic3;/startdance exotic3;
exotic4 /smoke;/pause 0.5;/changedance exotic4;/startdance exotic4;
theatrical /smoke;/pause 0.5;/changedance theatrical;/startdance theatrical;
theatrcial2 /smoke;/pause 0.5;/changedance theatrcial2;/startdance theatrcial2;

/ui action toolbarPane00
/ui action toolbarPane05

/ui action toolbatSlot00
/ui action toolbarSlot23

Basically /ui action toolbarPane lets you switch the currently selected toolbar and /ui action toolbarSlot lets you clicks one button of that toolbar for you. Counting starts with zero, not with 1. To click the F5 button the command is /ui action toolbarSlot04. To switch to the fifth toolbar the command is /ui action toolbarPane04.

This is where it becomes a little tricky. Those commands are virtually never used outside a macro. For a simple reason: You could perform them with the mouse at any time. They are helpful to switch outfits at once though. Example:

1. Open the "aliases.txt" - normally C:\program files\StarWarsGalaxies\aliases.txt - file in your SWG home directory with WordPad (not with the Editor) and add the following lines:
   look1 /smoke;/pause 1;/ui action toolbarPane05;/pause 0.1;/ui action toolbarSlot00;/pause 0.1;/ui action toolbarSlot01;/pause 0.1;/ui action toolbarSlot02;/pause 0.1;/ui action toolbarSlot03;/pause 0.1;/ui action toolbarSlot04;/pause 0.1;/ui action toolbarSlot05;/pause 0.1;/ui action toolbarPane03;/echo \#660099Look 1 applied
   look2 /smoke;/pause 1;/ui action toolbarPane05;/pause 0.1;/ui action toolbarSlot06;/pause 0.1;/ui action toolbarSlot07;/pause 0.1;/ui action toolbarSlot08;/pause 0.1;/ui action toolbarSlot09;/pause 0.1;/ui action toolbarSlot10;/pause 0.1;/ui action toolbarSlot11;/pause 0.1;/ui action toolbarPane03;/echo \#660099Look 2 applied
   look3 /smoke;/pause 1;/ui action toolbarPane05;/pause 0.1;/ui action toolbarSlot12;/pause 0.1;/ui action toolbarSlot13;/pause 0.1;/ui action toolbarSlot14;/pause 0.1;/ui action toolbarSlot15;/pause 0.1;/ui action toolbarSlot16;/pause 0.1;/ui action toolbarSlot17;/pause 0.1;/ui action toolbarPane03;/echo \#660099Look 3 applied
   look4 /smoke;/pause 1;/ui action toolbarPane05;/pause 0.1;/ui action toolbarSlot18;/pause 0.1;/ui action toolbarSlot19;/pause 0.1;/ui action toolbarSlot20;/pause 0.1;/ui action toolbarSlot21;/pause 0.1;/ui action toolbarSlot22;/pause 0.1;/ui action toolbarSlot23;/pause 0.1;/ui action toolbarPane03;/echo \#660099Look 4 applied


2. You know have four new commands /look1 ... /look4. They will equip the outfits you set on your last toolbar, hiding them under your "best" available smokebomb if you are dancing. Of course you can always edit the "alias.txt" file in your profile directory directly if you are offline


3. Start the game. If it was already running restart it. Arrange four outfits on your last command tab (CTRL+F6) by dragging the pieces of clothing, props and assecours you use exclusively for that one outfit on it. Arrange it so that Each outfit uses an equal qarter (F1 - F6, F6 - F12, same in the lower bar) of the toolbar.


4. If you want to switch back to different toolbar than the forth after the work is done you may copy the monospaced text into the Windows Editor, Select "replace" from the "edit" menu, search for "toolbarPane03" and replace it with anything from "toolbarPane00" - "toolbarPane07".

Footnotes
*Valid Dance-Names (assuming you are certified with the given dance):
basic
basic2
rhythmic
rhythmic2
footloose
footloose2 (master entertainer only)
formal
formal2 (master entertainer only)
bunduki
bunduki2
popular
popular2
poplock
poplock2
tumble
tumble2
breakdance
breakdance2
lyrical
lyrical2
exotic
exotic2
exotic3
exotic4
theatrical
theatrcial2

** Since not all dancers have to dance the same dance within one group the flourish will not nescessarily be the same, only the one flourish with the same number for the dance each single player is dancing. Due to lag it may also happen that some dancers will start the flourish animation and others not, since not all were ready for a flourish.

*** Do not use NUMPAD1 and NUMPAD3 to correct your facing while dancing. That will only appear on your own screen.

**** Do this only if it is obvious what kinda group you are looking for; otherwise a lot of people might want to invite you into their combat group. Also note that this tag is supposed to show others that you wish to join a group but does not replace conversation. This will not work if you are already grouped and the tag will be removed once you join a group, no matter for how short or long.

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Thanking you...
Though I fear a little that most around here impute a snobbish attitude to my post and thus left it uncommented...

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Rabenschwinge wrote:
Thanking you...
Though I fear a little that most around here impute a snobbish attitude to my post and thus left it uncommented...

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Certainly, not I. I'm including a link to this thread in the next iteration of our FAQ, which should be completed sometime tonight.

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Rabenschwinge wrote:
Thanking you...
Though I fear a little that most around here impute a snobbish attitude to my post and thus left it uncommented...

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I didn't mean to seem snobbish by not commenting, it's a very good guide! I actually meant to post about aliases and got distracted yesterday, so I'll do it now.

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sarahwojo wrote:

Very nice guide! And Panthu, could you maybe pm me or post more info on aliases? I've heard a lot about 'em but I'm an alias newb.

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/worship

Thank you!!

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Panthu wrote:

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sarahwojo wrote:

Very nice guide! And Panthu, could you maybe pm me or post more info on aliases? I've heard a lot about 'em but I'm an alias newb.

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Sure thing, and I'll post a clicky for the old alias guides as soon as search works for me again, hehe.

Basically aliases allow you to make your own command for a game action or series of actions. You create your own fake command.

Like, /bandflourish is very long to type. You used to be able to just shorten it to /b, but this doesn't work any more. I miss that, so I have made eight aliases that give me back the ability to just type two chars after a slash.

/alias b1 /bandflourish 1;

/alias b2 /bandflourish 2;

So on...

This let's me just type /b6 when I want to do a /bandflourish 6. The game sees what I have written for /b6 and translates it into the real command for me.

You could also do this with "hotkey" macros and set them up on your toolbar, I used to do this, but you can only have so many macros before the game starts freaking out and the limit seems to be less than it was. I still do make hotkeys for jams and things, but I do them right before now since I can't store as many and aliases do not go away.

You can also use aliases to "name moves" for mix transitions you use a lot.

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Just in the chat line.

Thanks for the post, you made this guy a better Dancer.

Very nice guide! And Panthu, could you maybe pm me or post more info on aliases? I've heard a lot about 'em but I'm an alias newb.

I do get a giggle every time I see the topic name though, because for some reason beyond my understanding, I keep reading it as "Holy dancer commands" as in "Holy dancer commands, Batman!"

Great list!! I actually had a question about one of them, but didn't want my RL blondeness tobecomeobvious on the forums.

You mentioned "Do not use NUMPAD1 and NUMPAD3 to correct your facing while dancing. That will only appear on your screen." I've never used those two keys, but I often use the period on the keypad (it toggles your chase camera on and off) to correct my facing. Does this also only appear on my screen?

Wow. I hope not, or I've been looking dorky for a lonnnng time.

Thanks again for the list, Rabenschwinge. Especially the new special effects commands. I hadn't figured out what the shortened versions for "colorswirl," etc. are yet.

w00t! I was looking for something to add to my macro! I found it. Thanks so very much!