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I've been toying with a macro that dismounts, maskscents and then remounts. One would think thatthe following should do the trick:

/dismount;

/maskscent;

/mount;

Butthat sequence doesn't seem to work.I've tried some other things too, like passing the target name to each command (some interesting results there), decomposing the macro and running it in peices-- no dice.Has anyone tried and succeeded with a macro for this?

Can't say I've attempted it...

Try putting a couple short '/pause #' between the commands? I'll have to check this out tomorrow..

Put a 2 second pause between each command. Works like a charm. The only problem is that you have to have your mount targetted for it to work.

no need for a 2 sec pause, or 2 pauses

/dismount; /pause 1; /maskscent; /mount;

i use it, works great

need to have your mount targeted tho

and here I thought I was special when I made that macro

doh!

i just looked at mine, i do have 2 pauses of 1 sec each..

so

/dismount; /pause 1; /maskscent; /pause 1; /mount;

that really does work, really

have to have your mount targeted

Or they could just make it so you can mask scent while you're on your stupid mount

Is there a command to target something? like "/target (name of your mount)"?

if you have your mount GROUPED,

/dismount;
/pause 2;
/maskscent;
/ui action targetGroup0;
/mount;


That targets the first person in your group (other than yourself)

I haven't tried it in a macro yet, but it should be possible to specify the mount's name in the macro command so it doesn't have to be targeted. This is really useful if you only have one mountable pet. For instance, if your mount's name is Spike, then the macro would look something like this:

/dismount; /pause 1; /maskscent; /mount (Spike);

Note that you would have to have the parenthesis around the pet's name since the system puts them there when you name your pet. Like I said I haven't tried this in a macro yet, but /mount (Spike) works for me when I use it in the chat bar, so it should work in the macro too. Can anyone verify? Thanks.

Thanks guys:

You're right. The pauses (or lack thereof) were the problem. Why that didn't occur to me earlier I won't even bother to ponder.

Klif: I'll probably be doing more with placing object names in macros in the future, I'll be sure to update you.

I had the macro with the pause and I had to target my mount after I added the Paren(s) to my pets name, now I dont have to target him. it works very well