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Thread: New and Improved FP macroing
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DrevenStrobe
Thu Dec 16, 2004 5:35 pm
#1
Presented in conjunction with the newly updated Smuggler's Guide to Selling Faction Points - v2.0
Ok...I just revised my old, faitful FP macro that has been around forever and ever. This new incarnation is much more streamlined, and modular for easy editing.
Here's what you do...
First, create a new macro and name it Buy: -- this will handle the FP purchase from the recruiter.
/conversationstart;
/pause 1;
/ui action conversationResponse5; <<------- if you lose your option to go Covert, change the 5 to a 4 and the macro will work fine.
/pause 1;
/ui action conversationResponse3;
/pause 1;
/ui action conversationResponse0;
/conversationstop;
/m Buy;
Next, create another macro and name it Transfer: -- this will handle the /delegation.
/del [client] 200;
/pause 6;
/m Transfer;
Finally, create the "master" macro, which I named FPXfer: -- this ties everything together.
/m Buy;
/pause .5;
/m Transfer;
Now, you can modify the pauses as necessary to compensate for lag or whatever. I ran it in an Imp Detachment HQ earlier and had no problems with the 1 second pauses and a ping of 80ish.
The modular nature of the macro means you have less to edit than the old, long version that's in my old guide to selling FP.
You can also create new macros to delegate a set number of points.
FP1000
/m FPXfer;
/pause 31.5; <<------ pause is based on the /pause from the Transfer module. In this case it's 5x+1. Add 1 second just as a cushion.
/conversationstop; <<-----just in case it times out in the middle of a Buy.
/dump;
FP5000
/m FPXfer;
/pause 151.5;
/conversationstop;
/dump;
FP10000
/m FPXfer;
/pause 301.5;
/conversationstop;
/dump;
Message Edited by DrevenStrobe on 12-20-2004 09:13 AM
Message Edited by DrevenStrobe on 12-20-2004 09:22 AM
Message Edited by DrevenStrobe on 12-29-2004 01:42 PM
DrevenStrobe
Thu Dec 16, 2004 6:38 pm
#2
Forgot to mention...
The pause in the Transfer module is based on the number and length of pauses in the Buy module.
In my example above, there are 4, 1-second pauses in the Buy module...and it needs to run twice before the Transfer module loops. So...4x1=4... 4x2=8 ... Add a 1-second pause for a cushion ... and that's where my 9 seconds come from.
Any other questions? Comments? Feedback?
WesBelden
Thu Dec 16, 2004 7:57 pm
#5
Looks great Dreven 
. Does this mean you've found a market on Starsider? 
. Does this mean you've found a market on Starsider?
DrevenStrobe
Thu Dec 16, 2004 8:51 pm
#6
WesBelden wrote:
Looks great Dreven
Eh...more or less...it's REALLY slow...
I really do need it to pick up...since I've kinda sunk alot of creds into getting my operation up and running...
The macro revision is more a product of being bored at work than anything else...*shrug*...
JTGAlpha
Thu Dec 16, 2004 8:55 pm
#7
Hmmm...I might have to give this a whirl...
IF I COULD GET CUSTOMERS ...lol
DrevenStrobe
Thu Dec 16, 2004 9:00 pm
#8
JTGAlpha wrote:
Hmmm...I might have to give this a whirl...
IF I COULD GET CUSTOMERS ...lol
Ditto...
BTW...I know the FP1000 macro works because that's how I tested my timings...transferring FP from my alt to my main, I started with 771 FP and when the macro dumped, I ended up with the correct 1771 FP. To say the least, I was very proud of myself...
tralita_tusnami
Thu Dec 16, 2004 9:05 pm
#9
you mean you dont have a market?
wow, i must be the lucky one ive made millions selling fp on bria for both the empire and the rebels, you just need better clients.
Smuggler_Caylin
Thu Dec 16, 2004 9:29 pm
#10
I have to admit that within a day of coming back to Bria I was asked to do a rebel faction deal. Not because of rep either.
Which was a darn good thing as I'd given all my credits away when I last left.
Nothing since that, yet I'm not exactly trying to get back into the business either.
Great macro revision dreven. The total faction traded part of it sets it light years ahead of the other
Which was a darn good thing as I'd given all my credits away when I last left.
Nothing since that, yet I'm not exactly trying to get back into the business either.
Great macro revision dreven. The total faction traded part of it sets it light years ahead of the other
Message Edited by Smuggler_Caylin on 12-16-2004 08:30 PM
One of the Four Horsemen of the Smuggler Apocalypse! 
gomi321
Fri Dec 17, 2004 7:37 am
#11
I've got pretty much the same setup except I delegate 100 at a time. Why you ask?
1. Because the client seems to think it's running super fast than when i do it at 200. Imagine that.
2. Because I have a thriving faction selling business and most of my orders are odd ball numbers and when I do it at 100 at a time I can make a custom macro in a few seconds for them.
Gone are the days where I wasn't paying attention and gave someopne too much faction thereby losing money 
DrevenStrobe
Fri Dec 17, 2004 9:19 am
#13
Smuggler_Caylin wrote:
Great macro revision dreven. The total faction traded part of it sets it light years ahead of the other
Message Edited by Smuggler_Caylin on 12-16-2004 08:30 PM
Yeah...the only problem I forsee is if you lag and miss a Buy...that'll throw off the number. So, you probably still want to have some kind of backup way keeping track of how many points you've delegated. It's not so much a problem with the smaller numbers...1000/ 5000 ...since they run through pretty quickly...but when you get into the 10s of thousands, the macro will have to run so many times that your chance of error increases the longer the macro has to run.
And I don't know who 1-starred you, but we've got that fixed up this morning...
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