Random Question Thread XXI: You're Not My Random Question Thread Dad

[Francisco]

Is it still possible to get the novennial ring?

No.

[Deadgye]

Say I wanted to write a script to continuously shoot arrows at x target until I either run out of arrows, or the target dies to level up my abysmal archery skill...how do I shot web?

"input /ra <t>
pause x"

Plug whatever number works best for your delay into x. Copy what's in between the quotation marks. Open up notepad. Hold ctrl+v until satisfied. Save in windower scripts and run.

[Taube]

Say I wanted to write a script to continuously shoot arrows at x target until I either run out of arrows, or the target dies to level up my abysmal archery skill...how do I shot web?

From Windower scripting guide

Looping code: Filename: loop.txt

echo "hi";
wait 120; //wait 2 minutes
exec loop.txt

Now this is highly unrecommended, because you can't stop it! You will never be able to stop this loop.

See 5. on that same page (http://wiki.windower.net/scripting) on how to stop that loop.

[cdgreg]

"input /ra <t>
pause x"

Plug whatever number works best for your delay into x. Copy what's in between the quotation marks. Open up notepad. Hold ctrl+v until satisfied. Save in windower scripts and run.

I was under the impression this would crash POL after a bit?

ffxi phone number 858-790-7529

[zagex]

Anyone know where the testing that showed Atma Affinity adds to Magian Affinity and multiples with Elemental Staff bonus is?

Also, see anything wrong with this?: https://www.bg-wiki.com/bg/Magic_Affinity

Starts around here:
http://www.bluegartr.com/threads/912...=1#post4377287

[seiji]

Kikugosaku, maybe? Drops off Orthrus.

with hasso/zanshin update probably best non fudo/amano GK

Is it confirmed that you don't have to kill the TEs in neo-dynamis to get AF to drop? If not, does killing them increase the drop rate?

from the few run we did when dyna was changed (before TE/proc was found) yes , you don't need anything to get AF

[Cymmina]

I was under the impression this would crash POL after a bit?

ffxi phone number 858-790-7529

It will. The shorter the loop, the sooner it will crash.

[msthief]

Two things, bumping my first question.

1. I have absolutely zero sea experience, just a heads up.

So I'm looking into JoH and the only real catch it seems is Temperance. Is this as much of a pain as it seems, having to go upstairs and downstairs repeatedly for a PH chance? Also, anybody experienced with this able to give me a rough estimate of what the chance is it's the PH? Like 5%, 15%, or 30%?

2. I'm looking for something other than a Keen/Heed ring to tp in on my Brd (alongside Rajas). Can't do Oneiros, just can't.

[Mojo]

Temperance has a very high frequency to pop, although it is only 'up' at one spot at a given point in time. Thus, if you don't go to all of the spots while trying to pop it, you will probably end up killing the same placeholder over and over and it will never pop. I usually go SW > N > NW > SE > NE. Stay on the ground floor while doing SW/N/NW. You'll have to do a Quasilumin escort to get to N and NW (go all the way to N first or else you will end up backtracking more.) You'll have to go 'up' after NW (go up at the NW area) then head all the way to the SE spot (while on the non ground floor) and then 'down' once you're there. That's the only possible way to reach SE Temperance pop area. Then go back 'up' and run to the NE tower via non ground floor and then go 'down' again for the final pop spot. If you're quick you can do them all in like 20~25 mins. Get a map first too or you're gonna get forever lost.

[arus2001]

I was under the impression this would crash POL after a bit?

As someone else said, scripts like that can crash you if built poorly. I made a ranged attack spam to dick around with on abyssea worms with regen atmas set. While I haven't counted the precise number of shots it fires, it's more than enough for a single worm. Code for txt in spoiler.

Spoiler: show

Make a txt file called bow_skilling.txt and leave it in your scripts directory. From there, bind it to a button of your choice (I used ` [the button with the ~ just in case you can't tell]). One bound, press it and you'll start using ranged attacks every 6 seconds. If you want to stop it, just press ` again. You can change this button down at the bottom of the script. In the off chance this crashes you, try trimming 5 iterations from the cycle and loop sections.

alias w1 wait 1;
alias w2 w1;w1;
alias w3 w2;w1;
alias w4 w2;w2;
alias w5 w2;w2;w1;
alias w6 w5;w1;


alias stopwait alias w1 \;

alias bowra input /ra <bt>;

alias stopcast alias bowra \;alias stopcast \;

alias initiate keyboard_sendstring /echo Initiating.;
alias complete keyboard_sendstring /echo Completed.;

alias cycle bowra;w6;bowra;w6;bowra;w6;bowra;w6;bowra;w6;bowra;w6;bowra;w6;bowra;w6;bowra;w6;bowra;w6;bowra;w6;bowra;w6;bowra;w6;bowra;w6;bowra;w6;bowra;w6;bowra;w6;bowra;w6;bowra;w6;bowra;w6;bowra;w6;bowra;w6;bowra;w6;bowra;w6;bowra;w6;bowra;w6;bowra;w6;bowra;w6;bowra;w6;bowra;w6;bowra;w6;bowra;w6;bowra;w6;bowra;w6;bowra;w6;bowra;w6;bowra;w6;bowra;w6;bowra;w6;bowra;w6;bowra;w6;bowra;w6;bowra;w6;bowra;w6;bowra;w6;bowra;w6;bowra;w6;bowra;w6;bowra;w6;bowra;w6;bowra;w6;bowra;w6;bowra;w6;bowra;w6;bowra;w6;bowra;w6;bowra;w6;bowra;w6;bowra;w6;bowra;w6;bowra;w6;bowra;w6;bowra;w6;bowra;w6;bowra;w6;bowra;w6;bowra;w6;bowra;w6;bowra;w6;bowra;w6;bowra;w6;bowra;w6;bowra;w6;bowra;w6;bowra;w6;bowra;w6;bowra;w6;bowra;w6;bowra;w6;bowra;w6;bowra;w6;bowra;w6;bowra;w6;bowra;w6;bowra;w6;bowra;w6;bowra;w6;bowra;w6;bowra;w6;bowra;w6;

alias stopcycle alias cycle \;alias stopcycle \;

alias loop cycle;w1;cycle;w1;cycle;w1;cycle;w1;cycle;w1;cycle;w1;cycle;w1;cycle;w1;cycle;w1;cycle;w1;cycle;w1;cycle;w1;cycle;w1;cycle;w1;cycle;w1;cycle;w1;cycle;w1;cycle;w1;cycle;w1;cycle;w1;cycle;w1;cycle;w1;cycle;w1;cycle;w1;cycle;w1;cycle;w1;cycle;w1;cycle;w1;cycle;w1;cycle;w1;cycle;w1;cycle;w1;cycle;w1;cycle;w1;cycle;w1;cycle;w1;cycle;w1;cycle;w1;cycle;w1;cycle;w1;cycle;w1;cycle;w1;cycle;w1;cycle;w1;cycle;w1;cycle;w1;cycle;w1;cycle;w1;cycle;w1;cycle;w1;

alias loop2 loop;w1;loop;w1;loop;w1;loop;w1;loop;w1;loop;w1;loop;w1;loop;w1;loop;w1;loop;w1;loop;w1;loop;w1;loop;w1;loop;w1;loop;w1;loop;w1;loop;w1;loop;w1;loop;w1;loop;w1;loop;w1;loop;w1;loop;w1;loop;w1;loop;w1;loop;w1;loop;w1;loop;w1;loop;w1;loop;w1;loop;w1;loop;w1;loop;w1;loop;w1;loop;w1;loop;w1;loop;w1;loop;w1;loop;w1;loop;w1;loop;w1;loop;w1;loop;w1;loop;w1;loop;w1;loop;w1;loop;w1;loop;w1;loop;w1;loop;w1;

alias stoploop stopcycle;w1;stopcast;w1;alias loop \;alias loop2 \;stopwait;
bind ` stoploop;
initiate;loop2;complete;
bind ` exec bow_skilling.txt;

[Byrthnoth]

I think that you can build script simpler than that that do the same thing. Something along the lines of:

alias rat rangedattack;wait 3;
alias rats rat;rat;rat;rat;rat;
alias ratty rats;rats;rats;rats;
alias ten targetnpc;ratty;ratty;ratty;ratty;ratty;ratty;ratty;ratty;ratty;ratty;
alias hour ten;ten;ten;ten;ten;ten;

Also, this article seems to say that ranged weapons can fire a lot faster than your script (110 delay per second), though it lists no sources. It looks like it was added by VZX, who was a pretty legit tester iirc. To stop the above script, you'd do //alias rat ;

[Manque]

Is there such thing as a weapon skill damage calculator? I realize the formula is below, lifted from wiki, but I was wondering if someone has made an application which lets a user input the values and click a key. Would speed things up i'm betting...

Damage = WD * PDIF = ( D + fSTR + WSC) * fTP * PDIF

I found one on KillingIfrit, but it seems outdated, or would it suffice?

I would like to be able to input the stats from my gear and then hit a button. Is this asking too much?

Any guidance would be appreciated.

[Byrthnoth]

Anything you found on KI is likely outdated by a few generations of pDIF knowledge, and it likely uses the wrong alpha for WSC.

Does anyone know where the original shield block testing is? That related damage taken to shield size and shield defense?

[Glamthing]

ok, is it just me or is it annoying that when I "search" here for a specific piece of information that it takes me to page 1 of a thread instead of to the 1st mention of a search term? Seriously, I generally have better luck using a search engine that links me back to a post here than simply being linked to page 1 of a thread when the 1st mention is on page 97 and the answer I'm looking for doesn't appear until page 126. Note that I'm not asking the mods or anything to comb and categorize every post--if I wanted you all to get migraines I'd simply put a looped Yoko Ono recording in my auto-sig--but the search function just seems a bit unfriendly. Not sure what your software allows.

[Byrthnoth]

ok, is it just me or is it annoying that when I "search" here for a specific piece of information that it takes me to page 1 of a thread instead of to the 1st mention of a search term? Seriously, I generally have better luck using a search engine that links me back to a post here than simply being linked to page 1 of a thread when the 1st mention is on page 97 and the answer I'm looking for doesn't appear until page 126. Note that I'm not asking the mods or anything to comb and categorize every post--if I wanted you all to get migraines I'd simply put a looped Yoko Ono recording in my auto-sig--but the search function just seems a bit unfriendly. Not sure what your software allows.

BG's search option has always been horrible. Log in, set your "Posts per Page" to the forum default, and go to Google. Write "whatever you want to search for" and "site:www.bluegartr.com" That will find you what you're after.

[TheDirtyHobo]

The godawful search function is the reason this thread even exists. It's pretty rare to have any new discussion here, let alone the nearly verbatim questions that have been asked a dozen times already in this thread series. So, I think it's fair to say it's not just you.

[arshesney]

You can choose "show posts" instead of "show threads" right below the search box, searching for posts will display the actual posts where the words you specify are mentioned.

[Deadgye]

It will. The shorter the loop, the sooner it will crash.

Where in my post do you see a loop?

[nikia]

Kinda late with reply but for Skilling Ranged use Spellcast with this code:

<if spell="Pollen">
            <command>/ra;wait 7.5;%Spell %SpellTargetRaw;</command>
        </if>

adjust the wait time as needed, will do an infinite loop. To stop loop unload Spellcast.

[Yugl]

Augmented Spell Interruption earrings exist? I know magnetic exists, but I prefer to keep my Ethereal earring.