Gearswap Help Thread!

[dlsmd]

I TRIED using job_precast() and job_pretarget() functions, and they didn't work, so I took them out. Is there some part of "it never GETS to precast/pretarget" that you don't understand?

When I try to use it, the GAME ITSELF blocks Tomahawk before any precast or pretarget function can activate.

If you don't have an answer, fine, but don't tell me to do the same useless crap over and over and expect different results.

are you using the in-game menu command if so thats why
some ja's will be grayed out if you do not have the correct gear equiped(just like recast)

if your using a macro then im lost because macros send a chat command then its blocked by the system
if you tried to use a macro or chat command then its motes include that stopping it not gearswap

the way the system works
(command menu)
--gearswap interrupts the send packet but the packet only goes off if the spell is usable(precast)
sends use packet

(macro/chat)
--gearswap interrupts the chat input 100% of the time(pretarget)
chat/macro input
--gearswap interrupts the send packet but the packet only goes off if the spell is usable(precast)
sends use packet

this is why its better to use macro commands and pretarget for ja's that require special gear

the only other thing that could mees up what i said is if for some reason its getting sent to filtered_action

and i might not be the best person to ask about these thing but i have helped quite a few people on this thread fix there issues plus i do know how gearswap works(for the most part)

motes include is another thing which is why i wrote my own include

i can guarantee i know more about gearswap/lua then 90% of the people who post on this thread

and im telling you to do the same thing because thats how its supost to be done
not because im trolling you so get over your self

i have posted more then 800 times helping people with there issues on this thread while you have only 40 or so

(never ask for help then bad mouth people that try to help even if thay cant figure it out it will cause people to never help you when you need it)
when i was asking for help i would always say thanks even if what i was given never worked just because thay tried to help

next time you bad mouth someone for trying to help you ill never help you again you will be on my perma iggy list

[Jeanne Renault]

are you using the in-game menu command if so thats why
some ja's will be grayed out if you do not have the correct gear equiped(just like recast)

It shows up like any other ready ability, but gives the message "Jeannerenault cannot perform this action." when I try to use it--which is coded into the game itself.

if your using a macro then im lost because macros send a chat command then its blocked by the system

So far the only thing I've found to work is putting an /equip line in my Tomahawk macro. Macros fail to activate when I need them to, though, which is the main reason I use this unholy abomination.

When I try to use a macro without the /equip line, it fails just the same as if I had used the menu.

if you tried to use a macro or chat command then its motes include that stopping it not gearswap

I looked through every single Mote lib last night and there's nothing that would be filtering this. Also, as I've pointed out, it's the exact same error message that the vanilla game gives.

the way the system works
(command menu)
--gearswap interrupts the send packet but the packet only goes off if the spell is usable(precast)

And yet you can't understand that that's exactly where I'm having problems.

(macro/chat)
--gearswap interrupts the chat input 100% of the time(pretarget)
chat/macro input
--gearswap interrupts the send packet but the packet only goes off if the spell is usable(precast)
sends use packet

this is why its better to use macro commands and pretarget for ja's that require special gear

Except it doesn't work with pretarget either. I've tried it both ways, I've accordingly tried it from both the menu and the chatbox, and I'm getting pretty sick of having to repeat that every time.

the only other thing that could mees up what i said is if for some reason its getting sent to filtered_action

Or you're just wrong about how it works.

and i might not be the best person to ask about these thing but i have helped quite a few people on this thread fix there issues plus i do know how gearswap works(for the most part)

Oh no, I made the big tough Internet man angry, here comes the dreaded "Listen up you little shit" tirade.

motes include is another thing which is why i wrote my own include

i can guarantee i know more about gearswap/lua then 90% of the people who post on this thread

Then I guess it's just too bad you don't know more about communicating with human beings, because you might be able to use that knowledge to offer something useful.

and im telling you to do the same thing because thats how its supost to be done
not because im trolling you so get over your self

First: Read this. -> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cargo_cult_programming <- By your own admission, this is what you're doing.
Second: I don't care how it's "supost" (or for that matter supposed) to be done. I care if it works, and your way doesn't.
Third: Would you prefer I just consider you incompetent and illiterate from here on out? At least I'm giving you SOME credit by assuming you're a troll.

i have posted more then 800 times helping people with there issues on this thread while you have only 40 or so

Congratulations, your epeen is bigger than mine. That's TOTALLY relevant to whether you can solve the problem or not.

(never ask for help then bad mouth people that try to help even if thay cant figure it out it will cause people to never help you when you need it)

If what I call "pointing out that it's insane to tell someone to keep doing something that already doesn't work" is what you consider "bad mouthing", maybe you should give up programming and join the clergy.

when i was asking for help i would always say thanks even if what i was given never worked just because thay tried to help

That's ridiculous. If you hired me to feed your cat, but I only gave it things with no nutritional value--and thus it died anyway--would you still pay me?

next time you bad mouth someone for trying to help you ill never help you again you will be on my perma iggy list

I try to be patient, I really do, but you and Trumpy don't even take the time to understand the problem before you start offering "advice" that either has nothing to do with the problem or just plain doesn't work--and considering that it's already a chore to decipher what the hell either of you is ever saying to me in the first place, I trust you'll forgive me for failing to weep, prostrate myself, and beg for mercy just because you're threatening to ignore me.

[dlsmd]

Except it doesn't work with pretarget either. I've tried it both ways, I've accordingly tried it from both the menu and the chatbox, and I'm getting pretty sick of having to repeat that every time.

yet mine work just fine

I don't care how it's "supost" (or for that matter supposed) to be done. I care if it works, and your way doesn't.
Third: Would you prefer I just consider you incompetent and illiterate from here on out? At least I'm giving you SOME credit by assuming you're a troll.

dyslexia is a bitch trust me(i have to re-read my code 3+ times to make sure i dont write it wrong)

this is my last piece of help i can give you
try redownloading gearswa by deleting the update folder then starting windower again
if your on xp thats why your not getting updates you need to manually update it from git hub
dont use motes include thats your problem build your lua from scratch

i have never ignored anybody you are the first
!YOU ARE IGNORED!
!Good Buy!

anyone else need help please dont hesitate to ask

[Trumpy]

I can confirm using a XP pc can screw up the updating of addons at times. I have to check github occassionally to make sure i have it all up to date.

Not sure why you toss out the priority thing. Its blockin ur attempt to use the JA possibly because it doesnt sense you got the right item equipped. puttin priority in the right place might help. If you have some ammo slot item already equipped that doesnt allow you to have a ranged slot item equipped, it sometimes blocks that ranged slot item from equipping in gearswap. Therefore you use priority thing i gave you to empty that fuckin slot, so that it will equip that ranged slot item. it was the whole purpose I gave you that. I also said using priority fixed a ton of issues that get messed up by equippin incompatible items in the same slots (AKA grips need a staff in the main hand before it will equip, which gives issues in gear swap if you want to switch from a club/shield combo. Gearswap might be attempting to put the grip on first which gives u errors. priority fixes that.)

Even if you dont think shit we suggest wont work at least try it out. Like i said tho in my last post the tips i put in there worked for me. you could also be overlookin simple fixes cause you think it has to be something so complicated. NOBODY HERE IS TROLLING YOU. You have this tendency to be condescending and insulting. all im askin is if you come here for help to just politely state your issue (like everyone else does) and maybe i dunno say please/thanks (hell even i say thanks when people tried to help but it didnt work, most people here have at least that much courtesy) I guess you think we all can read your mind and know what you've tried and what you havent (we dont even know if you tried our suggestions or if you think we are so far below your holiness it wouldnt work). you ask for help but wont show ur code (is there some national secrets in there, why not show it?). I think we understand your problem more than you think we do, other than being a douche nozzle. I guess if our suggestions arent good enough you can just ignore us like you want us to ignore you. Good luck with your problem bruh.

Mote doesnt post here any more so there is like no support for it from him. Id also suggest just starting from scratch with your own stuff. You are a Coding God after all so shouldnt take you long at all.

[dlsmd]

you ask for help but wont show ur code (is there some national secrets in there, why not show it?). I think we understand your problem more than you think we do, other than being a douche nozzle. I guess if our suggestions arent good enough you can just ignore us like you want us to ignore you. Good luck with your problem bruh.

actually he did show his code here http://pastebin.com/y6j0xQLr
but there is one big flaw in his code and thats there is no gear equipping done at all except for what motes include does all by its self which is vary little if any so of course it wont equip the gear because as far as it knows he does not want it to

the only functions he has in it are
function get_sets()
function job_setup()
function user_setup()
function init_gear_sets()

[dlsmd]

after reading your post a second time

I think we understand your problem more than you think we do, other than being a douche nozzle. I guess if our suggestions arent good enough you can just ignore us like you want us to ignore you. Good luck with your problem bruh.

i have to add that i like the "douche nozzle" because that just how he is acting

You are a Coding God

if he was that he would never need to ask for help
also i can guarantee that you are better at coding then he is and in some places probably better then me
but you know that you dont know every thing and neither do i
and we both know how to treat people that we ask for help

[Trumpy]

Yea lol. I mostly meant the Coding God sarcastically (since we "obviously" are neanderthals in coding and couldnt possibly understand his issue.) He specifically mentioned pretargetting i believe and the info u gave him "Obviously" has nothing to do with that (it did though). He said it wasnt even gettin to pretarget so i assume he is using //gs debugmode and sees it isnt actually happening or not. I dont use pretarget and dont have these issues. i think someone else said they didnt have issues as well? I still dont really understand the purpose of pretarget coding. Maybe if someone showed me a use for it i could understand (any example). Hopefully it would be something that couldnt be done easier without pretarget.

And what i meant by the not showing code is after he did when u asked for a particular file cause there arent any gear swaps in what he showed you he refused. I am definitely not an expert at coding. but even tho i might not know "why" something works, i know it works. I dont have to know how air tanks actually supply me with oxygen under water, in order to use them to supply me with oxygen under water.

The biggest thing that gets me is a simple request to just be pleasant and not insulting is soo hard for him, thats all i asked mainly. Comin at people with hostility and a condenscending attitude never helps.

[dlsmd]

Yea lol. I mostly meant the Coding God sarcastically (since we "obviously" are neanderthals in coding and couldnt possibly understand his issue.) He specifically mentioned pretargetting i believe and the info u gave him "Obviously" has nothing to do with that (it did though). He said it wasnt even gettin to pretarget so i assume he is using //gs debugmode and sees it isnt actually happening or not. I dont use pretarget and dont have these issues. i think someone else said they didnt have issues as well? I still dont really understand the purpose of pretarget coding. Maybe if someone showed me a use for it i could understand (any example). Hopefully it would be something that couldnt be done easier without pretarget.

the coding god part i know

pretarget is primarily used if you want to change your target based on rules but as i have said some ja's require you to have specific gear equipped or thay wont work(in the in-game command menu there gray) or in my includes case to do work like changing spells when there use via macros but not if you use a command from the in-game command menu
example:
in my include i have a ws auto switch to aoe ws if aggro > set count switch to the highest level aoe ws you can use with your current weapon but seance thats in my pretarget if i use the command interface it will never change

[Byrthnoth]

I'd recommend specifically using pretarget in situations where you only want something to run when you pass the client a non-explicit (anything other than the ID of the monster) target.

As far as JAs go, the only thing that needs to be equipped in precast (that I know of) are the Waltz TP Cost -50 pants in situations where you have 1-50 TP less than the cost of the Waltz. So, for instance, if you were going to use Curing Waltz III (500 TP cost), the pants would need to be equipped precast if you had 450-499 TP. This might also be the case for Angon/Tomahawk (I don't know if I tested), but I know I had no issue autoswapping Tomahawk on my WAR without using any kind of cancel_spell. Recast reductions, the actual TP cost reduction effects, etc. can all be swapped in midcast with the same effect, not that there's any compelling reason to do it that way.

tl;dr: Swap your JA stuff in precast and don't touch it for midcast, then swap back in aftercast.

[HitomeOfBismarck]

I'm attempting to use cycleback in offensemode but I keep getting an error.

send_command('bind !p gs c cycleback offensemode')

Whenever alt + P is pressed, this is printed in console:

GearSwap has detected an error in the user function self_command:
...indower4/addons/GearSwap/libs/Mote-SelfCommands.lua:173: attempt to index global 'cmdParms' (a nil value)

Looking at line 173 in Mote-SelfCommands.lua:

-- Handle cycling backwards through the options list of a state var.
-- User command format: gs c cycleback [field]
function handle_cycleback(cmdParams)
    cmdParms[2] = 'reverse'
    handle_cycle(cmdParams)
end

Any idea what could be causing this? I tested this with several modes (idle, hybrid, etc) and got the same error on each of them.

[dlsmd]

I'm attempting to use cycleback in offensemode but I keep getting an error.

send_command('bind !p gs c cycleback offensemode')

Whenever alt + P is pressed, this is printed in console:

GearSwap has detected an error in the user function self_command:
...indower4/addons/GearSwap/libs/Mote-SelfCommands.lua:173: attempt to index global 'cmdParms' (a nil value)

Looking at line 173 in Mote-SelfCommands.lua:

-- Handle cycling backwards through the options list of a state var.
-- User command format: gs c cycleback [field]
function handle_cycleback(cmdParams)
    cmdParms[2] = 'reverse'
    handle_cycle(cmdParams)
end

Any idea what could be causing this? I tested this with several modes (idle, hybrid, etc) and got the same error on each of them.

looking at the version thats in my gearswap this is what the self_command function should look like and it should work verify it please(its at line 9 of Mote-SelfCommands)

function self_command(commandArgs)
    local commandArgs = commandArgs
    if type(commandArgs) == 'string' then
        commandArgs = T(commandArgs:split(' '))
        if #commandArgs == 0 then
            return
        end
    end

    -- init a new eventArgs
    local eventArgs = {handled = false}

    -- Allow jobs to override this code
    if job_self_command then
        job_self_command(commandArgs, eventArgs)
    end

    if not eventArgs.handled then
        -- Of the original command message passed in, remove the first word from
        -- the list (it will be used to determine which function to call), and
        -- send the remaining words as parameters for the function.
        local handleCmd = table.remove(commandArgs, 1)

        if selfCommandMaps[handleCmd] then
            selfCommandMaps[handleCmd](commandArgs)
        end
    end
end

if yours is not the same it could be you got a bad download if thats the case
on xp:
re-download from git hub the whole gearswap and copy over your current gearswap
else:
delete the update folder from the main windower dir and restart windower

[HitomeOfBismarck]

looking at the version thats in my gearswap this is what the self_command function should look like and it should work verify it please(its at line 9 of Mote-SelfCommands)

function self_command(commandArgs)
    local commandArgs = commandArgs
    if type(commandArgs) == 'string' then
        commandArgs = T(commandArgs:split(' '))
        if #commandArgs == 0 then
            return
        end
    end

    -- init a new eventArgs
    local eventArgs = {handled = false}

    -- Allow jobs to override this code
    if job_self_command then
        job_self_command(commandArgs, eventArgs)
    end

    if not eventArgs.handled then
        -- Of the original command message passed in, remove the first word from
        -- the list (it will be used to determine which function to call), and
        -- send the remaining words as parameters for the function.
        local handleCmd = table.remove(commandArgs, 1)

        if selfCommandMaps[handleCmd] then
            selfCommandMaps[handleCmd](commandArgs)
        end
    end
end

if yours is not the same it could be you got a bad download if thats the case
on xp:
re-download from git hub the whole gearswap and copy over your current gearswap
else:
delete the update folder from the main windower dir and restart windower

Yeah it looks the same as yours. I did a fresh install just to make sure and it still gives me the same error.

[dlsmd]

Yeah it looks the same as yours. I did a fresh install just to make sure and it still gives me the same error.

well you can check a few thing
1. make sure that none of the rest of your binds have this - bind !p
2. make sure your bind is this(with spaces not tabs) - bind !p gs c cycleback offensemode

one question tho what are you using to edit your lua files i recommend notepad++ you can get it here: https://notepad-plus-plus.org/

other then that im at a loss

[HitomeOfBismarck]

Tried changing the bind to other letters and typing it manually to no avail. I use Notepadd++ as well.

[Nitrous24]

I'm attempting to use cycleback in offensemode but I keep getting an error.

send_command('bind !p gs c cycleback offensemode')

Whenever alt + P is pressed, this is printed in console:

GearSwap has detected an error in the user function self_command:
...indower4/addons/GearSwap/libs/Mote-SelfCommands.lua:173: attempt to index global 'cmdParms' (a nil value)

Looking at line 173 in Mote-SelfCommands.lua:

-- Handle cycling backwards through the options list of a state var.
-- User command format: gs c cycleback [field]
function handle_cycleback(cmdParams)
    cmdParms[2] = 'reverse'
    handle_cycle(cmdParams)
end

Any idea what could be causing this? I tested this with several modes (idle, hybrid, etc) and got the same error on each of them.

ok, i hate to point out the obvious, but you're assigning cmdParms, not cmdParams[2]. Change that and see if you still get the same error.

edit: I pushed the thing i assume would fix this (changing cmdParms[2] to cmdParams[2]) to live and dev. so if you reopen windower launcher it should fix itself.

[dlsmd]

ok, i hate to point out the obvious, but you're assigning cmdParms, not cmdParams[2]. Change that and see if you still get the same error.

edit: I pushed the thing i assume would fix this (changing cmdParms[2] to cmdParams[2]) to live and dev. so if you reopen windower launcher it should fix itself.

i cant believe i missed that i guess thats what being tired means thanks Nitrous24

[HitomeOfBismarck]

Woo hoo! Thank you both so much.

[dlsmd]

Woo hoo! Thank you both so much.

no problem thats what we come here for

[Mojo]

Looking for some tips on THF gear melee and WS sets (seem to actually be using it from time to time in Escha.)

[Trumpy]

Did you check the thread in the thf forums at FFXIAH? I am not sure if there is one for thf but there generally is one for each job a stickied thread with usually updated gear sets for everything.