Gearswap Help Thread!

[Roland_J]

Hrm.. I'm having a very strange issue with gearswap's debugmode. It's happening no matter what kind of job.lua I load -whether it's mote-based or not mote-based. It's looking through my inventory and trying to find a jobs field from the resources for each item in my inventory apparently... Why? lol. The chat log spam is so bad that it makes using gearswap's debugmode pretty cumbersome. Any ideas on what would make it do something so absurd? Here's a screenshot.

http://oi66.tinypic.com/4uvr74.jpg

From looking through google results for 'gearswap item does not have a jobs field' it looks like this issue has happened before and it's an error with gearswap itself. I see a post from Nov 2014 and July 2016 on this matter. Considering that these items giving errors are old items and would have been (and were according to /debugmode working just a few months ago when I tried last) sorted out a long time ago, why is this error popping up now?

Edit! It's happening because new debug lines have been added to the equip_processing.lua of gearswap. Nothing against the developer for putting that code there, as I'm sure he has a good debugging reason, but there is a way to get this to go away for us end-users. Simply remove lines 40 and 41 from your equip_processing.lua; the lines relating to the item.id jobs. Woohoo, the message is gone! Back to my gearswap debugging.

[Roland_J]

I'm trying to understand why my precast isn't working the way I'm trying to code it. I've figured out a solution but I still don't see why my first instinct of how to code it didn't work; the code looks like it all adds up logically.

My goal is to get the midcast function to identify Indi spells and do what I tell it to do when they are cast. Eventually I want it to equip my Indi midcast equipset but for now it's just a debug 'Hello!'.

Here is what I tried:

function job_midcast(spell, action, spellMap, eventArgs)
	if spell.action_type == 'Magic' then
		-- Default base equipment layer of fast recast.
		equip(sets.midcast.FastRecast)
	elseif spell.english:startswith('Indi') then
		add_to_chat('Hello!')
	end
end

that 'elseif spell.english:startswith('Indi')' should, as far as I know, trigger when an Indi spell is cast and print Hello! to my chat log. It doesn't... ><

Here what I had to do (I found this in AlanWarren's geo.lua)

function job_get_spell_map(spell, default_spell_map)
    if spell.action_type == 'Magic' then
        if spell.skill == 'Geomancy' then
            if spell.english:startswith('Indi') then
                add_to_chat('Hello!')
            end
        end
    end
end

This code prints 'Hello!' to my chat log.

Bleh, I don't see why the midcast function didn't catch indi spells at all. I'd like to understand this that way I can further customize my midcasts if I come across anything else I'd like to change too.

From what I can tell that midcast function isn't good for anything. I also tried "elseif spell.skill == 'Geomancy' then" and that didn't print the message either. I've also tried to make it midcast warp in fast cast/recast gear in the past and it refused to work at that time, too. Is it just just a placebo function?

[trv]

Follow your code. An indi-spell's action_type is 'Magic'. The first statement is true, so the rest is not executed.

[Lygre]

^^^ What trv said.

function job_midcast(spell, action, spellMap, eventArgs)
	if spell.action_type == 'Magic' then
		if spell.english:startswith('Indi') then
			add_to_chat('Hello!')
		else
		-- Default base equipment layer of fast recast.
			equip(sets.midcast.FastRecast)
		end
	end
end

[dlsmd]

Hrm.. I'm having a very strange issue with gearswap's debugmode. It's happening no matter what kind of job.lua I load -whether it's mote-based or not mote-based. It's looking through my inventory and trying to find a jobs field from the resources for each item in my inventory apparently... Why? lol. The chat log spam is so bad that it makes using gearswap's debugmode pretty cumbersome. Any ideas on what would make it do something so absurd? Here's a screenshot.

http://oi66.tinypic.com/4uvr74.jpg

From looking through google results for 'gearswap item does not have a jobs field' it looks like this issue has happened before and it's an error with gearswap itself. I see a post from Nov 2014 and July 2016 on this matter. Considering that these items giving errors are old items and would have been (and were according to /debugmode working just a few months ago when I tried last) sorted out a long time ago, why is this error popping up now?

Edit! It's happening because new debug lines have been added to the equip_processing.lua of gearswap. Nothing against the developer for putting that code there, as I'm sure he has a good debugging reason, but there is a way to get this to go away for us end-users. Simply remove lines 40 and 41 from your equip_processing.lua; the lines relating to the item.id jobs. Woohoo, the message is gone! Back to my gearswap debugging.

that line would be more of an advanced debug only needed for when an item is in a set thats trying to be equiped
so it should be in show_swaps but mirrored in debug_mode only if you try to equip it but how to do this i have no clue

[Tronian]

Hi,
I am using Mote's code. I just came back from a long break. gearswap works when i left.
I am now getting the below error whenever i try to cast a cure spell.
attempt to call global 'refine_cure' (a nil value)

I have the function defined in Mote-Utility.lua

is it not allowed anymore? I hope not else all healing job i need to manually add it in....

anyone know what is wrong? Thanks

[Tronian]

anyone know what is wrong? Thanks

hmm, seems need to check the folder structure to see if the correct files were called.

edit: ya, the Mote-?? files need to be in the lib folder.

[knownunknown]

I'm trying to setup files for gearswap using the includes from dlsmd's signature. When loading the example pup.lua with no edits I receive the following error in console.

06:08:19 > User file problem: C:\Program Files (x86)\Windower4\/addons/GearSwap/data/PUP.lua:122: <name> or '...' expected near ''prerender''

lines 121 - 140

function
windower.raw_register_event('prerender', function()
    if Enable_auto_pup and (os.clock()-log_in_time) >= 10 then
        if check_recast('ability',205) and not pet.isvalid then send_command('input /ja "Activate" <me>')
        elseif pet.isvalid and player.hpp > 75 and pet.hpp < 25 and check_recast('ability',211) then send_command('input /ja "Role Reversal" <me>')
        elseif player.in_combat then
            if pet.status ~= 'Engaged' then send_command('input /ja "Deploy" <t>')
            elseif check_recast('ability',114) and buffactive['Overload'] then send_command('input /ja "Cooldown" <t>')
            elseif check_recast('ability',210) and not buffactive['Overload'] then 
                if Enable_pup_skill_up then
                    -- if not buffactive['Water Maneuver'] then send_command('input /ja "Water Maneuver" <me>') --skill up 1
                    if buffactive['Water Maneuver'] ~= 2 then send_command('input /ja "Water Maneuver" <me>') --skill up x2
                    elseif not buffactive['Light Maneuver'] then send_command('input /ja "Light Maneuver" <me>') --HP
                    -- elseif buffactive['Dark Maneuver'] ~= 2 then send_command('input /ja "Dark Maneuver" <me>') -- MP
                    end
                end
            end
        end
    end
end)

I haven't found a solution through various searches and was hoping I could get a few hints pointing in the right direction.
Thanks

[Psion]

speaking of pup, i was wondering if there's a way to change gear to pet: fast cast, before an automaton casts a spell. I guess pet.midcast is for after it's started casting the spell, so you can swap in cure potency/pet MAB/etc for that,but is gearswap able to detect the automatons spells before it starts to cast?

[dlsmd]

I'm trying to setup files for gearswap using the includes from dlsmd's signature. When loading the example pup.lua with no edits I receive the following error in console.

...

I haven't found a solution through various searches and was hoping I could get a few hints pointing in the right direction.
Thanks

--edit--
i just pushed a new update that also fixed this issue

also if you mind any more bug's can you post them to git hub here:https://github.com/smd111/Gearswap/issues
this way i can have a list of them to fix when i finally can log back in (i currently just dont have the money to pay for it right now)

[knownunknown]

speaking of pup, i was wondering if there's a way to change gear to pet: fast cast, before an automaton casts a spell. I guess pet.midcast is for after it's started casting the spell, so you can swap in cure potency/pet MAB/etc for that,but is gearswap able to detect the automatons spells before it starts to cast?

While I'm no expert, everything I've read states that the pet puppet's precast is just too fast for it to work reliably, if at all. There are workarounds but they generally cause a decrease in dps due to sitting in precast a few seconds while waiting for the pet to take an action.

[dlsmd]

speaking of pup, i was wondering if there's a way to change gear to pet: fast cast, before an automaton casts a spell. I guess pet.midcast is for after it's started casting the spell, so you can swap in cure potency/pet MAB/etc for that,but is gearswap able to detect the automatons spells before it starts to cast?

no there is no pet_precast for a reason
and thats because the client does not get the info that a pet is doing anything until it has started already

[Mojo]

This is more of a windower question than a gearswap question but I'm sure someone here knows (or Byrth will see it) and the answer is probably good to know. I added the following to my ninja gearswap today.

function job_setup()
    state.Utsusemi = 3
end

local utsusemi = {
    ["Utsusemi: Ichi"] = 1,
    ["Utsusemi: Ni"] = 2,
    ["Utsusemi: San"] = 3,
}

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Job-specific hooks for standard casting events.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
function job_midcast(spell, action, spellMap, eventArgs)
    if spellMap == 'Utsusemi' then
        if state.Utsusemi > utsusemi[spell.name] then
            if buffactive['Copy Image'] then
                windower.ffxi.cancel_buff(66)
            elseif buffactive['Copy Image (2)'] then
                windower.ffxi.cancel_buff(444)
            elseif buffactive['Copy Image (3)'] then
                windower.ffxi.cancel_buff(445)
            elseif buffactive['Copy Image (4+)'] then
                windower.ffxi.cancel_buff(446)
            end
        end
    end
end
 
function job_aftercast(spell, action, spellMap, eventArgs)
    if (not spell.interrupted) and spellMap == 'Utsusemi' then
        state.Utsusemi = utsusemi[spell.name]
    end
end

It seems to work okay. My question is regarding the packet ordering that is produced. Is the cancel inserted before or after spell packet? If it's after then I can't use quick cast gear without additional modification.

Thanks

[dlsmd]

It seems to work okay. My question is regarding the packet ordering that is produced. Is the cancel inserted before or after spell packet? If it's after then I can't use quick cast gear without additional modification.

Thanks

it depends on which packet your talking about
here is some info
packets:
<= from server
=> to server

when using gearswap
you use command
gearswap precast (this is why cancel spell is only here)
=>
<=
gearswap midcast
<=
gearswap aftercast

[Mojo]

I was referring to the outgoing 0xf1 and the other packets (outgoing 0x50/0xa1) that gearswap handles. It seems that the 0xf1 is inserted before (just tested and finally got a quick cast to proc on Ichi and it works okay.)

[Rehn]

So this commonly happens when I do avatars/bc in general (with a zoning after I kill whatever nm). Let's say I'm doing garuda: I kill her in my ws set, I get the usual zoning screen, and once I fully zoned out I'm still in my ws set. What piece of code do I need so that it updates back into my idle?

function aftercast(spell,action)
	status_change(player.status)
end

function status_change(new,old)
    if new == 'Engaged' then
		if Set_Mode == 0 then
			if Set_Accuracy == 0 then
				equip(sets.engaged.TP)
			end
			if Set_Accuracy == 1 then
				equip(sets.engaged.TP_Accuracy_1)
			end
			if Set_Accuracy == 2 then
				equip(sets.engaged.TP_Accuracy_2)
			end
		elseif Set_Mode == 1 then
			equip(sets.engaged.TP_Hybrid)
		end
    else
		if Set_Idle == 0 then
			equip(sets.aftercast.Idle_Regen)
		elseif Set_Idle == 1 then
			equip(sets.aftercast.Idle_DT)
		end
	end
end

[dlsmd]

So this commonly happens when I do avatars/bc in general (with a zoning after I kill whatever nm). Let's say I'm doing garuda: I kill her in my ws set, I get the usual zoning screen, and once I fully zoned out I'm still in my ws set. What piece of code do I need so that it updates back into my idle?

function aftercast(spell,action)
    status_change(player.status)
end

function status_change(new,old)
    if new == 'Engaged' then
        if Set_Mode == 0 then
            if Set_Accuracy == 0 then
                equip(sets.engaged.TP)
            end
            if Set_Accuracy == 1 then
                equip(sets.engaged.TP_Accuracy_1)
            end
            if Set_Accuracy == 2 then
                equip(sets.engaged.TP_Accuracy_2)
            end
        elseif Set_Mode == 1 then
            equip(sets.engaged.TP_Hybrid)
        end
    else
        if Set_Idle == 0 then
            equip(sets.aftercast.Idle_Regen)
        elseif Set_Idle == 1 then
            equip(sets.aftercast.Idle_DT)
        end
    end
end

whats happening with your code (i think)
is after your battle there is not enuf time for gearswap to trigger aftercast or status_change equip after your battle and before you get sent out of the battlefield then during the zone change it cant do so because you cant change gear while zoning

[Rehn]

So is this one of those "deal with it" moments? Guess I could do that, just wanted to be sure there wasn't a better solution.

[Roland_J]

Is there a way to make a foolproof /assist system for your alt through gearswap and the send addon? I'm not pleased with the vanilla assist system since it tends to fail if the character already has a target, even if not engaged to said previous target. <bt> also tends to fail either due to the char facing away from the mob or for w/e random reasons. I'd like to make an assist that takes the player.target.ID, or whatever is most fitting, and tells the alt char to target that target ID.

I've tried using the change_target() function with limited success. The following successfully changes the final target of spells cast using <st> to the value I assign to AssistID.

function job_pretarget(spell,action)
	if spell.target.raw:contains('<st>') then
		add_to_chat(123,'Pretarget debug message. ID: '..AssistID..'')
		change_target(''..AssistID..'')
	end
end

function job_self_command(cmdParams, eventArgs)
	if cmdParams[1] == 'YouAttack' then
		AssistID = player.target.id
		send_command('input //send altchar //gs c IAttack '..AssistID..'')
		add_to_chat(123,'Telling altchar to attack ID: '..AssistID..'.')
	elseif cmdParams[1] == 'YouAssist' then
		AssistID = player.target.id
		send_command('input //send altchar //gs c IAssist '..AssistID..'')
		add_to_chat(123,'Telling altchar to assist on ID: '..AssistID..'.')
	elseif cmdParams[1] == 'IAttack' then
		AssistID = cmdParams[2]
		send_command('input //stone <st>')
		add_to_chat(123,'Trying to attack ID: '..AssistID..'.')
	elseif cmdParams[1] == 'IAssist' then
		AssistID = cmdParams[2]
		send_command('input /attack <st>')
		add_to_chat(123,'Trying to engage target ID: '..AssistID..'')
	end
end

This works for a limited purpose, just for certain actions and I'd have to implement a toggle or completely devote <st>, which I don't use anyways (I use <stnpc>, <stpt>, or <stal>), to this feature. This method, however, doesn't work so far for making my character attack the assist. //send altname /attack <st> just makes a subtarget icon pop up; /attack's pretarget seems to work differently than the pretarget for spells. I also don't yet have a way to make my alt actually target any given mob, where their target cursor actually gets put on the mob.

If this will be too complicated to be worth it then I'll just stick with the flaws of the vanilla system but hopefully this would be simple to get coded in.

Thanks for any help!

[dlsmd]

Is there a way to make a foolproof /assist system for your alt through gearswap and the send addon? I'm not pleased with the vanilla assist system since it tends to fail if the character already has a target, even if not engaged to said previous target. <bt> also tends to fail either due to the char facing away from the mob or for w/e random reasons. I'd like to make an assist that takes the player.target.ID, or whatever is most fitting, and tells the alt char to target that target ID.

I've tried using the change_target() function with limited success. The following successfully changes the final target of spells cast using <st> to the value I assign to AssistID.

--- code redacted

This works for a limited purpose, just for certain actions and I'd have to implement a toggle or completely devote <st>, which I don't use anyways (I use <stnpc>, <stpt>, or <stal>), to this feature. This method, however, doesn't work so far for making my character attack the assist. //send altname /attack <st> just makes a subtarget icon pop up; /attack's pretarget seems to work differently than the pretarget for spells. I also don't yet have a way to make my alt actually target any given mob, where their target cursor actually gets put on the mob.

If this will be too complicated to be worth it then I'll just stick with the flaws of the vanilla system but hopefully this would be simple to get coded in.

Thanks for any help!

windower has no way to target someone with there id as far as i know (i can never get it to work for me if it does exist(with id or name))

and <st>,<stpc>,<stpt>,<stal>,<stnpc> all bring up the sub target selection arrow
while <lastst> targets the last selected pc/npc/mob you selected with the sub target selection arrow

if you want to target a specific party/alliance member its best to use <p?>,<a1?>,<a2?>
here is some code to figure it out

function get_party_member_slot(name)--returs true if given name is in allience
     for pt_num,pt in ipairs(alliance) do
         for pos,party_position in ipairs(pt) do
             if party_position.name == name then
                return pt_num,pos
             end
         end
     end
end


local pt_num,pos = get_party_member_slot(target_name)
local target = ""

--this is all if pt_num and pos have a base count of 1
if pt_num = 1 then
    target = "<p"..pos-1..">"
elseif pt_num = 2 then
    target = "<a1"..pos-1..">"
elseif pt_num = 3 then
    target = "<a2"..pos-1..">"
end

--or--

if pt_num and pos then
    target = (pt_num = 1 and "<p"..pos-1..">" or (pt_num = 2 and "<a1"..pos-1..">" or "<a2"..pos-1..">"))
end

(im unsure if pos starts with 0 or 1)
--if it is a base count of 0 just remove all the -1's