Gearswap Help Thread!

[dlsmd]

how can i print the whole table with the ids
i know that this(if indi-poison is active)
add_to_chat(123,"Indi Table= "..table.concat(Indi, "/"))
will give:
Indi Table= 2/ENEMY/Water/3

but i would like to see direct from the table its self
Indi Table= size=2/target=ENEMY/element=Water/element_id=3

when i say ids i mean size,target,element,element_id

i could do it like this but i want the output to come from the table its self
add_to_chat(123,"Indi Table= "..table.concat(Indi, "size=" 1, "/target=" 2, "element=" 3, "/element_id=" 4))

the only thing i could find is this
add_to_chat(123,"Indi Table= "..table.foreach(Indi, "/"))

[Tronian]

if all you want to do is check to see if you accidentally try to cast paralyze instead of Paralyna on to a party member this should be all you need

function pretarget(spell)
	if spell.english == 'Paralyze' then 
		if spell.target.type == 'PLAYER' then
			cancel_spell()
			send_command('input /ma "Paralyna" ' ..spell.target.raw)
		end
	end
end

No, i am tryingto change the casting of paralyze to become casting paralyna if the target is a player. any ideas?

[Arcon]

No, i am tryingto change the casting of paralyze to become casting paralyna if the target is a player. any ideas?

That's exactly what he meant, his code does just that. However, you may also want to add a return statement after the send_command line.

[dv8nxs]

No, i am tryingto change the casting of paralyze to become casting paralyna if the target is a player. any ideas?

actually in this code is exactly what he has it doing?

function pretarget(spell)
	if spell.english == 'Paralyze' then 
		if spell.target.type == 'PLAYER' then
			cancel_spell()
			send_command('input /ma "Paralyna" ' ..spell.target.raw)
		end
	end
end

[Tronian]

That's exactly what he meant, his code does just that. However, you may also want to add a return statement after the send_command line.

oh, i tried and still no response, it is still trying to cast paralyze on player.

[dlsmd]

oh, i tried and still no response, it is still trying to cast paralyze on player.

can you post all of your code in pastebin

and are you using Paralyze or Paralyze II

if Paralyze II
change this
if spell.english == 'Paralyze' then
to
if spell.english: startswith('Paralyze') then
remove space between : and s

[Tronian]

can you post all of your code in pastebin

and are you using Paralyze or Paralyze II

if Paralyze II
change this
if spell.english == 'Paralyze' then
to
if spell.english: startswith('Paralyze') then
remove space between : and s

the code pastebin.com/mAvC1GXs
Thanks for the help.

[dlsmd]

the code pastebin.com/mAvC1GXs
Thanks for the help.

its not working because motes include already has a function precast if your using his files you need to put your precast rules in function job_precast(spell, action, spellMap, eventArgs)

[Tronian]

its not working because motes include already has a function precast if your using his files you need to put your precast rules in function job_precast(spell, action, spellMap, eventArgs)

I put that code in function job_precast(spell, action, spellMap, eventArgs) but results is same, paralyze is still being attempted instead of switching to paralyna. @.@;

[dlsmd]

I put that code in function job_precast(spell, action, spellMap, eventArgs) but results is same, paralyze is still being attempted instead of switching to paralyna. @.@;

what lvl is your whm??
are you using all of mots files?? are thay the latest versions??
are you using it from the menu??
if from menu it must be in(for motes files) job_precast
if not from menu it can be in (for motes files) job_pretarget(this only works if you type in the spell info or from a macro)

[wigmasterflex]

So I, like many others are converting my SC over to GS/lua now. So far so good I am mostly using Mote's stuff as templates etc. I do have one hopefully quick question though. I am trying to set up different global files based on different char names ( 3 different ones to be exact) so I can have different default HMP/PDT staves but mostly for different binds based on char. I cannot seem to get gear swap or more specifically mote's include/utilities to call anything but mote's global. I have a feeling its a simple file naming misunderstanding. Can anyone break this down for me? I am sure its something simple.

I have a mule named Mulesalot and I have copied Mote-Globals.lua into a file called Mulesalot-Globals.lua however it just keeps loading the Mote-Globals.lua file (I can tell because I changed the default resting staff for quick testing). Can i only have a "user-globals.lua" file and not be char specific or am I missing something else?

Thanks in advance.

[JSHidaka]

I put that code in function job_precast(spell, action, spellMap, eventArgs) but results is same, paralyze is still being attempted instead of switching to paralyna. @.@;

So probably its something inside mote's lua. Make a blank lua with just that in pre target, and test it.

[JSHidaka]

So I, like many others are converting my SC over to GS/lua now. So far so good I am mostly using Mote's stuff as templates etc. I do have one hopefully quick question though. I am trying to set up different global files based on different char names ( 3 different ones to be exact) so I can have different default HMP/PDT staves but mostly for different binds based on char. I cannot seem to get gear swap or more specifically mote's include/utilities to call anything but mote's global. I have a feeling its a simple file naming misunderstanding. Can anyone break this down for me? I am sure its something simple.

I have a mule named Mulesalot and I have copied Mote-Globals.lua into a file called Mulesalot-Globals.lua however it just keeps loading the Mote-Globals.lua file (I can tell because I changed the default resting staff for quick testing). Can i only have a "user-globals.lua" file and not be char specific or am I missing something else?

Thanks in advance.

Don't think by just changing the name it will work, mote's will auto load his if they aren't any other first.

[dlsmd]

So I, like many others are converting my SC over to GS/lua now. So far so good I am mostly using Mote's stuff as templates etc. I do have one hopefully quick question though. I am trying to set up different global files based on different char names ( 3 different ones to be exact) so I can have different default HMP/PDT staves but mostly for different binds based on char. I cannot seem to get gear swap or more specifically mote's include/utilities to call anything but mote's global. I have a feeling its a simple file naming misunderstanding. Can anyone break this down for me? I am sure its something simple.

I have a mule named Mulesalot and I have copied Mote-Globals.lua into a file called Mulesalot-Globals.lua however it just keeps loading the Mote-Globals.lua file (I can tell because I changed the default resting staff for quick testing). Can i only have a "user-globals.lua" file and not be char specific or am I missing something else?

Thanks in advance.

no because you have to find and edit the include('??????.lua') to stop reloading the default includes

but if you want to have separate lua's for each char in ...\Windower4\addons\GearSwap\data
just add your char names so that each has there own folder

[Motenten]

Hi Motenten,

I am new to gs and am modifying your whm.lua.

I follow you pointers and modify my code as below. I added print to see if where the code is moving.not sure if print command is correct though.

if spell.english == 'Paralyze' and spell.target.type == 'PLAYER' then
		print (111111)
		cancel_spell() 
		print (22211)
		send_command('input /ma "Paralyna" ' ..spell.target.name) 
		else
		print (333331)
		send_command('input /ma "Paralyze" '..spell.target.name)
	end

anyway, if my character try cast paralze on anyone, debug shows it will go into a loop and ffxi eventually crash out.

I tried putting this code in function precast(spell) but nothing happens, it still try to cast paralyze on a player instead of paralyna.

if I put the code in the function job_precast(spell, action, spellMap, event Args) and try to cast paralyze, debug shows it goes into a loop and eventually crash out.

please let me know where should that code reside to achieve my goal of spellcast code below. Thanks.

<if Spell="Paralyze*"> <!-- Check conditions and change if needed when casting Paralyze II -->
<if SpellTargetType="Self|Player"> <!-- If target is player or self change to paralyna -->
<action type="DefaultTarget" target="<t>" />
<!-- <action type=ChangeTarget Target="<st>" /> -->
<changespell spell="Paralyna" />

Since you're modifying my files, don't use cancel_spell(), and don't define your own versions of pretarget() or precast(). Both of those will cause problems. You should be using job_pretarget() and job_precast().

To cancel a spell, use:

    eventArgs.cancel = true

And then insert a return command as appropriate to be sure that you don't run regular code after you've decided to cancel.

When you created a precast() function it didn't work because you broke the entire include structure.

And of course, when you cast paralyze you have a send_command() to *again* cast paralyze (which will hit this bit of code, and yet again send the command to cast paralyze, etc). Take that out. If you're casting paralyze, you don't need to send a command to tell it to cast paralyze again.

If you were testing this by casting on yourself that would also fail. spell.player.type == 'PLAYER' is for every other player *except* yourself. You also need to check for spell.target.type == 'SELF'.

So, to fix all the problems in your code sample:

function job_precast(spell, action, spellMap, event Args)
    if spell.english == 'Paralyze' and (spell.target.type == 'PLAYER' or spell.target.type == 'SELF') then
        eventArgs.cancel = true
        send_command('input /ma "Paralyna" ' ..spell.target.name)
        return
    end
end

[Motenten]

So I, like many others are converting my SC over to GS/lua now. So far so good I am mostly using Mote's stuff as templates etc. I do have one hopefully quick question though. I am trying to set up different global files based on different char names ( 3 different ones to be exact) so I can have different default HMP/PDT staves but mostly for different binds based on char. I cannot seem to get gear swap or more specifically mote's include/utilities to call anything but mote's global. I have a feeling its a simple file naming misunderstanding. Can anyone break this down for me? I am sure its something simple.

I have a mule named Mulesalot and I have copied Mote-Globals.lua into a file called Mulesalot-Globals.lua however it just keeps loading the Mote-Globals.lua file (I can tell because I changed the default resting staff for quick testing). Can i only have a "user-globals.lua" file and not be char specific or am I missing something else?

Thanks in advance.

Hm. You're correct, it won't work as currently written. However it's trivial to allow it to search for <playername>-globals, so I'll update my code to account for that. It may be a bit before I push my latest updates, so you can fix it yourself by making this change to Mote-Utility:

In the load_user_globals() function, change:

	local filenames = {'user-globals.lua'}

to:

	local filenames = {'user-globals.lua', player.name..'-globals.lua'}

[wigmasterflex]

ahhh, that makes sense. Will do and many thanks!

I like that folders idea too didn't know I could do that either.

[Kensagaku]

Having a bit of trouble on my RUN file (I have problems with every job, don't I?) but this might not be a coding error so much as it is something I'm not understanding properly. Essentially, when I try and use most of my JAs, I don't swap gear properly. I noticed that it only applies to JAs that are under another category; Vivacious Pulse swaps properly, but runes, Lunge/Swipe, and Vallation/Valiance aren't switching gear at all. Is there a way to handle "category" type JAs like this?

Edit: By Category I mean "Rune Enchantment" "Ward" and "Effusion" in this case.

My GS: http://pastebin.com/LsT1rn84

[dlsmd]

Having a bit of trouble on my RUN file (I have problems with every job, don't I?) but this might not be a coding error so much as it is something I'm not understanding properly. Essentially, when I try and use most of my JAs, I don't swap gear properly. I noticed that it only applies to JAs that are under another category; Vivacious Pulse swaps properly, but runes, Lunge/Swipe, and Vallation/Valiance aren't switching gear at all. Is there a way to handle "category" type JAs like this?

Edit: By Category I mean "Rune Enchantment" "Ward" and "Effusion" in this case.

My GS: http://pastebin.com/LsT1rn84

RUN is hard to code for many reasons
not lest of which there is no way to count multiple of the same runes i have tried buff gain,aftercast,percast,midcast because to test the counts i have it cancel the spell when it hits my cap but when one of them drops the code has no way to count down

but im going to check and see if there is a special packet that counts it next time i go online

[JSHidaka]

RUN is hard to code for many reasons
not lest of which there is no way to count multiple of the same runes i have tried buff gain,aftercast,percast,midcast because to test the counts i have it cancel the spell when it hits my cap but when one of them drops the code has no way to count down

but im going to check and see if there is a special packet that counts it next time i go online

for the runes counts could do a function like the one Byrth did on his BRD.lua for custom timers, for sure for this variables and timers are needed (unless can find a way using packets.. ~.~)