Archbell 3.22 is out

[Delekii]

and made a new text file and named it mpgear and edited my files to now say "bind ^!1 exec mpgear.txt

i really hope we dont have to convert to that, surely there is a way to use them as they were.

I have approximately 50 script files, but if I have to take out each individual equipment set and make its own file.. that will escalate to almost 80 files... not pleasant to work with

[SephYuyX]

I have everything seperate, all my nukes, eevrything. This isnt a database, and having them seperate makes things more organized, for me atleast.

[Phoenixoflight]

i was able to fix all my macros.

1. Aliases still work the same as they did in the old version. Meaning that once it reads an aliase, nothing else will read for the rest of the line.

2. Here's an example of my old macro...

bind ^1 input /ma "Blizzard IV" <t>; input /equip main "Aquilo's Staff"; input /recast "Blizzard IV";

This didn't work..here's the fixed version

keyboard_bind ^1 input /ma "Blizzard IV" <t>;input /equip main "Aquilo's Staff";input /recast "Blizzard IV";

As you can see i replaced bind with keyboard_bind and i also removed my spaces after the semi-colons.

3. You can still use /console exec whatever.txt after you modify these but it will dump/run through all your commands. What's weird is that if you type it again in succession, your binding will be correct with no spam. I recommend opening up your console and typing

exec whatever.txt

This will bind the macro correctly without any spam dumping into say

[Francisco]

I'm about to download this... but this time around I really wanna have "bigger" macros, so I can fit more gear swaps in for stuff like Chakra...

Is there a guide somewhere on how to set these up, or can someone just explain it to me? >.>

[Maxxthepenguin]

I'm about to download this... but this time around I really wanna have "bigger" macros, so I can fit more gear swaps in for stuff like Chakra...

Is there a guide somewhere on how to set these up, or can someone just explain it to me? >.>

Theres a thread somewhere but heres the short version:

Open wordpad and start a new file
Type what you want to do as:

input [command];

For example:

input /ja "Provoke" <t>;

or

input /equip head "Spelunker's Hat";

The only thing that doesn't work are waits, use pause [seconds]; instead, as such:

pause .5;

Then save into the scripts subfolder of the windower folder as whatever you want it to be, say tpgear.txt
Then in FFXI make the macro say /console exec "[filename]", like this:

/console exec "tpgear.txt"

Then you're set!
An example of a gear swap would be this:

input /equip head "Chs. Burgeonet +1";
input /equip hands "Chs. Gauntlets +1";
input /equip neck "Spike Necklace";
input /equip ring1 "Rajas Ring";
input /equip ring2 "Flame Ring";
input /equip waist "Warwolf Belt";
input /equip body "Hauberk";
input /equip feet "Hct. Leggings";
input /equip legs "Ryl.Kgt. Breeches";
input /equip ear1 "Abyssal Earring";
input /equip ear2 "Brutal Earring";
input /echo WS Equip on;

and because I'm a silly DRK heres another one

input /equip ring2 "Flame Ring";
input /equip legs "Abyss Flanchard";
input /equip feet "Abyss Sollerets";
input /equip hands "Crimson Fng. Gnt.";
input /equip body "Chaos Cuirass";
input /equip head "Chs. Burgeonet +1";
input /equip ear1 "Abyssal Earring";
input /equip neck "Dark Torque";
input /echo Casting gear on;

or here was a macro I set up for animated weapon fighting

input /ja "Souleater" <me>;
pause 1;
input /ja "Last Resort" <me>;
pause 1;
input /ws "Spiral Hell" <t>;
pause 3;
input /equip main "Company Sword";
pause 1;
input /equip sub "Seiryu's Sword";
input /item "Icarus Wing" <me>;
input /equip ear1 "Assault Earring";
input /equip head "Optical Hat";
input /equip waist "Life Belt";
input /equip ring1 "Woodsman Ring";

[Francisco]

Thanks. ^^ Where do I save the text files to though?

Also, do I need to use the "console key" or anything like that to turn them on/off?

[Maxxthepenguin]

Thanks. ^^ Where do I save the text files to though?

Also, do I need to use the "console key" or anything like that to turn them on/off?

C:\FFXI\Windower\scripts
Adjust to where you put windower, if thats not enough help for you, just turn off your computer for good.

They are always on if you set them up like that.

[Turtlesoup]

Namechanger not working? I just tried to "load Namechanger" and it just crashed my ff

[Taj]

Namechanger not working? I just tried to "load Namechanger" and it just crashed my ff

No Mr. Argus for you.

[Lordwafik]

does namechanger have any other use aside from letting mrargus work?

If not, why the hell does he keep it working.

[Maxxthepenguin]

does namechanger have any other use aside from letting mrargus work?

If not, why the hell does he keep it working.

Other programs can use it too. The same reason MrArgus can use it is the same reason it may be important for future GUI enhancements or such.

[Taj]

does namechanger have any other use aside from letting mrargus work?

If not, why the hell does he keep it working.

Other programs can use it too. The same reason MrArgus can use it is the same reason it may be important for future GUI enhancements or such.

Wrong, wrong, wrong. It's easy to make a program that doesn't rely on the window name. The only reason people need it for Mr. Argus is because the developer doesn't update Mr. Argus anymore. It's totally unnecessary, and without it, Mr. Argus wouldn't be able to be fixed unless someone came up with a completely new version of the program, instead of just updating the offsets.

[Maxxthepenguin]

does namechanger have any other use aside from letting mrargus work?

If not, why the hell does he keep it working.

Other programs can use it too. The same reason MrArgus can use it is the same reason it may be important for future GUI enhancements or such.

Wrong, wrong, wrong. It's easy to make a program that doesn't rely on the window name. The only reason people need it for Mr. Argus is because the developer doesn't update Mr. Argus anymore. It's totally unnecessary, and without it, Mr. Argus wouldn't be able to be fixed unless someone came up with a completely new version of the program, instead of just updating the offsets.

...oh I've never tried to make stuff for FFXI. I'm just relying on general programming knowledge

[Turtlesoup]

Namechanger not working? I just tried to "load Namechanger" and it just crashed my ff

No Mr. Argus for you.

Because I totally need MrArgus to claim leshonki and tyrannic tunok right?
shove it.

I use it because I don't like seeing the titlebar change every 10 seconds, it drags attention away from the game or whatever else I may be doing at the time.

[Zavia]

>.> Created an account just to post here on this; I'm too newb for anything else at only 69.

But I just downloaded this file (OMG THANK YOU, YOU'RE A SAINT) and the program seems very different. There's no top bar and I can't see my toolbar behind it, but I can alt-tab out with no problems. It's very strange. I mean, it's not a big deal; I just can't get to teamspeak from there if I minimize it and I need to remember not to close my browser, but it seemed quited strange and I thought I would ask if the the windower got changed, or did I just eat something weird in the install?

It's pretty late and I have been puppet-dancing, so I hope that made sense.

Also, this is the first I've heard of doing macros like that. Seems pretty neat, but I dunno, isn't that a big red flag, like using the IME plugin or openly chatting about Windower use in game?

Hmm, first post. Flames will probably be painful. Nice to meet you guys in advance and such.

[RustyMetal]

>.> Created an account just to post here on this; I'm too newb for anything else at only 69.

But I just downloaded this file (OMG THANK YOU, YOU'RE A SAINT) and the program seems very different. There's no top bar and I can't see my toolbar behind it, but I can alt-tab out with no problems. It's very strange. I mean, it's not a big deal; I just can't get to teamspeak from there if I minimize it and I need to remember not to close my browser, but it seemed quited strange and I thought I would ask if the the windower got changed, or did I just eat something weird in the install?

It's pretty late and I have been puppet-dancing, so I hope that made sense.

Also, this is the first I've heard of doing macros like that. Seems pretty neat, but I dunno, isn't that a big red flag, like using the IME plugin or openly chatting about Windower use in game?

Hmm, first post. Flames will probably be painful. Nice to meet you guys in advance and such.

@wafik, Cliff said the name changing crap adds to the cpu load(something like that).

@quote, it's not a red flag, /consol (if you chose to do your macros this way) is not sent to the server.

[Turtlesoup]

All the macros are intercepted by the windower before being sent out.

I don't know exactly what you're trying to say about how it works, but It works exactly the same as 3.21 did for me.

[Zavia]

As for the difference... on my earlier version, I had the blue bar at the top just like I do here in Firefox, that here says "Order of the Blue Gartr...." But if that's gone, cool. It just surprised me because it looked like fullscreen mode in regular FFXI except for the windower stuff that scrolled down at initial load, and I hit F11 and that worked, but it just freaked me out... you get used to the look of things.

I did get kinda distressed when I realized I had closed my browser and I couldn't minimize. But so long as I keep my browser open, that should be cool, because I can still tab and switch.

I'm a big proponent of words like "thingy" to describe technical terms, so I'm glad RustyMetal seemed to understand what I meant.

I'm just happy to have it back. I rely on F11 and the lighting thing and not being able to use anything in the background was killing me. Hell, I even plugged in my iPod and got booted. ><

[Turtlesoup]

I think I know what you mean... I had that issue with the first version windower a way long time ago. I don't usually play in full screen mode with the windower though, I just keep it below my monitors max res, I like it better that way.

[Delekii]

namechanger stops the damn taskbar flashing a new name every 10 seconds - only an issue for those of us that use dual display. you would be suprised just how annoying it is.