Spellcast Help Thread (Link your XML using Pastebin.com for help!)

[Suteru]

PS2 Limitations.

Or something along the line. Basically it does that when the chatlog gets spammed too much, e.g., "Equipment Changed/Cannot Change" too fast, and it creates a bug where it clears the chatlog every time you view log. I had it happen once, but I haven't seen it again yet.

Not sure if Silence actually fixes the issue or just hides the number of Equipment Changed things while still keeping them in memory.

[The Blackrose]

PS2 Limitations.

Or something along the line. Basically it does that when the chatlog gets spammed too much, e.g., "Equipment Changed/Cannot Change" too fast, and it creates a bug where it clears the chatlog every time you view log. I had it happen once, but I haven't seen it again yet.

Not sure if Silence actually fixes the issue or just hides the number of Equipment Changed things while still keeping them in memory.

No, it only stems the inevitable. Although I notice it a lot more when I'm two boxing.

[Amastacia]

Two-boxing in and of itself constantly corrupts my chatlog, so I can't say I'd notice it being any worse with SpellCast.

[Tyramut]

I get that quite alot and i've never used SpellCast. I always figured it was something to do with Windower?

[Infini]

Yeah i get that too whenever im 2boxing for a bit my chatlog is corrupted after a bit and can sometimes crash my clients when its been goin on for too long :/

[Cesaria]

Someone told me it was an older windower error at one point (can't for the life of me remember who though) - I upgraded, it stopped happening, but it's happened to me again just the once recently - annoys the shit outta me when it does as I have chat log adhd and am always scrolling up and down mine!

[MaachaQ]

I can't seem to create an account on the windower forums to ask this... keeps telling me I can't leave the bot check blank, even though I fill in all the information...

I recently started using spellcast and it has been working mostly fine, except for on Red Mage when I cast a Teleport. While zoning after casting any teleport spell an error message will pop up saying that POL Viewer has an error and has to close. The game will actually keep running if I ignore the message (pull it over to my 2nd monitor usually), but I really want to fix this problem. If I turn off the plugin before teleporting this does not happen, and it does not happen if I cast a teleport on any other job. I figure it has something to do with my XML file for RDM, but I don't know how to fix it and neither does my computer-programmer husband ^^;

We run windows XP on this computer (Vaio Laptop) with the latest version of spellcast and windower. Not enough room to post my full XML here I think, but here's the rules section where the problem most likely is (my XML is pieced together from several sample files, I don't know much XML myself):

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<rules>
		<if advanced='"$SleepTimers"="1"'>
			<if Spell="Sleep II">
				<action type="command" when="aftercast">spellcast var inc sleepid;wait 45;input /echo [$sleepid:%spell] &lt;%target&gt; Wearing off in 45s</action>
				<action type="command" when="aftercast">wait 75;input /echo [$sleepid:%spell] &lt;%target&gt; Wearing off in 15s</action>
				<action type="command" when="aftercast">wait 85;input /echo [$sleepid:%spell] &lt;%target&gt; Wearing off in 5s;spellcast var dec sleepid;</action>
			</if>
			<elseif Spell="Sleep|Sleepga">
				<action type="command" when="aftercast">spellcast var inc sleepid;wait 45;input /echo [$sleepid:%spell] &lt;%target&gt; Wearing off in 15s</action>
				<action type="command" when="aftercast">wait 55;input /echo [$sleepid:%spell] &lt;%target&gt; Wearing off in 5s;spellcast var dec sleepid;</action>
			</elseif>
		</if>

			<action type="equip" when="resting" set="Resting" />
			<action type="equip" when="idle" set="Standard" />
            <xi:include href="include.xml" xpointer="/includes/include[@name='ObiRules']/*" />
            <xi:include href="include.xml" xpointer="/includes/include[@name='CancelRules']/*" />
			<if status="Engaged">
				<action type="equip" when="aftercast" set="engaged" />
			</if>
			<if notStatus="Engaged">
				<action type="equip" when="aftercast" set="StaffStandard" />
			</if>
			<if Skill="Heali*">
				<if spell="Cur*">
					<action type="equip" when="precast" set="Cure" />
				</if>
				<else>
					<action type="equip" when="precast" set="FastCast" />
				</else>
			</if>
			<if Skill="Enfeeb*">
				<if spell="Paralyze">
					<action type="equip" when="precast" set="MND-Enfeeble-Potency" />
				</if>
				<elseif spell="Slow|Silence">
					<if target="Tiamat|Genbu|Suzaku|Seiryu|Byakko|Kirin|Jormungand|Vrtra|Cerberus|Khimaira|Tyger|Jailer of Love|Sarameya">
						<action type="equip" when="precast" set="MND-Enfeeble-Acc" />
					</if>
					<else>
						<action type="equip" when="precast" set="MND-Enfeeble-Potency" />
					</else>
				</elseif>
				<else>
					<action type="equip" when="precast" set="Enfeeble-FullSkill" />
				</else>
			</if>
			<if Skill="Enhan*">
				<if spell="Stoneskin*">
					<action type="equip" when="precast" set="Stoneskin" />
				</if>
				<elseif spell="Phalanx*">
					<action type="equip" when="precast" set="Enhancing" />
				</elseif>
				<elseif spell="Tele*">
					<action type="equip" when="precast" set="FastCast" />
					<action type="equip" when="midcast" set="Standard" />
				</elseif>
				<else>
					<action type="equip" when="precast" set="FastCast" />
				</else>
			</if>
			<if Skill="Elemen*">
				<if spell="Stone*|Water*|Aero*|Fire*|Bliz*|Thunder*">
					<if target="Tiamat|Genbu|Suzaku|Seiryu|Byakko|Kirin|Jormungand|Vrtra|Cerberus|Khimaira|Tyger|Jailer of Love|Sarameya">
						<action type="equip" when="precast" set="Nuke-Acc" />
					</if>
					<else>
						<action type="equip" when="precast" set="Nuke-Potency" />
					</else>
				</if>
				<else>
					<action type="equip" when="precast" set="Nuke-Acc" />
				</else>
			</if>
			<if Skill="Dark*">
				<action type="equip" when="precast" set="Dark" />
			</if>
			<if Skill="Ninjut*">
				<action type="equip" when="precast" set="FastCast" />
			</if>
			<if spell="Refresh|Haste|Blink">
				<action type="equip" when="precast" set="FastCast" />
			</if>
			<if Advanced='"Melee" != "1"'>
				<action type="equip" when="precast">
					<main>$%spellelementStaff</main>
					<sub>$%SpellElementGrip</sub>
				</action>
			</if>
			<if Advanced='"Melee" == "1"'>
				<if advanced='"LockTP" == "1"'>
					<action type="Disable" slot="main|sub|range" />
				</if>
				<if advanced='"LockTP" != "1"'>
					<acrion type="Enable" slot="main|sub|range" />
				</if>
			</if>
			<if area="*Remnants|Nyzul*">
				<action type="equip" when="precast|midcast|aftercast|idle|resting|engaged">
					<lring lock="t">Balrahn's Ring</lring>
				</action>
			</if>
			<if spell="Convert">
				<action type="castdelay" delay="0.5" />
				<action type="equip" when="precast" set="Convert" />
				<action type="aftercastdelay" delay="6" />
			</if>
		</rules>

[Hosom]

It's most likely an issue with SpellCast itself Maacha. I don't see anything in your rules that would cause yours to do anything like that.... my suggestion is to contact Aikar to report it as a bug and see what he says.

[Deimos]

Well, you do have one obvious problem in your XML, which probably isn't related, but best to fix anyway:

<acrion type="Enable" slot="main|sub|range" />

Needs to be "action".

Have you upgraded to Spellcast 2.30? I notice you're still using the old-style equip actions. Upgrading may fix your problem anyway, but I'm 99% sure that it's because you have an aftercast gear-swap that happens after you finish your teleport. You're zoning when that happens, and trying to swap gear while zoning is not a good thing.

[Tricen]

Spellcast would be awesome if it didn't erase your chatlog. For a RDM, chatlog is pretty important :/

[Deimos]

It doesn't "erase" my chatlog, I'm not even sure what you're saying that it does. You just can't scroll up any more? Or you're having so many "Equipment changed." spams that it erases it?

[Hosom]

You can use Silence, or I think there's a function in spellcast to make it to where it doesn't show equipment changed... w/ pld I like to know my stuff changed though... so I've never fooled around w/ it

[Esvedium]

I recently started using spellcast and it has been working mostly fine, except for on Red Mage when I cast a Teleport. While zoning after casting any teleport spell an error message will pop up saying that POL Viewer has an error and has to close.

I get this as well. Are you by chance using my XMl as a base for yours? (Esvedium's Red Mage XML)

I don't see anything in my XML that would cause it either, and I don't really teleport anywhere on any other job... I tele'd myself and a friend and POL died, I couldn't even keep going if I ignored the error. I came back on, someone at Holla asked for a Dem for 5k (who am I to say no to that, even if it crashes me!), POL crash on Dem, and also going back to Holla to join up with my friend again.

I can warp, retrace, have someone else tele me, and no issues. I'll have to look into my XML a little deeper tonight and try to figure this out.

[nekura]

I have that issue as well, and I'm using my own XML written from scratch. I think it might have to do with Spellcast trying to tell the game to swap gear while you're mid-zoning.

[Esvedium]

I have that issue as well, and I'm using my own XML written from scratch. I think it might have to do with Spellcast trying to tell the game to swap gear while you're mid-zoning.

I thought it might be that, but it doesn't affect my warping myself or retracing myself...

[Raylinn]

I had the problem with teleporting as well. It seems to be caused by switching gear after the spell finishes.

So, add a rule that checks if you are casting teleports. If you are, don't do an aftercast equip swap back to your idle set.

Like:

<if notspell="Teleport*">
    <equip when="aftercast" set="idle" />
</if>

[MaachaQ]

I had the problem with teleporting as well. It seems to be caused by switching gear after the spell finishes.

So, add a rule that checks if you are casting teleports. If you are, don't do an aftercast equip swap back to your idle set.

Like:

<if notspell="Teleport*">
    <equip when="aftercast" set="idle" />
</if>

I added this code, and upgraded my code to 2.30 using the utility on the website, SpellCast 2.x -> 2.30 Format Upgrader, and I think the problem is now fixed. I had thought it might be trying to change gear while zoning, but nothing I'd tried before had stopped it. Thank you very much ^^

[nekura]

I thought it might be that, but it doesn't affect my warping myself or retracing myself...

Well, RDM does have more Fast Cast than BLM. ;b But overall it seems to be a weird timing issue that doesn't occur in every situation for me. For example, going from Whitegate > Mea crag via Teleport-Mea, I won't crash. However, after finishing the ENM at Boneyard Gully, going to back to the Mea crystal from there, I'll always crash. In the first situation, Spellcast swaps my gear back to my Standard gear before the Teleport actually zones me, in the second situation when I log back in I'm standing in my Enhancing Magic gear. Time to get off of my lazy ass and exempt Teleport spells from gear swaps!

[Esvedium]

Well, RDM does have more Fast Cast than BLM. ;b But overall it seems to be a weird timing issue that doesn't occur in every situation for me. For example, going from Whitegate > Mea crag via Teleport-Mea, I won't crash. However, after finishing the ENM at Boneyard Gully, going to back to the Mea crystal from there, I'll always crash. In the first situation, Spellcast swaps my gear back to my Standard gear before the Teleport actually zones me, in the second situation when I log back in I'm standing in my Enhancing Magic gear. Time to get off of my lazy ass and exempt Teleport spells from gear swaps!

Hmmm maybe starting rules section with:
<if spell="Teleport*">
<return />
</if>

If I get a chance I'll test that out, but I'm sure someone will beat me to it! XD

[nekura]

Hmmm maybe starting rules section with:
<if spell="Teleport*">
<return />
</if>

If I get a chance I'll test that out, but I'm sure someone will beat me to it! XD

Yeah, it's easy to do I'm just terribly lazy.