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

[Caylene]

For handling cures with Spellcast, should I be doing something more elaborate than simply [if spell=cure, precast in CurePre set, midcast in CurePotency set], especially with high values of Fast Cast & -Cure Cast Time?

Got my mule a Korin Obi yesterday, and went into Abyssea to test out cures. I started on Thundersday, just trying to get a baseline before testing the Obi & Twilight Cape on Lightsday, but was noticing alot of inconsistency (i.e. 315, 316, 318 Cure3 in normal set, and I think a 4th value for when Witful Belt proc'd and the cure went off in precast gear). I'm aware of the inconsistency with using identical rings in one swap (although I've broken it into Prolix/Aquasoul in precast, and the 2nd Aquasoul in midcast, which seems to work most of the time), but I seem to get more variance than would be explained by that alone.

My conclusion was that certain equipment slots weren't reliably swapping in time. The only way I could get the same value over & over & over was to open the equipment screen with the desired set equipped (to prevent gear swaps entirely), and just type out the cures.

Wondering if there are any tricks to get the timing right, so gear swaps happen consistently when they need to.

I put it into a spreadsheet and just did the math. Figure out what your cutoff point is, and don't forget about whether or not you use FC atmas in abyssea or use /rdm. I think for me it's anything that is casting time of almost 2 seconds or higher- if I do anything lower it won't switch over in time for the right gear (mostly cure potency) to be on when the spell goes off.

[Niberu]

Thx man ^^

[Zzsark]

How would I make it so that when I swap to AF+2 feet on SAM for 2hr it locks them in for all WSs?

[Yugl]

Variables:
<var name="Meikyo-WS">Blankset</var>

Sets:
<set name="Meikyo_Set">
<feet>AF2FeetHere</feet>
</set>

<set name="Blankset" />

Where your WS equip rule is, do this:
<equip set="WS Set|$Meikyo-WS" />

Add this rule
<if buffactive="Meikyo Shisui">
<var cmd="set Meikyo-WS Meikyo_Set" />
</if>
<else>
<var cmd="set Meikyo-WS Blankset" />
</else>

Fixed the rule for the equip. Should be $Meikyo, not Meikyo.

[Zzsark]

K. Gonna give it a try. A little confused by some of it but hopefully I put it in right. Thanks

[Niberu]

Originally Posted by Niberu

<!-- Spell rules -->
<if Skill="DarkMagic">
<if spell="Stun">
<equip set="Stun" when="precast" />
<if BuffActive="Hasso">
<command when="precast">cancel 353</command>
<command when="aftercast">exec hasso.txt</command>
</if>

Hi guys, I have this in my drk spellcast and i keep getting error saying cant exec. Am i suppose to make an actual text file in my spellcast folder called "hasso.txt" and put something inside it? I appreciate and speedy responses thank you. And if so what exactly do I put in the file thx.

hasso.txt goes in your script folder, not your spellcast folder.

input /ja Hasso <me>


I tried doing the above response but still cant get it to work.....



//echo Init script loaded.

// *** THIRD PARTY APPLICATION SETTING ***
// This MUST be set to true to make use of applications that use WindowerHelper
// to send Keyboard Commands. If you do not use any applications that control your keyboard, then you
// do not need to set this to 1. If you do, you must set this to 1 to make use of those applications.
keyboard_allowmmf 1

/////////////////////////////////////////////
//Set console variables //
////////////////////////////////////////////

console_position 15 50
console_color 255 255 0 0
console_displayactivity 1
console_fadedelay 3500
console_chatopen 1
console_screendir screenshots

/////////////////////////////////////////////
//Set game variables //
/////////////////////////////////////////////

game_forceambientlight 1
game_ambientlight 255 120 120 120
game_gamma 55
game_allowsetcursorpos 0
game_exittype 1
game_exitprompt 1
game_allowresize 0

/////////////////////////////////////////////
//Set general variables //
/////////////////////////////////////////////
//showfps 1
// FPS Position - Use -75 1 to position it on the top right corner.
//fps_position 5 5 //top left
fps_position -75 1 //top right


/////////////////////////////////////////////
//wait 5 seconds before auto loading plugins
wait 5
/////////////////////////////////////////////

/////////////////////////////////////////////
//Load plugins
// -- Remove the // from plugins you want to have autoloaded
/////////////////////////////////////////////

// TParty : TP #'s beside party members names and HP% number on target
// Distance : Shows distance to current target
// ConsoleBG : Puts a background behind the console
// Recast : Shows Recast Timers for All Abilities and Spells
// Timestamp : Adds time stamps to all chat log messages
// Silence : Reduces spam of 'Equipment Changed' and other messages from the chat log.
// SSOrganizer : Organizes all screenshots you take so you may easily find them.
// MANY MORE PLUGINS at www.windower.net

load TParty
load TimeStamp
load SSOrganizer
load Silence
load Recast
load Distance
load ConsoleBG

//Bind keys
//Bind syntax is "bind <key> <up> <command>
// ^ represents control- and ! is alt, eg !1 is alt-1
bind !f10 drawdistance set 5
bind ^f10 drawdistance set 1
bind f11 game_forceambientlight
bind f12 showfps
bind sysrq screenshot png
bind ^v paste
echo Toggle Lighting = F11 (Bump mapping must be off to work properly)
echo Toggle FPS = F12
echo DrawDistance Lv 5: Alt-F10
echo DrawDistance Lv 1: Ctrl-F10
echo Paste Clipboard = Ctrl-V

//Sets ConsoleBG Background Position
consolebg position 15 50

// *** ALLIANCE TARGET KEYS ***
// This lets you push Alt+F1-6 and Ctrl+F1-6 to to target Alliance members.
bind ^f1 input /ta <a10>
bind ^f2 input /ta <a11>
bind ^f3 input /ta <a12>
bind ^f4 input /ta <a13>
bind ^f5 input /ta <a14>
bind ^f6 input /ta <a15>
bind !f1 input /ta <a20>
bind !f2 input /ta <a21>
bind !f3 input /ta <a22>
bind !f4 input /ta <a23>
bind !f5 input /ta <a24>
bind !f6 input /ta <a25>

//input
/ja Hasso <me>

Please help me to get this right thx.

[Phoenyx]

The exec command is looking for a file named "hasso.txt" that doesn't exist, which is why it's failing. You need to create a separate text file named hasso.txt and place it in the Scripts folder. All you appear to have done there is placed the command for Hasso in your init.txt, which won't do anything. The content of the hasso.txt should be "input /ja Hasso <me>" (without the quotation marks).

[Niberu]

Thx I did make the hasso file like you said and put in scripts, its not causing a error anymore but it now says cant use that job ability......

[Radec]

Probably trying to use it too soon after casting, change the hasso file to:

wait 1
input /ja "Hasso" <me>

If it still doesn't work, increase to 1.5, move it up until it does.

[Niberu]

Thx, the wait did it.

[Konda]

I use the following format (this is from my ninja script) to ensure the correct equipment swaps in automatically after an action on all the jobs I currently use spellcast on.

<if status="resting|idle">
<equip when="resting|idle" set="idle" />
</if>
<if status="engaged">
<if mode="or" spell="march" buffactive="march">
<equip when="engaged|aftercast" set="NinjaTPM"/>
</if>
<else>
<equip when="engaged|aftercast" set="$Usermode" />
 </else>
</if>

Is there a way to bypass this aftercast command for a specific action only? Need to bypass it for the THF script I’m making…

Basically, I want my solo TA and solo SA sets to remain equipped after SA or TA fires. I plan to link solo SA/soloTA to a random spell THF can’t use to avoid WS stacking complications of swapping to soloSA/TA gear between me hitting SA/TA and my WS macro.

[Soho]

@Motenten:
I've been using your THF and DNC XMLs for quite some time and they've been great. Thank you!

However, I tried to switch to the V2's that you have up on your Pastebin yesterday with mixed results. The THF seems to work fine, but the DNC isn't gear swapping properly at all apart from the idle set. I uploaded the Mote-Include rev2 file in place of the old one and the only things I've changed on either THF.xml or DNC.xml is some of the gear.

I noticed that the Mote-Include rev2 file was updated more recently than the DNC r2 file. I'm wondering if you've been on DNC since your last update and seen if it works with your updated Include file? It's probably just me doing something wrong, but I'm not sure what else it would be as I'm only changing out gear and nothing else.

[Motenten]

@Motenten:
I've been using your THF and DNC XMLs for quite some time and they've been great. Thank you!

However, I tried to switch to the V2's that you have up on your Pastebin yesterday with mixed results. The THF seems to work fine, but the DNC isn't gear swapping properly at all apart from the idle set. I uploaded the Mote-Include rev2 file in place of the old one and the only things I've changed on either THF.xml or DNC.xml is some of the gear.

I noticed that the Mote-Include rev2 file was updated more recently than the DNC r2 file. I'm wondering if you've been on DNC since your last update and seen if it works with your updated Include file? It's probably just me doing something wrong, but I'm not sure what else it would be as I'm only changing out gear and nothing else.

Well, dnc should be working since I've used it a couple times in the last few days. However since it's been a couple months since I uploaded a new revision, it's possible the downloads for the include and the dnc file got out of sync. Reuploaded the dnc xml. Let me know if that helps.

[Motenten]

I use the following format (this is from my ninja script) to ensure the correct equipment swaps in automatically after an action on all the jobs I currently use spellcast on.

<if status="resting|idle">
<equip when="resting|idle" set="idle" />
</if>
<if status="engaged">
<if mode="or" spell="march" buffactive="march">
<equip when="engaged|aftercast" set="NinjaTPM"/>
</if>
<else>
<equip when="engaged|aftercast" set="$Usermode" />
 </else>
</if>

Is there a way to bypass this aftercast command for a specific action only? Need to bypass it for the THF script I’m making…

Basically, I want my solo TA and solo SA sets to remain equipped after SA or TA fires. I plan to link solo SA/soloTA to a random spell THF can’t use to avoid WS stacking complications of swapping to soloSA/TA gear between me hitting SA/TA and my WS macro.

Basically, just do checks for either using SA/TA, or if you have those buffs active. If so, don't use any of the commands that specify aftercast. My own version is rather elaborate, but mainly involves setting an $AllowAftercast variable. You may find it useful in illustrating what I described: http://pastebin.com/QVzTvsNa

[Radec]

I use the following format (this is from my ninja script) to ensure the correct equipment swaps in automatically after an action on all the jobs I currently use spellcast on.

<if status="resting|idle">
<equip when="resting|idle" set="idle" />
</if>
<if status="engaged">
<if mode="or" spell="march" buffactive="march">
<equip when="engaged|aftercast" set="NinjaTPM"/>
</if>
<else>
<equip when="engaged|aftercast" set="$Usermode" />
 </else>
</if>

Is there a way to bypass this aftercast command for a specific action only? Need to bypass it for the THF script I’m making…

Basically, I want my solo TA and solo SA sets to remain equipped after SA or TA fires. I plan to link solo SA/soloTA to a random spell THF can’t use to avoid WS stacking complications of swapping to soloSA/TA gear between me hitting SA/TA and my WS macro.

<if spell="SA">
<equip when="aftercast" set="blank_locked_set"/>
</if>

<set name="blank_locked_set">
<range lock="true"/>
<ammo lock="true"/>
.
.
.
<feet lock="true"/>
</set>

[Konda]

<if spell="SA">
<equip when="aftercast" set="blank_locked_set"/>
</if>

<set name="blank_locked_set">
<range lock="true"/>
<ammo lock="true"/>
.
.
.
<feet lock="true"/>
</set>

Sounds like what I was looking for... how do you unlock things afterwards? Ideally something I can put into the macro which sets the usermode/default engaged equipment (haste/eva depending on circumstances).

@Motenten: I'll have a look at your spellcast, but chances are most of it will go over my head. I'm by no means a spellcast expert, I just use it to automate what I was doing with windower (equipping TP or EVA gear back after an action and automatically putting idle set in etc)

[Motenten]

@Motenten: I'll have a look at your spellcast, but chances are most of it will go over my head. I'm by no means a spellcast expert, I just use it to automate what I was doing with windower (equipping TP or EVA gear back after an action and automatically putting idle set in etc)

Just do a search for "AllowAftercast" and look at the code around where it gets used. That should be enough for it to be clear.

[Radec]

Sounds like what I was looking for... how do you unlock things afterwards? Ideally something I can put into the macro which sets the usermode/default engaged equipment (haste/eva depending on circumstances).

@Motenten: I'll have a look at your spellcast, but chances are most of it will go over my head. I'm by no means a spellcast expert, I just use it to automate what I was doing with windower (equipping TP or EVA gear back after an action and automatically putting idle set in etc)

The way lock works isn't the same as disable (which is what I think you're reading).

If I go "//sc disable feet" - all feet swaps stop until I do "//sc enable feet"

If I do <equip when="midcast"><feet lock="true">some boots</feet></equip>

All other boot swaps *at midcast time* are disabled except these boots.

So <equip when="aftercast" set="blank locked set"/> tells SC "don't change any gear at aftercast time" - if you hit your idle set macro, it'll swap back normally after that.

[Konda]

The way lock works isn't the same as disable (which is what I think you're reading).

If I go "//sc disable feet" - all feet swaps stop until I do "//sc enable feet"

If I do <equip when="midcast"><feet lock="true">some boots</feet></equip>

All other boot swaps *at midcast time* are disabled except these boots.

So <equip when="aftercast" set="blank locked set"/> tells SC "don't change any gear at aftercast time" - if you hit your idle set macro, it'll swap back normally after that.

Perfect, that's exactly what I was looking for. Thanks you.

[Slore]

anyone have a simple type brd xml, just looking for instrument/staff swaps and some simple melee ws set type stuff the xml thats back about 11 pages doesnt work loaded it all up switches instruments fine but will not change staffs