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[Haborym]

On line 11, you have a distance variable and its set to 6.5'. It's been a long time since I have fought Glavoid, but I think you can hit it from further then that, so changing that variable would have allowed you to WS. Shackled Fists is the trigger spell that allows you to change this distance on the fly.

Edit: Same goes for Tyler.

[Motenten]

Is it possible with spellcast to split a variable? What I want to do is pass a variable such as m1m2p1 or m.m2.p1 and have it split into 3 variables (m1, m2, p1) that I can then use to run predefined commands with.

Need clarification. You mean you want some way of passing a value into spellcast that you can then examine for multiple potential values within the variable itself?

EG: instead of [/ws "Shackled Fists"] to set weaponskill distance, [/ws "Shackled Fists" m.m2.p1], and be able to check the m.m2.p1 value?


This can be done via the SpellTargetRaw variable/rule. SpellTargetRaw contains everything after the spell name as it was originally written, though it does have some restrictions based on how the spell name itself is parsed, and it cannot contain any spaces. It also has issues with the singular numeral "1", so avoid that.

The sort of testing you'd need to extract multiple values would depend on the formatting of the variable. I'd certainly recommend the use of a delimiter character such as the period you used in your example, though full delimiters would make it easier to parse, though a bit more difficult to type (eg: (m)(m1)(p1) would make it so you don't have to worry about the order of the values at all).

So you could then test something like:

<if Spell="$MyTriggerSpell">
    <if SpellTargetRaw="m.*">
        ~ first item
    </if>
    <if SpellTargetRaw="*.m1.*">
        ~ second item
    </if>
    <if SpellTargetRaw="*.p1">
        ~ third item
    </if>
    
    <!-- Less likely to break: -->
    <if SpellTargetRaw="*(m)*">
        ~ first item
    </if>
    <if SpellTargetRaw="*(m1)*">
        ~ second item
    </if>
    <if SpellTargetRaw="*(p1)*">
        ~ third item
    </if>
</if>

Now, if you want to actually extract the value and make use of it, that's a bit more problematic. For example, [/ws "Shackled Fists" distance:7.0], and trying to assign 7.0 as the weaponskill distance. There aren't any standard means of extracting a portion of the variable value for use, however it might be possible if you can use a regex in a <var> command (I haven't tried this). Barring that, you'd have to use a brute-force approach of checking all possible input values, and assigning the appropriate result based on the input.

[Ikonic]

I'd like to extract the values from what I pass. My plan is to use this for my BRD xml to be able to pass 3 song codes and then have spellcast split them and sing each song according to code so that it can handle all waits instead of having to have waits within my aliases. The order would be important since I would want songs to be sung in a specific order.

I could even have various delimiters to designate order of songs or if song is to use Daurdabla. Something like m1.m2/i1 vs m1.m2,i1 if that would make it easier to parse.

Current alias examples:
alias vmmi send vivika /ma Victory March;wait 12;send vivika /ma Advancing March;wait 12;send vivika /ma Valor Minuet V
alias vmmid send vivika /ma Victory March;wait 12;send vivika /ma Advancing March;wait 1;3rd;wait 11;send vivika /ma Valor Minuet V
alias viii send vivika /ma Valor Minuet V;wait 12;send vivika /ma Valor Minuet IV;wait 12;send vivika /ma Valor Minuet III
alias viiid send vivika /ma Valor Minuet V;wait 12;send vivika /ma Valor Minuet IV;wait 1;3rd;wait 11;send vivika /ma Valor Minuet III
alias 3rd send vivika \/\/sc var set thirdsong 1

Song Codes:
m1 = Victory March
m2 = Advancing March
i1 = Valor Minuet V
i2 = Valor Minuet IV
i3 = Valor Minuet III

Also, is there anywhere I can look to find more information about spellcast coding (specifically SpellTargetRaw)? I've read everything I can find on the windower wiki, windower forum, and bg, but there's not a lot of details for coding.

[Sekundes]

I've not found much luck in making daurdabla any easier to use even with SC. I've pretty much given up and use a sc var to lock in daurdabla for the 3rd cast but it's a pretty manual process as far as casting.

I'd be interested in anything you find out though.

[Tyler]

On line 11, you have a distance variable and its set to 6.5'. It's been a long time since I have fought Glavoid, but I think you can hit it from further then that, so changing that variable would have allowed you to WS. Shackled Fists is the trigger spell that allows you to change this distance on the fly.

Edit: Same goes for Tyler.

Cool thx. Makes sense and I love not lossing tp if out of range that's a great feature

So is it /ma shackled fist 10? Sorry what would the command look like? Thx

[Motenten]

Cool thx. Makes sense and I love not lossing tp if out of range that's a great feature

So is it /ma shackled fist 10? Sorry what would the command look like? Thx

Just [//shackled fists] from the command line, or [/ws "Shackled Fists"] or whatever. It sets the max distance to be whatever distance you're standing at at the moment.

[Motenten]

I'd like to extract the values from what I pass. My plan is to use this for my BRD xml to be able to pass 3 song codes and then have spellcast split them and sing each song according to code so that it can handle all waits instead of having to have waits within my aliases. The order would be important since I would want songs to be sung in a specific order.

I could even have various delimiters to designate order of songs or if song is to use Daurdabla. Something like m1.m2/i1 vs m1.m2,i1 if that would make it easier to parse.

Current alias examples:
alias vmmi send vivika /ma Victory March;wait 12;send vivika /ma Advancing March;wait 12;send vivika /ma Valor Minuet V
alias vmmid send vivika /ma Victory March;wait 12;send vivika /ma Advancing March;wait 1;3rd;wait 11;send vivika /ma Valor Minuet V
alias viii send vivika /ma Valor Minuet V;wait 12;send vivika /ma Valor Minuet IV;wait 12;send vivika /ma Valor Minuet III
alias viiid send vivika /ma Valor Minuet V;wait 12;send vivika /ma Valor Minuet IV;wait 1;3rd;wait 11;send vivika /ma Valor Minuet III
alias 3rd send vivika \/\/sc var set thirdsong 1

Song Codes:
m1 = Victory March
m2 = Advancing March
i1 = Valor Minuet V
i2 = Valor Minuet IV
i3 = Valor Minuet III

Also, is there anywhere I can look to find more information about spellcast coding (specifically SpellTargetRaw)? I've read everything I can find on the windower wiki, windower forum, and bg, but there's not a lot of details for coding.

SpellTargetRaw is just like any other variable. You can use <if SpellTargetRaw="something">, or <if SpellTarget="%SpellTargetRaw"> or whatever. The only thing unique about it is the ability to pass in a string value when you perform an action, and read it before Spellcast tries to convert it to a player name or target selection.

If I were doing something like this, this is how I would go about it:

Define delimiters for 1st/2nd/3rd song. EG:

(Q) -- Q is the first song
[Q] -- Q is the second song
{Q} -- Q is the third song

Use a backtick (`) as a flag for Daurdubla to be used on the following song.

So you could have something like:

(m1)[m2]`{i5}

Then, assuming you're using the new Radsources and, we'll say, the ClassTrigger trigger.

<var name="UseDaurdabla">No</var>
<var name="DaurdablaFlag">No</var>
<var name="Song">None</var>
<var name="WaitTime">12</var>
<var name="Command1">wait 0</var>
<var name="Command2">wait 0</var>
<var name="Command3">wait 0</var>


<if Spell="ClassTrigger">
    <cancelspell />
    
    <if SpellTargetRaw="*(*)*">
        <!-- First song -->
        <if SpellTargetRaw="*`(*">
            <var cmd="set DaurdablaFlag Yes" />
        </if>
        <else>
            <var cmd="set DaurdablaFlag No" />
        </else>
        
        <if SpellTargetRaw="*(m1)*">
            <var cmd="set Song Victory March" />
        </if>
        <elseif SpellTargetRaw="*(m2)*">
            <var cmd="set Song Advancing March" />
        </elseif>
        <elseif SpellTargetRaw="*(i1)*">
            <var cmd="set Song Valor Minuet V" />
        </elseif>
        <elseif SpellTargetRaw="*(i2)*">
            <var cmd="set Song Valor Minuet IV" />
        </elseif>
        <elseif SpellTargetRaw="*(i3)*">
            <var cmd="set Song Valor Minuet III" />
        </elseif>
        
        <var cmd="set Command1 spellcast var set UseDaurdabla $DaurdablaFlag; input /ma $Song" />
    </if>
    <else>
        <var cmd="set Command1 wait 0" />
    </else>
    
    <if SpellTargetRaw="*[*]*">
        <!-- Second song -->
        <if SpellTargetRaw="*`[*">
            <var cmd="set DaurdablaFlag Yes" />
        </if>
        <else>
            <var cmd="set DaurdablaFlag No" />
        </else>
        
        <if SpellTargetRaw="*[m1]*">
            <var cmd="set Song Victory March" />
        </if>
        <elseif SpellTargetRaw="*[m2]*">
            <var cmd="set Song Advancing March" />
        </elseif>
        <elseif SpellTargetRaw="*[i1]*">
            <var cmd="set Song Valor Minuet V" />
        </elseif>
        <elseif SpellTargetRaw="*[i2]*">
            <var cmd="set Song Valor Minuet IV" />
        </elseif>
        <elseif SpellTargetRaw="*[i3]*">
            <var cmd="set Song Valor Minuet III" />
        </elseif>
        
        <var cmd="set Command2 wait $WaitTime;spellcast var set UseDaurdabla $DaurdablaFlag; input /ma $Song" />
    </if>
    <else>
        <var cmd="set Command2 wait 0" />
    </else>

    <if SpellTargetRaw="*{*}*">
        <!-- Third song -->
        <if SpellTargetRaw="*`{*">
            <var cmd="set DaurdablaFlag Yes" />
        </if>
        <else>
            <var cmd="set DaurdablaFlag No" />
        </else>
        
        <if SpellTargetRaw="*{m1}*">
            <var cmd="set Song Victory March" />
        </if>
        <elseif SpellTargetRaw="*{m2}*">
            <var cmd="set Song Advancing March" />
        </elseif>
        <elseif SpellTargetRaw="*{i1}*">
            <var cmd="set Song Valor Minuet V" />
        </elseif>
        <elseif SpellTargetRaw="*{i2}*">
            <var cmd="set Song Valor Minuet IV" />
        </elseif>
        <elseif SpellTargetRaw="*{i3}*">
            <var cmd="set Song Valor Minuet III" />
        </elseif>
        
        <var cmd="set Command3 wait $WaitTime;spellcast var set UseDaurdabla $DaurdablaFlag; input /ma $Song" />
    </if>
    <else>
        <var cmd="set Command3 wait 0" />
    </else>
    
    <command>$Command1;$Command2;$Command3</command>
</if>

then

<if Type="BardSong">
    <if advanced='"$UseDaurdabla"="Yes"'>
        <equip when="Precast|Midcast">
            <range lock="t">Daurdabla</range>
        </equip>
    </if>
    
    ... other stuff
</if>

[Ikonic]

Bunch of stuff

This definitely gives me something to work with. It's not exactly how I was wanting to go about it, but I can make it work.

I've not found much luck in making daurdabla any easier to use even with SC.

As for using Daurdabla I have a very simple way to go about that:

<variables>
 <var name="thirdsong">0</var>
</variables>

<elseif type="BardSong">
 <if advanced='$thirdsong=1'>
  <addtochat>Third Song Active, Locking Daurdabla</addtochat>
  <equip when="precast" set="daurdabla" />
  <action type="ChangeLock" when="precast|midcast|aftercast|engaged" slot="range|ammo" lock="yes" />
  <var cmd='set thirdsong 0' />
 </if>
... rest of song rules ...
</elseif>

alias 3rd send vivika \/\/sc var set thirdsong 1

I can //3rd if i forget to pass the command before the 3rd song starts and still activate Daurdabla.

[ccl]

What's the buff active rule for a vw set ?

[Yugl]

<if buffactive="Voidwatcher">

[ccl]

<if buffactive="Voidwatcher">

thank you.

[Necromage]

Already posted this on the RQT but I have no idea what's going on and I already tried uninstalling etc..

My spellcast refuses to work for me when I'm on SCH, but works perfectly on every other job. I'm trying everything but I can't get it to work, the moment I use a macro (regardless if its tailored for SC, ex: /equip feet "Desert Boots" <me>) spellcast crashes, and if I reload and try again, FFXI completely crashes.

This is my latest debug:

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[5:56:33 PM] 10556:<0> SPELLCAST::INIT - Version 2.45
[5:56:33 PM] 10556:<0> Attempting to auto load XML.
[5:56:33 PM] 10556:<0> Checking: Necromage/SCH_BLM
[5:56:33 PM] 10556:<0> Loading filename: Necromage/SCH_BLM.xml
[5:56:33 PM] 10556:<0> Checking: Necromage/SCH
[5:56:33 PM] 10556:<0> Loading filename: Necromage/SCH.xml
[5:56:33 PM] 10556:<0> Checking: Necromage_SCH_BLM
[5:56:33 PM] 10556:<0> Loading filename: Necromage_SCH_BLM.xml
[5:56:33 PM] 10556:<0> Checking: Necromage_SCH
[5:56:33 PM] 10556:<0> Loading filename: Necromage_SCH.xml
[5:56:33 PM] 10556:<0> Checking: SCH_BLM
[5:56:33 PM] 10556:<0> Loading filename: SCH_BLM.xml
[5:56:33 PM] 10556:<0> Checking: SCH
[5:56:33 PM] 10556:<0> Loading filename: SCH.xml
[5:56:33 PM] 10556:<0> Checking: Necromage/default.xml
[5:56:33 PM] 10556:<0> Loading filename: Necromage/default.xml
[5:56:33 PM] 10556:<0> Checking: Necromage
[5:56:33 PM] 10556:<0> Loading filename: Necromage.xml

forgot to mention: The error is "Spellcast encountered a fatal error and must be terminated. Error: Access violation in OutgoingText method."

[Sekundes]

As for using Daurdabla I have a very simple way to go about that:

<variables>
 <var name="thirdsong">0</var>
</variables>

<elseif type="BardSong">
 <if advanced='$thirdsong=1'>
  <addtochat>Third Song Active, Locking Daurdabla</addtochat>
  <equip when="precast" set="daurdabla" />
  <action type="ChangeLock" when="precast|midcast|aftercast|engaged" slot="range|ammo" lock="yes" />
  <var cmd='set thirdsong 0' />
 </if>
... rest of song rules ...
</elseif>

alias 3rd send vivika \/\/sc var set thirdsong 1

I can //3rd if i forget to pass the command before the 3rd song starts and still activate Daurdabla.

I use something pretty similar but it's not really as automated as I want.

<var name="3rdSong">0</var>

<if advanced='"$3rdSong" == 1' SpellTargetType="Player|Self">
				<equip when="Precast|Midcast"><range Lock="True">Daurdabla</range></equip>
				<cmd>input /echo Daurdabla Active</cmd>
				<var cmd="set 3rdSong 0" />
			</if>

Also have a macro that does: /sc v s 3rdSong 1
This sets the variable so I can cast the third song, whatever it is with Daurdabla.

As far as I know, buffactive can't see two of the same song so it makes it rather difficult to make a flexible spellcast control for it.

One of the main reasons I've just decided to go for manual control is simply because regardless of if my alt has 3 songs or not, if someone else in the pt does not, then it won't override correctly for them.

[Radec]

Already posted this on the RQT but I have no idea what's going on and I already tried uninstalling etc..

My spellcast refuses to work for me when I'm on SCH, but works perfectly on every other job. I'm trying everything but I can't get it to work, the moment I use a macro (regardless if its tailored for SC, ex: /equip feet "Desert Boots" <me>) spellcast crashes, and if I reload and try again, FFXI completely crashes.

This is my latest debug:

Spoiler: show

[5:56:33 PM] 10556:<0> SPELLCAST::INIT - Version 2.45
[5:56:33 PM] 10556:<0> Attempting to auto load XML.
[5:56:33 PM] 10556:<0> Checking: Necromage/SCH_BLM
[5:56:33 PM] 10556:<0> Loading filename: Necromage/SCH_BLM.xml
[5:56:33 PM] 10556:<0> Checking: Necromage/SCH
[5:56:33 PM] 10556:<0> Loading filename: Necromage/SCH.xml
[5:56:33 PM] 10556:<0> Checking: Necromage_SCH_BLM
[5:56:33 PM] 10556:<0> Loading filename: Necromage_SCH_BLM.xml
[5:56:33 PM] 10556:<0> Checking: Necromage_SCH
[5:56:33 PM] 10556:<0> Loading filename: Necromage_SCH.xml
[5:56:33 PM] 10556:<0> Checking: SCH_BLM
[5:56:33 PM] 10556:<0> Loading filename: SCH_BLM.xml
[5:56:33 PM] 10556:<0> Checking: SCH
[5:56:33 PM] 10556:<0> Loading filename: SCH.xml
[5:56:33 PM] 10556:<0> Checking: Necromage/default.xml
[5:56:33 PM] 10556:<0> Loading filename: Necromage/default.xml
[5:56:33 PM] 10556:<0> Checking: Necromage
[5:56:33 PM] 10556:<0> Loading filename: Necromage.xml

forgot to mention: The error is "Spellcast encountered a fatal error and must be terminated. Error: Access violation in OutgoingText method."

Sounds like you have some post march26 update gear on for sch. Try //updateresources (it works now, I promise!) and see if that helps.

[Necromage]

Sounds like you have some post march26 update gear on for sch. Try //updateresources (it works now, I promise!) and see if that helps.

I did that the other day and nothing happened, and yet today it worked and fixed everything. Thank you!

[Haborym]

Ok I need some help on this. My and Yugl tried the other day, but we couldn't quit get it to work, so I'm asking here to see if anyone else has any ideas. There is two problems, at least that I know of. One, when I have Bravura equipped and I gain aftermath my TP set does not trigger on aftercast. If aftermath is already up and I WS all works as it should. The second problem is with my rule for PD/Physical Shield. I use Herb Pastoral as the trigger spell and it doesn't seem to work. The trigger spell gives me the "...A command error occured." message.

Here is my spellcast file, let me know if you want, or need the autoexec or include files. Thanks in advance for the help.

[Nightfyre]

Is Netherspikes your AutoExec trigger for recognizing aftermath?

Mind posting a debug log of you using Metatron Torment? Might be easier to find the issue that way.

[Haborym]

Yeah I use that as the tigger. here are the two AutoExec rules that relate to the above post.

<register event="gainbuff_Aftermath|losebuff_Aftermath" silent="true">input /weaponskill "Netherspikes" &lt;t&gt;</register>
<register event="gainbuff_*Shield|losebuff_*Shield|gainbuff_Perfect*|losebuff_Perfect*" silent="true">input /ma "Herb Pastoral"</register>

Edit:
The debug file.

[Nightfyre]

<command>Dancing Chains</command> should be <command when="precast">Dancing Chains</command> at line 559. Your <cancelspell/> command for Netherspikes means it never executes beyond precast phase, so Dancing Chains never fires on a trigger spell as written.

I think that's it anyway... just realized I don't have when="precast" in my xmls either, but my <cancelspell/> command is placed differently which may allow for Dancing Chains to process first.

[Masamune]

is not when="Precast" the default for ALL xml commands (<equip/><cmd/><addtochat/><var/>) ?