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

[Motenten]

ah that make some sense. Thank alot..

last question.
so i my macro i have to go
/ma Trigger
/ja controltrigger
/ma Reset Defense
?

Example/analogy:

Spell "Thunder V"
Type = BlackMagic
Skill = ElementalMagic

Spell "Reset"
Type = Trigger
Skill = ControlTrigger

You don't use anything like "/ja ControlTrigger", as that has no meaning. ControlTrigger is an attribute value that a spell can have, not a spell itself.


To use any trigger spell, you enter: /ma TriggerSpellName [TriggerSpellOptions]

So:
/ma Reset Defense
~ Resets all defense layers
/ma Reset SteppedDefense
~ Removes the top defense layer
/ma Reset PhysicalDefense
~ Removes the physical defense layer
/ma Reset MagicalDefense
~ Removes the magical defense layer
/ma Reset All
~ Resets all variables (that it knows about) to defaults

etc.

[Kalmado]

I'm trying to make a Thf xml and my SA, TA rules I have made do not seem to be correct. Spoiler'd is how I have it set. What is the correct way?

Spoiler: show

    <if buffActive="Trick Attack">
                        <action when="engaged" type="equip" set="TA" />
                </if>
                <elseif buffActive="Sneak Attack">
                        <action when="engaged" type="equip" set="SA" />
                </elseif>
                <if status="engaged">
                        <action when="aftercast" type="equip" set="TP" />
                </if>

[nasoo]

Example/analogy:

Spell "Thunder V"
Type = BlackMagic
Skill = ElementalMagic

Spell "Reset"
Type = Trigger
Skill = ControlTrigger

You don't use anything like "/ja ControlTrigger", as that has no meaning. ControlTrigger is an attribute value that a spell can have, not a spell itself.


To use any trigger spell, you enter: /ma TriggerSpellName [TriggerSpellOptions]

So:
/ma Reset Defense
~ Resets all defense layers
/ma Reset SteppedDefense
~ Removes the top defense layer
/ma Reset PhysicalDefense
~ Removes the physical defense layer
/ma Reset MagicalDefense
~ Removes the magical defense layer
/ma Reset All
~ Resets all variables (that it knows about) to defaults

etc.

Understood, Tested your code last night work great. Thx again for the script u uploaded

[Texx]

Hi all,
problem with my 1st spellcast for smn
i try to create using a base and adding what i need
unfortunately i cannot let his wokm in a proper way.

i searched a way to let the elemental staves were automatically taken based on the spell i cast (just an example, if i cast stoneskin, automatically use earth staff) but something is not working.

dose someone explain me where i made wrong?
thanks

sorry i made this just because i do not have 10 posts for pasting the url....

pastebin.com/dLtV9Bfb

[Motenten]

You'll want to ask in the Spellcast help thread. Also, put your xml on pastebin and link to that, rather than copying it into your post.

[Motenten]

Incorrect entry for main weapon:

                <set name="Standard">
                    <main>$Austere's staff</main>

$PElement is never defined, nor is it ever assigned a value. This will always fail.

            <if advanced='"$PElement" == "%DayElement"'>
                <action type="equip" when="aftercast|idle">
                    <hands lock="yes">Caller's Bracers +1</hands>
                </action>         
            </if>

$ElementalStaves is never defined, nor is it ever assigned a value. This will always fail.

        <if Advanced="$ElementalStaves=1">
            <var cmd='set ElementalStaff "$%SpellElementStaff"' />
            <equip>
                <main>$ElementalStaff</main>
            </equip>
        </if>

The first <if> doesn't do anything; I don't expect this to work well.

        <if Spell="Air Spirit" Advanced='"%Weather"="Wind x2" OR "%DayElement"!="Ice" AND "%WeatherElement"="Wind" OR "%DayElement"="Wind" AND "%WeatherElement"="None"'/>
        <else>
            <!--Checks if Weather Element is stronger than Day Element-->
            <if Advanced='"%WeatherElement"!="None" AND ("%Weather"="%WeatherElement x2" OR $%WeatherElementStrength!=$%DayElementStrength-1 OR "%WeatherElement"="Fire" AND "%DayElement"!="Water")'>
                <action Type="ChangeSpell" Spell="%WeatherElement Spirit"/>
            </if>
            <else>
                <action Type="ChangeSpell" Spell="%DayElement Spirit"/>
            </else>
        </else>

The very last line of the rules says to equip the Standard set again, overriding anything you've done in the spellcast. This may only apply to precast.

        <action Type="Equip" Set="Standard"/>

Also suggest updating your code to 2.30 format: http://windower.net/plugins/spellcastupdatexml.php

[Elysian]

		<if spell="Tachi: Shoha|Tachi: Kasha">
			<action type="castdelay" delay=".1"/>
				<if buffactive="Sekkanoki">
					<equip when="precast" set="SekkaShoha"/>
				</if> 
		<else> 
			<equip when="precast" set="Shoha"/> 
		</else> 
		</if>
		<elseif spell="Tachi: Kaiten">
			<action type="castdelay" delay=".1"/>
				<if buffactive="Berserk">
					<equip when="precast" set="BerserkKaiten"/>
			</if>
		<else> 
			<equip when="precast" set="Kaiten"/> 
		</else> 
		</elseif>
		<if spell="Tachi: Shoha|Tachi: Kasha" TPGT="290">
			<equip>
				<rear lock="true">Vulcan's Pearl</rear>
			</equip>
		</if>

Need help applying the relic +2 feet for sam 2hour. needs to be on during ws

Thanks

[Radec]

<if buffactive="Meikyo Shisui" commandprefix="/weaponskill">
<equip when="precast|midcast"><feet lock="True">Sam Feet +2</feet></equip>
</if>

That'll equip them for all WS during Meikyo, but not right when you hit Meikyo, and they'll be removed between WS. Is that the behavior you're looking for?

[Texx]

...

thanks a lot for your help!
still have some problems recovering my last staff used
changed my spellcast as per your suggestions but something is still not working...
thanks for all your help

pastebin.com/GWhvK3rZ

[Motenten]

Apparently the converter didn't cover everything. A few other types of lines you can change:

<action type="Var" cmd="set LastStaff $%SpellElementStaff" />
to
<var cmd="set LastStaff $%SpellElementStaff" />

<action type="AddToChat">Setting last staff equipped: $LastStaff</action>
to
<addtochat>Setting last staff equipped: $LastStaff</addtochat>


And all these entries:
<command when="precast">sc var set Carbuncle 1</command>

can simply be done as
<var cmd="set Carbuncle 1" />

unless you specifically need it to not be set until after the spellcast rules are processed. Though again, the variables are never defined in the <vars> section, nor are they ever used, so I'm not sure what their purpose is.

This rule:

        <action type="equip" when="midcast">
            <main lock="true">$%SpellElementStaff</main>
        </action>

Is set unconditionally. That means it will attempt to set the staff you equip when you use any JA as well, and JAs don't have any element associated with them. So it will try to equip $NoneStaff and fail.

This entire section:

        <if Spell="Carbuncle">
            <equip when="precast|midcast|aftercast" set="Carbuncle" />
            <command when="precast">sc var set Carbuncle 1</command>
        </if>
        <elseif Spell="Titan">
            <equip when="precast|midcast|aftercast" set="Titan" />
            <command when="precast">sc var set Titan 1</command>
        </elseif>
        <elseif Spell="Garuda">
            <equip when="precast|midcast|aftercast" set="Garuda" />
            <command when="precast">sc var set Garuda 1</command>
        </elseif>
        <elseif Spell="Shiva">
            <equip when="precast|midcast|aftercast" set="Shiva" />
            <command when="precast">sc var set Shiva 1</command>
        </elseif>
        <elseif Spell="Ifrit">
            <equip when="precast|midcast|aftercast" set="Ifrit" />
            <command when="precast">sc var set Ifrit 1</command>
        </elseif>
        <elseif Spell="Leviathan">
            <equip when="precast|midcast|aftercast" set="Leviathan" />
            <command when="precast">sc var set Leviathan 1</command>
        </elseif>
        <elseif Spell="Ramuh">
            <equip when="precast|midcast|aftercast" set="Ramuh" />
            <command when="precast">sc var set Ramuh 1</command>
        </elseif>
        <elseif Spell="Fenrir">
            <equip when="precast|midcast|aftercast" set="Fenrir" />
            <command when="precast">sc var set Fenrir 1</command>
        </elseif>
        <elseif Spell="Diabolos">
            <equip when="precast|midcast|aftercast" set="Diabolos" />
            <command when="precast">sc var set Diabolos 1</command>
        </elseif>

Can be done with:

        <if type="SummonerPact">
            <equip when="precast|midcast|aftercast" set="%Spell" />
            <var cmd="set %Spell 1" />
        </if>

You didn't specify what else is not actually working, so that's all I can offer right now without getting into nitpicky stuff.

[Texx]

You didn't specify what else is not actually working, so that's all I can offer right now without getting into nitpicky stuff.

yes sorry, maybe i was not clear not specifying well...


when i change elemental staves to cast a spell (e.g. i have my austere, casting stonesking) the staff change to earth but do not return back to the wind after the spell is casted.
i0m sorry but as told is my first spellcast and i'm trying to create it from the basic and taking as examples as other ones...
so this i thuink is why so many things are wrong... i'm sorry ^^

i'll contnue read the tutorials but it's quite difficult to write it if u're not used to the language :D

[Motenten]

That's because you never specify an aftercast except for certain explicit spells. You do have this rule set:

        <if advanced='"$varComments"="1"'>
            <action type="AddToChat">Setting last element evoked: $LastElement</action>
        </if>
        <else>
            <if advanced='"$varComments"="1"'>
                <action type="AddToChat">Recovering last staff equipped: $LastStaff</action>
            </if>
            <action type="equip" when="aftercast">
                <main>$LastStaff</main>
            </action>
        </else>

Which could possibly make it work, except that it will only do the aftercast equip if $varComments is not equal to 1. Since varComments is 1, it never gets run.

[Texx]

Ok so i need to change my $varComments to 0?

[Motenten]

Err.. That would fix it, but it wouldn't solve it. You need to figure out what you want $varComments to be doing, and probably separate out the logic of the comments from the logic of what you're equipping.

[ssjjfar]

Any help here, I get this error when nuking:
Outdated XML (regex) or (buffactive) must be updated

Nukes still go through and gear seems to still switch, but its annoying having that message pop on on every cast.

http://pastebin.com/ts26yiFJ

From what I've been able to look up, I'm pretty sure its this line, but attempts to fix it myself didn't go too well, was 3am and well I was too tired to think tbh.

  <if Advanced='(!((regex)%Weather=^.* x2$(/regex) AND "%WeatherElement" = "%SpellElement" AND "$%SpellElementObi" != "\$%SpellElementObi") OR !("%WeatherElement" = "%spellElement")) AND ("%SpellElement" = "%DayElement" AND "$BLMAF2Pants" = "1") AND ("%skill"="ElementalMagic")'>

What should I edit fix/edit in this line and anywhere else in XML. Thanks in advance/

[Aja]

        <variables>
            <var name="echolucky">1</var>
        </variables>

<if advanced='"$echolucky"="1"'>
            <if spell="choral*|samurai*|scholar*">
                <command>input /echo ((%spell)) Lucky: 2 * Unlucky: 6</command>
                <command>input /echo ((%spell)) Lucky: 2 * Unlucky: 6</command>
                <command>input /echo ((%spell)) Lucky: 2 * Unlucky: 6</command>
            </if>
            <elseif spell="healer*|monk*|drachen*|gallant*|dancer*">
                <command>input /echo ((%spell)) Lucky: 3 * Unlucky: 7</command>
                <command>input /echo ((%spell)) Lucky: 3 * Unlucky: 7</command>
                <command>input /echo ((%spell)) Lucky: 3 * Unlucky: 7</command>
            </elseif>
            <elseif spell="ninja*|hunter*|chaos*|puppet*|beast*|warlock*">
                <command>input /echo ((%spell)) Lucky: 4 * Unlucky: 8</command>
                <command>input /echo ((%spell)) Lucky: 4 * Unlucky: 8</command>
                <command>input /echo ((%spell)) Lucky: 4 * Unlucky: 8</command>
            </elseif>
            <elseif spell="Fighter*|Wizard*|Rogue*|Evoker*|Cor*">
                <command>input /echo ((%spell)) Lucky: 5 * Unlucky: 9</command>
                <command>input /echo ((%spell)) Lucky: 5 * Unlucky: 9</command>
                <command>input /echo ((%spell)) Lucky: 5 * Unlucky: 9</command>
            </elseif>
			<elseif spell="Tactician*">
                <command>input /echo ((%spell)) Lucky: 5 * Unlucky: 8</command>
                <command>input /echo ((%spell)) Lucky: 5 * Unlucky: 8</command>
                <command>input /echo ((%spell)) Lucky: 5 * Unlucky: 8</command>
			</elseif>
			<elseif spell="Courser*">
                <command>input /echo ((%spell)) Lucky: 3 * Unlucky: 9</command>
                <command>input /echo ((%spell)) Lucky: 3 * Unlucky: 9</command>
                <command>input /echo ((%spell)) Lucky: 3 * Unlucky: 9</command>
			</elseif>
			<elseif spell="Caster*">
                <command>input /echo ((%spell)) Lucky: 2 * Unlucky: 7</command>
                <command>input /echo ((%spell)) Lucky: 2 * Unlucky: 7</command>
                <command>input /echo ((%spell)) Lucky: 2 * Unlucky: 7</command>
			</elseif>
			<elseif spell="Bolter*">
                <command>input /echo ((%spell)) Lucky: 3 * Unlucky: 9</command>
                <command>input /echo ((%spell)) Lucky: 3 * Unlucky: 9</command>
                <command>input /echo ((%spell)) Lucky: 3 * Unlucky: 9</command>
			</elseif>
			<else spell="Miser*">
                <command>input /echo ((%spell)) Lucky: 5 * Unlucky: 7</command>
                <command>input /echo ((%spell)) Lucky: 5 * Unlucky: 7</command>
                <command>input /echo ((%spell)) Lucky: 5 * Unlucky: 7</command>
			</else>
        </if>

For some reason these echos don't work anymore...

[Radec]

Any help here, I get this error when nuking:
Outdated XML (regex) or (buffactive) must be updated

Nukes still go through and gear seems to still switch, but its annoying having that message pop on on every cast.

http://pastebin.com/ts26yiFJ

From what I've been able to look up, I'm pretty sure its this line, but attempts to fix it myself didn't go too well, was 3am and well I was too tired to think tbh.

  <if Advanced='(!((regex)%Weather=^.* x2$(/regex) AND "%WeatherElement" = "%SpellElement" AND "$%SpellElementObi" != "\$%SpellElementObi") OR !("%WeatherElement" = "%spellElement")) AND ("%SpellElement" = "%DayElement" AND "$BLMAF2Pants" = "1") AND ("%skill"="ElementalMagic")'>

What should I edit fix/edit in this line and anywhere else in XML. Thanks in advance/

Replace

(regex)%Weather=^.* x2$(/regex)

with

(bool)regex("%Weather","^.* x2$")

[Landsoul]

What would be a good alternative for <addtochat> in spellcast? Cause I'm tired of <addtochat> blanking my log.

[Mafai]

What would be a good alternative for <addtochat> in spellcast? Cause I'm tired of <addtochat> blanking my log.

2 posts up.

<command>input /echo ((%spell)) Lucky: 3 * Unlucky: 7</command>

[grevenilvec75]

What would be a good alternative for <addtochat> in spellcast? Cause I'm tired of <addtochat> blanking my log.

Is it addtochat that's causing that? I thought it was silence.