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

**Yugl** · 2012-10-03 06:38

Double.

**dejet** · 2012-10-04 08:29

has spellcast been updated in the last 2 years or something? My old Spellcast builds do not seem to play all that well with the windower I dled after coming back.

Also anyone no of a very basic nin SC? just need pre/mid cast on shadows and TP/WS's?

**Yugl** · 2012-10-04 08:45

Last two years? Definitely.

**grevenilvec75** · 2012-10-04 17:18

Originally Posted by dejet

has spellcast been updated in the last 2 years or something?

..............

**dejet** · 2012-10-04 17:50

what you want from me... Last time it was a very simple fix i just had to cut and paste my scripts into something and out poped a new working one lol

**Suljin** · 2012-10-04 23:47

Came back from a long break and replaced most staves with chatoyant, but for some reason its not working on my blm. Any suggestion? I didn't write this so I'm not familiar with conditionals like these, just if/then ones.

http://pastebin.com/1sEHXuAW

Basically no weapons are changing either for spells or idle

Or, conversely, if someone has an xml I could use that essentially is better and all I'd need to do is fill in the equipment I'd be all for that as well. Thanks!

**grevenilvec75** · 2012-10-05 17:07

did it work before you changed them all to chatoyant?

Code:

           <set name="Standard">
				<main>$IdleMain</main>

You don't have a var named $idle or $idlemain that i can find. You do have one named StandardMain but I don't think $idle will evaluate to Standard.

**Khajit** · 2012-10-06 09:20

There seems to be an error in my new Sch xml i was changing over to. Unfortunately it's a line 0 error so I subsequently have not a single clue where the problem is and haven't found anything from looking so far.
http://pastebin.com/teJcT3wd

**Yugl** · 2012-10-06 09:27

Make sure you have these includes:
"autohelix.xml"
"include.xml"

**Khajit** · 2012-10-06 09:45

There a location they have to be in? I dont usually use includes so i just put them in the same folder as the Xml

**Yugl** · 2012-10-06 10:23

Save them using the names listed within the same folder as the XML itself.

**Khajit** · 2012-10-06 18:33

That seems to have worked. I got a few other things to iron out which made me think something was defective but that turned out to be bad gearswapping rules on the creator's part. No +enhancing magic gearswap rules for a sch? really?

Thanks

**Fredjan** · 2012-10-06 21:34

Originally Posted by Suljin

Came back from a long break and replaced most staves with chatoyant, but for some reason its not working on my blm. Any suggestion? I didn't write this so I'm not familiar with conditionals like these, just if/then ones.

http://pastebin.com/1sEHXuAW

Basically no weapons are changing either for spells or idle

Or, conversely, if someone has an xml I could use that essentially is better and all I'd need to do is fill in the equipment I'd be all for that as well. Thanks!

I'll try to assist you assuming you're using the latest version of spellcast. Spellcast XMLs went through an adjustment from version 2.3+ onwards, and you have an older format.

As someone previously said, you have no information for $IdleMain and $IdleSub. You also don't have it listed under your variables. Your fix for that is:

Adjust your variables like so:

Code:

                <var name="IdleMain">Owleyes</var>
                <var name="IdleSub">Genbu's Shield</var>

And adjust the rules involving it:

Code:

                <!--Idle condition for owleyes-->
                <if MPPLT="85">
                        <var cmd="set IdleMain Owleyes" />
                        <var cmd="set IdleSub Genbu's Shield" />
                </if>
                <else>
                        <var cmd="set IdleMain Chthonic Staff" />
                        <var cmd="set IdleSub Buggard Leather Strap" />
                </else>

Also, I too encountered similar issues with changing staves properly upon the switch to Spellcast 2.3+. Your fixes for that:

Change the following from:

Code:

        <!-- Elemental Staffs, input what staff to use for each element here -->
        <var name="IceStaff">Teiwaz</var>
        <var name="DarkStaff">Chatoyant Staff</var>
        <var name="ThunderStaff">Chatoyant Staff</var>
        <var name="WindStaff">Chatoyant Staff</var>
        <var name="FireStaff">Chatoyant Staff</var>
        <var name="EarthStaff">Chatoyant Staff</var>
        <var name="LightStaff">Chatoyant Staff</var>
        <var name="WaterStaff">Chatoyant Staff</var>
        <!-- Elemental Obi's, set to 1 for the ones you have. -->
        <var name="DarkObi">0</var>
        <var name="LightObi">0</var>
        <var name="ThunderObi">1</var>
        <var name="IceObi">1</var>
        <var name="FireObi">0</var>
        <var name="WindObi">1</var>
        <var name="WaterObi">0</var>
        <var name="EarthObi">0</var>

To:

Code:

		<var name="Staff-Ice">Vourukasha I</var>
		<var name="Staff-Dark">Pluto's Staff</var>
		<var name="Staff-Thunder">Apamajas I</var>
		<var name="Staff-Light">Arka IV</var>
		<var name="Staff-Wind">Auster's Staff</var>
		<var name="Staff-Fire">Vulcan's Staff</var>
		<var name="Staff-Earth">Terra's Staff</var>
		<var name="Staff-Water">Neptune's Staff</var>
		<!-- Obis, name them if you have, otherwise leave at 0 -->
		<var name="Obi-Ice">Hyorin Obi</var>
		<var name="Obi-Dark">Anrin Obi</var>
		<var name="Obi-Thunder">Rairin Obi</var>
		<var name="Obi-Light">Korin Obi</var>
		<var name="Obi-Wind">Furin Obi</var>
		<var name="Obi-Fire">Karin Obi</var>
		<var name="Obi-Earth">Dorin Obi</var>
		<var name="Obi-Water">Suirin Obi</var>

In any case where you have anything like $DarkStaff or $ThunderStaff, I'd adjust those sections appropriately and just make it say <main>Chatoyant Staff</main> or something for simplicity.

For obis, since my code differs a bit from yours, you can also simplify it significantly and have it take less lines.

Change:

Code:

            <!-- Handle Elemental Obi's -->
            <if Advanced='("%SpellElement" = "%WeatherElement" OR "%SpellElement" = "%DayElement") AND "$%SpellElementObi" = "1"'>
                <if     Element="Dark">
                    <equip when="midcast">
                        <waist lock="yes">Anrin Obi</waist>
                    </equip>
                </if>
                <elseif Element="Light">
                    <equip when="midcast">
                        <waist lock="yes">Korin Obi</waist>
                    </equip>
                </elseif>
                <elseif Element="Thunder">
                    <equip when="midcast">
                        <waist lock="yes">Rairin Obi</waist>
                    </equip>
                </elseif>
                <elseif Element="Ice">
                    <equip when="midcast">
                        <waist lock="yes">Hyorin Obi</waist>
                    </equip>
                </elseif>
                <elseif Element="Fire">
                    <equip when="midcast">
                        <waist lock="yes">Karin Obi</waist>
                    </equip>
                </elseif>
                <elseif Element="Wind">
                    <equip when="midcast">
                        <waist lock="yes">Furin Obi</waist>
                    </equip>
                </elseif>
                <elseif Element="Water">
                    <equip when="midcast">
                        <waist lock="yes">Suirin Obi</waist>
                    </equip>
                </elseif>
                <elseif Element="Earth">
                    <equip when="midcast">
                        <waist lock="yes">Dorin Obi</waist>
                    </equip>
                </elseif>
            </if>

To:

Code:

            <!-- Handle Elemental Obi's -->
				<if Element="%DayElement|%WeatherElement" advanced='"$Obi-%spellelement"!="0"' notspell="*helix">
					<equip when="midcast">
						<waist>$Obi-%Spellelement</waist>
						<back>Twilight Cape</back>
					</equip>
				</if>

Sorcerer's Tonban code also varies from 2.3+.

Change the following:

Code:

            <if Advanced='(!((bool)regex("%Weather","^.* x2$") AND "%WeatherElement" = "%SpellElement" AND "$%SpellElementObi" = "1") OR !("%WeatherElement" = "%spellElement")) AND ("%SpellElement" = "%DayElement" AND "$BLMAF2Pants" = "1") AND ("%skill"="ElementalMagic")'>
                <equip when="midcast">
                    <legs lock="yes">Sorcerer's Tonban</legs>
                </equip>
            </if>

To:

Code:

            <if Advanced='(!((bool)strmatch("* x2","%Weather") AND "%WeatherElement" = "%SpellElement" AND "$%SpellElementObi" = "1") OR !("%WeatherElement" = "%spellElement")) AND ("%SpellElement" = "%DayElement" AND "$BLMAF2Pants" = "1") AND ("%skill"="ElementalMagic")'>
                <equip when="midcast">
                    <legs lock="yes">Sorcerer's Tonban</legs>
                </equip>
            </if>

You can also remove the following code if you wish as the adjusted obi code has the cape included; I tend to always use both cape and obi at the same time so it worked for me.

Code:

                <if advanced='("%SpellElement"=="%DayElement")||("%SpellElement"=="%WeatherElement")'>
                <action type="equip" when="midcast">
                    <back>Twilight Cape</back>
                </action>
        </if>

Also, to change the staff properly:

Change the following:

Code:

            <!-- finally, equip our staff! -->
            <equip when="precast|midcast">
                <main>$%SpellElementStaff</main>
            </equip>

To:

Code:

		<equip when="precast|midcast">
			<main>$Staff-%SpellElement</main>
		</equip>

Hope that helps.

**grevenilvec75** · 2012-10-07 12:22

Originally Posted by Khajit

That seems to have worked. I got a few other things to iron out which made me think something was defective but that turned out to be bad gearswapping rules on the creator's part. No +enhancing magic gearswap rules for a sch? really?

looks like an Enhancing rule to me:

Code:

                <if Skill="EnhancingMagic" SpellTargetType="SELF" NotSpell="*Spikes|Temper|Gain*|Stoneskin|Bar*|Aquaveil|Gain*|Phalanx*|En*|Erase|Escape|Tele*|Warp*|Stone*">

                <precastdelay delay=".1" />

            <command when="precast">

                        wait 0.1; sc set FastCast

                        </command>

        </if>

                <elseif spell="Phalanx*|En*|Gain*|Embrava">

                        <equip when="midcast" set="EnhancingMagic" />

                        </elseif>

**Nightfyre** · 2012-10-07 12:43

Code:

<precastdelay delay=".1" />

            <command when="precast">

                        wait 0.1; sc set FastCast

                        </command>

Err... With a rule like that I don't think your FC gear would equip in time for the spell since you're delaying the equip command past precast time.

**Rellikard** · 2012-10-07 19:21

I used to use Windower scripts for quick spell casting. I'd type //t3 to cast Thunder III. Is there a way to set this up in a Spellcast profile?

**Nightfyre** · 2012-10-07 19:24

Open the spells file in the resources folder, you should see entries like this:

Code:

  <s id="1" index="1" prefix="/magic" english="Cure" german="Heilen" french="Soin" japanese="ケアル" type="WhiteMagic" element="Light" targets="Self, Player, Party, Ally, NPC, Enemy" skill="HealingMagic" mpcost="8" casttime="2" recast="5" alias="" />

Add t3 to the alias field at the end for Thunder III.

**Yugl** · 2012-10-07 19:25

May want to add to init.txt instead since resources can be updated and remove alias.

**Essellys** · 2012-10-08 05:11

Not sure if this is the right place to ask but here goes anyway.

So I finally decided to get off my ass and use Spellcast. Edit one of the pastebin rng.xml, downloaded spellcast.dll > put in plugins folder (I thought I have to put the .dll in spellcast folder but it wouldn't load from there so I left it in the plugins folder), put the .xml in the spellcast folder.

Logged on ffxi, manually loaded Spellcast and insta-crashed. I tried // all the other autoload plugins and still the same result. After searching around for a bit, I tried to do what many threads suggested and update resources file from here https://github.com/radectheblm/Radsources, but it seems all the files in there are not working in someway on my comp (couldn't unzip the rar file either). Can someone verify if they are still the resources file to go to? or if there is another newer version?

PS: for what it worths, I did try to load spellcast with a Default.xml which was completely blank with just:

Code:

<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<spellcast>
<config 
AutoLoadXML="false" 
Debug="true"
HideErrors="false"
/>
  <variables>
  </variables>
  
<sets>
</sets>

<rules>
</rules>
</spellcast>

and still didn't make any difference. Here's an ss of what it looked like.
http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/4750/spellcast.png

**kenshyn** · 2012-10-08 07:59

looks like it did not like your resource file maybe do a manual update in console updateresources

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