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

[Sithel]

I'm having one hell of a time making ws and tp sets for when Impetus is up

For TP, would it be something along these lines.

<if mode="OR" spell="Impetus" Buffactive="Impetus">
            <equip set="TP Impetus" />
        </if>

Then for WS

<if type="WeaponSkill">
<castdelay delay="$Delay-JA" />
<if buffactive="Impetus" spell="Victory Smite">
<equip set="Impetus_WS" />
</if>
<else>
<equip set="Victory Smite" />
</else>
<elseif Spell="Ascetic's Fury|Asuran Fists|Dragon Kick|Tornado Kick|Retribution|Full Swing|Cataclysm">
<equip set="%Spell" />
</elseif>
<else>
<equip set="WS Base" />
</else>
</if>

But none of this works. Also not sure if Tantra Cyclas +2 needs to be set on a precast or just having it on while Impetus is up is ok.

[Yugl]

Need to see the entire XML.

[Sithel]

Need to see the entire XML.

Here you go:
http://pastebin.com/rRL2BK9Z

Oh and I noticed with WS's all I weaponskill in is my victory smite set, even when using other ws's

[Yugl]

		<if mode="OR" spell="Impetus" Buffactive="Impetus">
			<equip set="TP Impetus" />
		</if>

		<if spell="autoset">
			<if area="*Windurst*|Heavens*|*San d'Oria*|Chateau*|*Bastok*|Metalworks|*Jeuno*|Ru'Lude*|*Whitegate|Al Zahbi|Chocobo*|*Colosseum|Selbina|Mhaura|Kazham|Norg|Tavnazia*" notarea="Dynamis*|*[S]" notbuffactive="Besieged">
				<action type="Equip" when="idle|engaged|resting|precast|midcast|aftercast" set="Town" />
			</if>
			<else>
				<action type="equip" when="aftercast" set="IDLE"/>
			</else>
			<action type="equip" when="engaged" set="TP"/>
		</if>  

		<if NotStatus="Engaged">
			<if area="*Windurst*|Heavens*|*San d'Oria*|Chateau*|*Bastok*|Metalworks|*Jeuno*|Ru'Lude*|*Whitegate|Al Zahbi|Chocobo*|*Colosseum|Selbina|Mhaura|Kazham|Norg|Tavnazia*" notarea="Dynamis*|*[S]" notbuffactive="Besieged">
				<action type="Equip" when="idle|engaged|resting|precast|midcast|aftercast" set="Town" />
			</if>
			<else>
				<action type="equip" when="aftercast" set="IDLE"/>
			</else>
		</if>
		<else>
			<action type="equip" when="aftercast" set="TP"/>
		</else>

The last part with the <else> makes you change gear if you're anything but not engaged, so if you are engaged, you'll use the set TP even if impetus is up. To fix this:

<if status="engaged">
		<if mode="OR" spell="Impetus" Buffactive="Impetus">
			<equip when="aftercast" set="TP Impetus" />
		</if>
		<else>
			<equip when="aftercast" set="TP" />
		</else>
</if>
<elseif NotStatus="Engaged">
			<if area="*Windurst*|Heavens*|*San d'Oria*|Chateau*|*Bastok*|Metalworks|*Jeuno*|Ru'Lude*|*Whitegate|Al Zahbi|Chocobo*|*Colosseum|Selbina|Mhaura|Kazham|Norg|Tavnazia*" notarea="Dynamis*|*[S]" notbuffactive="Besieged">
				<action type="Equip" when="idle|engaged|resting|precast|midcast|aftercast" set="Town" />
			</if>
			<else>
				<action type="equip" when="aftercast" set="IDLE"/>
			</else>
</elseif>

Working on WS piece soon.

[grevenilvec75]

<if mode="OR" spell="Impetus" Buffactive="Impetus">
            <equip set="TP Impetus" />
        </if>

This code would make all of your gearswaps swap to your tp impetus set, including during WSs, whenever you have impetus buff on. Should put a when="engaged|aftercast" in there probably.

[Yugl]

		<!--Weapon Skills-->
		<if type="WeaponSkill">
			<castdelay delay="$Delay-JA" />
			<if buffactive="Impetus" spell="Victory Smite">
				<equip set="Impetus_WS" />
			</if>
			<else>
				<equip set="Victory Smite" />
			</else>			
			<elseif Spell="Ascetic's Fury|Asuran Fists|Dragon Kick|Tornado Kick|Retribution|Cataclysm">
				<equip set="%Spell" />
			</elseif>
			<else>
				<equip set="WS" />
			</else>
		</if>

The <elseif> for spells may be procing, so use <if spell="Victory Smite"> and then add the impetus rules you have there with the else.

[Yugl]

double.

[Sithel]

Thanks a bunch Yugl, everything seems to be working fine so far.

For WS I took out the

<else>
		<equip set="Victory Smite" />
	  </else>

And just added Victory Smite to the other list ws's, with Ascetic's Fury|Asuran Fists|Dragon Kick ect and that seemed to have fixed the ws'ing in my victory smite set.

[Radec]

Specifically, you can't chain

IF
ELSE
ELSEIF
ELSE

In that order - ELSE must always come after an IF.

IF(a)
ELSE(a)
ELSE(b)IF(c)
ELSE(c)

There is no IF(b) to match to the ELSE(b), so the ELSE(b)IF(c) and ELSE(c) just get ignored

IF Impetus
---ImpetusWSSet
ELSEIF List_of_WS, including VSmite
---%Spell
ELSE
---Generic WS

Is the correct form of that, which you seem to have found - but this is why!

[Komm Suesser Tod]

Spellcast keeps crashing whenever I type anything or check anybody, and if I have it up and try to cast a spell, it crashes the game.

Help...

[grevenilvec75]

//updateresources

[Komm Suesser Tod]

//updateresources

That did it, thanks.

[Gorion]

id like to get retaliation to always be on while im engaged without having to press the macro .. anyone can help?

[Yugl]

<var name="RetaliationRecast">0</var>

        <!--- Abilities: Retaliation --->
        <if NotBuffActive="Retaliation" notType="WeaponSkill" notSpell="Provoke" Advanced='("$RetaliationRecast" = "0")'>
            <command>wait 1.8;%Spell %SpellTargetRaw;</command>
            <command>Retaliation</command>
            <cancelspell />
            <return />
        </if>
        <if spell="Retaliation">
            <var Cmd="set RetaliationRecast 1" />
            <command>wait 180;sc var set ChangeRetaliation 0;wait 1;Retaliation</command>
        </if>

If you reset JAs and reuse retaliation before this (ex: Use Retaliation > COR Random Deal > Reuse Retaliation), the rule may break; otherwise, this should be fine.

[trebonuis]

Hi I have been having a small issue with Motenten scripts. I can not get anything to cancel like utsi ni if I am casting Ichi or Sneak if recasting sneak. I see the code in the include files, but it just does not work for me. I have alkys scripts for war and nin and same code to cancel seems to work fine. Anyone have this Issue?

[Alathar]

I'm very new to spellcast but I've been trying to get into it to have a preshot set for my ranger. I got an xml from FFXIAH:

http://pastebin.com/CeSgfaS9

I put my sets and everything in ... my only issue that when I log in the shortcut for shooting (ctrl+D) only fires once ... after I've done one shot the shortcut doesn't work for anything anymore. I can still shoot manually and the sets will change though. Any suggestions on how to fix this? Alternatively, do people have other (better?) ranger xml files ... the only ranger xml in the sticky is a bit simple (which is good because I can understand it better but bad because it doesn't have a pre-post shot setup).

[Xilk]

Hi I have been having a small issue with Motenten scripts. I can not get anything to cancel like utsi ni if I am casting Ichi or Sneak if recasting sneak. I see the code in the include files, but it just does not work for me. I have alkys scripts for war and nin and same code to cancel seems to work fine. Anyone have this Issue?

double check that the cancel include is present. I noticed the cancel is not in all of the job spreadsheets.

[Yugl]

I'm very new to spellcast but I've been trying to get into it to have a preshot set for my ranger. I got an xml from FFXIAH:

http://pastebin.com/CeSgfaS9

I put my sets and everything in ... my only issue that when I log in the shortcut for shooting (ctrl+D) only fires once ... after I've done one shot the shortcut doesn't work for anything anymore. I can still shoot manually and the sets will change though. Any suggestions on how to fix this? Alternatively, do people have other (better?) ranger xml files ... the only ranger xml in the sticky is a bit simple (which is good because I can understand it better but bad because it doesn't have a pre-post shot setup).

		<if type="Misc">
			<if spell="Ranged">
				<!-- in case of area lag, this delay is needed. For no lag area, this delay can be close to 0-->
				<castdelay delay=".1"/>
				<!--how long after initating ranged attack before switching to stp/-enmity gear?-->
				<midcastdelay delay=".6"/>
				<!-- how long since intiating ranged attack you will swap back the idle gear-->
				<aftercastdelay delay="3.2" />

				<equip when="precast" set="RapidSnap"/>
				<command when="precast">input /echo RapidSnap set</command>
				<equip when="midcast" set="Shooting $WType $Barrage"/>
				<command when="midcast">input /echo $WType $Barrage shooting set</command>

				<if advanced='"$Barrage"=="Barrage"'>
					<addtochat>Barrage on, changing ammo to $BrgAmmo.</addtochat>
					<equip when="precast|midcast">
						<ammo>$BrgAmmo</ammo>
					</equip>
				</if>

				<var cmd="set Barrage Normal" />
			</if>
		</if>

I don't think type="Misc" is a functioning tag, so try removing that and the corresponding </if> tag.

[Motenten]

double check that the cancel include is present. I noticed the cancel is not in all of the job spreadsheets.

It's not in any of my xml's. I copied the code for the include from Yugl's for the simple purpose of having it available, but I don't actually use it.

I don't think type="Misc" is a functioning tag, so try removing that and the corresponding </if> tag.

"Misc" is a real type, but it'll be getting removed next version. There's nothing wrong with it, but there's no reason to keep it in your code, either.

Alternatively, do people have other (better?) ranger xml files ... the only ranger xml in the sticky is a bit simple (which is good because I can understand it better but bad because it doesn't have a pre-post shot setup).

While I don't have much of a rng xml, you may want to check my cor xml, as it does several things similarly.

[Somnus]

http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=TbtfnEjk

Recently returned to ffxi. Looking for any help on this much appreciated. I copied most from Nightfrye's nin xml template.
I can't figure out why debug says error on last line.