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

[Khajit]

Is the variable shifting when you use SA/TA? If not, try . . .

<if spell="Sneak Attack">
<var cmd="set SA SA" />
</if>
<if spell="Trick Attack">
<var cmd="set TA TA" />
</if>

That makes the gear finally swap.However it doesn't change back to normal tp gear once the buff wears.
I've also noted that it doesn't change ws sets based on SA/TA being active so it's definitely not changing variables based on SA.

That's secondary though since I can just butcher the wsrules to force it to work fairly easily. Sneak attack/trick attack rules are the only important part to me really.

http://pastebin.com/V1bUxrdk

Actually now that I think of it I might have figured out how to fix that first part.
<If buffnotactive= "sneak attack>
<var cmd="set No No" />
</if>
? That about right for what I do next before butchering the ws rules? I know I'm probably forgetting the exact wording here.

[Yugl]

Didn't add the return path rule lol.

<if mode="OR" spell="Sneak Attack" buffactive="Sneak Attack">
<var cmd="set SA SA" />
</if>
<else>
<var cmd="set SA No" />
</else>
<if mode="OR" spell="Trick Attack" buffactive="Trick Attack">
<var cmd="set TA TA" />
</if>
<else>
<var cmd="set TA No" />
</else>

[Khajit]

Looks like it's working perfectly now. I just need to make my own A charge and dotw variables for athos and im all set.
Thanks.

[Narrator]

Started using Nightfyre's DRK XML and generally, everything has been great. Just been having one problem and was wondering if anyone can help. Gear switches just fine during WS, combat, using triggers, etc. However, If I activate a trigger such as swapping into MDT gear mid fight, it won't go back into the previous gear set when the trigger is pressed again. This works in other XMLs that I've tried so I imagine I have missed or broken something within the XML.

Any help would be great, thanks.

*Edit* Just found an Update trigger which can be used manually to change into the correct gearset. This works great for now but is anyone aware of a more automated way of doing this?

[Terravcota]

I downloaded Mote's COR spellcast and associated includes. My gear changes when I engage, when I QD, etc... but will not change gear when I do any weaponskills... is there a trigger I'm missing?

[Kyte]

Try commenting that out and see if the XML works.

Finally got the chance to test that, and yes it did work!

[Motenten]

I downloaded Mote's COR spellcast and associated includes. My gear changes when I engage, when I QD, etc... but will not change gear when I do any weaponskills... is there a trigger I'm missing?

There is no trigger related to that. Turn on ShowGearSwaps to see if it's even trying to equip gear. If it's not, find the place where it should be equipping the gear (<equip when="Precast" set="$WSSet" />) and check the value of $WSSet (use <addtochat> to show the value), and whether that set exists. If it never even gives you the <addtochat> line, start tracking where it last got to in the xml, and why it's not able to reach that code.

[Nitecon]

I've been trying for the last few months (on and off admittedly) to teach myself how to use spellcast. Unfortunately it seems my logic escapes me when it comes to XML coding and the rules for spellcast. I've read through the guides, looked at example spellcasts and nothing is registering in my brain.

After downloading Motenten's files, I managed to get a spellcast to work for my Samurai. However, once I start to tweak the spellcast to suit my needs it all falls apart. Totally lost! Not even sure a dummies guide is going to help.

I'm totally ingrained in the old windower macros, sets for TP, MDT, PDT, WS, legion hybrid haste/pdt, polearm, gkt, /war /nin, yoichi, 5hit. etc That's just for SAM, you name it I have it in windower macro format. It is quite possible I am trying to run before I can walk and doing the basics first will help, but I have to admit, I don't really want to do that when it seems like my existing macros work fine.....

I'm not even that bothered about SAM but I am using it as an example. What I am most interested is a spellcast I can use for RNG, especially for snapshot. Even if it's just a spellcast that does this, I'll take it.

If anyone is willing to help I would be hugely grateful.

[Yugl]

Help how? You can use SC like windower macros btw. Just make the sets and within your macros, use /sc set SetNameHere and you get the same utility as windower macros.

[Obsidian]

So did the update today break Spellcast or is there something else at play here? None of my gear is swapping. I already tried updating my resources and reloading spellcast, but none of my gear is swapping no matter what I do.

[Yugl]

New resources.xml is up and fixed according to Radec.

[Obsidian]

Ah, weird. Resources updated again when I did //updateresources. Unloading and reloading spellcast again fixed everything, it seems. Thanks.

[xIndustrialxAngelx]

Everything in this XML is working flawlessly, except for equipping the gear for AM being up/down. I have autoexec running, and have the autoexec.xml working and in the right place as well. I can't figure out why the AM set doesn't get equip with my Apoc. I am using the right set with the trigger, to switch between ragnarok/ragna + buffs/ then apoc.

Here is the autoexec file.
http://pastebin.com/h7b6gfjp

And this is the DRK SC

http://pastebin.com/yz6dWUnm

[Lildrama]

Anyone have a really good BRD spellcast? with ghorn/ Dharp?

[Yugl]

Everything in this XML is working flawlessly, except for equipping the gear for AM being up/down. I have autoexec running, and have the autoexec.xml working and in the right place as well. I can't figure out why the AM set doesn't get equip with my Apoc. I am using the right set with the trigger, to switch between ragnarok/ragna + buffs/ then apoc.

Here is the autoexec file.
http://pastebin.com/h7b6gfjp

And this is the DRK SC

http://pastebin.com/yz6dWUnm

You have multiple

                <!-- Liberator(AM3 Up) 5Hit /SAM TP Set -->
                <set name="AM3Set" baseset="TP-Liberator">
                        <back>Rancorous Mantle</back>
                </set>

Is the variable shifting or just staying the same?

[xIndustrialxAngelx]

You have multiple

                <!-- Liberator(AM3 Up) 5Hit /SAM TP Set -->
                <set name="AM3Set" baseset="TP-Liberator">
                        <back>Rancorous Mantle</back>
                </set>

Is the variable shifting or just staying the same?

Ah sorry, I should have specified, it's for the Apoc sets, and the AM between when its up and down. I don't think the variables are changing though..

[ssjjfar]

		<register silent="true" event="gainbuff_Mighty_Strikes">sc var set BR MS</register>
		<register silent="true" event="gainbuff_Mighty_Strikes">sc var set VAR-WS DEX</register>

Is there a way for multiple commands to occur during with one <register>? Or do i have to separate them like above?

[Yugl]

		<register silent="true" event="gainbuff_Mighty_Strikes">sc var set BR MS</register>
		<register silent="true" event="gainbuff_Mighty_Strikes">sc var set VAR-WS DEX</register>

Is there a way for multiple commands to occur during with one <register>? Or do i have to separate them like above?

Use commas (ex: input /sc var set BR MS; input /sc var set VAR-WS DEX)

[Yugl]

Ah sorry, I should have specified, it's for the Apoc sets, and the AM between when its up and down. I don't think the variables are changing though..

Khajit had this error and I think this is just an AE issue. Try adding

<if mode="OR" buffactive="Aftermath" Spell="Catastrophe">
<var cmd="set Aftermath Aftermath" />
</if>
<else>
<var cmd="set Aftermath BlankSet" />
</else>

[ssjjfar]

Use commas (ex: input /sc var set BR MS; input /sc var set VAR-WS DEX)

Thanks, assuming you meant semicolons since its what you used, but a second question, is there a way to echo/addtochat a spellcast variable with autoexec?

<addtochat color="135">TP: $VAR-TP | WS: $VAR-WS</addtochat> Doesn't work in autoexec, and I don't see any "sc" or "sc var" command to display a specific variable(only one for all of them.) And cant get normal /echos to display the actual variable's value.