Macro Syntax II - Using Weaponskills and Job Abilities
This week, we’ll go over how to make macros that will execute specified Weaponskills and Job Abilities, they can be a great help in alerting your party members when you’re using a weaponskill, and to make getting to them a lot easier.
The syntax for weaponskills is:
/ws “” <t>
The name of the weaponskill would go in between the quotes. You could also spell out /weaponskill, but it is not necessary.
The syntax for Job Abilties is:
/ja “” <me> or <t>
The name of the Job Ability would go in between the quotes. If the Job Ability is supposed to be used on yourself, you would use <me>, if you want to use it on a specified party member or enemy, then use <t>.
Macro Syntax I: Casting a Spell
In this new section about Macro syntax, we’ll be looking at the basics, and some of the finer points, of setting up macros. Macros are an automated way of performing a short series of tasks. For instance, instead of navigating to your spell list, scrolling through it to find a spell, and then pressing enter 2 times to finally cast it; you can simply set Ctrl + 1 to perform that same action, with those 2 quick key-presses. Every Wednesday, we’ll go over some of the syntax that allows you to make macros. This week, we’ll teach you how to cast a spell using Macros.
Since this is the first article on Macros, I’ll go over how to get to them and basic usage. If you’re on the PC, then press the - key in the top right corner of your numpad, that will bring up the menu. Press your left or right arrow key to get to the second section of the menu, and scroll down to Macros. You’ll see 20 “books”. Each book contains 10 macro pallates, and each macro palate contains 20 macros. Giving you a total of 4000 possible macros. Since there are 20 jobs, and there are 20 books, using one book for each job would be a great idea. You can change the names of each book too, making organization easy.
Once your in a book, you can use your arrows to select a macro. When you have the one you want, you can press Enter to view the contents. To edit a line, use Up/Down and Enter. You are limited to 6 lines, the first box is the name of the macro.
A blank macro.
In order to cast a spell, you need to put in the first line this text:
/ma “” <t>
In between the quotations, put the name of the spell. Make sure to use correct capitalization and spacing. Now, whenever you are targeting a monster, you can press Ctrl + 1 and it will activate whatever spell you put in. You can combine it with other macro syntax for more advanced maneuvers, but we’ll go over that another time. That’s it for this week!
