Detect Spells cast by Group Members?

BobWeaver · Post by **BobWeaver** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 12:47 am

I'm trying to write some code into a macro that will detect if a group member is casting a spell. I tried the following (just to display a value):

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/echo ${Group.Member[${Loops}].Casting.ID}

But it comes up null for all group members except myself. I figured this was because I did not have the Leadership Ability "Spell Awareness" so I saved up and bought it. The ID still comes up null, even if I manually replace ${Loops} with a group member that is casting.
Thanks in advance for any help!

Edited WIKI - http://www.macroquest2.com/wiki/index.p ... wn#Members.

jacensolo · Post by **jacensolo** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 1:54 am

I'm assuming that that in your post you just forgot to add the ending "}", but if it's like that in your code, it would mess up. Another thing to check is I think you need 3 or more in group for leader stuff to kick in.

BobWeaver · Post by **BobWeaver** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 8:42 am

Yeah, I forgot the ending "}" here. I'll make the edit. There are three people in the group. I really feel like it should work, but I can't see why it is not.

fearless · Post by **fearless** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 10:23 am

This does not work.

BobWeaver · Post by **BobWeaver** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 11:04 am

Yeah, that's what I experienced. Is it supposed to work? Is there a way to find out if/what a group member is casting?
Thanks for the help!

fearless · Post by **fearless** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 11:26 am

BobWeaver wrote:Is it supposed to work?

no

BobWeaver wrote:Is there a way to find out if/what a group member is casting?

sure, have the bot put its casting.id into shared channels and have other bots use events.

jacensolo · Post by **jacensolo** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 11:32 am

If he has the group leader spell awareness AA, couldn't he just use an event to detect however it tells him naturally? Its been a while since I've played with someone who had the ability, but doesnt it add <SpellName> after "begins to cast a spell" bit? So wouldnt this work:

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#event GroupCast "#1# begins to cast a spell. <#2#>"

After fixing any errors between that and the actual line it gives you, that should catch the caster and spell without any special channels.

BobWeaver · Post by **BobWeaver** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 11:42 am

If he has the group leader spell awareness AA, couldn't he just use an event to detect however it tells him naturally? Its been a while since I've played with someone who had the ability, but doesnt it add <SpellName> after "begins to cast a spell" bit? So wouldnt this work:
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#event GroupCast "#1# begins to cast a spell. <#2#>" 
After fixing any errors between that and the actual line it gives you, that should catch the caster and spell without any special channels.

I like that a lot. Then I don't have to be running a macro on the other machines - just the one watching for spells.
Thanks for your help!

fearless · Post by **fearless** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 12:30 pm

jacensolo-

Yes, you can use events. I'm not terribly familiar with Spell Awareness, I thought it was just for NPC's.

Sorry about that!

BobWeaver · Post by **BobWeaver** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 1:20 pm

jacensolo,
I used your idea - thanks. Here is the subroutine code if anyone is interested:

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|============================|
|Group Cast code:
|---------------------------------------------------
Sub Event_GroupCast(SpellMessage, SpellCaster, SpellName)

  /for Loops 1 to ${Group.Members}
    /if (${Group.Member[${Loops}].Name.Equal[${SpellCaster}]}) {
      /varcalc intFreeToMoveTime ${Macro.RunTime} + 25
      /echo ${SpellCaster} is casting ${SpellName}.
    }
  /next Loops
	
/Return

Then I just use intFreeToMoveTime later in my code. I just wait 25 seconds for any spell, which I know is overkill but it's what "Hand of Tenacity" needs and It's not worth my time to write specific delays for each spell. :)

Thanks!

jacensolo · Post by **jacensolo** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 2:17 pm

Have you tried using something like this:

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/varcalc intFreeToMoveTime ${Macro.RunTime} + ${Spell[${SpellName}].CastTime}

Might have to add like a +5 or something to that to account for lag issues, but that would give you fairly accurate (I don't think it calculates cast time reducing focus effects) time for any spell.

BobWeaver · Post by **BobWeaver** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 2:35 pm

I did not even think of that. It works even better now. Thanks for a very solid answer without condescending tone.

You are very helpful, I really appreciate it.

BobWeaver · Post by **BobWeaver** » Sat Jul 21, 2007 1:37 pm

I put that line of code inside another /if statement to prevent a short cast from overwriting a long cast:

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/if (${Macro.RunTime} + ${Spell[${SpellName}].CastTime} > ${intFreeToMoveTime}) {

Thought I'd have to use MathCalc, but it seems to work great now.
Thanks again.

fearless · Post by **fearless** » Sat Jul 21, 2007 1:41 pm

if is a calculator.

BobWeaver · Post by **BobWeaver** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 12:48 pm

Yep, it performs Math.Calculate for you automatically. Then it basically gives you a boolean response based on your criteria so you can perform commands based on that result. Probably the most important command we have!
Thanks for the help, guys.