Pausing macros using Fn keys?

[Boredbard]

Is there any way to have a macro pause when you press a 'Fn' key. Ideally I'd like to make a twist mac that runs one set, but say you need to mezz a mob, just hit F12 and go for it. Otherwise the mac keeps twisting, attacking or not. (would be handy for clickies, and for XP where mobs die so fast you cant spin up fast enough before it dies... you are on attack song 2 before the mob dies).


If someone could show me how to pause it using F12, I can prolly hack up Twist2 enough to do exactly what I want.

[MrSmallie]

Just make a hotkey with /mqp

[Boredbard]

That would work, but i'm looking for a better solution... ie. press F12 and it finishes the song, then grants me control.

[Bad Karma]

remap your F-12 key to do something that will trigger an /alias of /mqp?

Ohh...too many steps....

[Gumby]

That would work, but i'm looking for a better solution... ie. press F12 and it finishes the song, then grants me control.

Would take some amount of effort to tweak properly, but why not set a pair of hotkeys to something like /echo Suspend and /echo Unsuspend, use an event to set a flag, and then place various breakpoints into the script to stop processing where you want? Quick skeleton code in an attempt to explain better:

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#event Suspend "[MQ2] Suspend"
#event Unsuspend "[MQ2] Unsuspend"

Sub Main

/declare SuspendFlag global
/varset SuspendFlag 0

// stuff

:Loop
/if n @SuspendFlag==1 {
   /doevents
   /delay xxx
   /goto :Loop
}

// more stuff

/return

Sub Event_Suspend
   /varset SuspendFlag 1
/return

Sub Event_Unsuspend
   /varset SuspendFlag 0
/return

I tend to dump it all into a dummy subroutine for the script to hang out while I'm doing other thing instead of individual loops placed throughout the script but it gives some more control rather than simply ninja smacking /mqpause (which left my toons in amusing yet not beneficial spots... nowhere I'd want to be in a group).

G

[ztilleto]

hi,

With the different twisting.mac that have been made for bards for MQ2, one of the things I found was lacking, was the interrupt spells you wanted to cast in the middle of a macroed twist.

I did it by adding an event where I looked for a string with a song name in it. This works perfect for those situations, where i need to stand back mezz or charm adds, or pull up the Selo's for a quick escape, or lul for those pullin situation, all while the macro is running, and will continue to run after i've twisted in an extra song.

You can check out the modified code to Twist2.mac I've done at this link http://macroquest2.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=5079

This uses the event of missing a note from the original version, so you will automatic recast the song if you fizzle.

[MrSmallie]

That would work, but i'm looking for a better solution... ie. press F12 and it finishes the song, then grants me control.

If you /mqp it will grant you "control" immediately. Then you can wait for it to finisg a song, or you can interrupt that song, or anything else you like. You can even set up different function keys to do different added tasks. F12=/pause 3, /mqp, /stop, /cast <mez>, F11= /mqp, /stop, /cast <snare>, F10=/pause 3, /mqp, /stop, /cast <charm>, F9 = /mqp (now you have control, and guess what? you can restart the macro just by hitting this one again).
Basically, the tools are there for you to use, and their are many more options then just a standard <break>.

[Boredbard]

Thanks for all the replies. What I had been using was an alias that did /stopsong /mqp and it worked rather well, but i was just curious if there was a better way.

Main reason I dont like using just flag MQP, I dont always know what song it'll start back on when it continues and could be very hazardous to have a debuff go off if I'm targetting mobs to help tank pretarget (ie nameds).