Macro-ing a mouseover heal.

BizWax · 02-20-11, 08:35 AM

You know the priest spell 'heal'. I tried to make a macro for it so that it would be cast at my mouseover.

Code:

#showtooltip
/cast[@mouseover,exists] [] Heal;

for some reason it doesn't work. I have the same macro for flash heal, and it works just fine, but not for heal.

Any insights?

leo81202 · 02-20-11, 08:45 AM

Originally Posted by BizWax

You know the priest spell 'heal'. I tried to make a macro for it so that it would be cast at my mouseover.

Code:

#showtooltip
/cast[@mouseover,exists] [] Heal;

for some reason it doesn't work. I have the same macro for flash heal, and it works just fine, but not for heal.

Any insights?

/cast [@mouseover,exists] [] Heal

the spaces make a difference

BizWax · 02-20-11, 08:52 AM

Originally Posted by leo81202

/cast [@mouseover,exists] [] Heal

the spaces make a difference

curse me and my C# background

thanks man

Taryble · 02-20-11, 09:32 AM

the only one that matters is the one after the word "cast" - if you're doing a long macro and pushing the 255-character limit, the spaces between brackets and spell names can be removed, like so

Code:

/cast [@mouseover,help][]Heal

FYI, the "help" flag only attempts to cast on a friendly mouseover target that exists (yes, the "exists" flag is included automatically in both "harm" and "help").

Dawn · 02-20-11, 10:47 AM

The following macro is best, if you actually want to extend/add to the behaviour of a helpfull spell.

1. Normal behaviour: you target something and cast the spell
2. /cast [@mouseover,help] behaviour: you mouseover something and cast the spell, you have to mouseover something to cast the spell

3.

Code:

#showtooltip Holy Light
/cast [target=mouseover, help] Holy Light; [target=target, help] Holy Light; [target=player] Holy Light

This will cast the spell on your target if you do not mouseover something.
It will cast the spell on yourself if you have no target and do not mouseover something.
It will cast the spell on something you mouseover.

All In One solution.

Ketho · 02-20-11, 01:11 PM

Originally Posted by Dawn

Code:

#showtooltip Holy Light
/cast [target=mouseover, help] Holy Light; [target=target, help] Holy Light; [target=player] Holy Light

not to be nitpicky, but I'd shorten it some more

Code:

#showtooltip
/cast [@mouseover,help][@target,help][@player] Holy Light