Too stupid for stopcasting macro!

stillklinge · 09-27-07, 04:24 AM

I just decided I'd fight latency with Quartz and /stopcasting macros just to find out I was completely unable to.
So far, I am working with /castsequence macros, so I wanted to introduce the following changes:

/cast instantantcastspell1
/stopcasting
/cast spell2
/stopcasting
........
/wand enemy to death

Please assume I used the correct terms in my real macro.

What actually happens when I start this macro is that the first spell starts, gets interrupted, a few error messages later I wand. Wooohooo! Amazing!

Would it be possible that after instant cast spells there shouldn't be a /stopcasting?
Or what else am I doing wrong?

Oh, and now for something completely different!
Right now with /castsequence I use reset=target/combat at the beginning to make sure the macro rotation begins from the start when I switch targets; is there any way to implement this command when I use the simple /cast command?

**Seerah** · 09-27-07, 08:03 AM

You have to use

/stopcasting
/castsequence ..........

The way you have it now, it tries to do everything all at once.

stillklinge · 09-27-07, 09:39 AM

OK, but this way I can't take advantage of /stopcasting BEFORE every single spell.
The reason for this is to have Quartz show you the ideal moment to cast the next spell based on your latency, so you need a /stopcasting between two spells, so /castsequence won't work.

**Seerah** · 09-27-07, 01:00 PM

Everytime you click that button it will use /stopcasting - it's part of the macro. Go ahead, test it. Make this macro:

/stopcasting
/castsequence Shadowbolt, Curse of Agony, Shoot (or whatever spells/spelling

)

Click it once and you'll start to cast Shadowbolt. Click it again halfway through the cast and it will cancel it and move on to the Curse.

edit: and if I'm wrong (because I don't use /castsequence macros), I'll give you a cookie.

stillklinge · 09-28-07, 02:31 AM

Goodness, a double-win-situation!
Either I'll get the macro I wanted or a cookie!

I'd prefer the macro though.
Will test it and let you know.
Thanks for your helping hand.

stillklinge · 09-29-07, 07:30 AM

Send me the cookie, mate - not working, unluckily.

**Seerah** · 09-29-07, 10:52 AM

/me hands stillklinge a warm, gooey chocolate chip cookie

Then we'll have to ask the macro gods... Where's Cogwheel?

Cralor · 09-29-07, 10:57 AM

What specifically do you want the Macro to do?

Click each time for a different spell? = /castsequence

Or do you want it to all go at once? = Not Possible.

I don't know why, but I don't really understand what you really want.

**Seerah** · 09-29-07, 10:59 AM

He wants to use /stopcasting with a /castsequence

Cralor · 09-29-07, 11:00 AM

So, he wants to be able to click the macro so it stops what he is casting, and then do a castsequence?

stillklinge · 10-01-07, 04:33 AM

Well, actually I want to string a couple of spells together and have a /stopcasting between each of them.
My standard solo-PvE-rotation is
Mindblast, SW:P, Mindflay a few times, then wand.
To fight latency, I'd need a stopcasting before every spell, so that in cooperation with Quartz I would be able to locally terminate the casting of each spell about 100-200ms before it finishes client-sided and save this time.

For this reason, my single cast macros are
/stopcasting
/cast spellname

Works like a charm and helps a lot in instances, since during hard and long fights, you would waste a few seconds due to lag.

Now I would love to see the /stopcasting implemented in my standard macro jsut to save a few ms each time I cast it.

stillklinge · 10-03-07, 08:59 AM

Sum help, pwetty pwease?
You folks are my last resort!

Takatalvi · 10-03-07, 09:42 AM

I don't think it's possible to do what i think your saying.
Lemme get this straight, you need
--------------On first click
/stopcasting
/cast spell1
--------------On 2nd click
/stopcasting
/cast spell2
--------------On 3rd click if not casting spell2
/cast Shoot
--------------
Is that it?

I think

# Showtooltip
/stopcasting
/castsequence spell1, spell2, Shoot

Will be your best bet unless you wanna put them all on seperate hot keys.

stillklinge · 10-03-07, 10:28 AM

Exactly that's what I need.
For some weird reason, the /stopcasting at the very beginning doesn't work.
Will try today another time, maybe I just made a mistake.
Will let you folks know when I have news.

Kaomie · 10-03-07, 11:20 AM

Originally Posted by stillklinge

Exactly that's what I need.
For some weird reason, the /stopcasting at the very beginning doesn't work.
Will try today another time, maybe I just made a mistake.
Will let you folks know when I have news.

I hope you have not eaten the cookie yet

stillklinge · 10-03-07, 12:01 PM

I'd cough it up for you!

Kaomie · 10-03-07, 12:23 PM

Originally Posted by stillklinge

I'd cough it up for you!

This is going to make one happy Seerah

**Seerah** · 10-03-07, 04:46 PM

So it works now?

Mazzlefizz · 10-03-07, 05:32 PM

This is getting exciting! My bet is it's not going to work. I'll put down two m&m's and a piece of pie.

stillklinge · 10-04-07, 03:10 AM

Real life, if any of you remembers what that is (I had a hard time feeling comfy as well

) caught me yesterday, so no time for play.
I bet a fresh cookie though it won't work - tried it before, but I'm unsure whether I blew global cooldown by aborting too soon or not.
The /stopcasting /castsequence solution is actually too sexy to work though.