Post by Aja on Jan 1, 2004 13:14:18 GMT -5
(edit / took out 2 second pauses, so now my macro is almost as good as Thorsen's 
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Hey guys and gals. I've been running a pretty simple macro for crafting. I'm sure most of you know this stuff already, but perhaps i'll help someone out. The macro is something like this:
/ui action toolbarPane06;
/ui action toolbarSlot012;
/selectDraftSchematic 80;
/pause 6;
/nextCraftingStage;
/nextCraftingStage;
/createPrototype Practice noitem;
/createPrototype;
and it sped up my clicking time quite a bit. Just in case you are new to macros, i'll remind you that the above macro might have to be adjusted in several places:
Limitations to the above macro are that it's not compatable for doing crafting in which step 4 of 6 (window that lets you choose between Experimentation, Create Prototype, Draft Schematics). If that window comes up (when not using a Generic Crafting Tool) then you'll have to add an additional line or two to the macro to get past that window.
Helpful Hints to Keep In Mind:
Hope that helps someone. Perhaps if anyone has info to add (like how to get past Step 4 of 6) you would be so kind as to do so.
Have a nice day!
)Hey guys and gals. I've been running a pretty simple macro for crafting. I'm sure most of you know this stuff already, but perhaps i'll help someone out. The macro is something like this:
/ui action toolbarPane06;
/ui action toolbarSlot012;
/selectDraftSchematic 80;
/pause 6;
/nextCraftingStage;
/nextCraftingStage;
/createPrototype Practice noitem;
/createPrototype;
and it sped up my clicking time quite a bit. Just in case you are new to macros, i'll remind you that the above macro might have to be adjusted in several places:
- Your draft schematic number will more than likely need to be changed to whatever you are trying to craft.
- Your 6 second pause may need to be lengthed if you need more time to select the resources being used
- You may choose to remove "Practice noitem" if you actually wish to produce your items (remember, practice you get an small xp bonus)
Limitations to the above macro are that it's not compatable for doing crafting in which step 4 of 6 (window that lets you choose between Experimentation, Create Prototype, Draft Schematics). If that window comes up (when not using a Generic Crafting Tool) then you'll have to add an additional line or two to the macro to get past that window.
Helpful Hints to Keep In Mind:
- Use 4 crafting tools and 4 crafting macros to access each tool. Even with a 30 second crafting time on an item, you can create an item every 7-8 seconds if you quickly switch to the next macro accessing a different tool while you are waiting for the item being created to leave the output hopper of the previous tool used.
- This macro will basically allow you to keep your mouse cursor located in the spot the resources will appear during each crafting cycle. A quick bunch of double clicks... then hit the hotkey you assigned for your next macro... quick bunch of double clicks... etc etc etc
- Every now and then something gets tied up and the macro won't work for some reason (usually after I have a critical failure which screws up the macro from working properly) Just start a regular crafting session without using the macro (select the tool manually) and go through the process like that once. Seems to clear it up every time.
Hope that helps someone. Perhaps if anyone has info to add (like how to get past Step 4 of 6) you would be so kind as to do so.
Have a nice day!
