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ShortMacros

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Project Updated:

Files Updated:

Sun, Aug 9 2009

Supports Game Version:

3.2.0

Category:

Combat, and Libraries

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Project Manager:

Egrimm

Additional Authors:

No additional authors

Current Version:

v0.1

License:

Public Domain

Development Site:

CurseForge

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Downloads Total:

404

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About ShortMacros

General

ShortMacros is an addon that provides a couple of shorthand slash commands in order to reduce macro size, given the limit of 255 characters per macro.

Provided commands

Currently only two commands are implemented, but I will add more if I can think of them (or if they are suggested through the comments).

Disable errors/sound: /de, /disable_errors
Enable errors/sound: /ee, /enable_errors

Example

As an example, the following macro (which attempts to cast Rune Strike whenever Frost Strike is used - Rune Strike is a reactive ability only available after parry/dodge and as such might give an error), which is 143 characters:

/script UIErrorsFrame:Hide()
/console Sound_EnableSFX 0
/cast Rune Strike
/console Sound_EnableSFX 1
/script UIErrorsFrame:Show()
/cast Frost Strike

Can be shortened to:

/de
/cast Rune Strike
/ee
/cast Frost Strike

Which is 41 characters, thus saving 102 characters which can be used for other commands; not to mention these commands are easier to remember than the /script commands ;) More examples can easily be thought of.

Feedback

Comments, feedback and suggestions are appreciated. If you have any requests for other commands to be added, feel free to write ;)

Created On:	Sun, Aug 9 2009
Localized:

1 Installation Guide
2 Translations
3 TOC Numbers (Out of Date Mods)
4 Mac Support
5 Directory Structure

Installation Guide

Exit "World of Warcraft" completely
Download the mod you want to install
- Make a folder on your desktop called "My Mods"
- Save the .zip/.rar files to this folder.
- If, when you try to download the file, it automatically "opens" it... you need to RIGHT click on the link and "save as..." or "Save Target As".
Extract the file - commonly known as 'unzipping'
Do this ONE FILE AT A TIME!
- Windows
  - Windows XP has a built in ZIP extractor. Double click on the file to open it, inside should be the file or folders needed. Copy these outside to the "My Mods" folder.
  - WinRAR: Right click the file, select "Extract Here"
  - WinZip: You MUST make sure the option to "Use Folder Names" is CHECKED or it will just extract the files and not make the proper folders how the Authors designed
- Mac Users
  - StuffitExpander: Double click the archive to extract it to a folder in the current directory.
Verify your WoW Installation Path
That is where you are running WoW from and THAT is where you need to install your mods.
Move to the Addon folder
- Open your World of Warcraft folder. (default is C:\Program Files\World of Warcraft\)
- Go into the "Interface" folder.
- Go into the "AddOns" folder.
- In a new window, open the "My Mods" folder.
- The "My Mods" folder should have the "Addonname" folder in it.
- Move the "Addonname" folder into the "AddOns" folder
Start World of Warcraft
Make sure AddOns are installed
- Log in
- At the Character Select screen, look in lower left corner for the "addons" button.
- If button is there: make sure all the mods you installed are listed and make sure "load out of date addons" is checked.
- If the button is NOT there: means you did not install the addons properly. Look at the above screenshots. Try repeating the steps or getting someone who knows more about computers than you do to help.

Translations

When you download a mod, please be sure that the mod is compatible with your translation of wow. Some mods only work on the US versions, while some only work on some of the various European versions. These variations are called "Localizations".

TOC Numbers (Out of Date Mods)

When Blizzard patches WoW, they change the Interface number. This means that all mods will be "out of date" unless or until the author releases a new version for that interface. Some people go into the .toc files and update the numbers themselves, but this is STRONGLY advised against as it will cause problems locating possible incompatibilities addons. When you log into WoW after a patch, you DO NOT have to delete your interface directory. All you have to do is simply tell WoW to ignore the interface numbers and load all the mods anyway. All you have to do is, while at the "character select" screen, look in the lower left corner and click on the "addons" button. A window will pop up listing all your installed mods.

If you look in the upper left corner of that window there should be a box that says "Load Out of Date AddOns". You want to CHECK this box. Now simply go into WoW normally and all your mods should load. As of the 1.9 patch, you will have to do this after EVERY patch/update that Blizzard posts! If you encounter any problems with a mod after a patch, please be sure to let the author of the mod know so they can fix it.

Mac Support

WoW addons are not platformed based. As such, they can be used on either Mac or PC. You can extract both .zip and .rar files on a Mac using StuffitExpander.

Directory Structure

World of Warcraft
    |_ Interface
    |_AddOns
    |_*AddonName*
    |_ *AddonName*.toc
    |_ *AddonName*.xml
    |_ *AddonName*.lua
    |_ (possibly others as well)...

Downloads (2)

	File Name	Release Type	Game Version	Downloads	Date
	Addon Curse.com	Beta	2.3.3	0	9/29/2008

	File Name	Release Type	Game Version	Downloads	Date
	ShortMacros v0.1	Release	3.2.0	377	8/9/2009
	ShortMacros Initial release	Release	3.2.0	27	8/9/2009

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sufferage said

Mouse over target macros!
Atm for heaing I use macros that all have a target block like

/cast [modifier:shift, target=focus, help] [modifier:alt, target=player] [target=mouseover, help] [target=target, help] [target=targettarget, help]
and similar with harm for shocks

if you could make that /mo help focus target targettarget or something, would be excellent!

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Egrimm said

sufferage,

the same as what I said to Dohram goes here :( I cannot replace general things in macro commands, only add slash commands for things that are not protected. This falls under the same category as replacing spell names with shorter names :(

You can replace modifier:shift with mod:shift though, that will save you 10 characters in the block you posted ;)

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Chontay said

Hello!
Some suggestions to shorten macros:

/petautocaston -> /pacy
/petautocastoff -> /pacn

/castsequence -> /cseq

Hope, this is possible. Would shorten some macros a lot ;-)

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Egrimm said

Chontay,

the same as what I said to Dohram goes here. I cannot find/replace general things in macros, I can only add slashcommands for stuff that is not protected. I know castsequence is protected, and I think petautocast things are too :( I will check this out and if they are not they will be added :)

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Dohram said

anyway to shorthand spells i.e rune strike to rs maybe?

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Egrimm said

Dohram,

I don't think this is possible, due to the safe actions limitation in scripts. Certain actions cannot be done by scripts but only by macros. Thus I can shorten the names of spells or even replace /cast with /c, but I can do the things this addon currently does because they are not protected.

Hope I explained that well enough, I'm not sure I understand all of it myself :)

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