User:Mazirian/Macro Guide by Mazirian

EverQuest Legends includes a macro system which you can use to create batches of up to 5 /commands listed on the Commands page, which can be set to a hotkey. Macros can contain the same /commands you type into chat by hand, for casting, targeting, chatting, emoting, commanding your pet, activating abilities, and other system functions.

However, macros are simple scripting, not code. It's not possible to make loops, use any kind of conditionals, or set commands that react to conditiona. A macro only runs when you activate its hotkey, proceeds in order, and completes. Even with that limitation, they're very, very useful.

Macro Creation

1. Open the Actions window by clicking the EQL button and navigating to Actions > Actions (which also shows the keybind to open the window directly, defaulting to "L").
2. Click the Macros tab.
   1. You can see a scrollable list of alphabetically-sorted macro buttons available there, with some already set up.
   2. At the top of the list, you can search, click a button for a new macro, or check the "Show Blank" option to show unused macro slots.
   3. To create a macro, click the "New Macro" button, or right-click a blank button.
   4. You can also edit existing macros by right-clicking the macro buttons.
   5. If you'd like to see some of the preset macros, or replace them, go ahead and right-click one to open up the macro creation window.
   6. The Macro editing window

      

   7. From the example shown, you can see where to set the Macro name for the button, the text color, and up to 5 commands.
   8. If you'd like to clear everything out of the macro, click the "Clear" button.
   9. If you're unhappy with any of your changes, press the Escape key on your keyboard. This cancels any changes, as if you hadn't edited the macro at all.
   10. When you're done editing, click the "Accept" button.

Pick up the macro button with click-and-hold, then mouse over to an open hotkey and left click that empty hotkey slot.

From there, you can press the hotkey's keybind, or left-click the button, and it will activate!

A few more things to keep in mind:

• Right-clicking any hotkeyed macro will open the macro editing window directly, so you won't have to go into the Actions window.
• You can also type a macro into chat: /hotbutton <name> <color number> <text>. This adds a macro to the first available slot in your Macros page, and puts the button on your cursor to place.
  • Please note that this can only be used for 1-line macros, though they can be edited normally.

Advanced Macroing

Pauses

Every command listed on the Commands page can be used, one per line... With one exception: The /pause command can be added to every line, with a very specific process:

• The /pause command is added only at the beginning of a line followed by a comma, such as /pause 10, /assist
• The number following /pause is the duration in tenths of a second. /pause 20 would be 2 seconds.
• The /pause command executes after the matching command.
• When making a macro with multiple actions and pauses, you'll probably need to increase the duration of the pauses to allow for UI and network lag.
• While a macro is running and it contains 1 or more pauses, no other macros can be activated.

Timers

You can add a visual timer to your macro to simulate a cooldown:

/timer XXX, where XXX is tenths of a second.

Please note that the timer is purely visual, and has a couple of quirks:

• Changing zones removes the visual timer.
• The timer activates even if other commands fail.
• The visual timer is unrelated to any actual cooldown imposed by a linked ability.
  • For instance, if you had this macro:
    /doability Forage
/autoinventory
/autoinventory
  • And you added /timer 600 to the end, it will give the button a timer, but the timer will be activated whether or not the actual command succeeds or fails.
  • In that example, if you're sitting and activate the macro, Forage fails but the visual timer activates, leaving them out of sync.
  • Similarly, if the forage command is already on cooldown, perhaps before you changed zones, and you then activate the macro, the indicator and the actual ability's cooldown will be out of sync.

Text substitution variables

Macros can use variables to help communicate more about your current target, such as a macro to annouce which mob you're charming from the pack that just came in: /g Attempting to charm %t!

All substitution variables start with % in the command. They can also be used manually from the chat line, as well.

The available variables are:

%T - Your current target, by name
%S - Your target's subject pronoun (he, she, it)
%O - Your target's object pronoun (him, her, it)
%P - Your target's possessive pronoun (his, her, its)
%R - Your target's race (all NPCs will return only as "NPC")
%M - Your pet's name (Not based on your target, will only show your pet, if summoned)

Commands

It was mentioned earlier, but it bears repeating: Any of the Commands listed can be used in a macro! Of particular, please check the following commands for more details:

/assist can be used in several ways to help your targeting for more organized combat.

/autoinventory places the item on your cursor into the first available slot in your inventory.

/memspellset and /memspellslot can be used to help manage spells quickly. More details can be found at the Spell Sets page.

/pet commands include multiple actions for your pet to perform.

/yell unlocks mobs you're fighting to encourage others to help you finish it off!

Bard toolbox

Bards have several options with /melody and /queuemelody. If you are an experienced Bard player, please contact Mazirian in the EQL Discord #eql-wiki-content channel as he doesn't know bards well enough to do the subject justice.

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