Graystar

Thank you Blue_Volt and EvGen_88. Your suggestions are great.

Blue_Volt, I took your suggestions on the "+down$$-down" and modified them a bit and got it to work.

EvGen_88, The SUBST command is only good until reboot unless you remap the virtual drives at startup through the many ways one can auto-execute commands when loading into Windows. I tried modifying the PATH variable in Window's system variables but COH did not find it. But perhaps if one were to specify a variable, COH might be able to use it (e.g. c:\$variable$\filename). I haven't tried that yet.

Thanks again both of you for the suggestions.

PantherShade,

Thank you for replying to my post. I checked on your theory and you were correct. The bind string is too long. When pasted in the chat prompt it truncates it messing up the file path for the bind_load_file part of the string.

Thank you PantherShade and Blue_Volt for your assistance in this matter.

Blue_Volt,

Thank you for responding to my post. Yes, you are correct I mistyped it in the post only. I have it correct in the bind. I don't think it is the path since I have used the same path for other binds in the past. Please find the binds below and modified slightly so that the actual dialog spoken is taken out. I will use *dialog* for the purpose of editing the dialog out.

I start off with a master bind file that loads the starting sequence of all my binds and then allows me to press the appropriate key to execute the first part of the bind chain of the pressed key. Then I use another bind file to continue the chain and when I wish to recycle the chain, I create a file that emulates the start sequence found in the master bind file thus starting the chain over again. Should the chain mess up, I can use the master bind to reset all binds. A global reset switch if you will. A good thing to have especially if you use bind commands to perform attack sequences.

Bind #1 master.txt

numpad9 "Local <color #FFFFFF><bgcolor #999999><border #000000><Scale 1.5> *dialog*$$emote victory$$cc 2$$bind_load_file c:\COH\Binds\Secret_Identity\upend.txt"

Bind #2 upend.txt

numpad9 "Local <color #FFFFFF><bgcolor #999999><border #000000><Scale 1.5> *dialog*$$emote victory$$Local <color #FFFFFF><bgcolor #999999><border #000000><Scale 1.5> *dialog*$$cc 0$$bind_load_file c:\COH\Binds\Secret_Identity\upbegin.txt"

Bind #3 upbegin.txt

numpad9 "Local <color #FFFFFF><bgcolor #999999><border #000000><Scale 1.5> *dialog*$$emote victory$$cc 2$$bind_load_file c:\COH\Binds\Secret_Identity\upend.txt"

The second bind works good up until it gets to the bind_load_file section. Let me know your thoughts.

Good day everyone,

I have been messing around with binds since reading all the neat information in this thread. I would like to ask the more experienced individuals a question about a bind that I have that chains into another. The first file executes fine and so does the second file up until it gets to the load_bind_file command which is at the end of the string. It gives me a "Unable to read in keybind file" message. I have checked the path of the command and it is fine. I have followed the examples in this thread and have other binds that work so I am not totally new to making key binds.

Does anyone know if there is a limit to the amount of commands one can put in a /bind string through the use of $$ or a limit in the length the /bind string can be?

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance.