The Incomplete and Unofficial Guide to /bind (1.1)

EvGen_88 · 10-02-2005 07:52 PM

The whole pointof that TP bind is to not see the reticle
Do this /bind lshift "powexecname teleport"
Hitting shift will turn the reticle on and off.
You will probably need to do this also /bind lshift+lbutton nop
Otherwise you may be trying to TP twice and it will cancel itself.

Medafusion · 10-03-2005 12:13 PM

Ok i have seen people do dance binds like 1 sec it is "the monkey dance" then a differ dance then a differ dance then a differ dance then a differ dance then a differ dance etc etc etc. what is the bind i tried /bind p "emote dance$$emote dance" just to see if it worked it didnt :-/

Mr E-Man · 10-03-2005 12:27 PM

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Ok i have seen people do dance binds like 1 sec it is "the monkey dance" then a differ dance then a differ dance then a differ dance then a differ dance then a differ dance etc etc etc. what is the bind i tried /bind p "emote dance$$emote dance" just to see if it worked it didnt :-/

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/bind p "em dance" should work for you - everytime you hit p you will gat a random dance emote

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Cracked · 10-05-2005 09:22 AM

I use a gamepad to play COH and I'm wondering if you can bind commands to joystick button.

What I am trying to do is use two buttons to activate a power. For example,
/bind joystickbutton5+joystickbutton1 "powexec_name Entangling Arrow" but it doesn't work.

Can anyone let me know if this is even possible?

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Soul Train · 10-05-2005 10:08 AM

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After a year's absence, I've returned to play CoH. I did a lot of binds back then, and discovered they had been saved on the server even after reinstalling CoH. The problem is, I don't have a clean default keybinds.txt file anymore (I had changed and saved an altered version to replace the default one), and I need to know the bind command for readjusting the camera angle to the center (i.e., not looking up or looking down) . I vaguely remember it was bound to the Page Up or Page Down key or something or other. Would someone please copy that command line for me? I'm so rusty with this and only managed to do binds before thanks to others' expert advice. /grin Thanks in advance!

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YOu should be able to export a default keybind file if you roll a new toon, and then type /bind_save as soon as you hit Outbreak. It'll be saved to keybinds.txt . Once saved, you can edit it or rename it, and load it with ANY character by typing /bind_load (for default keybinds.txt file) or /bind_load_file (filename) for a renamed bindfile. NOTEPAD FTW!!

As for the key to recenter - it's PgDn. Hold PgUP (or middle mouse button/scrollwheel) to move camera around your character.

PAGEDOWN "camreset"
PAGEUP "+camrotate"

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Photonathor · 10-06-2005 11:49 AM

I have to agree this FAQ is AWESOME. I have been away for a couple of months, and my working knowledge of binds and macros is rusty. I am trying to make a macro that does the following
1) says in local "Activate Holographic Imager"
2) does the emote drat
3) changes costume
I can't seem to get the costume change to work. Does anybody have any suggestions. The bind i tried was
/bind p, "emote drat$$local Activate Holographic Imager$$cc"
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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Gizmogrifier- 26 Robotics/Traps MM

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The_Mystic_NA · 10-06-2005 01:52 PM

Quick question, how do you bind a macro to a key? What's the command?

StaticDrifter · 10-06-2005 02:17 PM

You'll have to retype the macro but you just change "macro" to "bind"...

ei. /macro Hi "say hi"
/bind g "say hi"

StaticDrifter · 10-06-2005 02:19 PM

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I have to agree this FAQ is AWESOME. I have been away for a couple of months, and my working knowledge of binds and macros is rusty. I am trying to make a macro that does the following
1) says in local "Activate Holographic Imager"
2) does the emote drat
3) changes costume
I can't seem to get the costume change to work. Does anybody have any suggestions. The bind i tried was
/bind p, "emote drat$$local Activate Holographic Imager$$cc"
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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Your bind is good you just need to tell it which costume to change to...they are in order 0, 1, 2, 3 so.../cc 1 will change it to the second costume slot.

The_Mystic_NA · 10-06-2005 02:27 PM

New question, I'm looking for a bind or macro combination for my Warshade that will return me to human form out of both Dwarf and Nova form. So I can press one button to put me back into human form. I know I saw this somewhere before, but I can't find it now.

StaticDrifter · 10-06-2005 02:30 PM

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I use a gamepad to play COH and I'm wondering if you can bind commands to joystick button.

What I am trying to do is use two buttons to activate a power. For example,
/bind joystickbutton5+joystickbutton1 "powexec_name Entangling Arrow" but it doesn't work.

Can anyone let me know if this is even possible?

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I did a quick search and came up with this: [ QUOTE ]
This is right out of CurveBall's guide:

Joystick Keys

NOTE: These commands seem to work erratically at best.

Joypad Names

joypad_up
joypad_down
joypad_left
joypad_right

Joystick Buttons

joy1
joy2
joy3
joy4
joy5
joy6
joy7
joy8
joy9
joy10
joy11
joy12
joy13
joy14
joy15
joy16
joy17
joy18
joy19
joy20
joy21
joy22
joy23
joy24
joy25

X/Y Axis Joystick Controls

joystick1_up
joystick1_down
joystick1_left
joystick1_right

Z/Zrot controls

joystick2_up
joystick2_down
joystick2_left
joystick2_right

Xrot/Yrot

joystick3_up
joystick3_down
joystick3_left
joystick3_right

Pov1-Pov3 hat
povX_up
povX_down
povX_left
povX-right

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I don't have a joystick so I can't say how good they are.

JamMan · 10-06-2005 03:16 PM

/bind [key] "powexectoggleoff dark nova$$powexectoggleoff black dwarf"

The_Mystic_NA · 10-06-2005 04:28 PM

Thank you, that's what I was looking for.

Soul Train · 10-07-2005 03:14 PM

OK. Here's a question.

Is it legal to put a /bind command INTO another bind command?

Here's the issue:

Currently my "follow" command has an added text string that indicates that I'm following, and names the target. However, Follow is a toggle. So I want to have a different message for when Follow is turned off.

i COULD load in a 1-line Bind file that reloads the F key...

but why not just re-bind the key directly?

Thoughts? Yes it sounds wacky.

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Blue_Volt_NA · 10-08-2005 07:53 AM

Well, you can certainly do a toggle-bind that will execute follow and load the 'stop following' toggle on one press, then execute 'stop follow' and load 'follow' on a subsequent press. But, there is one big problem. Toggles like these can get out of sych with your state. If you're following someone, and you press any movement key, you will stop following, but you're bind won't cycle to the new bind, unless you tie all the move keys in with that bind. This can be done but get's difficult.

But, you can get around this by having a 'reset' key to easily reset to a specific mode, or just manually re-set by activating follow via the menue and re-setting using your follow key.

Grotus · 10-08-2005 05:32 PM

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Is it legal to put a /bind command INTO another bind command?

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Yes, but you can't rebind the same key as you are using. So, you could use the S key to rebind the F key, but you can't use the F key to rebind itself. Also, even if it was possible, you couldn't use this to toggle between states, since you would need to bind a bind command which binds a bind command which binds a bind command...and so on.

Also, you can't nest quotes, which limits the complexity of the bound bind.

Be_Healed · 10-13-2005 06:56 AM

Just wanted to say how much this guide has helped me. Keep up the good work all!

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Death_by_Zamboni · 10-18-2005 08:35 AM

I've got a Logitech Wireless Click! Optical mouse. The scroll wheel is cool because it clicks left & right (as well as down), and there is also an additional button behind the wheel. However, I can't get COH to recognize either the side-to-side on the click wheel or the 4th button. "button4" is not recognized. Does anyone else have this mouse? Anyone know how to make it work? Thank you!

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PantherShade · 10-18-2005 10:35 AM

Try going to the options screen and selecting an option that you don't use. Click on the button, and see what name CoH assigns to it. Use that name for your bind.

Mr E-Man · 10-18-2005 11:34 AM

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Try going to the options screen and selecting an option that you don't use. Click on the button, and see what name CoH assigns to it. Use that name for your bind.

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Smarty pants!

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Death_by_Zamboni · 10-18-2005 01:19 PM

I wish it were that simple! when i go to options/controls and click to assign the button, it does not replace it with anything. it seems to not recognize it exists at all! :-(

- Sigil Kult

PantherShade · 10-18-2005 01:58 PM

Hmm. Then it may be that CoH indeed does not recognize that button on your mouse.
(It's the only thing I can think of.)

Phantomoftruth · 10-18-2005 05:21 PM

it's likely I missed this.. there are different versions of "/em dance" each of these Dances should have their own names, yes? If so, is there a list of them about?

SuperChris · 10-21-2005 01:53 PM

Last I checked, the different dances were random. :/

Golden_Ace · 10-21-2005 02:46 PM

I think your correct. It would be nice if we had a /em dance01 - 06 I would use it (I hate that monkey dance).

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