The Incomplete and Unofficial Guide to /bind (1.1)
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Posted on: 2004-05-09 09:46 in Player Guides
have no idea.
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As previously state, all you have to do is target a team member and fire off your offensive powers and they'll hit whatever your team mate has targeted. You don't need to worry about any sort of assist power/command.
I don't think he needs the assist command just the target select and unselect commands in one bind. However the Assist allows him to target the mob directly. I can see how this is important if he's running a defender. heal / buff the teammate getting beat on.
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When I run a healer/defender type I target through the main tank type player, that way I can assist or heal/protect the player. Even if I lose the player target lock I just target the nearest mob to the player in need, 10 out of 10 times when I heal through the opponent it heals/buffs the one teammate needing the heal/buff.
I'm still not clear on why anyone would need to unselect a teammate if they are a healing/buffing type? Assist through the teammate for attacks and heal/buff them as needed through team select bind.
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I'm looking for a macro or bind assist a specific team member, this this will work?
/bind x " unselect$$teamselect 1"$$assist"
When I hit X, I should now be targeting whatever he was, correct? Does it actually move the targeting rectical or am I just assisting him, you know, firing "through" him.
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Assist is a toggle in your Options. Turn it on and simply hit Shift+# where # is the "position" 1-8, of the teammate you wish to assist. Once targeted, whomever your teammate attacks so will you. Your targeting reticle will not change and you will be firing "through" the teammate.
I am pretty sure this is what you need to bind Assist to the x key:
/bind x "ASSIST"
or if you are entering it into a txt file to load it would be:
x "ASSIST"
Then you will be 'assisting' whichever teammate you have selected.
Though, as mentioned, I do not believe it is necessary.
Hope this helps!
Ok I 've read, and still can't seem to get a seemingly easy macro to work. I'm willing to keybind it to a key as well if that matters.
All I want to do is, Announce my target, and then do my 2 debuf's on the target. Radiation Infection and Enervating Field.
Everytime I try any of the powers, using powerexec_name I get "unknown command powerexec_name"
what am I doing wrong?
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Everytime I try any of the powers, using powerexec_name I get "unknown command powerexec_name"
what am I doing wrong?
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Quickly looking at your question, I suggest you check your spelling. The command is powexec_name (or powexecname), not poweRexec_name.
Oh I can't believe how blind I am. Thanks for pointing out what was driving me nuts. Thank you.
Also, is there a way to make use two Toggles in one Macro?
No problem, I did the same thing the first time!
Yes, two powers can be bound to the same key. You will need to tap the bound key twice though, once for each power.
To bind RI and EF to x, I use the following bind:
/bind x powexectoggleon Radiation Infection$$powexectoggleon Enervating Field
Of course, I always suggest using CITIBINDER for most of your bind needs!
I have created a custom toon to duo with my friend. We have intentionally skipped stamina because we are both Kins. What this means is that we have to keep each other speed boosted at all times or we rapidly deplete our endurance.
When duoing with just the two of us, I use the bind for team_select 1$$powexec_name Speed Boost. That works just fine....they have a similar bind. But on large teams of 8, I have to remember to move my mouse up to the team list, select my partner and then SB them.
Is there a way to create a bind that applies Speed Boost to a particular team member by NAME? For example, team_select TweedleDee$$powexec_name Speed Boost. I can't find a command to select a particular team member/target by character name.
Along the same lines (and I'm betting this is completely impossible), is there a way to apply a timer to a bind? So I could activate a bind command every 30 seconds? Figured it was worth asking....although likely impossible. 
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When duoing with just the two of us, I use the bind for team_select 1$$powexec_name Speed Boost. That works just fine....they have a similar bind. But on large teams of 8, I have to remember to move my mouse up to the team list, select my partner and then SB them.
Is there a way to create a bind that applies Speed Boost to a particular team member by NAME? For example, team_select TweedleDee$$powexec_name Speed Boost. I can't find a command to select a particular team member/target by character name.
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Well, yes. It's "target_custom_near [name]"
Just replace [name] with whatever the name of your friend is. So let's say your friend's name was Speed Monger, the command would be "target_custom_near Speed Monger". This also works to target foes as well, btw. The drawback to this is that your friend will have to be in view on your screen or you won't be able to target him. So if he's behind a wall or you have an obstructed view of him, you won't be able to target him. It's no "team_select" that will select the teammate no matter if you see him or not.
Another solution is to turn your number pad into a team select pad... so you just press the number that your friend takes up on the team roster, and then maybe press Numpad0 in order to hit him with Speed Boost. Works great for me and all my various buffing toons (Empath, Force Field, etc.). And then you can buff the whole team a lot easier.
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Along the same lines (and I'm betting this is completely impossible), is there a way to apply a timer to a bind? So I could activate a bind command every 30 seconds? Figured it was worth asking....although likely impossible.
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The game has no way for us to add timers to powers, etc. However, if you buy a gaming keyboard, such as the Logitech G-15, that will let you do what you want.
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Along the same lines (and I'm betting this is completely impossible), is there a way to apply a timer to a bind? So I could activate a bind command every 30 seconds? Figured it was worth asking....although likely impossible.
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The game has no way for us to add timers to powers, etc. However, if you buy a gaming keyboard, such as the Logitech G-15, that will let you do what you want.
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The Nostromo N-52 also works quite well for this and many other things, and is fairly inexpensive also 
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Hey guys, thanks for the input. That's great news!
I've got an older Norstrom gaming pad, but I couldn't get the application to work well without crashing my PC. Maybe I'll look into the Logitech gaming keyboard. Thanks!
Hey - I want to make sure that when I start attacking with a character, that Super Speed gets toggled off (because I keep forgetting & run out of end on a toggle heavy char), so I thought that this would work - haven't tested it yet since the servers are down:
1 "+ $$powexectoggleoff superspeed$$powexec_slot 1"
2 "+ $$powexectoggleoff superspeed$$powexec_slot 2"
3 "+ $$powexectoggleoff superspeed$$powexec_slot 3"
4 "+ $$powexectoggleoff superspeed$$powexec_slot 4"
5 "+ $$powexectoggleoff superspeed$$powexec_slot 5"
binding the SS toggleoff to my attack chain - is the syntax correct - I do want to attack first & the toggleoff as the secondary effect.
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Hey - I want to make sure that when I start attacking with a character, that Super Speed gets toggled off (because I keep forgetting & run out of end on a toggle heavy char), so I thought that this would work - haven't tested it yet since the servers are down:
1 "+ $$powexectoggleoff superspeed$$powexec_slot 1"
2 "+ $$powexectoggleoff superspeed$$powexec_slot 2"
3 "+ $$powexectoggleoff superspeed$$powexec_slot 3"
4 "+ $$powexectoggleoff superspeed$$powexec_slot 4"
5 "+ $$powexectoggleoff superspeed$$powexec_slot 5"
binding the SS toggleoff to my attack chain - is the syntax correct - I do want to attack first & the toggleoff as the secondary effect.
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OK - well it works (other than the fact that I forgot to put a space between super & speed - lol)
Corrected format is:
1 "+ $$powexectoggleoff super speed$$powexec_slot 1"
2 "+ $$powexectoggleoff super speed$$powexec_slot 2"
3 "+ $$powexectoggleoff super speed$$powexec_slot 3"
4 "+ $$powexectoggleoff super speed$$powexec_slot 4"
5 "+ $$powexectoggleoff super speed$$powexec_slot 5"
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Hey - I want to make sure that when I start attacking with a character, that Super Speed gets toggled off (because I keep forgetting & run out of end on a toggle heavy char), so I thought that this would work - haven't tested it yet since the servers are down:
1 "+ $$powexectoggleoff superspeed$$powexec_slot 1"
2 "+ $$powexectoggleoff superspeed$$powexec_slot 2"
3 "+ $$powexectoggleoff superspeed$$powexec_slot 3"
4 "+ $$powexectoggleoff superspeed$$powexec_slot 4"
5 "+ $$powexectoggleoff superspeed$$powexec_slot 5"
binding the SS toggleoff to my attack chain - is the syntax correct - I do want to attack first & the toggleoff as the secondary effect.
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OK - well it works (other than the fact that I forgot to put a space between super & speed - lol)
Corrected format is:
1 "+ $$powexectoggleoff super speed$$powexec_slot 1"
2 "+ $$powexectoggleoff super speed$$powexec_slot 2"
3 "+ $$powexectoggleoff super speed$$powexec_slot 3"
4 "+ $$powexectoggleoff super speed$$powexec_slot 4"
5 "+ $$powexectoggleoff super speed$$powexec_slot 5"
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I do get the annoying "unknown command" in chat after SS is turned off...anyway around this?
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Is there really a need for the "+" at the beginning? I never use that and have a lot of working binds similar to what you guys are doing.
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Is there really a need for the "+" at the beginning? I never use that and have a lot of working binds similar to what you guys are doing.
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Don't know...I'll check
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Is there really a need for the "+" at the beginning? I never use that and have a lot of working binds similar to what you guys are doing.
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Don't know...I'll check
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Works perfectly & got rid of the "unknown command" chat feedback - Thanks!
New Binds are:
1 "powexectoggleoff super speed$$powexec_slot 1"
2 "powexectoggleoff super speed$$powexec_slot 2"
3 "powexectoggleoff super speed$$powexec_slot 3"
4 "powexectoggleoff super speed$$powexec_slot 4"
5 "powexectoggleoff super speed$$powexec_slot 5"
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Bumping this guide to protect it from the Old Posts Purge. Can't loose the usful stuff.
Yeah because old threads are deleted at the 24 hour mark, good thing you got that bump in just under the wire!!
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Yeah because old threads are deleted at the 24 hour mark, good thing you got that bump in just under the wire!!
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lol
and threads in the Guides section are exempt to the purging...
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I got this PM from someone. And to be frank my search fu has failed me. and I can't seem to recall how to go about this.
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What I would like to do is have a bind that lets me toggle assist. I wanted to tie it to 1-8 on my keyboard so that is any given team mate said "attack my target", i could hit the corresponding key # and load the /assist.
As an example, I use this for speedboost on a different toon.
1 "team_select 1$$powexec_name Transfusion"
I just can't figure out how to get assist in there instead of transfusion. Any help you could provide would be greatly appreciated.
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Why would one need to turn on auto assist? or off? Target your teammate and fire away, you'll auto assist if its turned on.
....just wondering
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