Wonderful, Wise, Winza's guide to binds!
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AngelsFist,
Posted on: 2005-03-14 20:33 in Player Guides
ok I tried this to make my Kheld switch Trays with a Macro.
/macro Activate "powexec_name White Dwarf$$ next_tray$$ next_alt_tray"
But for some reason I cannot switch both trays as I would want so as not to get confused with my powers that can and can't be used. Whats with the Next_alt_tray command that doesn't work. I was trying this just before servers went down but I didn't try doing it with just the 2 for changing trays without the Powexec. Is it too many things to allow the third next_alt_tray? I tried it also with and without the _'s and spaces instead and I think without spaces but nothing would get the alt tray to switch. Whats the command to switch the alt tray if there is one? Pls and thank you for the help with this problem. I intend to make it a bind after I make sure it works as a macro. But so far thats the problem. Thanks for help if you can help. 
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winza's so wise we might have to invite her to join the scientists of guardian, her talent is being wasted in virtue... 
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1st of all, I'm a male, heck, I don't even have any female toons! (not that I'm sexist, I just can't come up with a good female name or look, heh.)
2nd, thank you for the compliment, but I started on Virtue and once I got my 2nd 50 there (it happened the day before I posted this) I was thinking of branching out, but I don't know what hero I'll be bringing, prolly make Winza on guardian with the same build he has on virtue, or remake Starr Crush as Invul/mace rather then stone/mace (<-- too slow, but makes for good DE jokes) I'll decide if I do that later anyway...
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ok I tried this to make my Kheld switch Trays with a Macro.
/macro Activate "powexec_name White Dwarf$$ next_tray$$ next_alt_tray"
But for some reason I cannot switch both trays as I would want so as not to get confused with my powers that can and can't be used. Whats with the Next_alt_tray command that doesn't work. I was trying this just before servers went down but I didn't try doing it with just the 2 for changing trays without the Powexec. Is it too many things to allow the third next_alt_tray? I tried it also with and without the _'s and spaces instead and I think without spaces but nothing would get the alt tray to switch. Whats the command to switch the alt tray if there is one? Pls and thank you for the help with this problem. I intend to make it a bind after I make sure it works as a macro. But so far thats the problem. Thanks for help if you can help.
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I'll actually have to spend some time working on that, I'll need to test a lot of binds that could implement switching more then one tray for different situations (like RPing or in battle or PVP to PVE, you get the idea) I'll be hard at work with my WS leveling him so he can be my forms specialist so I can test out all the binds you are wanting and post them here.
Winza - Thanks so much for your tutorial. I've always wanted to try binds and macros but never knew how. In the last 10 minutes I've created 3 binds for me and one macro for my fiancee.
But now I have a problem. I want to create binds for the 10-keypad. I want to assign team members to each number so if I need to heal or buff them, I can just select their number. I hate using the mouse to click on them or their name. Is there a way to do this?
/macro Activate "powexec_name White Dwarf$$ next_tray$$ next_alt_tray"
$$macro on "powexec_toggleon Dark Nova$$goto_tray 9"
$$macro off "powexec_toggleoff Dark Nova$$powexec_toggleon Gravity Shield$$goto_tray 1"
this is what I use to switch my trays. I hit my "on" button and I change to Dark Nova and my bottom tray changes to number 9. Then if I want to change back I hit my "off" button and I turn human, my tray changes back to 1 and I activate a shield because I'm usually taking damage when I switch.
I think your biggest problem is you need the goto_tray # and goto_tray_alt # instead of just tray and alt tray. I cant test it to make sure but I think thats it. Also you might make the marco name smaller. I'm not sure how many characters you can use tho. You should have something like
$$macro Act "powexec_toggleon White Dwarf$$goto_tray 9$$goto_tray_alt 8"
Can anyone help me with creating a bind for my tank? is it possible to have one key or macro to turn on my toggles, or at least activate one and que the another? id be really helpfull to hit one key to get my shields up after a hold or stun. thanks
I am a long time CoH player and forum reader, but a first time poster. With my very first post, I would like to thank you Winza for this thread. It has helped me come up with some fun binds. But of course I am posting more than just to say thanks. I would like to have a bind that does these three things: change your costume, chat bubble colors, and badge title. I don't know if there is a bind for badge titles, but at least I want the chat bubble to match my costume. Thanks!
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I am a long time CoH player and forum reader, but a first time poster. With my very first post, I would like to thank you Winza for this thread. It has helped me come up with some fun binds. But of course I am posting more than just to say thanks. I would like to have a bind that does these three things: change your costume, chat bubble colors, and badge title. I don't know if there is a bind for badge titles, but at least I want the chat bubble to match my costume. Thanks!
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1st off, I am more then honored that you post on my thread as your 1st ever post.
2nd, to my knowlege, there is no bind or /command that changes badge titles, that'd be pretty cool though, heh.
I can however solve the other 2 parts of that bind for you, if you read back a few of my posts for my bind files for Winza, you'll see that I have not only made it so he changes costumes, and his chat colors, but also 90% of his binds as well!
You can copy and paste as per instructions in that post, but I DO hope you alter the binds to your style and liking before you impliment them. I have one player on virtue who uses that very file for his PB (his name is Goat Brawler, a good pal of mine). He implemented them without altering them and now hits binds that kinda look silly when a PB does them rather then a emp/dark defender, heh.
But I'll tell you the binds you wanted in a customizable way so you can alter them to your liking Just alter the xxx to colors, the yyy to text of what you want to say and the zzz to the emote you want to use while changing costumes.
/bind (put key here) "beginchat <color xxx><bgcolor xxx><border xxx>$$ l (make the same colors here)yyy$$ e zzz"
make sure you match the colors you are making your bubbles in the local chat that you are using, or you will look kinda odd, lol. I am amazed at how many questions I got recently, I'll get to all of them as soon as I can figure them all out, and keep looking back, OR send me an in-game message at my forum name (it's also my global name).
Till you here from me again, Happy heroing!
Winza, thanks for the reply. I tried it out but I guess I wasn't clear in explaining what I wanted to do with the chat bubble. I don't want to just say one thing in neat colors when changing costumes; I want permanent colors associated with each costume so that I would keep speaking in those colors instead of the default colors. And I would like to do it without the hassle of assigning some colors to enter for use with one costume and other colors to shift+enter for another costume. Can this be done? Thanks.
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I'm sorry to repeat myself, but the best way I can make the bind for you is this...
/bind (key) "beginchat <color xxx><bgcolor xxx><border xxx>$$ cc #"
alter the xxx and the # and you'll change costumes and alter what color text bubbles you use in that costume... but honestly, look at the binds I had for Winza. That'll show you exactly how to not only change your text bubbles, but ALL YOUR BINDS as well when you change costumes.
Winza is practicly known for that on Virtue. I hope the bind I placed in this post helped... but in my next one, I'm answering the other questions, heh...
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Can anyone help me with creating a bind for my tank? is it possible to have one key or macro to turn on my toggles, or at least activate one and que the another? id be really helpfull to hit one key to get my shields up after a hold or stun. thanks
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In order to create a bind or macro that activates more then one power, make sure the powers involved have NO ACTIVATION TIME! A good example of this is making a speed button with super speed and sprint, but if you want toggles, test what toggles can be used while moving. If you are Invul, Temp invul didn't have any activation time from what I saw. Try the following...
/bind (key) "powexec_toggleon (other toggle)$$ powexec_toggleon Temp Invulnerability"
If I am right about the no activation time, you should have temp invul pop on and que the next power (binds and macros put the last command 1st and run backwards).
I'm not saying that the bind I just put on here is correct (I haven't tested it... heh...) But it's worth a try.
I hope you all continue posting questions and answers, heh, and till I post again...
Happy Heroing!
Ok, with a recent patch, they took one emote away, it was buggy anyway, but still... If you have any binds with paladinawaken, delete them now, you'll only see paladinawaken appear over your head. Other then that, I have no special reports other then I have my own team speak channel in Justice Radio's team speak, that's pretty much the only news :\
/set_title to change badges
refer to:
http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showf...art=1&vc=1
(Winza, awesome work here.)
Nero, you da man, I owe you for that, you are going to see a whole slew of new binds for ya'll to try out really soon... I just need to soak up all that info
It's my honor to aid THE uber of that fine art that is silly macro/bind making.
/bind all_keyboard "e kowtow$$ local Winza's the man! We're not worthy, we're not worthy$$ e grovel until knees bleed"
I've been looking for help with binds for a while, so I really appreciate the time and effort you all have put into this...
I have seen a healer that uses a keybind to autotarget unteamed heroes to be able to check and heal off-team heroes easily.
I believed he used a shift+tab to select the off-team people, but have no idea what commands to use to make the bind myself. Can anyone here help me out, as I have a high level healer that I periodically take to the lowbie maps to assist people in danger with... Any help would be appreciated.
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I am not bigoted for race, gender, sexual orientation, nationality, or age... I do, however, have a big problem with stupidity, and stupidity knows no boundaries.
Ok, I have no idea how to do that ghosting and healing a team of 8 in missions deal without using heal aura. usually I heal enough with my aura to keep low level heroes going.
I belive shift+tab is the way to go on that one, but you could allways add all the members of the team to your friends list and target through there *shrugs*
What my friend did, as a lvl 50 healer.. he would fly thru Atlas, GC.. Steel what have you.. and using a keybind would target heroes that needed heals and heal them.. it was like the auto target using tab for enemies... I just don't know the keybind.. and he didnt remember how he did it.
Its not a mission thing
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I am not bigoted for race, gender, sexual orientation, nationality, or age... I do, however, have a big problem with stupidity, and stupidity knows no boundaries.
I figured it out by doing exactly what he did with Wonderful, Wise, Winza himself in atlas... all he did was get close enough to target and mearly hit the heal other. Powers that have specific targets, like attacks that must target an enemy and heals/buffs that must target an ally, both auto target the nearest vyable target.
He didn't need a bind due to the fact that all he was using was heal other and having only the hurt hero on screen, making them the only vyable target!
That is an account of what I did. If your friend had a bind he used to target other heroes, maybe HE is who you should have asked. From what it appeared to me, the "bind" he was using was a regular automatic game mechanic, no more, no less.
Sorry to take so long on that one, but it baffled me to think that there was any reason to re-make a usefull bind that the game had built in at launch.
My quote is wonderfully banal. I want to have a bind or macro to auto-activate hasten and dull pain whenever they become available. I have perma-hasten, but I want to basically enter the game, hit a key combo, and let them cycle contstantly for my scrapper, until I log. Having a regen scrapper, i am not too worried about end, so i don't care when they go off, and I don't use dull pain for healing, since it is better for making my regen powers access a much higher base health.
Thanks for the excellent bind info, btw!
First of all great guide.
My friend and I were tired of constantly sending tells to each other when we werent teamed up so we made a global chat channel. I dont want to say what its called because we only want to have 3 people in it. I want to bind v so whenever I press it I start speaking in team chat and when I press it again I enter our private chat channel. Can you help me out?
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Winza - Thanks so much for your tutorial. I've always wanted to try binds and macros but never knew how. In the last 10 minutes I've created 3 binds for me and one macro for my fiancee.
But now I have a problem. I want to create binds for the 10-keypad. I want to assign team members to each number so if I need to heal or buff them, I can just select their number. I hate using the mouse to click on them or their name. Is there a way to do this?
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::Cracks his knuckles, dusts off his old bind command list built off of Curveball's original Guide To Bind and a year of experimentation on his own and gets down to business::
Its actually pretty easy to set up any key to select a particular team mate. For your intended use I'd recommend the following set up.
/bind numpad1 "team_select 1"
/bind numpad2 "team_select 2"
/bind numpad3 "team_select 3"
/bind numpad4 "team_select 4"
/bind numpad5 "team_select 5"
/bind numpad6 "team_select 6"
/bind numpad7 "team_select 7"
/bind numpad8 "team_select 8"
Now if you want to actually heal a specific team member with the press of the corresponding number on the 10-Key, I'm pretty sure it should look something like this, though my memory is a bit hazey...
/bind numpad1 "unselect$$team_select 1$$powexec_name Heal Other"
/bind numpad2 "unselect$$team_select 2$$powexec_name Heal Other"
/bind numpad3 "unselect$$team_select 3$$powexec_name Heal Other"
/bind numpad4 "unselect$$team_select 4$$powexec_name Heal Other"
/bind numpad5 "unselect$$team_select 5$$powexec_name Heal Other"
/bind numpad6 "unselect$$team_select 6$$powexec_name Heal Other"
/bind numpad7 "unselect$$team_select 7$$powexec_name Heal Other"
/bind numpad8 "unselect$$team_select 8$$powexec_name Heal Other"
Any other questions for a long time binder?
-Skull
Also, just as an FYI, the default command to select a teammate using the keyboard only is
Left Shift+1 for teammate 1,
Left Shift+2 for teammate 2, etc.
-Skull
And hell, while I'm thinking of it you might want to add to your list of "Do Not Touch" keys, F1, F2, F3, F4, and F5 since those are normally dedicated to your Inspirations.
Also, a little known command you can use to clear a key of a problem bind is " nop "
For example, lets say you wanted to add a bind where your toon activates Superspeed, says a witty line and goes into autorun all at once but you screw up and assign it to a key you weren't intending to put it on and which you normally would never use like B. Just type in
/bind b "nop"
And whal-la. Key is back to being unassigned.
-Skull
*claps in apreciation of The Speeding Skull* Wow, nice to know I'm not the only one who can help, lol, maybe I can convince you to join my super group on Justice? It's called "Winza's School Of Binds" and we are dedicated to teaching anyone who asks how to make, use and tweak binds.
And here's an update on me, heh, Anyone who wants to get bind info directly from me, send a global tell to @WinzaFromVirtue, I'm on quite often, but I also team constantly using the Team Speak program (love it, love it!).
Till I hear from any of you again...
Happy Heroing!
Winza Nakimaru
winza's so wise we might have to invite her to join the scientists of guardian, her talent is being wasted in virtue...