Sandolphan's Revised MM Numpad Pet Controls

r0y is being SMRT, alert teh secret police!

Can you believe it? An error crops up in my post after all this time.

Under Commanding Subsets of Pets, the entry for Necros should be:


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Necro:
tiers 1+2: R,E
tiers 2+3: (none)
tiers 1+3: (none)


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The change is tiers 1+3 have no uniquely shared letters and must use the naming technique to command the tier pair.

Sorry all for missing that!

-Sandolphan

I'm having a strange problem with this.

As far as I can tell, i've entered everything correctly to keybind for my Mercs. They do what they're told, and for the most part, everything works out great. Except for one odd problem.

When I press 2 on the 10 key, I see this text in my Global window:

bind "numpad9" "petcom_pow Spec Goto"

bind

bind "numpad9" "petcom_pow Spec Goto"

bind

For some reason, selecting my Spec with 2 makes that text appear in the window...I triple checked, but everything I did (creating folders and such) is exactly how it should be. Does anyone know how to stop that text from clogging my Global window?

I finally started playing a mastermind today after years of playing all the other classes (exept stalkers, couldnt get into them for long), and the first thing I did while still in breakout was come look at the mastermind forums to find help with the pet commands that kept me from taking the mastermind plunge before this.

I just had to jump back in quick before I continue to level out of Mercy Island and say thanks for these, the keypad setup has been very very helpful.

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Just for fun, I have tried binding the controls to lalt+ ZXCV ASD QWE and found this to be an equally intuitive setup. Anyone who is concerned about the 'hand off the mouse' issue I would urge to try this setup or one of your own choosing.


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Thanks for this mention! Great idea

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For those seeking a /macro version of the pet controls, here we go. It does not use the numpad, but instead creates macros on the primary power tray to do the same thing. If you still wanted to use the numpad in conjunction with macros, you'd need to change the power key assigns in options for tray #1 to numpad1 thru 10.

I don't personally recommend this setup, but several people have asked so...


-Sandolphan

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I already use the numpad for my powers, so this is a useful second best. Thanks for considering us weirdos.

with the new additional power trays in i12, macros become a much more viable option, I personally am a poor typist and have problems with both taking my hand off the mouse, or taking it off my WASD keys.

I have a RAZRER Death Adder mouse, and I have a question. I want to bind my Genin to Mouse Button 4, and Jounin to 5. I have tried several commands, but I'm probably doing something wrong. I have tried:

/bind mousebutton4 "bind mousebutton4 petcompow gen goto"

/bind mouse button 4 "bind mouse button 4 petcompow gen goto"

/bind mouse_button_4 "bind mouse_button_4 petcompow gen goto"

Any tips on how I can bind them? I'll also bind my Oni to middle once I get it, so if that's any different, please let me know. Thanks in advance.

/bind button4 petcompow genin goto

Is there a way to bind the txt files so that when you press the button it doesn't reset and show you what everything does every time? I read somewhere about a blind load file but haven't been able to find it again.

Thanks in advance.

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Awesome guide! I've been looking for the pet_select_name command for weeks. Thanks!

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I agree. One more question. I saw a post about being able to order the protector bots to heal, but I can't find it again. little help, pls?

Henchmen powers are not under the direct control of the Mastermind.

Henchmen will select powers based upon their own AI scripting, their range to target and which powers are available (recharged).

You only have control over stance and command (and which upgrades are applied).

This is a good thread! It didn't provide a direct answer to my problem, but it gave me the clues I needed to do the detective work and eventually figure out the answer!

Specifically, what I wanted was the ability to target each of my henchmen individually, much like a Defender can use the "Select Teammate" keybinds in the /options menu. My answer was "pet_select x", where x is an integer from 0 to 5, and I applied them thusly:

/bind a "pet_select 0"

Keys s, d, f, g and h are bound to pets numbered 1-5 using this bind. And so as to not cause any confusion, no, I don't use the default navigation keys -- I moved those to the numpad.

W4E

I'm using your basic robot txt files and everything works fine. However, I tried to add binds to summon the bots that I found on paragonwiki and I can't get them to work.

Here is my robot.txt file:

<font class="small">Code:[/color]<hr /><pre>numpad0 bind_load_file b:\coh-bind\mastermindful\all.txt
numpad1 bind_load_file b:\coh-bind\mastermindful\battle.txt
numpad2 bind_load_file b:\coh-bind\mastermindful\protector.txt
numpad3 bind_load_file b:\coh-bind\mastermindful\assault.txt
divide powexec_name Battle
multiply powexec_name Protector
subtract powexec_name Assault
add powexec_name equip robot
numpadenter powexec_name upgrade robot </pre><hr />

I can press /, *, -, +, and Enter all day long, and nothing happens. Any idea why these don't work?

Thanks!

You have to press /, then click on the ground. Press *, then click on the ground. Press -, then click on the ground.

Press + while targeting a henchman.
Press numpadenter while targeting a henchman.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dispari I don't know why Dink thinks she's not as sexy as Jay was. In 5 posts she's already upstaged his entire career.

I know, I guess I should have mentioned that. Nothing happens when I press /, *, or - and click on the ground.

Oh hey, I see. You have to use the whole power name when you're using powexecname. You can only use partial power names when you're using petcom or targetcustom. So instead of,
powexec_name Battle
you need,
powexec_name Battle Drones

Same for the others,
powexec_name Protector Bots
powexec_name Assault Bot

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Originally Posted by Dispari I don't know why Dink thinks she's not as sexy as Jay was. In 5 posts she's already upstaged his entire career.

Thanks, I am off to try that right now!

Yay, it works. Thanks so much!

Thank you, thank you, thank you.

Never been able to get far with a mastermind, but having just this handful of binds makes the experience much better.

RagManX

2.5 years old and still the definitive guide on the subject!

Thanks for making my life of herding hyperactive preschoolers (aka "ninjas") so much more enjoyable!

With the pending release of the Demon Summoning Mastermind primary, I've written up the numpad binds and text files for use with the new powerset. Enjoy!


ADDENDUM: BIND CHAINS FOR DEMON SUMMONING

ALL PETS:

Well it looks like the DS set needs a little tweaking. Tried it on test and it didn't work. Will check back here alot and see if someone finds the right combo

not to sure about this. but i think there is an error here on the names of the files.
in the file demonSumm.txt for the demon prince you calling for a file "Demon Prince".
yet in the boss demon file.txt you only using "Prince". will this mess up the txt files? sorry if i am out of line for questioning this. thanks for looking.