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A bind question

Fleeting Whisper

By Fleeting Whisper,
Posted on: 2009-09-27 08:01 in Player Questions

 

Posted

There used to be a forum for binds, but since the new format (hate the new forum format btw) I can't ever seem to find anything.

so I need some help.

I need to know what to put in to make a macro or bind that will:
Do a costume change
run a costume change emote
turn on my tanks toggles

Can this be done, and if so how do i do it?

 

Posted

The short answer is yes.

For costume change: /bind <key> CC <slot>
Slot is 0 to 4, with 0 as your initial slot.
For costume change emote: /bind <key> CCE <slot> <cc-emote>
For turning on toggles: /bind <key>
Regarding turning on toggles you should be aware that you can only activate one power with a bind (there are some clever workarounds, where you can press the same key, and activating different powers, but that is more than just a simple bind).

 I recommend reading in the paragon wiki about binds.

 

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Quote:
Originally Posted by panthera View Post
For turning on toggles: /bind <key>
Regarding turning on toggles you should be aware that you can only activate one power with a bind (there are some clever workarounds, where you can press the same key, and activating different powers, but that is more than just a simple bind).
That bind involves setting one power to auto, and then activating another, resulting in the power on auto firing after the triggered one. Toggles and interruptable powers can't be set on auto, so this doesn't help the OP.

In short, there is no way to turn on all your toggles with a single keypress.

@Roderick

 

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So what about macro's can they turn on multiple toggles? For instance, I set a bind up to turn on each power individually, and do the costume change and change emote, then put all those into a macro? Can that be done?

 

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There is a way to turn on a few toggles off of a single keybind, but it's more then a "single press" of the key. I don't recall exactly how you do it but you can have a down press of a key activate a power and the release of the same key do another. You can string together a few "toggleon" in one bind that with multiple presses of a key will toggle on quite a few powers. But as Panthera said, it's not a simple bind anymore. Nor is it a single press of said keybind.

I believe the + and - are part of the string. I'd found bits of info off in the Kheld forums concerning binds that had this, but it's been a while since I've set up those binds. I'll see if I can find a link to it.

Throwing darts at the board to see if something sticks.....

Come show your resolve and fight my brute!
Tanks: Gauntlet, the streak breaker and you!
Quote:
Originally Posted by PapaSlade
Rangle's right....this is fun.

 

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Quote:
CTRL+\ "powexectoggleoff Dark Nova$$powexectoggleoff Black Dwarf$$powexectoggleon Gravity Shield$$powexectoggleon Shadow Cloak$$powexectoggleon Penumbral Shield$$powexectoggleon Twilight Shield$$gototray 1"
] "nop"
Here's an example of a bind I'm using on my kheld at the moment. It isn't set for a pressdown/release triggering yet. I may get around to doing that eventually when I can figure out how to do it again. But with multiple presses of the keybind all the powers do get toggled on. Again, not a single press of the key and not a simple bind.

Throwing darts at the board to see if something sticks.....

Come show your resolve and fight my brute!
Tanks: Gauntlet, the streak breaker and you!
Quote:
Originally Posted by PapaSlade
Rangle's right....this is fun.

 

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Rangle M. Down View Post
Here's an example of a bind I'm using on my kheld at the moment. It isn't set for a pressdown/release triggering yet. I may get around to doing that eventually when I can figure out how to do it again. But with multiple presses of the keybind all the powers do get toggled on. Again, not a single press of the key and not a simple bind.
I was in the process of posting something like this when I thought I had better check my kheld just to be sure Thanks for taking the time to post this example!

 

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and this is for binding two toggles to the same keybind. It will trigger one on the downpress and the other on the release. FYI, you need to hold the key down for a moment before releasing.

Quote:
/bind [key] "+ $$powexectoggleon Tough$$powexectoggleon Weave"
Pressing down your bind will toggle on Weave and then after a moments pause when you release the key Tough will then toggle on.

Throwing darts at the board to see if something sticks.....

Come show your resolve and fight my brute!
Tanks: Gauntlet, the streak breaker and you!
Quote:
Originally Posted by PapaSlade
Rangle's right....this is fun.

 

Posted

Quote:
/bind [key] "+ $$powexectoggleon Tough$$powexectoggleon Weave$$powexectoggleon Unyielding$$powexectoggleon Invincibility"
This bind will toggle on Invincibility on the first key press down (again pausing before releasing) and Unyielding on release, the second press down will toggle on Weave with Tough starting on the release. Again, not a single key press and not a simple bind.

Throwing darts at the board to see if something sticks.....

Come show your resolve and fight my brute!
Tanks: Gauntlet, the streak breaker and you!
Quote:
Originally Posted by PapaSlade
Rangle's right....this is fun.

 

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Rangle M. Down View Post
Quote:
/bind [key] "+ $$powexectoggleon Tough$$powexectoggleon Weave$$powexectoggleon Unyielding$$powexectoggleon Invincibility"
This bind will toggle on Invincibility on the first key press down (again pausing before releasing) and Unyielding on release, the second press down will toggle on Weave with Tough starting on the release. Again, not a single key press and not a simple bind.
And just to debunk the rumors ahead of time, the game does NOT read the commands from right to left.. it still reads them from left to right... but Rangle M. Down IS correct in his description.

What technically happens is this:
  • key is pressed
  • powexectoggleon Tough
  • powexectoggleon Weave overrides Tough
  • powexectoggleon Unyielding overrides Weave
  • powexectoggleon Invincibility overrides Unyeilding
  • Invincibility activates
  • key is released and the commands are re-parsed
  • powexectoggleon Tough
  • powexectoggleon Weave overrides Tough
  • powexectoggleon Unyielding overrides Weave
  • Invincibility is already active and does nothing
  • Unyielding activates
  • key is pressed a second time
  • powexectoggleon Tough
  • powexectoggleon Weave overrides Tough
  • Unyielding is already active and does nothing
  • Invincibility is already active and does nothing
  • Weave activates
  • key is released and the commands are re-parsed again
  • powexectoggleon Tough
  • Weave is already active and does nothing
  • Unyielding is already active and does nothing
  • Invincibility is already active and does nothing
  • Tough activates

The same type of thing happens every time powers are executed in a bind or macro, and makes some people think the commands are read in reverse. Binds or macros that do not include power activation (toggleOFF of multiple powers works with only 1 keypress) should be written with the expectation of being executed from left to right.

 

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Quote:
Originally Posted by PerfectTommy View Post
There used to be a forum for binds
Really? When was that? I remember a stickied thread in this forum about help with binds, but there was never a forum that I can recall

http://www.fimfiction.net/story/36641/My-Little-Exalt

 

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I must be mistaken then Fleeting, I thought there was one just for binds and macro's in here. Thanks for the bind Rangle that will help a lot.

 

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Kitsune Knight View Post
Whew. I'm glad I decided to go to eat before complaining about that
Well, there are some caveats (or shall we say, caviar! *cheers with vodka*) to that. There are some great binding guides and posts around on how to set up binds and text file loads, and as one with a Khelidan, I'm thankful.