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How do I automatically yell something everytime I Nova?

CrazyJerseyan

By CrazyJerseyan,
Posted on: 2010-08-16 07:14 in Player Questions

 

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I have an energy blaster and everytime I use Nova I want him to automatically yell a phrase, without me having to do anything. its just automatically tied into when I use Nova.

Is it possible to do this? with a Macro or Bind? Not sure which one. I've never done them before.

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This is easy to do. I can't get online now to test my syntax, but it should be something like this:

/macro nova "say BOOM!$$powexecname Nova"

This will put a button in your power tray, so you should be sure that you have an empty slot somewhere.

When you click the button the text will be emitted and the power will be executed.

You should check out the Paragon Wiki for slash command information.

 

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I implore you, for the sanity of your teammates, please have two buttons...one with the yell and one without.

 

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ooooo! You should make it say $Name go Big Bada Boom SUCKAS!
That way it's sorta caveman esque and gangsta at the same time.

 

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or maybe "Crap! Where'd all my end go!?"

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Originally Posted by Frost View Post
I implore you, for the sanity of your teammates, please have two buttons...one with the yell and one without.
Yeah, it can get pretty annoying pretty quick.

I have a friend who chants the spell words when he uses Blizzard on his Magic Ice Blaster, but he only does it once per mission. Works for him and his teammates

 

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Originally Posted by Frost View Post
I implore you, for the sanity of your teammates, please have two buttons...one with the yell and one without.
In general, one would need to have the actual power icon for Nova still visible in his tray somewhere, to know when it recharges. That one doesn't have the yell.

 

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Originally Posted by Suspicious_Pkg View Post
or maybe "Crap! Where'd all my end go!?"
Ok, I LOLed.

 

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/macro Derp! "say, Ready to go kneel in a corner for a few minutes to regain my End while you guys continue fighting without me!$$powexec_name Nova"

 

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on my Main blaster I have bound to I (not not actual bind) "Pull my Finger" then Hit the Nuke. when I don't want to use the quote, I just hit the key for the power in my tray

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Originally Posted by Suspicious_Pkg View Post
or maybe "Crap! Where'd all my end go!?"
"Hey! Pull my finger!"

 

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Originally Posted by Suspicious_Pkg View Post
or maybe "Crap! Where'd all my end go!?"
*hugs Drain Psyche* nothing like full end through the nuke crash

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I've been on a team with someone who had a chat bind set up with Nova. It was damned annoying. I don't recommend it.

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Once or three times an hour adds color to the game. Once every five minutes is annoying.

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Originally Posted by Frost View Post
I implore you, for the sanity of your teammates, please have two buttons...one with the yell and one without.
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Originally Posted by Silverado View Post
Yeah, it can get pretty annoying pretty quick.

I have a friend who chants the spell words when he uses Blizzard on his Magic Ice Blaster, but he only does it once per mission. Works for him and his teammates
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Originally Posted by Demobot View Post
I've been on a team with someone who had a chat bind set up with Nova. It was damned annoying. I don't recommend it.
In my early months as a Newb, I recruited a PUG using my Ice/FF Controller. We had a Tank, we had a Scrapper... but neither of them would lead off to attack a group. Everyone just stood around. Well, they were tough foes, but I was the Leader and finally had to lead every attack. I preferred to lay Ice Slick from cover, but when that did not work, I had to run in and fire off Glacier and hope I did not die from the Alpha. So I uttered my heroic warcry whenever I had to charge in.

After about 4 times, the complaints started, so I knocked it off. In retrospect, it dawned on me that repeated phrases should be used like Nutmeg... sparingly. Too much and it ruins the flavor.

Of course, we are all waiting on the day that Sue Storm finally barks, "ENOUGH with all the 'Flame On!' and 'It's Clobberin' Time!' already!! " but if it were City of Heroes, it would have happened about mid-way through Issue 1 of their comic.

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I believe the Bind Guide in the P-wiki was mentioned, but more specifically, you might want to consider a rotating bind. That way you can incorporate several different phrases... as well as interspersing some silent firings .... all to one key (as opposed to a macro).

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so does anyone know how to do this?

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There is a way to rotate the sayings too with keybinds and making it load the next one. So that way it mixes it up a bit too. Learned this from a clown ... seriously the guy was playing a tank that looked like a clown so he had some pretty funny stuff in his. If it was the same thing all the time, yes that would have gotten annoying a lot faster.

It helps on the Warshade to change forms, load powertray with form's powers, and with that clown's teachings added words too although I rarely play that shade. Format is in a file named nova1.txt:

NUMPAD4 "local I... feel... the... power!$$powexec_name Dark Nova$$goto_tray 4$$bind_load_file c:\Warshade\nova2.txt"

nova2.txt that becomes the new keybind to NUMPAD4 has a different local saying then loads nova3.txt file. The local puts it to the local channel and not team or zone or anything. And you will have to load the first one time to get the NUMPAD4 (or whatever you use) to get the ball started. And give the last file to reload the first to make the loop.

 

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Originally Posted by marc100 View Post
so does anyone know how to do this?
You mean you weren't helped with anything in the above posts? Guess we missunderstood the question.

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Originally Posted by Rodion View Post
This is easy to do. I can't get online now to test my syntax, but it should be something like this:

/macro nova "say BOOM!$$powexecname Nova"

This will put a button in your power tray, so you should be sure that you have an empty slot somewhere.

When you click the button the text will be emitted and the power will be executed.
I apologize, I missed this post.
I just used it and it worked perfect, thank you!

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