How long can a /Bind string be?

I am putting together a targeting setup to help me target those annoying things that need to be taken out first (you know the ones - DE cairns and quartz, Malta Sappers, CoT Sorcerers, Carnie Dark Mistresses, etc), and was going to do it as a popmenu setup.

Someone on another thread noted they had made a /targetcustomnext bind which looked through all the enemies on the list, and grabbed the right one. This could work even better than my original popmenu, as, lets face it, the likelihood of a DE cairn and a Malta Sapper being in the same mob are slim (though not impossible) so a single key press could accomplish what I was thinking of doing.

That said, it would be one rather long bind command, what with about 8-10 enemies in it. Is there a string length maximum for macros or binds?

Yes there is a maximum. I think it's like 255 characters but I might be misremembering the exact number. The important point is that I have tried to make huge binds before and I know they never worked until I shortened them up. Never tried long macros but I would guess they have a limit too.

Good luck to you with this.

The only limit I know of is the total amount of characters you can use while typing into the chatbox (255?) as stated above. I made a targeting bind for this exact reason and included Nova, Cyst, Quantam, Dwarf, Sapper and a few others with the "target custom next" command. I will warn you though that if you use this bind as your sole targeting bind in place of the normal "target enemy next" on TAB, you can run into difficulties.

Example:

You team with a player named Nova Justice...

You will now only target that teammate instead of what you want to target.


[Sure, you may be doing things differently. I'm just throwing a "this can happen" out there.]