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So if I understand this, I should be able to make a macro that does double mire then turns me into nova?
Hmmm.
Yeah, even with the added explanation, this is a rather hard patch note to follow. Would this enable a switch from Nova to Dwarf all in one key press? I'm guessing so, but I wanted to make sure I was following this right (I've always been a bit weak on keybinds and I haven't had to monkey with them on my triform PB for years).
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So if I understand this, I should be able to make a macro that does double mire then turns me into nova?
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This is more like being able to have a keybind/macro which will drop a form AND activate a toggle power, such as a (s/l) bubble resist or your Phase power all in one key click. Right now, I can't drop out of Nova or Dwarf form and "insta-cast" as part of the keybind on the first click my Quantum Flight power as a Phase/Get Out Of The Hospital Free card. Instead, I have to double tap the keybind (once to drop the form, once to engage the toggle for Quantum Flight). Apparently that sort of failure to parse correctly has been fixed on Beta.
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Well, the specific macro's I want to check out are all like the following:
"powexectoggleoff black dwarf$$powexectoggleoff dark nova$$powexecname sunless mire$$gototray 1$$bind shift+lbutton powexecname shadow step"''
"powexectoggleoff black dwarf$$powexectoggleoff dark nova$$powexecname eclipse$$gototray 1$$bind shift+lbutton powexecname shadow step"
Both macro's drop you into human form and then queue up a human form power to be activated (as well as switching around my trays and swapping out various binds that do the same thing in different forms, such as swapping my dwarf form teleport bind for the human form bind). The first one Q's up sunless mire, the second eclipse. I have similar macro's for firing off stygian circle.
Prior to whatever they broke, I could hit whatever key I had bound to these macros and the form change and power activation would happen with a single keypress. In fact, in many cases the power would queue up and fire off even if I was carrying a mez out of dwarf form. Currently I have to hit the key once to drop out of dwarf/nova form and then hit it a second time to fire off the power.
Just now updating my copy of the beta server, hopefully the character copy tool is working as I don't think I have a copy of my warshade on the beta server already.
EDIT: I have partial confirmation that the old behavior appears to be back - got on the beta server and tested the above macros out with my warshade and they appear to work as intended. I haven't been able to test the 'fire off the power even if mezzed' functionality as thats a bit more complicated to set up, but I am fairly happy so far.
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Check out yesterdays patch notes on the VIP beta server (http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=286071)
POWERS
General
- Powers in macros that are disabled by powers that are toggled off earlier in the macro will now activate again, as intended.
- An example of this is a macro that disables the Black Dwarf toggle and enables the Dark Nova toggle afterwards.
Have to copy my warshade over to test this out, hopefully they got it right.Globals: @Midnight Mystique/@Magik13