Macroing 102 - A Complete Guide to CM Keybindings

[Jay Burns]

i ONLY take a shotgun and put pistols in my armor and backpack, and use the unique action button inside the weapons tab

But doesn't that make you shoot slower and be less efficient?

[forwardslashN]

Is there a way to .click damage-zone? i wanted to make a macro to quickly heal marines as medic with brute kits by just using the macros while i quickly click the marines without the need of using the health analyzer, i tried .click chest/head/groing and it didn't work, but for some reason, .click damage-zone is a macro, but it won't do anything.

You can't macro .click them directly. They are referenced in code with pixel positions, so someone would need to change how that works in order for you to individually target them.

[Casany]

But doesn't that make you shoot slower and be less efficient?

Yes, but it also makes my reflexes faster, since i have to move my mouse and click really fast. i see it better then macros

[Jay Burns]

Yes, but it also makes my reflexes faster, since i have to move my mouse and click really fast. i see it better then macros[/quote]


guess that works.

[Rob606]

Not sure what I'm doing wrong, adding

, .click

to the 'key' section and

Eject-magazine\nActivate-Held-Object\nSwap-Hand\say "Reloading!"

to the 'command' section, then hitting okay - and it doesn't come up on the list. What gives?

[forwardslashN]

Not sure what I'm doing wrong, adding

, .click

Isn't a key.

,

is.

Similarly,

Eject-magazine\nActivate-Held-Object\nSwap-Hand\say "Reloading!"

Isn't a valid command.

.click Eject-magazine\nActivate-Held-Object\nSwap-Hand\say "Reloading!"

is.

[Rob606]

ahh, so I add the .click to the command instead of the key?

Thanks, I'll give it a try.

edit - as a question, does it matter that I've added these macros to the macros.cmf file rather than in the CM client?

[forwardslashN]

ahh, so I add the .click to the command instead of the key?

Thanks, I'll give it a try.

edit - as a question, does it matter that I've added these macros to the macros.cmf file rather than in the CM client?

Do you mean the .dmf file? If so, it doesn't matter.

[SagaSword]

I've never used a macro a day in my life...

It is that moment in life you know...We are fucked.

[Fritigern]

Macros are pretty much essential to being robust as a marine these days. The quick(er) reloads in a firefight are nice, as well as the single button press swap between weapons, which is kind of essential when you get knocked down and stunned so often.

I've heard talk of crazy double pistol and SMG macros but I'm guessing those are done with third party macro programs given the input delay with byond.

What about auto targeting hunter/runner pounce macros? I heard people mention it but I didn't think it was possible, unless there was a way to have byond register the position of player sprites or something. Anyone know anything about that?

[Youbar]

I've been fiddling with macros a bit more recently, and there's two issues I'm experiencing.

The first is that you can only remove ammo from your pockets, or other parts of the UI that are immediately visible. Backpack, armour, webbing, belts, and so on, do not register when using a macro, making removing objects from them impossible. Is there any fix to this?

The second is that, for some reason, "handful of shotgun slugs (12g)" does not translate to "handful-of-shotgun-slugs-(12g)". Even with the ammo within the pocket, it cannot be .click'd. Is this a bug, or does the item go by another name code-wise?
This appeared to fix itself on server restart.
This was not fixed on server restart. It appears that if you place two invalid commands before a valid command, the macro does not work. For example, telling it to click incendiary slugs, followed by buckshot, followed by standard slugs, with only standard slugs, will cause it to fail to work.

[forwardslashN]

There is a built in click cooldown for anything but UI elements. So clicking items would mean it's triggered on the first item you click on, meaning it will fail on the rest. You can't click anything that you cannot see, such as items hidden in backpacks that do not show up on the UI. The same way you can't click something outside of your client's view.

[Miranda]

Step 1>Activate-Held-Object\nSwap-Hand\n.click drop
Step 2>.click M44-magnum-speed-loader-(.44)
Step 3>.click M44-combat-revolver\n.click drop\nSwap-hand\nActivate-Held-Object

Macro for autoreloading magnum. With cooldowns for item thats probably it eh?

[Miranda]

There is a built in click cooldown for anything but UI elements. So clicking items would mean it's triggered on the first item you click on, meaning it will fail on the rest. You can't click anything that you cannot see, such as items hidden in backpacks that do not show up on the UI. The same way you can't click something outside of your client's view.

can we use some "sleep" command to make up for this cooldown problem?

[forwardslashN]

can we use some "sleep" command to make up for this cooldown problem?

You cannot sleep during a macro, without outside programs.

[Miranda]

You cannot sleep during a macro, without outside programs.

no command to make up for the cooldown delay(that's what i meant by "sleep") when clicking items?
Can we like Activate-Held-Object many times?

well i made a macro for reloaring standart weapons but it 3 buttons long <__<

[forwardslashN]

That's not possible with standard macros.

[Rob606]

Well, with the recent nerf to .click, how are people adjusting their quality of life macros?

[KingKire]

reloading revolvers and grabbing throwing knives from belts are no longer beuno

[Crab_Spider]

Well, with the recent nerf to .click, how are people adjusting their quality of life macros?

Doesn't work. I can no longer be of any purpose and my ability to grab my mag harnessed gun is severely dampened by the delay.

[Dolth]

I am trying to get a macro to draw M41A from suit-storage, I currently managed to put M41A in the suit, but can't manage to take it out with a macro, would need some help. Expected macro : One button to put M41A in the back, drawing flamer from suit storage. And the opposite.

[Crab_Spider]

I am trying to get a macro to draw M41A from suit-storage, I currently managed to put M41A in the suit, but can't manage to take it out with a macro, would need some help. Expected macro : One button to put M41A in the back, drawing flamer from suit storage. And the opposite.

Unfortunately, such a macro is obsolete with a recent disable for .click macros, and there is currently no way to do such a thing.

[Dolth]

You realize the .click to put a weapon in suit storage currently works? So far it'll be a gain of time to switch between two weapons, yet I'll still have to go and seek the backup weapon itself with a click. Sigh.

[Crab_Spider]

You realize the .click to put a weapon in suit storage currently works? So far it'll be a gain of time to switch between two weapons, yet I'll still have to go and seek the backup weapon itself with a click. Sigh.

Well .click macros were disabled for mobs/environment, but they still work for your UI. Sorry for that mistake.

[Dolth]

Then it's do-able. I'll work more onto it. If it works then it might be a very useful macro for every marines swapping between two weapons (One key to holster current weapon and to immediatly draw the backup), I'll update as soon as I manage to do it.