Problem - Buffs not being refreshed consistently

[Elessar]

Brand-new user here so my problem is probably my fault.

I am running kissassist just on two characters to test things out. They are grouped, and I had the main tank targeted when I started kissassist on my cleric.

My cleric's buffs file looks like this:

[Buffs]
BuffsOn=1
BuffsSize=20
Buffs1=Courage
Buffs2=NULL
Buffs3=NULL
Buffs4=NULL
Buffs5=NULL
Buffs6=NULL
Buffs7=NULL
Buffs8=NULL
Buffs9=NULL
Buffs10=NULL
Buffs11=NULL
Buffs12=NULL
Buffs13=NULL
Buffs14=NULL
Buffs15=NULL
Buffs16=NULL
Buffs17=NULL
Buffs18=NULL
Buffs19=NULL
Buffs20=NULL
RebuffOn=1
CheckBuffsTimer=10

It will cast courage some of the time. Just now, I applied the buff and waited 25 minutes for it to expire. The cleric properly buffed both characters - which is perfect. I then waited another 25 minutes (stayed grouped, in the same zone). This time, when the buff expired, the cleric didn't re-apply it on either character.

I see similar behavior when I click off buffs to remove them. The buffer may re-apply them, or they may not. It's very inconsistent, and I'm guessing I'm doing something wrong.

Any help you can offer is very much appreciated.


P.S. A little more info. In the kissassist wiki https://www.redguides.com/docs/projects/kissassist/#buffs-settings, I found this statement.

• Any character using KissAssist now writes all current and blocked buffs to the kissassist_buffs.ini file. KissAssist scans this file and compares it with the buffs that are listed in the character's Buffs section of their ini file. If another character is missing a buff, and it stacks, they will cast it on that character.

I found that file on my computer, and it only shows this info. It doesn't appear that when the buff wore off, that this file was updated. If I understand correctly, each character's buffs are periodically written to this file. I also only see what I assume is a single character's buff info - even though 2 characters were running kissassist at the time.



P.P.S. (I'm starting to feel like Gandalf at the Prancing Pony)

I think the problem was that my tank's role in their kissassist file was "assist". I changed this (line 2 in that ini file) to "Role=Tank", and now I can start kissassist normally on my tank (I was getting an error in the MQ window and didn't see it). Also, the file kissassist_buffs.ini is showing buffs from both characters. So, perhaps it's working now.

 

[hellfyre]

Were you invisible while waiting for the buff to expire and be recast?

 

[Elessar]

No, but thank you for the idea. I posted another update in the original post; I think the problem stemmed from my tank's kissassist.ini file, where I was listed as Role=Assist. I think this was preventing kissassist from starting on my tank, but I didn't realize it. When I changed this to Role=Tank, the current buffs file started updating correctly and buffs seem to be re-applying correctly.

I am VERY new; I just started yesterday. I used IS Boxer for years, but always hit a wall where I just couldn't manage everything and burned out. I'm super excited about Redguides and how these tools might help me push on to those higher levels and keep things rolling.

 

[Lord Sivion]

Try lowering checkbuffstimer to 5. Restart the macro, and try again.

 

[winnower]

Do you have dannet on? I believe kiss is now optimized to use that instead of the ini file when dannet is enabled. Would recommend turning that on.

Also buffs are about the lowest priority thing that kiss does. Your ini looks pretty minimal, so that probably isn't an issue.

Also double check and make sure the macro is loading the ini name you're editing.