Plugin - MQ2Shaman 3.1.52471.11

[Sic]

Any solutions to keeping the shaman from getting stuck in the spell book constantly? It's happening at least a couple times an hour.

howdy darkomen,

next update I will have additional and redundant checks to try and catch when users have too low background fps set and your book remains open - but this is all but certainly an issue with your background fps as explained in the FAQ.

if you are not in manual mode and not in byos, we check it on pulse.

this is likely you being in manual mode with a too low background fps, so mq2/eq isn't able to do and process "work" that is being called for. you need to increase that background fps so eq can communicate with mq2.

also check any other frame limiting software you might have like isboxer.

Q. I sometimes get stuck in my spell book?
A. This is often due to your background fps not being high enough. It is strongly advised to utilize at LEAST 30 fps for background, recommended 60+ background fps. The fps cycle for eq is where "work" is done. If your background fps is set to "min" you can and will have undesired results with all sorts of automation activities.
Alt-O -> Display -> Advanced - > Max Background FPS
You will also need to check if you are using any external background fps limiting software - like isboxer - and adjust that accordingly.

 

[darkomen42]

howdy darkomen,

next update I will have additional redundant checks to try and catch when users have too low background fps set and your book remains open - but this is all but certainly an issue with your background fps as explained in the FAQ

Q. I sometimes get stuck in my spell book?
A. This is often due to your background fps not being high enough. It is strongly advised to utilize at LEAST 30 fps for background, recommended 60+ background fps. The fps cycle for eq is where "work" is done. If your background fps is set to "min" you can and will have undesired results with all sorts of automation activities.
Alt-O -> Display -> Advanced - > Max Background FPS
You will also need to check if you are using any external background fps limiting software - like isboxer - and adjust that accordingly.

It's good to know that's the cause, but mine is set at 59.

 

[Sic]

It's good to know that's the cause, but mine is set at 59.

do you have other frame limiting software like isboxer that is limiting your background frames?

if you're in manual mode - we only kick you out of the spell book after you memorize a spell - so if you are in manual mode or byos is turned on, and you opened your spell book manually then we're not going to get you out of your book.

the new redundant check will now check for the "actual" window before checking the mq2 global - this way we have 2 checks to see if your window is open, and if for some reason the mq2 global didn't update that your book was open, we have a second chance at catching it.

 

[darkomen42]

do you have other frame limiting software like isboxer that is limiting your background frames?

if you're in manual mode - we only kick you out of the spell book after you memorize a spell - so if you are in manual mode or byos is turned on, and you opened your spell book manually then we're not going to get you out of your book.

the new redundant check will now check for the "actual" window before checking the mq2 global - this way we have 2 checks to see if your window is open, and if for some reason the mq2 global didn't update that your book was open, we have a second chance at catching it.

No, I do not use ISboxer and I'm unaware of any other frame limiting software. I'm on a laptop with an i-7 10875h, 16 gigs of ram, a 2070 super, and SSDs. I can run Cyberpunk at max everything at 30fps. 16 gigs probably isn't ideal for 4 instances of EQ but I wouldn't imagine it would be a problem either, 30fps isn't a massive challenge. I'm fairly new to very vanilla and mq in general, so far I'm quite happy with it, the shaman getting hung up is just annoying and causes a lot of merc deaths until I can get a real tank leveled and geared properly.

 

[Sic]

No, I do not use ISboxer and I'm unaware of any other frame limiting software. I'm on a laptop with an i-7 10875h, 16 gigs of ram, a 2070 super, and SSDs. I can run Cyberpunk at max everything at 30fps. 16 gigs probably isn't ideal for 4 instances of EQ but I wouldn't imagine it would be a problem either, 30fps isn't a massive challenge. I'm fairly new to very vanilla and mq in general, so far I'm quite happy with it, the shaman getting hung up is just annoying and causes a lot of merc deaths until I can get a real tank leveled and geared properly.

doesn't sound like your machine should be pegging out - but even if you have 60fps set in your options, if some reason your cpu is maxing out or having other performance issues that could cause trouble too.

if you haven't looked into it mq2eqwire is incredibly useful and highly recommended - it allows you to keep your "background fps" values - but it just stops drawing the screen so you get a huge performance boost.

you can also just set your shm to usemelee on so it assists and attacks which would be another way to ensure it kicks itself out of the book

 

[Gator]

I noticed that when you have BYOS the shaman will no longer buff. I have group focus and group haste memmed but he will not cast it as needed. It does still heal.

 

[Sic]

I noticed that when you have BYOS the shaman will no longer buff. I have group focus and group haste memmed but he will not cast it as needed. It does still heal.

yup, if you're in byos, you're wanting to handle your own buffs.

Q. Why does my shaman not buff the group?
A. You will need to run /plugin mq2cwtnbuffs load on all of your characters that you would like mq2shaman to buff. You also need to NOT be in /shm byos on mode. As "Bring Your Own Spells" assumes you want to handle your spells and your buffs.

 

[Gator]

Why? I feel like the spells are braught and the plugin should cast the ones memorized? How does BYOS = CYOS (cast your own spells)? Am I the only one?

 

[Sic]

Why? I feel like the spells are braught and the plugin should cast the ones memorized? How does BYOS = CYOS (cast your own spells)? Am I the only one?

All of our byos is like that, with a couple of minor exceptions. But yup, thats the plan.

 

[tboy6423]

Noticed this last night, mq2shm will cast AA slow multiple times, even if it has already landed on the mob..I will look to recreate today and get more detail on the conditions. It would cast 3-4x per mob. This was with languid bite enabled.
Some of MQ2Shm settings were Vorpal/Hybrid with AOE Slow OFF, Slow ON.

 

[Sic]

Noticed this last night, mq2shm will cast AA slow multiple times, even if it has already landed on the mob..I will look to recreate today and get more detail on the conditions. It would cast 3-4x per mob. This was with languid bite enabled.
Some of MQ2Shm settings were Vorpal/Hybrid with AOE Slow OFF, Slow ON.

likely related to a known and documented mq2 bug - we actually made some work around the the plugins for next update.

settings are irrelevant here - it has to do with how mq2 says buffs are populated when you target something

 

[tboy6423]

Thanks Sic, will hold on to todays logs just in case

 

[SomeTester]

Got a Mage in group? their Aura overwrites the Mammoth portion of that buff on their and all other pets near it (solution: block mammoth on pets)

Well I blocked mammoth on all the pets but now the shaman keeps trying to cast some other buff on them all the time lol

 

[SomeTester]

Got a Mage in group? their Aura overwrites the Mammoth portion of that buff on their and all other pets near it (solution: block mammoth on pets)

I ended up blocking the mage aura on my shaman pet so far so good.

 

[Redbot]

Redbot updated MQ2Shaman with a new update entry:

12/31/2020

- Already put the fixed file in the mq2shaman thread
-- But this corrects some removed stuff
- Added an option to determine when to use your 1.5/2.0.
-- This is currently *ONLY* a slash command.
-- This is not in the ui window atm.
-- "/shm shmepic 0" = never
-- "/shm shmepic 1" = named
-- "/shm shmepic 2"= in combat
- Low lvl Slow spell group set adjustment.
- Changed cast ready checks for unusual targettypes...

Read the rest of this update entry...

 

[Sic]

New patch introduced a really obnoxious spam target issue with AAs which we didn't catch until after Red re-built for us.
We can't push pre-release plugin updates directly, so you will have to download this file manually.
Sorry for the troubles.

All good patch as normal.

 

[Kronos209]

Hi all. Has anyone had the issue with mq2shaman constantly casting a buff over and over again even when you remove that buff. Mine keeps using lupine aa. Or mq2cleric not buffing at all

 

[Sic]

Hi all. Has anyone had the issue with mq2shaman constantly casting a buff over and over again even when you remove that buff. Mine keeps using lupine aa. Or mq2cleric not buffing at all

so you're saying you manually remove a buff and then it recasts it?

if you don't want a buff that it casts you need to add it to your blocked buffs.

its going to recast a spell if you don't have it

and if you just don't want any sow at all - toggle off usesow.

 

[Kronos209]

so you're saying you manually remove a buff and then it recasts it?

if you don't want a buff that it casts you need to add it to your blocked buffs.

its going to recast a spell if you don't have it

and if you just don't want any sow at all - toggle off usesow.

Ill remove it. Shaman will reload it. And continue to cast only that over and over

 

[Sic]

Ill remove it. Shaman will reload it. And continue to cast only that over and over

yes correct - if you are missing a buff it wants to cast it will recast it.

so like i said if you don't want it - either block the buff, or turn off usesow


you can opent he blocked buffs window via your eq menu -> character -> blocked buffs


or
you can right click no a buff and add spell to list of blocked buffs

 

[Kronos209]

thank you good sir

 

[Kronos209]

so i did what you suggested. and mq2shaman is still, loading, and casting that spell even though it states its blocked

 

[Sic]

so i did what you suggested. and mq2shaman is still, loading, and casting that spell even though it states its blocked

Please PM me where your mq2shaman window says it is casting the ability on the toon - and a screensnip of the ability blocked on that person.

if you blocked the spell on yourself - it wouldn't cast it on you.
if you didn't block it on the person you don't want it on... again its going to cast it on that person.

 

[DadBod]

Hi,

I play with two priests in the group, always a Shaman, and interchangingly a druid or a cleric.

I would like the shaman to keep the 103 Ancient Alliance up on the Main Tank, a Shadowknight.

The reason I want this is I want the cleric’s single target heals to trigger the group heals. Also I want to see if the druid’s nuke + heal-rargets-target will trigger a group heal also. (Druid is bein played by a real person).

I have used the /shm to set the two generic Alliance flag to true (I think they are usealliance and forceusealliance).

However, the shaman does not use it.

The Shaman is in chase mode and in Hybrid mode (mix of dps and heal mode).

I am not currently using xtar on the shaman.

Is there an obvious reason that he is not casting Alliance?

Thanks in advance.

 

[burdsjm]

Do you have the Druid or cleric casting their alliance too?

 

[DadBod]

Do you have the Druid or cleric casting their alliance too?

no, the cleric is lvl 95

 

[burdsjm]

no, the cleric is lvl 95

Do you have BYOS checked?

 

[Sic]

Hi,

I play with two priests in the group, always a Shaman, and interchangingly a druid or a cleric.

I would like the shaman to keep the 103 Ancient Alliance up on the Main Tank, a Shadowknight.

The reason I want this is I want the cleric’s single target heals to trigger the group heals. Also I want to see if the druid’s nuke + heal-rargets-target will trigger a group heal also. (Druid is bein played by a real person).

I have used the /shm to set the two generic Alliance flag to true (I think they are usealliance and forceusealliance).

However, the shaman does not use it.

The Shaman is in chase mode and in Hybrid mode (mix of dps and heal mode).

I am not currently using xtar on the shaman.

Is there an obvious reason that he is not casting Alliance?

Thanks in advance.

first. please post in the correct location - mq2shaman posts should be in the mq2shaman thread.

second, you only need usealliance - you don't need force alliance - that is just for classes we care about class count - like zerkers or rogues (not that this would prohibit it working)

you do, however, need to byos and memorize it yourself at your level because of the gem slot we use alliance for you likely don't have it since it is gem13 when you get mnemonic retention at 106, and you also will need to have your tank set as MA - after that should be good to go

 

[DadBod]

Hi Sic,

first. please post in the correct location - mq2shaman posts should be in the mq2shaman thread.

Appologies for not posting the question in the right thread.

It can get quite messy with post in the wrong subfora, and I need to better understand where the post must go.

Still learning :-).

second, you only need usealliance - you don't need force alliance - that is just for classes we care about class count - like zerkers or rogues (not that this would prohibit it working)

you do, however, need to byos and memorize it yourself at your level because of the gem slot we use alliance for you likely don't have it since it is gem13 when you get mnemonic retention at 106, and you also will need to have your tank set as MA - after that should be good to go

Thanks so much for the advice, I will dive into it.

I will ensure the Shaman gets Mnemonic Retention for gem slot 13, and update his spell set for level 110, which is his level now.

 

[Sic]

Hi Sic,



Appologies for not posting the question in the right thread.

It can get quite messy with post in the wrong subfora, and I need to better understand where the post must go.

Still learning :-).



Thanks so much for the advice, I will dive into it.

I will ensure the Shaman gets Mnemonic Retention for gem slot 13, and update his spell set for level 110, which is his level now.

yw dadbod.

I made it the 13th slot because there wouldn't be too many circumstances where folks who were sub 106 without the 13th RoS gemslot would be trying to use alliance anyhow - so was kind of the best spot for the need.

 

[uberbroodling]

my shaman seems to lock up sometimes when i transition him from manual to chase. he won't slow/heal/etc... just stands there doing nothing. if i tab over it still does nothing until I use any ability/aa/spell (usually fast group heal, since my tank will be getting low by the time i notice) he unlocks and then proceeds as normal. not a whole lot of information, i know but i'm not sure what could be causing it.

 

[Sic]

my shaman seems to lock up sometimes when i transition him from manual to chase. he won't slow/heal/etc... just stands there doing nothing. if i tab over it still does nothing until I use any ability/aa/spell (usually fast group heal, since my tank will be getting low by the time i notice) he unlocks and then proceeds as normal. not a whole lot of information, i know but i'm not sure what could be causing it.

sounds like the eqbug with stuck gems. we use companion's aegis if we detect stuck gems - but stuck gem detection isn't perfect since eq keeps fucking with stuff without actually fixing their game.

this is frequently caused by the bard aa Quick Time - hopefully eq fixes it soon.

if this happens again try clicking an aa with a cast time - like origin and then ducking.

 

[lotor2019]

Ran into a minor issue with MQ2Shaman and group shrink. MQ2Shaman will spam group shrink if there is a pet in the group that is not a valid target for group buffs. Easily worked around (just turn off group shrink or have the pet's owner take care of it), but Chat asked me to post here to document the issue.

 

[Sic]

Ran into a minor issue with MQ2Shaman and group shrink. MQ2Shaman will spam group shrink if there is a pet in the group that is not a valid target for group buffs. Easily worked around (just turn off group shrink or have the pet's owner take care of it), but Chat asked me to post here to document the issue.

so couple things with this.

there's no way to detect if a pet is susceptible to group buffs or not without being the pet owner (or asking the pet owner) if they have companion's suspension lvl 3.

you get pet's being able to be susceptible to group buffs with companion's suspension lvl 3 - with is GoD xpac (eq's 1.7 xpac) at lvl 65.
you get the group shrink AA at 80 with SoD (eq's 1.15 xpac) (for both shm and bst)

I'm not going to not-shrink pets because of this circumstance - pets are one of the biggest reasons why you need/want group shrink! - you will want to turn off groupshrink if you don't want to try and group shrink because you don't have the AA on that character.

 

[Kamikaze]

Would love to see an option to turn off buffing while in combat. Popping Rygorrs when shm is group healing The Call is a wipe almost every time.

 

[Sic]

Would love to see an option to turn off buffing while in combat. Popping Rygorrs when shm is group healing The Call is a wipe almost every time.

it doesn't.

that is because the mobs goes off xtarget and you are no longer in combat and someone probably died and needs the buff.

if you're not in combat and have no mobs on xtarget and someone needs a buff - you're going to buff - same with all of the cwtn class plugins.

you can always byos if you don't want buffing to happen - but yeah otherwise the plugin is doing what it should be doing under the circumstances it finds itself.

 

[tboy6423]

Couple of items. 2 maybe issues, 2 requests

Issues?
1. In any mode, if there is no MA (or MA has no target), if I send my pet in, he just stops and comes back. This is not a big issue usually only happens if tank is afk for a pull or 2. but would think if I send the pet in, it should not stop attacking and come back.
2. Tries to cast Xalgots Venom, after landing chatoic combo dot, xalgots does not stack with that, but it sure does try over and over to cast it

Requests:
3&4. Possible to add a flag to either Use or Not use Hot just like squall? and add a % part for squall casting like hot and reckless etc ? i.e. I want to cast gift and squall combo at x% only? not right at engage when I want my malo and slow to be the priority? possible Im missing a setting on this

 

[william12]

it doesn't.

that is because the mobs goes off xtarget and you are no longer in combat and someone probably died and needs the buff.

if you're not in combat and have no mobs on xtarget and someone needs a buff - you're going to buff - same with all of the cwtn class plugins.

you can always byos if you don't want buffing to happen - but yeah otherwise the plugin is doing what it should be doing under the circumstances it finds itself.

Maybe add an option to toggle buffing ? That way you can turn it off before the mission starts without using BYOS

 

[Sic]

Maybe add an option to toggle buffing ? That way you can turn it off before the mission starts without using BYOS

you can byos if you want to toggle off buffing.

 

[Sic]

Couple of items. 2 maybe issues, 2 requests

Issues?
1. In any mode, if there is no MA (or MA has no target), if I send my pet in, he just stops and comes back. This is not a big issue usually only happens if tank is afk for a pull or 2. but would think if I send the pet in, it should not stop attacking and come back.
2. Tries to cast Xalgots Venom, after landing chatoic combo dot, xalgots does not stack with that, but it sure does try over and over to cast it

Requests:
3&4. Possible to add a flag to either Use or Not use Hot just like squall? and add a % part for squall casting like hot and reckless etc ? i.e. I want to cast gift and squall combo at x% only? not right at engage when I want my malo and slow to be the priority? possible Im missing a setting on this

1. yup its going to call your pet back.
2. it only cast the xalgot's if your target doesn't have xalgots - i'll have to see if there's a way to also check against whatever the matching (but named differently) other dot is from the combo - I wish it just casted the properly named dot - I don't know if mq2 has a way to find the stacking group (i can't even find a way to check that on lucy) so i may just for the time being, change the spell that is loaded if you have chaotic already loaded
3. no, sorry
4. no, sorry