Problem - RGMercs Not Working? 🤷‍♂️

[Judicus]

Ok, I've only ever played casters in EQ, unless you count the dalliance with my Shadowknight that I haven't touched in 17 years. But I knew I needed a Rogue to pick locks for a lot of older content I wanted to sail through and/or farm for alts when bored. Being a know-nothing regarding melee toons, I made a Level 1 Gnome Rogue (Poisonmaking/Tinkering, my last 2 missing Tradeskills), used a Heroic 100 on him, got him into my Auto Login group, and used /rgstart.

It properly detected his class and everything, looked like it loaded the script fine...but he does nothing. Literally. In fact, I had to set DoMed=0 just so he'd stop automatically sitting down after a fight and then refuse to stand up again. Pretty disconcerting to discover your "DPS" guy not only isn't DPSing, but also sitting down so a mob dragged into the middle of camp gets some free max dmg hits in on incoming.

What am I doing wrong? rgstart, rg on, settings changes, manually making an assist social hotkey to macro, turning off "Follow Me", setting a camp radius or telling him to ChaseOn the puller...nothing changes his behavior, besides the "don't get your dumbass killed because you're trying to meditate in front of a mob that's set you as Rampage target" setting of DoMed=0. Assist is properly set (at least, the right name shows up in green with "Assist SirDonkey at 98" line.

What step am I missing? I thought the whole point of this was a fire-and-forget system that could at least handle basic heal/DP out of the box. If there's a screw-up somewhere in the works, I find it much more plausible that I'm the source of it. Just need to find out how I broke it.

 

[RobRenfro]

Are you using the RGMERCS Lua? That is what you should be using.

/Lua run RGMercs

 

[RobRenfro]

You don't have to set the main tank/ main assist from a macro you can do it by right clicking on the.group member. I would set my main tank and main assist then start RGMERCS on everyone.

There is always the option of rolling a real tank which you will need for the toughest group missions and content. Pally is good with caster groups because he can heal himself partially. I ran my Pally with a pet group.

 

[DEADCiTiES]

You can use either the macro /rgstart, or the Lua version of rgmercs /Lua run rgmercs. You'll want to make sure that your tank or whoever you're wanting your rogue to assist is set as main tank/main assist and have your rogue target them before submitting the command to start the macro. You'll see a confirmation once the macro is finished loading of who your main assist is. If you're using the Lua, you can change the main assist from the [RGMercsMain] tab while you have that character targeted.

 

[RobRenfro]

Ok, I've only ever played casters in EQ, unless you count the dalliance with my Shadowknight that I haven't touched in 17 years. But I knew I needed a Rogue to pick locks for a lot of older content I wanted to sail through and/or farm for alts when bored. Being a know-nothing regarding melee toons, I made a Level 1 Gnome Rogue (Poisonmaking/Tinkering, my last 2 missing Tradeskills), used a Heroic 100 on him, got him into my Auto Login group, and used /rgstart.

It properly detected his class and everything, looked like it loaded the script fine...but he does nothing. Literally. In fact, I had to set DoMed=0 just so he'd stop automatically sitting down after a fight and then refuse to stand up again. Pretty disconcerting to discover your "DPS" guy not only isn't DPSing, but also sitting down so a mob dragged into the middle of camp gets some free max dmg hits in on incoming.

What am I doing wrong? rgstart, rg on, settings changes, manually making an assist social hotkey to macro, turning off "Follow Me", setting a camp radius or telling him to ChaseOn the puller...nothing changes his behavior, besides the "don't get your dumbass killed because you're trying to meditate in front of a mob that's set you as Rampage target" setting of DoMed=0. Assist is properly set (at least, the right name shows up in green with "Assist SirDonkey at 98" line.

What step am I missing? I thought the whole point of this was a fire-and-forget system that could at least handle basic heal/DP out of the box. If there's a screw-up somewhere in the works, I find it much more plausible that I'm the source of it. Just need to find out how I broke it.

Hang in there. It's a learning curve for all of us. I've been boxing full time for 2 1/2 years and I still learn new things all the time. And ask your questions here always. The folks here are genuinely good and will help if they can.

 

[Cannonballdex]

I run DanNet hotkey
/dgza /Lua run rgmercs ${Me.CleanName} (all toons in zone run rgmers and assist me)
or
/Lua run rgmercs TanksName (individual if you want to set an assist.)

 

[postleaf]

As mentioned above, the rgmercs Lua is the new (and better supported) tool that you should consider using if you haven't.

If you are using the macro, I suggest deleting the char ini file for the rog and follow this procedure

1. Create group
2. Set main tank/main assist (can not have merc as main assist, needs to be some pc)
3. /rgstart on the rog (new default ini will be created for rog)
4. Change nothing else
5. Rog should assist when MA has mob targeted and mob is<98% and <100 distance from rog
6. Can change /rg domed 0 if you don't like him sitting

\rg camphere if using static camp
\rg chase <name of dude to chase> for moving

All the default settings should work for 99% of normal group activities.
The only defaults that I typically change (personal preference just to make melee a little less obviously botted) are
\rg stickhow loose
\rg chasedistance <num between 30-80>

Edit: Also, just in case, be very sure that no other automation is running on rog.

 

[Sic]

Each resource on RG has an Overview / Discussion Thread and either a link to their wiki or tabs with FAQ, Commands, Etc.
Please make sure to post in the respective discussion thread, and check the FAQ/Commands/Wiki for information before posting.

I moved your RG Mercs support question to the RG mercs support section

 

[Judicus]

Each resource on RG has an Overview / Discussion Thread and either a link to their wiki or tabs with FAQ, Commands, Etc.
Please make sure to post in the respective discussion thread, and check the FAQ/Commands/Wiki for information before posting.

I moved your RG Mercs support question to the RG mercs support section

Thanks; still staggering around here like a sailor on his first shore leave, trying to guess what goes where. Next time I'll spend more time burrowing through the threads to see if I can splice a question into the right area.

Edit: Yep, it's as I surmised. RGMercs wasn't broken, I was. Routing the call through Lua made all the difference. Now my Rogue isn't just engaging automatically, he's out-DPSing everyone else in the group, and that includes spells + pet(s). Thanks again, guys! RGMercs is running that toon on auto better than I ever did manually. Maybe later on I'll play around with him solo and try to figure out his different abilities, but right now I just needed a 6th group member + his Pick Lock skill and race/class tradeskill capabilities; the DPS is just icing on the cake. Makes XPing a lot easier with him added into the mix.

Next: I turn over the Cleric to full auto so I don't have to constantly watch HP bars. If I keep running into named critters at 100-105 that randomly drop aggro from the one pet that's set to /taunt and summons one of my squishy casters as a chew-toy, I can't afford to manual the healing. Bot would be a LOT more efficient, and I wouldn't have to rez someone every time I run into Iremaw or Pyrebeak.