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Sprucing up Shakey and Defending Knowledge Anni Missions:

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THESE MACROS ONLY WORK ON LATEST UPDATE released may 8 2018 , so run Updater!

Ok, so I decided to make kiss run these two missions so I created an include for it.
Unfortunately there is only 2 days left on the anni, but well, its better than nothing and we will have these macros for next year as well so...

Anyway the wee'er harvester and the bigger belt has nice statfood and the miniature horn of unity is nice for all casters.

NOTE: This is NOT a fully automated AFK macro, you have to attend and help out now and then if the characters get stuck or something.

Basically to get this to work, you need to run Kissassist1004e15.mac which is distributed by redguides, it should be in your macros folder already.

Step by Step instructions for Sprucing Up Shakey:

1. Hail Reebo in pok and get the Sprucing Up Shakey task.
2. do a /bcga //tar npc reebo so your group targets him
3. /bcga //say farm
4. now they will all be zoned into the mission.
5. You are in the mission now, time to start up kiss.
6. THIS MISSION SHOULD BE RUN WITH 6 CHARACTERS!
THE REASON IS BECAUSE THE RANDOMGEN AT THE END TAKES CHARACTERCOUNT INTO ACCOUNT AND THE HARVESTER WILL LAST LONGER IF YOU HAVE A FULL GROUP.
7. Start kiss on the group members by targeting the driver character and then do: /mac kissassist1004e15 ini Kissassist_${EverQuest.Server}_${Me}_${Me.Level}
To make this easier for you in the future create a hotkey with that text in...
8. Now that your group has their kiss macros running its time to start the driver.
9. On your DRIVER character (I used a 105 sk) target yourself then type/hotkey : /mac kissassist1004e15 ini Kissassist_${EverQuest.Server}_${Me}_${Me.Level} tank custom
As you can see I use the "custom" keyword, this means kiss will pull in the custom.inc which has the code for doing these two missions and ill probably use this to add more missions and stuff in the future but for now it has these two only. If people are interested in adding more missions, these two will serve as examples on how to do tasks while letting kiss handle its thing at the same time...

10. Ok if you did everything correctly and have the mesh loaded for mq2nav, your char should start doing the mission.

IF it ever needs help it will /beep and say so.
Sometimes it takes a bit for it to do things, but You should just sit back and watch, even some stuff where it looks like its not doing anything, is by design cause it is waiting for certain conditions etc.
For example, at one point its time to fight the ancient spirit and then give it the harvester, that whole thing is complicated and it needs time to figure out where the spirit is at in the script.
just be patient.

Another thing that can happen if your characters are slow runners or have slower mounts is that they will lag behind... this is something the driver will fix, he will just wait if they fall further behind than 400 feet.

IF a follower gets stuck, the driver will try to do some stuff to get him unstuck, it might take a min or two worse case scenarion.

There should be NO reason for you to ever have to interact with the follower team. the only stuff u need to pay attention to is the driver character.

At the very last step of the mission after it is finished it will pause the macro and u can go dig for the wee'er harvester and the bigger belt manually.
I created a hotkey with the text on the first line: /tar npc soil and on line 2 /nav target I then just click it to quickly check each of them until the harvester breaks...


Instructions for Defending Knowledge: same as above but hail Bjerg instead and start macros inside the instance.
I updated this a bit this year (2019) main tank will now look for mobs and pull them if within 200 feet
Also added, if the main tank is 110 he will blow horn when possible even if not all mobs are cleared from previous wave.
If you have a 110 sk a healer and a wiz or whatever maybe couple merces, they can handle all waves at the same time, so this should not be a problem.

Its a good idea to use the attached macros just in case updater has older versions I update this post more frequent.

Even though kissassist1004e15 and custom.inc are included in the updater I will attach them here as well as the meshes I use.
 

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Is there a missing command line option? the code for the tank is being parsed as main assist - "im setting mainassist to custom". Running '/mac kissassist1004e15 ini Kissassist_${EverQuest.Server}_${Me}_${Me.Level} tank custom' as noted above

Edit: I figured it out- the updater did not update the .mac file. I had to do that manually. It seems to be working now

Edit 2: Sprucing up shakey running fine for me
Defending Knowledge is running okay for mob pulling but is not clicking the horn.
 
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I don't think Redbot has pushed the latest MQ2 yet, but if he did the macro should work fine.
If anyone runs it successfully let me know.
 
Love these two. i have been running them the last couple of days. i do have an issue, not sure if its something ive done or not. when running these, the mac is sending nav and attack commands to toons not in the mission. any suggestions on how to solve this would be appreciated.
 
Updated first post macros with better code, defending knowledge has been much improved, I just ran through it and it was full auto flawless. and fast.
 
Eqmule, you rock. Quick question, does this work with KA11? Or do I need to use a special version of KA?
 
You need to use the version posted. Forget kiss 11 for this type of mission. Well u can run it on the other chars but main tank must run the version i posted.
 
Hmm just tried it in shakey and had no luck but now looking at it I may just need to fill in kiss ini since it created a blank one?
 
Hmm just tried it in shakey and had no luck but now looking at it I may just need to fill in kiss ini since it created a blank one?
Fixed it it was actually a version mismatch the update file linked in original doesn't work had to use the patched one.
 
What is working for my group (all 110) is
1. Driver Toon set up per EQMule's instructions BUT
2. Rest of Toons are set to 'Follow Me' (i know the macro issues the ChaseAssist instructions etc, but they seem to follow more tightly with less pausing for laggards this way)
3. Rest of Toons are NOT running kissassist
4. Cleric Toon running MQ2Heals with /heals on only
5. Ensure you don't have spare Burled Wood or Tin Ore in your inventory at start of macro (seems to have less problems at forge). Also macro seems to have problem with grabbing one if Burled Wood is in a primary inventory slot, but NO issue if fetched from a bag in Inventory (will check this for sure when i next run)

EQMule - Thanks for making this one !! didn't realise to the end the need to run this many times to get the army fed and watered.

/kudos

Hylander
 
Hmm just tried it in shakey and had no luck but now looking at it I may just need to fill in kiss ini since it created a blank one?
It’s assumed that the driver character has a already properly setup and working kissassist1004e15 compatible ini file.
 
I did this last week and it worked great. Now when I run it my driver toon opens the quest window and just stand still. Anyone else having problems?
 
Oh, that was prob it. Will try again once lockout is gone. Thanks dude.
 
Does this mac still work?


NOTE: Do not worry about the full group, it's better to have 1 pair of toons, because of the lockout timer (6h). If you pay attention to the ground lighting below the rock piles, they will show you which has the harvester drops.
This can be seen at night time very easily, but doing the day it also can be seen. Just make sure your light aura doesn't get in the way to see the effect.


6. THIS MISSION SHOULD BE RUN WITH 6 CHARACTERS!
THE REASON IS BECAUSE THE RANDOMGEN AT THE END TAKES CHARACTER COUNT INTO ACCOUNT AND THE HARVESTER WILL LAST LONGER IF YOU HAVE A FULL GROUP.
 
Does this mac still work?


NOTE: Do not worry about the full group, it's better to have 1 pair of toons, because of the lockout timer (6h). If you pay attention to the ground lighting below the rock piles, they will show you which has the harvester drops.
This can be seen at night time very easily, but doing the day it also can be seen. Just make sure your light aura doesn't get in the way to see the effect.


6. THIS MISSION SHOULD BE RUN WITH 6 CHARACTERS!
THE REASON IS BECAUSE THE RANDOMGEN AT THE END TAKES CHARACTER COUNT INTO ACCOUNT AND THE HARVESTER WILL LAST LONGER IF YOU HAVE A FULL GROUP.
@Overtimer Did you install all 3 files? Where so? For example, the kiss file in Next/mac or whatever you call your MQNext folder.
 
I ran this manually, sorry I cannot help you with this.

I got all 6 of my toons with these drops, did them in pairs.
 
Does this work? I tried today and was unable to get the mac do anything.
 
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