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The AFK Bard Macro

Just a couple of tidbits that help my gimp bard in this macro. I added:

Rich (BB code): 
/twist adjust 17

just before the main twisting sequence to force my Selo's to replay roughly 3x earlier than normal (I get paranoid like that =P).

Also I added:

Rich (BB code): 
/if (${Me.Buff["Selo`s Accelerating Chorus"].ID}==NULL) {
   /twist once 1
   /delay 4s
}

after /doevents in Main to immediately play Selo's in case it ever actually drops (which it has!). Of course, I have my Selo's in the #1 spell slot.

Hope somebody can find this useful.

-J Bone
 
ola got this working great. i haven't read through all the posts but what i found works the best is:

/twist 5 1 5 2 5 3

1 -3 being dots and 5 being long duration sow song.

it gets a bit screwy when you resist alot. but you'll never lose sow song. what will happen is it will stop playing sow every other song after first set of twisting then just play the three dots and will only refresh sow when it needs to. but when it needs to it's always the next song... so it works for me.

so far i tried dulak, there is a big building straig out from zone all the mobs in there are dark blue and pop close and plenty of space to run around, i for radius 75. and no one ever trains you and or sees you if your paranoid. i got from 51- 53 with 1aa in 2ish days.

i just moved to PoN stalkers, this might be a harder camp to keep scret sence a few druids love to take over the place. but i get about 8%ish reg exp a kill, and with 225dmg a tick it doesn't take very long to kill each mob. i just set it up and it's been going for 2 and a half hours with out a hitch. so i think it's safe.

good luck!

sebastien
 
By casting Selos so many times you are seriously limiting your dps. You only need to cast it once and then use /twist adjust 9 or whatever number you prefer. Ive seen as high as adjust 17 but that is just crazy.
 
armysoldier said:
ANY INPUT TO HELP this project is appreciated 8-)

BARD AFK MACRO Cherry is POPPED!!!!!!!



For those that don't know .. i am still in iraq.. BUT using "patchme" and a FTP server .. I have been playing EQ for about 2 weeks... (also hooked up a couple of my EQ cronies on this base camp)

True to my word.. I started a bard. My friend and I started toons together .. and played in the tutorial until level 10. Then we hunted for a bit till 11 and 12.

My bard is 12.
*** I am in kuwait.. paying 5$ an hour.. lol But DING 13 ***

SOoooooOOO I am starting out on the afk bard macro.

I will post where.. locs.. etc etc as i go. And I will keep it up to date for ya.

I am redeploying back to the states.. an will be hit and miss internet for up to a week

But this is my newest project... thank you all for the plugins and macros


Using Tones MQ2 and his Docrack ini

stun on
nomeleepushback on
food on
drink on
shield on
nosilence on
noblind on
nosilence on

LEVEL: 12 - ??
Duration: ?? currently running till i got to get on the trucK!!!
Zone: Hollowshade
Loc: 545 2150 ish .... there are hoppers there..
Songs Selo (3) Brusco (2)

Twist 3 2 2 delay 60
Circle on 60

issues: Named Dirtchomp and Gorehorn popped and agroed

I was watchin the screen to just check it out .. and watch for issues.
It would stay on named ( which was red) until i retargetted something

is there something i am suppose to do .. with mobs that may not be able to be killed by my baby .. afk bard? (Changed level in target.mac works like a charm)

thats it for now
Click to expand...

OK just a small update:

I switched to FH .

I use a 22 mage to get the instanced.. then zone in ...

Once he is in .. Then I /invite bard and /dzadd bard

Zone in bard and all the mobs are white -yellow

have gone from 13 or 14 to 19

sometimes i keep mage on .. sometimes i don't

its 6 hours of pure XP

i use the target mac... not the FH bard mac...

because when i run the before bed.. i would rather camp out than something screw up and get caught.


will prob stay here a while.. this is pretty nice XP 8-)
 
Hey Armysoldier, I deploy to Iraq this next week. Is there anything special imma have to do to get EQ to work there? Ya said something about eqpatcher and stuff just got me wondering. thanks
 
http://www.redguides.com/community/showthread.php?t=3382

.. tells how to set up the patchme so u can get around the patcher

u have 2 problems after that

1. how to get the updates when a patch does happen
answer: I used a FTP site I paid $400 for a lifetime subscription
if i can figure out how to make links .. i can drop a zip file there for ya .. and you can easily download

2. how are you gonna get a connection to internet
answer: I was a communications chief.. = my own lan drop

there are private companies that youcan purchase satelite internet for.

PM me if you want a few webpages / contact info

when i go back .. I will be getting my own personal one.. costs about 3K for the equipment and 100-400 depending on speed... split that with 3 or 4 guys.. I am golden!!

hope that helps

Be safe.. keep your head down .. hands and feet inside the vehicles.

hopefully u will not spend a year there like i did





OH PSSSSS Take your laptop. he he
 
LoL yeah I planned on taking my laptop. As for internet connection I am supposed to have internet available in my room now, staying in 2 man rooms.. so Im not real sure if i will have to worry about the patcher, cause its local internet/tv... I will keep you updated.. Thanks
 
OMG u SUCK!!!!... lol

where you gonna be at?

how long u gonna be there?

I will work on the weblink shortcut...

At a minimum post an info on that thread linked above.. and i try to help you out if you can't get to patcher

8-)
 
im trying my bard macro and i always end up getting hit, i have 2 4 2 4 (bellow and selo) ive PL'ed my bard up to 14 but now im tired of it and i want to afk it but i always get hit, what can i do to make this macro work for me, ARG n00b!!! ive tried using th FH macro , to no avail and ive tried manually using circle on (25 - 75) with twist 2 4 2 4 and still not working, are you guys using speed hacks or what?
 
Camp Victory , thats in kuwait right , i was stationed in Mosul Iraq for 12 months with the infantry from mar 03 to mar 04 , we fought our way from Kuwait through Karbala , Al Kifil , almayamanada to Baghdad. then set up camp in mosul .
 
there are two camp victory's ..one is in kuwait the other is in baghdad or near it

really through mefor a loop when they said.. u guys are at camp victory ..

we all said WTF.. then they added kuwait.. lol
 
Try /circle on 26 -600 160

That will set your circles center at dead center of the room, and give a radius of 26 which is juuuuuust about clipping the walls in the rat room.

That is the largest circle you can get in the rat room. You're still gonna get hit though on pulls. Nothing you can do about that. I'm currently in my 50's and still get hit on pulls. Invest in some HP gear, that's all you need. And make sure you get stuff that will last you until your high 40's early 50's. Then you'll be making another trip to the Baz for higher end gear.

It's all about teh twink.

Granted, you don't have to twink, but unless you don't want to wake up every morning and have to rez, then....twink twink twink!
 
What level do you have to be to get the FH expedition? I figure it's probably 15 like LDoN, but wanted to check before I get my hopes up.

Thanks,
-CodeCaster
 
Ok, can someone look at this quick fix and let me know if it'll work the way I want it to?

| This macro made for www.Redguides.com
| Don't steal it or we'll punch your fase!
#turbo
#event dzadd "personyouwanttoadd tells you, 'add me'
#Event Zoned "#*#You have entered#*#"


Sub Main


:loopstart
/doevents
/call GMcheck
/if (${Target.Level}>67) /tar npc next
/if (${Target.Distance}>220) /keypress esc
/if (${Target.ID}==FALSE) /tar NPC radius 220
/delay 10
/goto :loopstart
/return

Sub GMcheck
/if (${Spawn[gm].ID}) {
/echo Gm detected
/beep
/beep
/beep
/keypress 9
/endmac
/unload
/q
}
/return

sub event_zoned
/delay 5s
/sit
/camp desk
/endmac
/return

sub event_dzadd
/invite personyouwanttoadd
/delay 5s
/dzadd personyouwanttoadd
/return

Please see the event "DZADD". That's the only change I made. I want it to once I receive a tell from only ONE toon (RL friend) I want it to invite him, dzadd him.

I would replace the "personyouwanttoadd" with his toons name, and this event would only be triggered when this ONE toon sends me a tell correct?

Thanks for help!
 
*cough* code tags *cough*

I know nothing about dzadd, or what it does, so I can't help you there.

I would just do
Rich (BB code): 
| This macro made for www.Redguides.com
| Don't steal it or we'll punch your fase!
#turbo
#event dzadd "#*# tells you, 'add me'
#Event Zoned "#*#You have entered#*#"


Sub Main


:loopstart
/doevents
/call GMcheck
/if (${Target.Level}>67) /tar npc next
/if (${Target.Distance}>220) /keypress esc
/if (${Target.ID}==FALSE) /tar NPC radius 220
/delay 10
/goto :loopstart
/return

Sub GMcheck
/if (${Spawn[gm].ID}) {
/echo Gm detected
/beep
/beep
/beep
/keypress 9
/endmac
/unload
/q
}
/return

sub event_zoned
/delay 5s
/sit
/camp desk
/endmac
/return

sub event_dzadd
/invite Friend'sNameHere
/return
 
Yeah, problem is...I don't want just anyone to send me a tell and get invited to the DZ.

Also, if he ins't in my group, he isn't getting XP. Hence the reason I included /invite toonname. That doesn't invite him to DZ, it simply invites him to group which he must accept.

The /dzadd command then needs to be issued to give him the DZ access.

I'm at work, so I haven't gotten a chance to test this out, just wanted to run it by the code gurus.
 
I have try it and it work, I try with a different toon to get added, but he only add the person who's name is in the macro...
 
Hey Armysoldier, it's me again lol.. yeah im in Victory Baghdad. I should have internet up in my room here in about... a weekish.. then we will see how leveling my bard goes lol.. i should be able to do pretty much what I want... its my own satelite /duck :P laters
 
SWEET!! u still suck .. lol

lemme know if there are any problems DL patches and suck.

And lemme know what your ping rate is ... I was using the MWR segovia system .. which had 40 computers and 8 VOIP phones on it also .. and my range was 800-4K ping

not good for much ..

when i go back to iraq.. i wll be purchasing my own set up also 8-)

KEEP your head down .. it may be nice there at victory .. but some of the people there want us dead 8-/

GL

stay safe

from one soldier to another
 
i was wondering when i use the /twist with my bard , every 3 or 4 rotations my selo's will wear off, then it goes into a domino effect of selo's not working and the hymn of restoration not working i /twist 5 2 2 4 (selo, below, below, hymn) and it seems RIGHT as soon as selos is about to finish casting it cuts to below..is it just a flaw in the macro? or game flaw itself or what.....just curious as if this happens to anyone else..
 
change it to selos bellow hym

when u get your first dot i wentselo bellow dot hym

then selo bellow dot dot hym

selo dot dot dot hyhm or selo dot dot selo dot hym

Selo dot dot selo hym dot selo dot hym

8-)
 
once you get your 49 selo's, just use selo dot selo dot selo dot selo dot... it won't re-cast it until the first timer runs out on the first cast, which gives you the rest of the other casts as make-up if you miss a note or something. you don't even have to /twist adjust with this method, as the extra casts act as your buffer and recast at 18-36 seconds EVERY time. I have run my macro with this twist for over 7 days straight without a single drop of selo's.

-CodeCaster
 
anyone have a working vxed macro with nice functions to heal and gm check etc? thanks
 
si, i'm sorry i'm a bit lost where is the thread atlest that gives the info on vxed. i know nothing about the damn place. and i'm levl 70 HoH is crap exp hehe.
 
VXED as requested.
This was originally Reds, but I added some stuff to it. Before it would target the named A LOT. Once in a great while the named might get you, but has a good success rate. If you have HoT and Insta heal potions in potion belt they will auto heal you at a certain %.
Camps when u die etc. Will HoT at 60 and insta heal at 45% depending on what slots u put the potions in. I get about 3/4 success rate for full 6 hour expeditions. My bard has 6500 base HP. 6-7 AA a run. At 65 you get 9 aa a run.
I put selos Dot dot dot dot heal dont forget to update ini with /twist adjust # u prefer. I hear 9 or 13 are the best. I use 13 havent had selos pop off once soo...
Rich (BB code): 
| This macro made for www.Redguides.com
| Don't steal it or we'll punch your fase!
#turbo  
#event camp "personingroup tells the group, 'lets roll'  
#event dzadd "personyouwanttoadd tells you, 'add me'  
#event invite "#*#invites you to join#*#"  
#Event Zoned "#*#You have entered#*#"  
  
  
Sub Main  
  
    
:loopstart 
/doevents  
/call GMcheck  
/if (${Me.PctHPs}<=45) /potionbelt Activate 1
/if (${Me.PctHPs}<=60) /potionbelt Activate 2
/if (${Target.Level}>67) {
/squelch /twist stop
/target npc next
/delay 30
/squelch /twist 1 2 3 4 5 6
}
/if (${Target.Name.Equal[a venomous stonemite]}) {
/squelch /twist stop
/target npc next
/delay 30
/squelch /twist 1 2 3 4 5 6
}
/if (${Target.Distance}>220) /tar npc radius 220 
/if (${Target.ID}==FALSE) /tar npc radius 220  
/delay 10  
/goto :loopstart  
/return  
  
 Sub GMcheck  
 /if (${Spawn[gm].ID}) {  
 /echo Gm detected  
 /beep 
 /beep 
 /beep  
 /keypress 9 
 /endmac 
 /unload 
 /q  
 }  
 /return  
  
 Sub event_camp  
 /sit  
 /camp desk  
 /return  
  
 sub event_zoned  
 /delay 5s  
 /sit  
 /camp desk  
 /endmac 
 /return  

 sub event_dzadd 
 /dzadd personyouwanttoadd 
 /return 

 sub event_invite  
 /invite  
 /return

Edit** This mac does not have the location in it I dont use the one that restarts when u die I see those fools stuck on the wall for hours just running.
You must make a hot key to warp to the location then start the mac.

Face 1 tick past East to the South.
Click DA
Hit hot key

Hot key:
/warp location 125 -300 447
/circle on 69
/mac target1.mac
/docrack nostun on
/docrack nosummon on (cant hurt)

Also if you need to stop casting for any reason make a couple hotkeys
hot Key:
/twist off

hotkey:
/mac target1.mac (to restart the mac)



Cades Sig KIX ASS!!
 
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awesome man. thanks a ton. I was getting 2.5 aa per run doing Forgotten Halls. This will rock, thanks. Now I'll just have to play with myself until MQ2 comes out!
 
Just a fyi, I haven't looked at the loc's in the macro to see what exactly you're kiteing but, I have had instances where it appeard one of the ghost mobs (weeping Balendu (sp)) would wonder off at a certain percentage. After they are out of range you switch to another target, thus the mob running away eventually walks down the path and aggro's a nice little train. Other then that, I have had a huge success in Vxed.
 
can u add that mob to the anti-target section? I do a bit of c++, ill look at the macro and see what i can figure out. It's definatly something I'd love to learn more about. As for this macro I will try it out and monitor a bit as soon as MQ2 is released, I'm sure I'll figure out some tweaks, thanks for all the help!
 
Were is a good place for a 51 bard to pund some lvls? And is this a good tech to use or is there better way?
 
Hey guys, I’m pretty new to Redguides but I gotta say I LOVE it. I've always had friends compile MQ2 for me in the past and only ever used it for track/twist.
Till recently i had never even heard of Redguides, found it doing a search for an MQ2 compile since none of my friends had the new one, while looking thu the site I decided to subscribe (only $7bucks afterall)
Redbot's Vxed bard macro cought my attension, since it was well detailed, and script was fairly simple. Thus I stole my friend's bard and headed to Vxed!

The macro Worked fairly well for two hrs or so, failed due to lag I think, running two accounts on one PC=teh suck. ;(
Went back to Reguides and started going Thu all Bard macros (which were a few) to try and fix my bard dying.
(170pp per summon stone, 140pp ish for GoD port stone, plus rezz donation starts to add up)

Found Siddin's modified version of Redbot's AFK .mac which added a selo's check and a heal routine which increased my AFK bard's DPS (I LOVE YOU!!).
Even with that my bard was still dying, so tried to do add a use HoT potion command if HP dropped to 35% which due to my total lack of macro/mq2 knowledge the .mac was very bugged (/twist went all crazy) but amazingly it clicked heal potion! lol
When I tested the macro the bard started dying even faster DOH! (Simson imitation)

Started looking thu Redguides again and found Pug’s mac (with help from Jumjum5, Infernal, Soultaker, Sidden, Redbot) on a AFKHalls.mac which
Added Specific zone events, Ability to get new trials with warp, and a Succor event to heal so I tried combing all the macros I had so far but I fear I have TOTALLY screwed my macro now /cry
|Twinking Macro as i go
|Thanks Tone for that very sweet friends check ;)
|Macro is now working very well, Enjoy!
Rich (BB code): 
|Vxed.mac

#turbo
#event Start "#*#You have entered Vxed, The Crumbling Caverns#*#"
#event guildlobby "#*#You have entered Guild Lobby#*#"
#event dzquit "#*#You have entered Barindu, Hanging Gardens#*#"
#Event dzadd "#1# tells you, 'dzaddmessage'"

Sub Main 
/declare SeloSong int outer 1
/declare healsong int outer 2
/declare DefaultMaxSave int outer
/docrack nostun on
/docrack nosummon2 on

:loopstart
/doevents
/doevents
/goto :loopstart
/return



Sub Start  
/delay 3s
/twist off
/sit
/delay 1s
/stand
/face heading 272
/cast 8
/delay 6s
/face heading 272
/warp loc 132, -301, 446
/circle on 72
/keypress forward hold
:loopstart1
/if (${Me.PctHPs}<=56) /potionbelt Activate 1
/call healsong
/doevents
/call GMcheck
/if (${Me.PctHPs}<=40) /call succor
/if (${Me.Buff[${Me.Gem[${SeloSong}].Name}].Duration}<=4) /call selosub 
/if (!${Target.ID}) /tar NPC radius 220 
/IF (${Target.Name.Equal[misguided beludu Creque]})  { 
/target npc next 
/call NormalTwist
} 
/IF (${Target.Name.Equal[a venemous stonemite]})  { 
/target npc next 
/call NormalTwist
} 
/if (${Target.Level}>67) /tar npc next 
/if (${Target.Distance}>220) /squelch /target clear 
/goto :loopstart1
/return 

Sub event_dzquit
/dzremove MyMain/Alt's name
/dzremove BardsName
/twist off
/sit
/delay 300s
/stand
/beep
/beep
/beep
/beep
/delay 15s
/target Apprentice Udranda
/warp target
/delay 2s
/say vxed
/delay 3s
/target stoneshifter
/warp target
/face heading 375
/look 0
/delay 30s
/keypress forward hold
/delay 40s
/target clear
/call start
/return

Sub GMcheck 
/if (${Spawn[gm].ID}) { 
/mqlog GM Detected!!!
/echo Gm detected 
/beep 
/beep 
/beep 
/endmac 
/unload 
/q 
} 
/return 

Sub NormalTwist
/squelch /twist 3 4 5 6
/varset healsong 0
/call healsong
/return

Sub healsong
/if (${healsong}==0) /if (${Me.PctHPs}<=95) {
/twist 2 3 4 5
/varset healsong 1
/return
}
/if (${healsong}==1) /if (${Me.PctHPs}>=96) {
/twist 3 4 5 6
/varset healsong 0
/return
}
/return

Sub selosub
/squelch /twist 1
         /delay 1S
/nomodkey /keypress forward hold
         /delay 1S
/nomodkey /keypress forward hold
         /delay 1S
/nomodkey /keypress forward hold
         /delay 1S
/nomodkey /keypress forward hold
/call NormalTwist
/return


Sub succor
/warp succor
/circle off
/sit
/pause 1s
/stand
/delay 60
/if (${Me.PctHPs}>80) {
/face heading 272
/twist stop
/delay 500s
/cast 8
/pause 7s
/warp loc 132, -301, 447
/circle on 72
/keypress forward hold
/call normaltwist
/return
}
/return

Sub Event_guildlobby 
/echo sorry i don't know how or why but you died.
/tell MyMain I died!!!!!!!
/keypress forward
/circle off
/twist off
/beep
/beep
/beep
/beep
/beep
/beep
/beep
/beep
/sit on
/delay 200s
/camp desktop 
/q
/endmacro 
/return

Sub Event_dzadd(string Line, string Sender)
/call checkFriend ${Sender}
/return 

Sub checkFriend(string Sender) 

   /declare numFriends int local 
   /declare i int local 
   /varset numFriends ${Ini[Vxedfriendly.ini, Friendly, number]} 
    
    
   /for i 1 to ${numFriends} 
      /if (${Sender.Equal[${Ini[Vxedfriendly.ini, Friendly, Friend${i}]}]}) { 
         /tell ${Sender} You are my lova^^ wuwu
           /dzadd ${Sender}
      } 
   /next i 
/return

sub HandleItem 

   /declare ItemSetting int local 
   /declare NotFound int local 
   /declare ItemsHave int local 

   /varset NotFound -1 

   :LootIt 

   | Look up this item in yafm.ini 
   /varset ItemSetting ${Ini[yafm.ini,ForageList,${Cursor.Name},${NotFound}]} 
   /delay 5 

   | If the item isn't in the .ini file then add it. 
   /if (${ItemSetting}==${NotFound}) { 
       /ini "yafm.ini" "ForageList" "${Cursor.Name}" "${DefaultMaxSave}" 
       /varset ItemSetting ${DefaultMaxSave} 
   } 

   /varset ItemsHave ${FindItem=${Cursor.Name}} 

   | If we're keeping this item then stash it in our bags. 
   | Otherwise, just destroy it. 
   /if (${ItemSetting}>${ItemsHave}) { 
     /autoinventory 
   } else { 
     /destroy 
   } 

   /delay 5 
   /if (${Cursor.ID}) /goto :LootIt 

/return
 
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