Question - Timers: for individual macs or a plugin?

[Ordell]

Devs,

I had initially planned to ask about modifying the autoshroom macro to run for X number of hours then quit, to reduce the chance of being busted. But then I thought, why make this a one-macro fix when it has multiple uses? I'm sure plenty of other macros could benefit from this, in which case, make it a plugin that you call like a DLL rather than reinvent the wheel for every macro.

So, would such a creation be possible? A plugin time to run a macro for a set amount of time then camp, gate, or stop, that can be incorporated into any potential macro? Or would we be best off putting such a timer into each individual macro?

Or does it exist and I totally filed to RTFM properly again?

 

[wired420]

How many people would a plugin that allows you schedule a list of macros, with locations to run them at (Believe there's a mac with VV that uses EasyFind and Zone Finder to get to a certain zone), for certain periods of time actually benefit?

 

[Ordell]

I would think anyone who wants to run a mac for a while but is leery of leaving it running long-term would like this.

 

[Rooster]

You can use mq timestamps / macro running time TLO's within a macro to have it simply /Mac nextmacro

You could expand it to just call an .Inc/ use an ini file that has your macro list / running times

There isn't any huge advantage to using a plugin I wouldn't think, outside of needing to make a slight modification to any macro you want in the list

Keeping in mind, eqmule and redguides doesn't really support afk game play which a plugin that will run through a list of macros is going to assist with... So, if you are doing something completely afk and you worry about being busted... Well the answer is don't afk.

 

[Knightly]

I don't think he wanted a plugin that runs through a list of macros. Just something to stop and camp after X amount of time.

It's a trivial plugin to write versus the amount of time you'd spend modifying macros (given that you have to modify them every time there is an update).

You could also do it by just running a task that kills EQgame.exe after some amount of time instead of doing it in mq2.

But, yeah, don't afk and you can just end and camp yourself~

 

[Rooster]

They mentioned lists, I didn't make that up :-P

Also, it would be fairly trivial to modify any macro to call a routine to make a few checks and end. Bothersome yes, but all you need is two lines... The #include and a call to the routine at an appropriate spot

If I actually logged in to game I would write something, my skills limit me to constant code checking which I can't do... Also I don't think I've turned my pc on in nearly two months... :-/

 

[saar]

A timer in a macro would be best but a plugin could be made, just simpler to do in a macro so you can control how and when to camp. But maybe a autocamp plugin could work sort of like GTFO macro but in plugin format. were a timer and/or radius/zone wide check for people that will evac/bind bomb/camp based on settings from an ini

 

[Rooster]

You can just use posse for camping etc

I work for the next few days, maybe I'll fire up eq again before my RG expires and make a simple Inc if no one else has when I get my days off