Question - Why no mount if pettank?

[AmericanNero]

I use my mage to pettank. Is there a reason why the mount wont be cast? I can manage my pet just fine while on a mount, which I manually cast, even though it is specified in buffs.

 

[kaen01]

if its specified in buffs it should cast.
could you post your buff section? all of the info in there?

 

[kaen01]

been looking at the code, so when a mage trades items to others via pettoys and to his own pet i believe, he also will dismount because of bad targetting behaviour with trading stuff while mounted. but if you have it set up in your buff section he should remount quickly again.

 

[AmericanNero]

I tested this by assisting another player, vs setting to various pettank options. Works fine when assisting another player!

Sub CheckRoles controls whether mounts are allowed for hunterpettank, pettank, and pullerpettank. The lines that involved where /varset MountOn 0 are lines 7224, 7240, 7258.

If it is by design to not allow a mount, I don't understand it.

Note. I "fixed" the problem by commenting out line 7240. Note this only affects pettank, the role I use.

 

[kaen01]

hmm interesting, i was just looking at the dismount calls, but yeah i am thinking its because of targettting, as mount becomes a targetaly entity, but if you want you can just change that line or remove it. and run a custom kissassist np

 

[AmericanNero]

Why not fix the actual problem?

 

[kaen01]

i dont think there is an actual problem as such, whomever wrote that code at the time it was made, made a design desicion that it was not a good idea at the time to be mounted as a pet tank.

I would just personally change the code, and save it as my custom kiss12.mac, i do t his all the time.

 

[AmericanNero]

Aha! I see why now... after experimenting, riding a mount requires a slowdown and acceleration period. This can cause you to fly too close to the mob, and the mob get too close to you. If you fly into camp, then you will swing around ... right into the mob. Chomp. When manually maneuvering, I fly side to side; stopping is immediate. Turn 90 degrees and then try it out.