harvesting and macros q

[kaida]

hey all. i hope you can help me with this:

today i decided to try out the macros for my harvesting. i wanted to make a macro which selects the correct shortcut bar, starts my prospecting action, selects the source and starts my extraction action.
it didn't work.
the macro only selected the correct bar but didn't do any of the other things.
when i had the correct bar open and used the macro it started my prospecting action and queued my extraction action. at the same time i got a system message; something like 'entity could not be found'.
apparently i had tried to select my source before i finished prospecting.

my questions
1. why did the macro stop after selecting the correct shortcut bar?
2. can i delay 'target entity' until after i finished prospecting somehow? i tried queuing another extraction but it still tartgeted instantly.

tyia

[borg9]

hey all. i hope you can help me with this:

today i decided to try out the macros for my harvesting. i wanted to make a macro which selects the correct shortcut bar, starts my prospecting action, selects the source and starts my extraction action.
it didn't work.
the macro only selected the correct bar but didn't do any of the other things.
when i had the correct bar open and used the macro it started my prospecting action and queued my extraction action. at the same time i got a system message; something like 'entity could not be found'.
apparently i had tried to select my source before i finished prospecting.

my questions
1. why did the macro stop after selecting the correct shortcut bar?
2. can i delay 'target entity' until after i finished prospecting somehow? i tried queuing another extraction but it still tartgeted instantly.

tyia

The macro system has been deliberately limited to prevent the tasks be as you describe. Any action put in to a macro run intsantly.... and there is no delay facility.

If what you describe was allowed in the marco system, it would allow unattended harvesting. This would defeat the whole point of the game and make harvesting a point less profession as everyone would 'auto' harvest while they slept.

[kaida]

If what you describe was allowed in the marco system, it would allow unattended harvesting. This would defeat the whole point of the game and make harvesting a point less profession as everyone would 'auto' harvest while they slept.

yeah i was thinking how smart it was not to be able to pick up mats by pressing a key so bot-foraging would only be useful for levelling, but even that isn't possible as i know now from your reply.
i suppose my macro switches the bar and runs the shortcut at the same time which is why it gets stuck there too. i was hoping to at least be able to get this to work though as it would be very handy when i have to stop foraging to fight off aggros.

[lyrah68]

Harvesting AFK would work, for about ten seconds, then an agro would run up on you, since you are bound to venture out of your "normal safe harvesting area" and into "normal agro mob spawn/feeding grounds", and EAT you live and with you AFK, there would be no way to shout for a rez or anything.

[plarfman]

Harvesting AFK would work, for about ten seconds, then an agro would run up on you, since you are bound to venture out of your "normal safe harvesting area" and into "normal agro mob spawn/feeding grounds", and EAT you live and with you AFK, there would be no way to shout for a rez or anything.

actualy harvesting afk will never work and has nothing to do with aggro mobs just the way the macro system was set up. The only thing stopping you from making a harvest macro is a delay between actions. Im not a fan of people making macros to lvl afk defeats the idea of playing the game. The macro system ryzom has is nice though handy for making quick commands especialy when your a healer.

[kaida]

my intention when i started this thread was to collect some information about how macros can be used to make long harvesting sessions a little easier. however i've not been playing much since so the only macro that i've found to be quite useful, especially when your harvesting spot is swarmed with yubos, is
target entity raw material source [kaida]
+extract (run shortcut #x)
obviously this one only works if you have prospected without knowledge or any other specialised prospect action that changes the source name. whether you can swap 'raw material source [kaida]' for 'fiber [kaida]' 'bark [kaida]' etc. and spam the console with a few 'entity could not be found' messages in the target process i haven't tested yet.