Ryzom

Thanks for the replies, i learned new things from them, one being that without a delay command i can't add anything after a prospect action in a macro.

I tried the macro below (shortcut 01 = prospect, shortcut 02 = extract). I do all 3 says simultaneously as soon as i start prospecting and after prospect the macro stops. So i'll stick to the select source + extract macro.

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y113/M ... mmacro.jpg

As for not using macros ... With all these source gases and explosions around it's impossible to go afk when using this macro so i do pay attention for the entire duration of the extraction. It happened more than once to forage near another player, to discover a source close to his source, to misclick and to start extracting from his source instead of mine. The macro doesn't heal me when gased/blown up, is doesn't pick up the mats extracted, is doesn't prospect for a new source, it doesn't fight back when an aggro mob attacks me during foraging, etc etc.

All the macro does is locate my source and extract from it, i press one key instead of clicking twice with my mouse. That's some heavy botting. There is such a huuuuuge difference between this puny macro and botting.

Correct, that´s what I meant... Gaah, I´ve got to get better at getting points across... *hides for shame*
But you learned it yourself

Acridiel

its also useless when you get to higher levels and target sources with 9 mats in when you could be digging 19. just a thought

First up, using macros isn't necessarily botting at all. The SoR macro system imo is very good - it allows time/energy saving commands to be set up without building a bot into the game (ofc that's not to say it doesn't make it indirectly easier for botters, but that's a different story and not one I'm qualified to talk about).

As someone who dual-boxes (uses two paid accounts to operate two characters at once, without botting I might add) I've found some very handy uses of macros while digging, although mostly for careplanning I must admit.

Before I was at my current level, I used a macro with the digging character whereby once I'd found the source I was after (no use digging a source with 9 mats in it when you can pull 20+), I'd hit the macro which would selfheal my focus the amount that was used by the prospect action and then start extraction with the right action - you could also think about adding this to a source select/extract action if you're not yet bothered about source content but want to have a full set of focus for each dig. Because it was a relatively small selfheal (about 300 focus or something), it had recharged by the time I had finished digging the two/three sources I'd get out of that prospection.

As for the careplanner, I use the following macro after I've selected the source I want with the dig-character:
- Select the dig-character's target
- Start careplanning

So all in all, the normal procedure is:
- Prospect with dig character
- Find the source with the best content (sadly this is a manual and often infuriating step)
- Hit the "Dig" macro on the dig-character (or just the key with the right dig action if I don't need to selfheal)
- Hit the "Get target source and CP" macro on the CPer

For someone who doesn't dual-box, these macros can be used independantly to just make things easier... of course you still have to pay attention unless you've finetuned your setup so that you'll always get the max with no risk, or you'll end up blowing yourself up

Sadly I know of some people who use either these macros or modified versions of them in combination with "botting" programs to completely remove the need for almost any interaction with the game, but that's something I personally hate, and is definately not the topic of this thread (thankfully).

sprite wrote:Sadly I know of some people who use either these macros or modified versions of them in combination with "botting" programs to completely remove the need for almost any interaction with the game, but that's something I personally hate, and is definately not the topic of this thread (thankfully).

you should probably report them then, apart from being a bannable offense it devalues every other digger here

rushin wrote:apart from being a bannable offense

You'd think that wouldn't you. Buuuut like I said, not the topic of this thread.

Wow, I never knew about macros, will test it out today.Thanks.

Kindest regards,

-Ajay

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