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The following is a compilation and guide of Macros I have collected from the Paladin forums over the course of a year. I did not produce nor create any of the Macros listed here, unfortunately those responsible have vanished from the community.
Q: Why am I posting this?
A: Because I see a post everyday asking questions of a compilation of certain macros.
What this Guide will do:
- Show an easy way to edit macros without ever logging into WoW.
- List a few basic Commands.
- List macros from Novice to Advanced level.
- Exploring the practicalities of the listed macros.
These Macros should help any player in their pursuit of greater game-play. Thus, It is best for a player to come in with some knowledge of how to create a macro. However, for simplicities sake, this guide will even teach the novice of World of Warcraft players, those unfamiliar with any know-how beyond: "Type /macro to interact with the Macro Editor option", a handful of macros.
So, as a treat any player can simply copy the pre made macros (ctrl + c) from the list and then pasting them (crtl + v) into their macro-cache text document within the WTF folder. To do this, one simply navigates to their WoW directory and finds the appropriate folder, the WTF in our case. But we must go further, so do the navigate to the following:
e.g. C:\Program Files\World of Warcraft\WTF\Account\"Your Account Name"\macro-cache.txt
If we actually explore the file, we can see a list of any macros that have been created and save. If you have zero macros, then the file is completely blank. Looking closely, if any macros are available, we can see that the file contains a list of macros according to their numbers, titles, a icon indicator, and the actual command text:
e.g.
MACRO 1 "Hi" Ability_Ambush
/say hi
END
MACRO 2 "HL" Spell_Holy_HolyBolt
/cast Holy Light(Rank 1)
END
Creating a Macro without ever logging into WoW
With this information, a player doesn't even have to log into Warcraft to edit or create a macro. They can simply do it by editing the macro-cache text file.
Important: As a warning, not all macros can be edited this way and will have to be edited while logged into the game.
With a blank document, one can create a macro by following the examples from above. Open the macro-cache.txt document and get ready for some typing:
- The first line contains the number of the macro, typed in caps, followed by the given name of that macro (which will appear in the icon with text), in parenthesis, and then an icon index image. The icon image is a bit more complex and takes some exploring to get the right image file name, as it seems they are listed by old Beta spell classifications.
- The second line holds the actual Command text that makes the macro work. Remember, the characters of this field are limited to 255 characters.
- Finally, a simple "END" is placed on the final line, under command text, indicating an end to the command.
It should look something like the following:
MACRO 11 "Assist" Ability_BackStab
/assist
END
When finished, save and exit. There you have it, creating/editing macros without ever logging in.[ post edited by Arjorn ]
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