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Anonymous - Mon May 30, 2005 5:32 pm
Post subject: How exactly does save/load macro work

Okay so I'm on my 'Default' Macro. I have a macro called 'Macro1'.
Next, I ?savemacro Macro1 then ?loadmacro Macro1 and try a macro. However, the macro that comes out is still part of my 'Default' macroes.

How do I do it so I can change which set of macroes I'm using without going to Alt+Tab and stuff? Or is ?save/load macro supposed to do something completely different.

Smong - Mon May 30, 2005 6:21 pm
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It seems you overwrote Macro1 with Default when you typed '?savemacro Macro1'.

Maverick - Tue May 31, 2005 2:58 am
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?loadmacro and ?savemacro does something completely different then what the menus in alt-tab mode do.
?loadmacro and ?savemacro save files with .mac extension, while the other method saves it into a single file.

Samapico - Tue May 31, 2005 8:24 pm
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I recommend you to save your 'default' macro set with ?savemacro default, and use the auto-message box in your profile to have it loaded by default when you log in

?savemacro and ?loadmacro saves the whole macro set, not just one macro...

newb - Wed Jun 01, 2005 3:50 am
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I just type my message I want to spam, (or actually use for a purpose

) and press F1 or F2 etc.

Smong - Wed Jun 01, 2005 5:00 am
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Samapico wrote:

use the auto-message box in your profile to have it loaded by default when you log in

Each profile can have it's own macro set anyway.

xrestassuredx - Mon Jun 13, 2005 3:01 am
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Smong wrote:

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Each profile can have it's (sic) own macro set anyway.

yes, but the macro sets defined per profile are those set in the chat window/ctrl-m dialog, whereas using a ?loadmacro command on enter will use macros that have been saved with ?savemacro. if you load a profile's macro set, and then change any macros (even by ?loadmacro to get a whole new set) those changes will overwrite the saved copy of the macros. that's useful if you want to retain a macro the next time you visit an arena, but obviously can be very frustrating if you want to keep the original saved version.

i personally use ?loadmacro and ?savemacro exclusively, with a ?loadmacro among my auto entry commands.

another tip: change the macro definition keys to give you at least full range of the function keys (i use all 20 macro slots), and set one macro to be ?loadmacro <name>. this is very useful if you accidentally overwrite macros when a sentence or command is halftyped and you hit a macro key. of course, that can't be saved in game -- use the chat window editor and then ?savemacro the result, or edit the .mac file directly.

hope that helped