Multi-Incoming Macro

[Dr. Blunderpants]

inc.mac

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#turbo 100
Sub main()
/declare npcid global
/declare index global
/declare casters global

/varset index 0
/varset casters 0

/varcalc npcid $searchspawn(npc,loc:$target(x):$target(y),radius:@Param0,next)

:mainloop

/if n $spawn(@npcid,speed)<71.44 {
/if "$spawn(@npcid,class)"=="Shaman" /varset casters @casters+1
/if "$spawn(@npcid,class)"=="Cleric" /varset casters @casters+1
/if "$spawn(@npcid,class)"=="Druid" /varset casters @casters+1
/if "$spawn(@npcid,class)"=="Enchanter" /varset casters @casters+1
/if "$spawn(@npcid,class)"=="Wizard" /varset casters @casters+1
/if "$spawn(@npcid,class)"=="Necromancer" /varset casters @casters+1
/if "$spawn(@npcid,class)"=="Magician" /varset casters @casters+1
/if "$spawn(@npcid,class)"=="Beastlord" /varset casters @casters+1
/if "$spawn(@npcid,class)"=="Paladin" /varset casters @casters+1
/if "$spawn(@npcid,class)"=="Shadowknight" /varset casters @casters+1
/if "$spawn(@npcid,class)"=="Ranger" /varset casters @casters+1
/goto :skip
}
/varcalc index @index+1
/chat #@Param1 [$int(@index)] - Incoming -> $spawn(@npcid,name,clean)

:skip
/varcalc npcid $searchspawn(id:@npcid,npc,loc:$target(x):$target(y),radius:@Param0,next)
/if "$spawn(@npcid,name,clean)"=="NULL" /goto :end
/goto :mainloop

:end
/chat #@Param1 Total incoming: $int(@index) mob(s). Possible casting: $int(@casters)

/return

Description: Macro for pullers to use as an incoming message for more than 1 mob.

Usage: /mac inc.mac <radius> <chat channel name>

All is fine except for casting-on-incoming mobs. I need some suggestions on how I would go about catching them. All I can do atm is flag them as "possible".

[Bad Karma]

Is there something missing from your code?
For example, I see /doevents, but no #events.

Is this to be run on the puller, or someone waiting back at camp?

#event incchat " incoming ->"

Sub Events
/if mob is in range {
/target $spawn(npcid)
}
/call cast whatever (use SpellCast.inc)
cycle through your index...
/return

Is that along the lines of what you're looking for?
I'll fire this up in EQ later today and see what I come up with. Could prove handy when PL botting some of my alts.

[Dr. Blunderpants]

Yeah I dunno why I put /doevents in there a while back, I can't remember. This is for the puller btw, not those at camp.

Working on caster thing. Only idea I have atm is to compare the heading of the possible casting mobs to the puller somehow.

Any suggestions are welcome.

[Gumby]

Best solution I could see would be to beg, plead, buy beer, etc to get the animation flag found in $target(animation) into $spawn. Credit for that idea goes to Driftinsupra from this thread from a bit ago:

http://macroquest2.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=5101

Failing that, you could pretty robustly do it if you were willing to /target, and check either animation, or simply /assist off the target (if in range) and then check:

/if n $target(id)==$char(id) {
//mob agro on me
}

Probably better to work out the animation path however as accurately assisting requires a script side delay in my experience and if you're moving and the mob ain't, you might be out of range fairly often which would negate /assist (I have no idea what the range on /assist is btw but it's not massive).

But given that, when do you propose to be calling this script? Before you make the pull, while you're making it, when you're nearly back at camp? Do you have a set terrain that you can use to break LoS and get the mobs to run after they're finished casting? To be honest, I think I'd simply run before I pull given assist ranges which as a puller you can work out pretty quickly for a given environment with MQ and call it a day. If you're planning to use this in a real group (or anyone else using it for that matter), I wouldn't put the level of detail you're currently doing into the script for the chat report as people don't do it by default. PLing bots like BK suggested sure why not (though if PLing I don't really see why you need this anyway... heh).

Unfortunately I don't have any good ideas for checking this easily through $spawn as the current implemlentation stands.

G