Macro's and QBinding?

06/04/07

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What is a Macro and what is QBinding?

 

A major part of RvR is to assist a main tank so that everyone attacks the same target. This will ensure that this Alb or Mid will die a painful death without time to get healed. It would be very hard to always target the same enemy as your Main Assist (MA) so Camelot has a way to "Macro" and "Qbind". Once you learn how to Macro and Qbind you won't have to worry about switching through your task bars constantly anymore.
 

Macro's


 First, what is a Macro? A self-definition of a Macro is something that makes multiple key commands combined in an easy one key click. So the first thing to do is to make a macro to assist your MA. you can also make a Macro to do virtually anything in the game, but I will explain that later. To make a macro to assist an MA lets say that your MA in your group is Bangrus-g. To macro an assist you would type the following; /macro Assist /assist Bangrus. Once you type that and hit <enter> a square will attach to your cursor and you can put that on your taskbar on any spot you desire. Preferably put it on an unoccupied slot.

To write any other macro you would: /macro <macro name> /<macro function> <macro text>. Example, if you want to tell someone to kill what you target in your group, your macro would look something like this /macro kill /g Kill the %t and anything you have targeted when you hit that macro would appear where the %t is. [Hint: do not use < > when writing your macro in game.

Some common macro's that you may use are:

/macro <player name> /target <player name>
/macro kill /<chat channels> Kill the %t   (see How to chat for information on chat channels)
/macro help /<chat channel> Get the %t off of me!
/macro MA /assist <player name>
/macro assist /groundassist <player name>
/macro assist /gr <player name> (same as above, but shorter)
/macro boat /disembark

Some items also have a built in macro icon, you can [right-click] on an item and below the box that appears will be one or two icons, you can [left-click] these icons and drag and drop them on your quick bar, this allows you to /qbind these items. These icons are useful when you want to use a /use property of an artifact or armor piece, or even just for a water potion.
 
QBinding

Now, your taskbar has multiple levels. There are 10 slots per page and you have 10 pages per bar, with a maximum of 3 active bars. So lets say you put your macro on bar 3, slot 7, page 1. If you leave your macro like this you would have to click on that spot every time you wanted to assist Bangrus. It gets easier by Qbinding. What Qbinding does is it takes your macro you made (or any task bar slot) and makes it easier to use without clicking the actual macro. So your macro is on page 1, slot 7, bar 3, so lets make a qbind for it. Now you type the following; /qbind 1 7 3. **NOTE** the next key you hit will be the quick bind button for your macro. So in other words, do not hit any other buttons on your keyboard or mouse unless you want that to perform your task on page1, slot 7, bar 3 (your macro).

Combining your Macro and Qbind

So say you want to make your macro NUMPAD #0. After you type in /qbind 1 7 3, hit enter and you will see the text "the next key you hit will be bound to page 1, bar 3, slot 7.  Then you would hit NUMPAD #0, or whatever button you wish to bind. People like to use F1-F12 since they are not used too much in game. Now just to test your macro and qbind, hit your qbind key and see if you assist your MA. If so then you successfully did a /macro, /qbind combo.
 
 You can also use qbind with RAs. I know when I need Ignore Pain during a fight (heals me for 60%) then its easier for me to just hit my qbind for IP than switching task bars and hitting the IP slot number. Qbind is useful in fights to get what you need, right when you need it and not breaking your fighting style.

Special thanks to Bangrus of Armyn ab Treanid for this section.

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