Set focus / cast spell

[Ata]

Wondering if anyone knows how to make; or if there already exists, a macro to set a target as focus, and then cast a spell (Repentance, Sheep, Hex, etc), and keep it available to cast fast should it break early?

[kanst]

Wondering if anyone knows how to make; or if there already exists, a macro to set a target as focus, and then cast a spell (Repentance, Sheep, Hex, etc), and keep it available to cast fast should it break early?

I am not entirely sure what you are asking for. If you want to cast sheep on a focus target you could use:

/cast [target=focus] polymorph

I think, if you want one macro to set a focus then cast sheep on that focus that wouldnt really be a repeatable macro as everytime you pressed it, it would reset your focus

[fuzzygeek]

Try

/cast [target=focus,harm,nodead][target=mouseover,harm,nodead][] offensive spell
/stopmacro [target=focus,harm,nodead]
/focus [target=mouseover]

[Spectrum]

First off, refer to this wonderful document for all your macro-making reference: http://www.wowwiki.com/Making_a_macro

Fuzzy's macro should work pretty well, but to simplify things a little and improve the /stopmacro part.

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/cast [target=focus,nodead] [nodead] spell
/stopmacro [target=focus,nodead] [noexist]
/focus target


Going line by line this macro does the following:

1. Conditionals (the stuff in brackets) are checked in order until one comes up true, if one comes up true, the action goes off. The first conditional sets the target of the spell to your focus, and checks if it isn't dead (which implies that the focus exists), if it isn't, then the spell is cast. If your focus doesn't exist or isn't alive, it will check if your current target isn't dead, if it isn't it will cast on your target. If your target and focus are dead or don't exist, nothing happens.
2. Next, we use similar conditions to check whether we should continue to setting the focus. The first condition will cause the macro to stop if your focus isn't dead. The second condition will stop the macro if you don't have a target.
3. Finally, now that we know from the last line that you don't have a live focus and you have something targeted (exists), we set your target to your focus.

So basically, if you target something and use this macro, it will cast on that target and set it as your focus. Further casts will go to your focus until you reset your focus such as with /clearfocus.

[Ata]

Thanks, I was never really good with writing the macro's; I'll try to remember to check that guide before posting again

[Aubade]

To make sure my macro's always worked. As a mage I'd just have a big button on it's own bar that would set/clear focus with

/focus

Realllllly complicated I know.

Then i'd set all of my spells to

/cast [mod:shift] [target=focus] Polymorph
/cast [mod:none] Polymorph

I think that last one is kinda out-dated but you get the point

[KysenMurrin]

I have a macro on my mage for Polymorph, I can't remember where I got it from but it seems to do the same as the above. Only posting it now because, looking at the above examples and my own, I'm not sure why mine works. I don't quite understand the conditionals in the first line of mine (I know it also clears my focus if it's dead):

/focus [target=focus, noharm] [target=focus, dead] [modifier]
/stopmacro [target=focus, noexists]
/cast [target=focus] Polymorph

It doesn't seem to be as clearly written as the other one. I'll probably replace it.

[Jerey-Darkspear]

First off, refer to this wonderful document for all your macro-making reference: http://www.wowwiki.com/Making_a_macro

Fuzzy's macro should work pretty well, but to simplify things a little and improve the /stopmacro part.

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/cast [target=focus,nodead] [nodead] spell
/stopmacro [target=focus,nodead] [noexist]
/focus target


Going line by line this macro does the following:

1. Conditionals (the stuff in brackets) are checked in order until one comes up true, if one comes up true, the action goes off. The first conditional sets the target of the spell to your focus, and checks if it isn't dead (which implies that the focus exists), if it isn't, then the spell is cast. If your focus doesn't exist or isn't alive, it will check if your current target isn't dead, if it isn't it will cast on your target. If your target and focus are dead or don't exist, nothing happens.
2. Next, we use similar conditions to check whether we should continue to setting the focus. The first condition will cause the macro to stop if your focus isn't dead. The second condition will stop the macro if you don't have a target.
3. Finally, now that we know from the last line that you don't have a live focus and you have something targeted (exists), we set your target to your focus.

So basically, if you target something and use this macro, it will cast on that target and set it as your focus. Further casts will go to your focus until you reset your focus such as with /clearfocus.

Wouldn't this macro also set your target to focus if your focus dies? If not, could you remove the /stopmacro line and replace the /focus line with

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/focus [target=focus,nodead] focus; [target=focus,exist] focus; target

Or is the /focus command not eligible to receive conditionals? Don't see why it would be ineligible since every other command seems to allow them.

[Sturmm:)]

download CCFocus addon it'll give you some nice macros for sheeping focus targets and other similar CC abilities.