![]() Creating a MacroĬreating a macro button is pretty easy. Now let’s get our hands dirty and create our own macros. ![]() There are some exceptions here but it strongly depends on the current game’s class and combat designs. outfox the global cooldown to use more than one ability or item at a time.Although there are some addons that can bypass this limit. write longer than 255 characters in chat.They are not a substitute for a human being, therefore they cannot make intelligent decisions on your behalf. Fortunately or unfortunately macros have limited usability and we cannot use them to: This is just a glimpse of what we can do with macro commands. In this example, #showtooltip will show Soothing Mist‘s tooltip on the macro’s button: #showtooltip – affects the button’s icon and tooltip on the Action Bar. #show – affects the button’s icon on the Action Bar. They are called metacommands and can affect the appearance of a button on the Action Bar. There are also a couple of nifty commands that we can use in our macros. These commands can also be included in a macro or simply typed into the chat. Many World of Warcraft addons also add custom slash commands that usually open up the addon’s configuration panel or perform a specific action. WoWPedia has a full list of all possible slash commands available to the default game client. There are tens of such commands and these are maybe the most used: /use, /cast, /target /castsequence, / say.Įach patch or expansion usually adds more commands to the game. That means you can access them from different computers and you can also have a set of macros for a specific character.Īn account can have up to 120 macros plus 18 for each character that you have.Īs you might figure it out, macros commands start with a / (forward slash). Or if you want to feel like a hacker and speed things up, you can type /m (short for /macro) and hitting enter in chat.Īll the macros we create are stored on World of Warcraft’s servers and are bound to your account and characters. We can access the macros’ user interface via the Game Menu (default shortcut: Esc) and then selecting Macros. In this guide, we are going to explore the world of macros and we will learn how to create some of our own. ![]() But we can also use them to send chat messages, equip gear, adjust settings, and many other things. Most often, we create macros to use abilities or items. They allow the user to combine multiple actions into a single button in order to easier accomplish a task. Macros are very useful tools within the World of Warcraft client which have been present since the beginning.
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