Sean is diving, sunning himself and trying to drink all the cervezas in Cozumel this week, so don't feel bad if he doesn't respond to emails and comments. He'll be back in action next week, fresh and ready to get the Macro train rollin' again!For this week's Macro Anatomy, I thought I'd share a fun little fishing macro I found in the forums. Tomza wrote a great macro for those of us wanting to react quickly to enemy players while fishing. I've altered it a bit, as I prefer to use the SHIFT modifier rather than the ALT, but other than that it's pretty much verbatim.
This macro, when clicked will equip your fishing pole if it is not already equipped. If a fishing pole is equipped, it will cast your line. (Two clicks of this macro will equip a pole and cast.) Each subsequent click will cast your line. If you hold down the modifier key (in this case the SHIFT key), you will equip your weapon.
Keep reading for the macro, it's a fun one!
Let's get down to business and get you out there fishing! Here is the macro:
/equip [noequipped: Fishing Pole,nomod:shift] Fishing Pole;
/equip [mod:shift] Crescent Staff
/cast [equipped:Fishing Pole,nomod:shift] Fishing;
You'll want to switch out Crescent Staff with your own weapon name, and the item name of your fishing pole. If you have two weapons or a weapon and a shield, just add another line of /equip <weapon or shield name>. That way it will equip both in the case of dual-wielding or shield-bearers.
There you have it, an easy macro to swap weapons and fishing poles, and casts your line to boot! Have fun doing your fishing dailies with a little more peace of mind!
Every week Macro Anatomy takes you on a magic carpet ride through the world of macros. Sometimes you will encounter existing macros that you can use off the shelf. We'll break them down and figure out how they work. Other times we'll just talk about the different parts of a macro and how you can use them to create your own. You can always stop by the shop if you want to catch up or get started with macros.
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5-10-2008 @ 9:46AM
jumb said...
The only fishing macro I use is to quickly lure up my pole
/use
/use
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5-10-2008 @ 9:48AM
jumb said...
oops, forgot it doesn't like those bracket symbols
/use lure-name
/use pole-name
5-10-2008 @ 9:51AM
Cap said...
I just use fishing buddy and outfitter. That way, it not only equips my pole, but also my heavy linen gloves with +5 fishing and my lucky fishing hat. :-)
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5-10-2008 @ 10:33AM
Richard said...
/equip [noequipped: Fishing Pole,nomod:shift] Fishing Pole;
/equip [mod:shift] Crescent Staff
/equip
/cast [equipped:Fishing Pole,nomod:shift] Fishing;
Um... I don't think that's going to work for dual wielders who use "One Hand" weapons instead of "Main Hand" and "Off Hand" ones.
That macro will equip weapon 2 right over weapon 1.
use
/equip itemslot 16 [mod:shift]
/equip itemslot 17
(not sure if the [mod:shift] needs to go before or after 'itemslot 16', someone try it out and let me know - I'm not near a WoW PC today)
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5-10-2008 @ 10:35AM
Richard said...
/equip [noequipped: Fishing Pole,nomod:shift] Fishing Pole;
/equip [mod:shift] Crescent Staff
/equip {weapon or shield name}
/cast [equipped:Fishing Pole,nomod:shift] Fishing;
Um... I don't think that's going to work for dual wielders who use "One Hand" weapons instead of "Main Hand" and "Off Hand" ones.
That macro will equip weapon 2 right over weapon 1.
use
/equip itemslot 16 [mod:shift] {Main Hand Weapon}
/equip itemslot 17 {Off Hand Weapon}
(not sure if the [mod:shift] needs to go before or after 'itemslot 16', someone try it out and let me know - I'm not near a WoW PC today)
(stupid brackets truncating my post >:( )
5-10-2008 @ 11:17AM
Jeff said...
actually richard, it works just fine as it is for dual wielding. i found this macro on some website months ago & i've been using it ever since on various characters, some of which dual wield.
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5-10-2008 @ 11:48AM
Introit said...
If only there was a macro to reel in your fishing line :(
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5-10-2008 @ 11:50AM
Zeplar said...
For some reason this doesn't work for me.
/cast Fishing works.
/cast [nomod:shift] Fishing works.
/cast [nomod:shift,button:1] Fishing works.
/cast [nomod:shift,button:1,equipped:Terestian's] Fishing does not work.
For some reason it doesn't like that last part...?
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5-10-2008 @ 11:55AM
Kershner said...
For the great many of us who play with the sound off, my variant on this macro function thus:
On left-click:
1. Increase volume to max
(I can't figure out how to flip sound on and off, but I can turn the volume from 0 to max, thus your sound has to be on, but with the master volume at 0%)
2. Equip fishing rod
3. Begin fishing (requires a second click)
On right-click (I like right-click, use the modifier of your choice):
1. Reduce volume to zero
2. Equip your weapon again
For reasons of versatility, I use the mod ItemRack which provides functions to switch equipment sets by name. Thus all of my characters have a set called "UnFish" which consists of the weapon they'd like to switch back to. Thus all characters can share the same fishing macro.
#showtooltip Nat Pagle's Extreme Angler FC-5000
/console Sound_MasterVolume 1
/equip [nobutton:2] Nat Pagle's Extreme Angler FC-5000
/cast [nobutton:2] Fishing
/stopmacro [nobutton:2]
/console Sound_MasterVolume 0
/script EquipSet("UnFish")
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5-10-2008 @ 12:52PM
Torvan said...
Have fun in Cozumel! I highly suggest you try the Bar R.E.M, it's got swings for seats! Also, try the SCUBA diving while you're there, totally worth it. I was there last August, not much to do but drink and SCUBA, but who's complaining about that? :P
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5-10-2008 @ 2:11PM
Zakk said...
I made a macro similar to that a while ago. Just didn't have the last part that re-equips your weapons. I had a macro for my weapons separate for when I was done fishing. Thanks for maximizing my action bar space!
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5-11-2008 @ 12:43PM
Phar said...
This is my macro. Left click and your dual wield weapons are equipped. Right click and it equips your fishing pole. If your fishing pole is equipped, it casts your line instead.
/equip [button:2, noequipped:Fishing Pole] Seth's Graphite Fishing Pole
/equipslot [button:1] 16 Gladiator's Shanker
/equipslot [button:1] 17 Gladiator's Quickblade
/cast [equipped:Fishing Pole,button:2] Fishing
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5-11-2008 @ 6:21PM
Sean Riley said...
How would you add in a /say command into that? I often like tossing in a "Time for fishing!" quip when I bring out my fishing rod, just because I find it funny.
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5-16-2008 @ 2:01PM
Zumwalah said...
i just use fishingbuddy and outfitter
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