FTL Help please

[wiggy]

Hi, I have just recently started Multiboxing and I can say im solidly hooked. I want to start learning and hopefully using the FTL method. The macros for me are difficult as I have yet to fully grasp just what is happening with the macro language. So I have a druid tank and 4 Shammies that I attempting to setup for FTL. I figured I should start small and work my way up to controlling all 5 with FTL.
here is my setup sofar
Wigglespank = SHIFT
Wiglettea=CTRL
Wigletteb=ALT

Here is the macro I gave to all 3

/target [mod:shift,@=Wigglespank][mod:ctrl,@=Wiglettea][mod:alt,@Wigletteb]
/follow
/targetlasttarget

In Pwnboxer i have the key maps set to key 6 on my slaves. When I press key1 on the leader I can see that key 6 is being pressed on the other toons.
Wiglettea will target me but not follow. Wigletteb will not target me nor follow.If i press the chat keys on both WigA and WigB and then press the follow key from Wigglespank I dont see the 6 key as I would expect. I see the ^ key instead.

If i change this to just two toons Wigglespank, and Wiglettea and modify the above macro to look like this

/target [mod:shift,@=Wigglespank][mod:ctrl,@=Wiglettea]
/follow
/targetlasttarget

WigA will follow Wiggle but if I switch to Wiga, Wiggle will say that it has no target.
It seems that ALT,and CTRL isnt being recognized as a modifier.
I have gone back thru the key mapping on all the toons and can verify that Alt,and CTRL are left unbound throughout all 3 chars. Please help me shed some light on this. Thanks in advance for any assistance you all can provide.

[wiggy]

Okay, after practically pulling my hair out last night, decided to just step away from this and take a break. So I came back to it today after a nights rest and re did my macros. Low and behold things started working.This is what I came up with.

/target [modifier:shift,target=Wigglespank][modifier:ctrl,target=Wiglettea][modifier:alt,target=Wigletteb]
/follow
/targetlasttarget

With this code above the 3 chars interact with each other correctly.So far I have 3 of my toons bound.
Wigglespank=shift
Wiglettea=ctrl
Wigletteb=alt
Wiglettec=
Wigletted=
I know I'm going to want to use a combination of ctrl&alt, alt,shift .....
Is there a wrong way to do it?

[modifier:alt,modifier:shift,target=Wiglettec]

or

[modifier:shift,modifier:alt,target=Wiglettec]

[Ualaa]

I know you can use [mod] instead of [modifier].
And that [nomod] is also a valid argument.

Also you can go [mod:alt,shift] instead of typing it twice.

[wiggy]

This is my latest attempt at this utilizing all 5 toons

Wigglespank=Ctrl+Shift+Alt
Wiglettea=Ctrl
Wigletteb=Alt
Wiglettec=Alt+Shift
Wigletted=Alt+Ctrl

I decided to take Shift out of it so I can use that modifier for other things down the road.Below is what I have currently that works. I am going to attempt to shorten it until it breaks. [modifier] to [mod] and so on. If there is a silver lining in all these attempts i have made, it is that I feel like I understand FTL better now then I did a week ago.

/target [modifier:ctrl,modifier:shift,modifier:alt,target=Wigglespank][modifier:ctrl,modifier:alt,target=Wigletted][modifier:shift,modifier:alt,target=Wiglettec][modifier:ctrl,target=Wiglettea][modifier:alt,target=Wigletteb]
/follow
/targetlasttarget

[Poyzon]

Equivalent script using mod for modifier and @ for target=

/target [mod:ctrl,mod:shift,mod:alt,@Wigglespank][mod:ctrl,mod:alt,@Wigletted][mod:shift,mod:alt,@Wiglettec][mod:ctrl,@Wiglettea][mod:alt,@Wigletteb]
/follow
/targetlasttarget

[Ualaa]

IS Boxer utilizes three FTL keys, which are called for FTL functions.
a) FTL Assist Me
b) FTL Target Me
c) FTL Follow Me

So rather then putting the [mod:ctrl,shift,@Wigglespank] into all the macros...
A mapped key references one of the three FTL mapped keys, and then does whatever.

Not sure if you can work that into your FTL system or not.
Something like, /Click (FTL Macro) to determine who to assist.
Then do whatever.

The main benefits being:
a) Don't need to mess with any FTL crap in your actual spells or sequences.
b) Are free to use any combination of modifiers with your actual spells or castsequences.

[wiggy]

I've not yet delved into click/ functions yet, but am having another issue I have yet to work out. In FTL method, is there a way to get my slaves to interact with a npc, like a vendor or quest giver? Or at the very least target it so I can use a click to interact button.

I've tried the following

/target [mod:ctrl,mod:shift,mod:alt,@Wigglespank][mod:ctrl,mod:alt,@Wigletted][mod:shift,mod:alt,@Wiglettec][mod:ctrl,@Wiglettea][mod:alt,@Wigletteb]
/assist

and

/assist [mod:ctrl,mod:shift,mod:alt,@Wigglespank][mod:ctrl,mod:alt,@Wigletted][mod:shift,mod:alt,@Wiglettec][mod:ctrl,@Wiglettea][mod:alt,@Wigletteb]
/assist

The best they will do is target me. Id like to be able to have my slaves assist the leader without specifying who that leader is like... /assist Wigglespank.

[Iru]

Two possibilities:
1) Make sure you don't have anything bound to a modified version of whatever your assist key is. That's usually what screws people up as WoW then eats the key-press before it gets to your macro and so none of the conditionals fire.
2) You might like to try using Jamba, an addon that provides numerous multi-boxing support functions including the possibility of auto-building FTL macros.

Once you get the first macro functional, IWT will then let you have your slaves interact with the target.

In Pwnboxer i have the key maps set to key 6 on my slaves. When I press key1 on the leader I can see that key 6 is being pressed on the other toons.
Wiglettea will target me but not follow. Wigletteb will not target me nor follow.If i press the chat keys on both WigA and WigB and then press the follow key from Wigglespank I dont see the 6 key as I would expect. I see the ^ key instead.

Note that to make FTL work in pwnboxer you MUST use the key remapping function so that each game generates a unique mod sequence unless you're planning to remember and press the appropriate modifier keys for each game every time, e.g.

If "Game 1" selected, transform "Num9" into "Shift + Divide" on "Game 2"
If "Game 1" selected, transform "Num9" into "Shift + Divide" on "Game 3"
If "Game 1" selected, transform "Num9" into "Shift + Divide" on "Game 4"
If "Game 1" selected, transform "Num9" into "Shift + Divide" on "Game 5"
If "Game 2" selected, transform "Num9" into "Ctrl + Divide" on "Game 1"
If "Game 2" selected, transform "Num9" into "Ctrl + Divide" on "Game 3"
If "Game 2" selected, transform "Num9" into "Ctrl + Divide" on "Game 4"
If "Game 2" selected, transform "Num9" into "Ctrl + Divide" on "Game 5"

You also need have "Num9" on the broadcast key list otherwise nothing will work. You do NOT need to have "Shift + Divide" on the broadcast list.

[fogy]

Originally Posted by Iru

Note that to make FTL work in pwnboxer you MUST use the key remapping function so that each game generates a unique mod sequence unless you're planning to remember and press the appropriate modifier keys for each game every time, e.g.

If "Game 1" selected, transform "Num9" into "Shift + Divide" on "Game 2"
If "Game 1" selected, transform "Num9" into "Shift + Divide" on "Game 3"
If "Game 1" selected, transform "Num9" into "Shift + Divide" on "Game 4"
If "Game 1" selected, transform "Num9" into "Shift + Divide" on "Game 5"
If "Game 2" selected, transform "Num9" into "Ctrl + Divide" on "Game 1"
If "Game 2" selected, transform "Num9" into "Ctrl + Divide" on "Game 3"
If "Game 2" selected, transform "Num9" into "Ctrl + Divide" on "Game 4"
If "Game 2" selected, transform "Num9" into "Ctrl + Divide" on "Game 5"

You also need have "Num9" on the broadcast key list otherwise nothing will work. You do NOT need to have "Shift + Divide" on the broadcast list.

Doesn't the Numpad eat Shift modifiers? It does for me, making shift modifiers useless on the pad. If there's a way to use Shift with the Numpad please clue me in.

I also noticed [0] also doesn't work with all modifiers. I forget which combo, but since I was having problems with the Numpad I wanted to use the following to give an equivalent layout that suits my needs:

0 - =
[ ] \
L ; '
, . /

Only the 0 didn't work so I use 9, and I swapped Home for L since I'm sticking with that as the quest log.

But again, is there a way to use Shift with the Numpad?

[Iru]

0-9 on the number pad ignore certain modifiers, but that's irrelevant because the modifiers aren't on those keys. The arithmetic operator keys (+, -, /, *) do accept all modifiers; that's why I use them