This is a crafting macro. This is a very very long macro but i will go through it all in detail.
Step 1: Preparation
1) Place 5 crafting tools in the first 5 slots of your toolbar.
2) Open your Game Options.
3) Under the “Controls” section, turn ON the one that says “Actions can be fired from toolbar.”
4) If you have not done so already, you will need to enable Cut/Copy/Paste within the game.
There is an excellent guide on how to do it here:
Enable Copy And Paste
Step 2: The Macro
1) Open the Command Browser
2) Select the “Macro” tab and create a “New Macro.”
3) Enter the information about your new macro.
• A) The name of your macro. For this example call it: MegaCraft
• B) Pick an icon. Any icon is fine.
• C) Paste the macro listed in the next step into this area.
4) Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to close the swg game window the press the game bar in the taskbar to open again.
5) Paste this macro into the box (”C”) and click OK when you’re done:
/ui action toolbarSlot00;
/pause 1;
/ui action defaultButton;
/pause 5;
/nextCraftingStage;
/nextCraftingStage;
/nextCraftingStage;
/nextCraftingStage;
/createPrototype Practice noitem;
/createPrototype Practice noitem;
/pause 1;
/ui action toolbarSlot01;
/pause 1;
/ui action defaultButton;
/pause 5;
/nextCraftingStage;
/nextCraftingStage;
/nextCraftingStage;
/nextCraftingStage;
/createPrototype Practice noitem;
/createPrototype Practice noitem;
/pause 1;
/ui action toolbarSlot02;
/pause 1;
/ui action defaultButton;
/pause 5;
/nextCraftingStage;
/nextCraftingStage;
/nextCraftingStage;
/nextCraftingStage;
/createPrototype Practice noitem;
/createPrototype Practice noitem;
/pause 1;
/ui action toolbarSlot03;
/pause 1;
/ui action defaultButton;
/pause 5;
/nextCraftingStage;
/nextCraftingStage;
/nextCraftingStage;
/nextCraftingStage;
/createPrototype Practice noitem;
/createPrototype Practice noitem;
/pause 1;
/ui action toolbarSlot04;
/pause 1;
/ui action defaultButton;
/pause 5;
/nextCraftingStage;
/nextCraftingStage;
/nextCraftingStage;
/nextCraftingStage;
/createPrototype Practice noitem;
/createPrototype Practice noitem;
/pause 1;
/macro MegaCraft;
Step 3: Prepare the crafting session.
Before you begin, it is necessary to “prime” your crafting tool so the macro will function.
If you don’t do this, the macro will not work.
1) Launch a crafting tool (it doesn’t matter which) by clicking it’s icon in the toolbar.
2) Select the item you want to grind with from the list and then click “Next.”.
3) At this point it is not necessary to actually create an item. Do not add resources, simply click the “X” in the upper right to close the window.
Step 4: Launch the macro.
1) Go back to your command browser, find the icon for the macro you created and drag it into your toolbar.
2) Close any windows you may have open and activate the macro.
3) The macro will activate the crafting item you chose in the steps before
4) The macro will advance to the resource input screen. YOU MUST MANUALLY PUT THE RESOURCES IN.
5) The macro will close the crafting window with a system message that says: “The crafting session has ended!”
6) You will see the timer on the first crafting tool start counting down and the macro will launch the next crafting tool.
7) The process will repeat forever.
Type /dump to stop the macro.
Step 5: How to modify the macro
Want to grind a different item?
You will need to prime the crafting tool again.
Go back to Step 3 and select a different item.
Then launch the macro again.
Lag causing your crafting tools to mis-fire?
Increase the delay time on the /pause 1; lines.
Each number represents a second.
Try increasing to 1.5 or 2.
The longer the pause, the slower you will grind, but you have to go slow enough for the client and the server to sync up.
It is for this reason that you shouldn’t grind in laggy areas.
Need more time to input resources?
Increase the delay time on the /pause 5; lines.
The larger this number, the longer the macro will wait for you to put in the resources.
Want to actually create an item instead of merely practice?
This is actually useful if you’re going to make a lot of something to sell but don’t want to bother with a factory run.
Remove the words “Practice noitem” from both lines so that they read “/createPrototype;”
Note that you will not get to experiment on or give the item a custom name.
Want to use more than 5 crafting tools?
Just copy paste the part of the macro that represents a full run of a single crafting tool and change the Slot #.
So the next tool would be toolbarSlot05.
The /macro line must be the last line of the macro so paste it in above it.
Note that there is a character limit for macros and anything longer may cause issues.
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This is a full run of the macro. Either add these or take away these kind of sections. dont forget
to change the toolbarslot# when adding.
/ui action toolbarSlot01;
/pause 1;
/ui action defaultButton;
/pause 5;
/nextCraftingStage;
/nextCraftingStage;
/nextCraftingStage;
/nextCraftingStage;
/createPrototype Practice noitem;
/createPrototype Practice noitem;
/pause 1;
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Why are the last few lines of the macro missing when I log on?
The macro exceeds the character limit allowed by the game.
When you log in, the game will simply remove these excess characters and cause your macro to stop functioning.
There are two workarounds but neither is optimal:
1) Copy/Paste the macro back into the game every time you want to use it. It will work fine until you relog.
2) Remove the “Crafting Tool #5″ section. This will get you under the character limit but you may not have enough crafting tools running to allow you to grind non-stop.
I like this game… there is so much to do in it! Graphics could be better, like reppelz-standard, but what do you expect from a free game? Will definately be giving this one a chance…
