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After dinging 62, I have been experimenting with some Steady Shot Macros (BM Specc'd). The two I have tried are:

#showtooltip Steady Shot
/script UIErrorsFrame:Hide()
/castsequence reset=3 Steady Shot, Auto Shot
/cast [exists,target=pettarget] Kill Command
/script UIErrorsFrame:Clear(); UIErrorsFrame:Show

and

#showtooltip Steady Shot
/cast !Auto Shot
/cast [target=pettarget, exists] Kill command
/cast Steady Shot
/cast [target=pettarget, exists] Lightning Breath
/script UIErrorsFrame:Clear()

It seems as though the 2nd macro fires more continuous than the 1st one. When I tried the first one, it seemed as though my shots would "stutter" for a second or so when mashing the key and trying to get a steady shot off. However, when I do the same with the 2nd one my shots fire constantly and there is not any noticeable "stutter" with my shots. Is there a reason for this? Does it have something to do with the /castsequence part? I run with 125-200 latency as well - if that makes a difference.

#showtooltip Steady Shot
/script UIErrorsFrame:Hide()
/castsequence reset=3 Steady Shot, !Auto Shot
/cast [exists,target=pettarget] Kill Command
/script UIErrorsFrame:Clear(); UIErrorsFrame:Show

fixed ;)

Synn answered the question really..
You didnt have the ! in front of autoshoot.
wich, since whatever patch it was they changed it in, now constantly turns your autoshot on and off.

The ! (exclamation point) in front of autoshot in the macro is to prevent alternately turning on and turning off autoshot while mashing the macro button. Sure, if you hit 'steady shot' in your toolbar, autoshot will start up and continue firing. However in a macro, lack of ! causes problems.

#showtooltip Steady Shot > euh..... dunno what that does >.>
/script UIErrorsFrame:Hide() > hides the 'spell is not ready yet' spam
/castsequence reset=3 Steady Shot, !Auto Shot > auto and steady... duh
/cast [exists,target=pettarget] Kill Command > killcommands if pet is out and alive
/script UIErrorsFrame:Clear(); UIErrorsFrame:Show > enables errorstuff again.

Edited, Feb 20th 2008 9:35pm by Aethien

#showtooltip Steady Shot causes the "steady shot" tooltip to appear, and the little picture too, as long as you chose the question mark for your macro icon.


-Sarge