What Are The WoW Macro Commands?
Posted on March 14, 2007 by ApadweI just got done reading through how to setup a WoW macro on your site. It was really good as it taught me how to setup a macro but it really isn't very useful without the World of Warcraft macro commands that I can use. So, what are the WoW macro commands I can use in macros?
I'm glad that other post I created was able to help you setup macros and I agree that it wasn't the most useful macro you could create. The main thing to remember with macros is that you can use any slash command in World of Warcraft in your macros.
Some of the slash commands are not the most useful and there are some that are used way more than other ones.
Probably the most used macro command I have used is "/assist
One other great macro command is "/cast (spell subtext)". An example of this would be "/cast Fireball (Rank 1)" to cast the rank 1 fireball. When creating a macro in which you want to cast a certain spell you can shift-click the spell in the spellbook and it will add the correct /cast command to cast that spell. That saves a lot on typing.
You can also use "%t" in the macro text to insert the targeted monster, player, or creature into the macro. For example, you can "/say Hi %t" and if you have Apadwe targeted it will say "Hi Apadwe".
You can mix and match a whole lot of these together as long as the macro isn't over 255 characters long to create your own macros. They are really useful to keep yourself from typing the same thing over and over again such as advertising your Auction House items.
Common slash commands used in macros are:
/assist
/equip
/cast
/castrandom
/mount
/dismount
/use
/userandom
/script (use this if you know the UI programming script and want to do some from the UI)
Those are the most basic WoW macro commands that you can use. There is so much stuff available to do with macros it is extremely hard to list everything right here. If there is a specific action you want your macro to take please submit it as a question and I will do my best to add it to the site.
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7 Comments on What Are The WoW Macro Commands? »
April 19, 2007
baz @ 7:43 pm:
So… i need to know , if is a command to select yourself … like /target YOURNAME…. but i need to find or know if there is a command to target yourself , but not to type your name …. like… i dont know… something like this ….. /targetself or /target$self or any of this… please …. replay , i really need it
April 20, 2007
Apadwe @ 2:58 pm:
I'm not sure if there is just a self target command. I do know that if you want to cast something or use something on yourself you can use this:
/cast [target=player] spellnamehere
/use [target=player] whateveryouareusingonyourself
Hopefully this is what you are ultimately looking for, if not let me know.
April 27, 2007
Walroy @ 4:29 pm:
Is there a way to auto-loot?
I've made a skinning macro like such:
/target Nearest (Quite neat that it works)
/cast skinning
So I've been wondering… can I make it so it auto-loots and then auto-loots the leather/hide/scales?
Apadwe @ 4:58 pm:
Walroy,
To my knowledge there isn't a macro that will allow you to autoloot. I'm pretty sure that Blizzard doesn't allow this.
May 8, 2007
Bloodforge @ 2:29 am:
There's no need to use a macro to autoloot, you can go to interface options and on the far right of the top section, there is a checkbox for autoloot.
October 4, 2007
Heartless @ 8:19 am:
I've done quite a bit of experimenting with the macro's, and to self cast in combat, you simply have to start it out with /assist, which selects the target of your target. at least in one on one, the target should be you.
June 26, 2008
omgimsexy @ 5:40 pm:
just click your portrait on the top left and u should be selecting yourself right there. or hold Alt and then cast the buff n itll be self cast.