HOWTO: Assist main tank in SWTOR
I noticed some folks had issues with targetting and attacking. the current information posted so far works, but to me it looks a bit cumbersome. I found this out last night
ALT + F is in the game and sets up a Focus target. Whats not LISTED in the game is an assist Focus. After mashing some buttons last night in ISBoxer and in the game, I found the Ctrl + F is actually the assist Focus built into the game. Not sure if I lost the follow (i dont think i did) part, but didnt really test that out.
So all you do is designate an initial focus on all your subordinate toons, then set up the ISBoxer to use Ctrl + F for the Assist in ISBoxer and yer done =)
SWTOR includes default hotkeys for what is called Focus-based targeting and assisting:
* Alt+F: Stores your current Target as the "Focus" target
* Ctrl+F: Assists your "Focus" target (Targets his Target; selects the same thing he has selected)
This makes it easy to set up an Assist button in ISBoxer to make all of your guys Assist you. In fact, I've made it for you below. Here's how to plug it in to your ISBoxer:
1. Click the "Select All" button in the upper right corner of the Code box below, then right click on the highlighted text and select Copy.
2. Then, in the top left pane in ISBoxer, under Key Maps, select Non-combat.
3. In the bottom left pane in ISBoxer, right click the "Mapped Keys" heading and select "Paste Mapped Key from Clipboard" -- if you do not see this option in the menu, you either missed Step 1 or are not right clicking on "Mapped Keys" in the bottom left pane
4. (optional) I set the Hotkey to Ctrl+F. If you want to change it, select this new Mapped Key (Assist Focus) in the bottom left pane, and then set the "Hotkey" option at the top right (the keys that gets sent to the game are separate from this Hotkey)
5. Export to Inner Space to activate your changes
- Code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Box xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
<ObjectType>ISBoxer_Toolkit.Configs.KeyMaps.MappedKey</ObjectType>
<SerializedObject><?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<MappedKey xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
<Name>Assist Focus</Name>
<Description />
<Combo>
<Combo>Ctrl+F</Combo>
<Modifiers>Ctrl</Modifiers>
<Key>
<Key>F</Key>
<Code>33</Code>
</Key>
</Combo>
<Hold>
<Value>true</Value>
</Hold>
<SendNextClickBlockLocal>false</SendNextClickBlockLocal>
<ManualLoad>false</ManualLoad>
<ResetTimer>0.1</ResetTimer>
<ResetType>Never</ResetType>
<Mode>OnRelease</Mode>
<Steps>
<Step>
<Stick>0</Stick>
<Stop>false</Stop>
<Stump>false</Stump>
<Actions>
<MappedKeyAction xsi:type="Keystroke">
<Target>all other</Target>
<Combo>
<Combo>Ctrl+F</Combo>
<Modifiers>Ctrl</Modifiers>
<Key>
<Key>F</Key>
<Code>33</Code>
</Key>
</Combo>
<RoundRobin>false</RoundRobin>
</MappedKeyAction>
</Actions>
</Step>
</Steps>
</MappedKey></SerializedObject>
</Box>
So before you go fighting, each guy will need to Target the guy they will need to assist (your main) and press Alt+F. You can manually do that in each window, as this only needs to be done every so often (edit: after several people have tried it out, this may drop far too often to be really convenient). Then any time you switch targets and want your other guys to assist, just hit Ctrl+F! (Note: there may be a short but noticeable delay between the time you select a Target and the time your other guys can pick it up. Diagram)