Hotkey dps to Heal toggle?

Hey!

Im trying to figure out how to implement a toggle key to change my priest dps sequence in my virtualized disc priest keymap.
Let me explain :
When i press g600-g8 (mmo mouse) all my characters begin their dps rotation what i would like to do is when i press mouse4 for example my priest should change from dps to a heal sequence instead.

This would save me from moving my mouse over vuhdo repeater region to heal on trash mobs for example.
Is this possible and how?
Would it also be possible to add a timer for once i activate this toggle to go back to dps sequence after set time IF I dont press the toggle again?

I want this setup implented for when i start 10boxning raids for easier healing so i can combo this With vuhdo repeater region.


Thanks in advance

[bob]

Yep. I explained the process, or very close to it, in this post..

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Err, ok maybe its not quite the same, but the concept is..

Your Priest DPS rotation should call a virtual rotation, which then calls down the chain. When you press Mouse4, the runs a virtualisation action, which swaps the end point of the virtual rotation. Set a timer to remove this virtualisation action (actually this is a second action which reverts back to "do what it originally did".. You can also set a second call on the Mouse4 to swap back manually. When the timer later triggers it will effectively do nothing.

Hey bob,

I din read that post but didnt quite figure out but i did notice your config so ill have a look at that once i sit by a computer and try figure it out sitting infront of isboxer.
Guess Im abit slow

Best regards

[bob]

To be fair, that post is actually more complicated that what you need.

In your current setup you will have something like:
Combat Hotkeys -> DPS Rotation calls Virtual Combat -> DPS Rotation. This is then virtualised to Priest -> DPS Rotation.


So most of the work actually needs to go on in the Priest Key Map, but will require a little bit of jigging your current setup.

In the Priest key map, Priest -> DPS Rotation calls Priest -> Priest Virtual Rotation. Priest -> Priest Virtual Rotation calls Priest -> Normal DPS Rotation.
You also have another mapped key called in the Priest key map called Heal Rotation.

Then (and you can virtualise this if you want, which I would normally do, but I wont in this description), you have a mapped key with 2 steps, hotkey Mouse4
Step 1
- Mapped Key Virtualisation Action, Priest -> Priest Virtual Rotation is now Priest -> Heal Rotation
- Mapped Key Virtualisation Action, Priest -> Priest Virtual Rotation is now Do the Original Mapped Key, with a Timer, set to Replace, Max of 1, time of x.x seconds.
Step 2
- Mapped Key Virtualisation Action, Priest -> Priest Virtual Rotation is now Do the Original Mapped Key, no timer

Set the Advanced Settings on this mapped key to reset back to step 1 with the same time as your timer in step 1.

Thank you bob for taking your time to explain, doesnt even go a day multiboxing without adding or removing functions in my setup, the hard part is consilidating everything so you dont end up using 10 keybinds if it can work with 5 or so.

Ill mess with this tonight and maybe i can add this function onto my warrior aswell or using this to toggle procs and or aoe aswell.

What kind of actions do you use it for, maybe to shed some experience using it?

Thanks!

[bob]

You can use it for a bunch of things, and what you want is a good example. Instead of having to have different rotation mash keys, 1 for dps, 1 for aoe, 1 for heals etc, you can just have a switch button instead (I also use a menu to assign roles, which changes the preferred/fallback rotation).

The other linked post is more useful to me, because in LOTRO the classes (or some of them anyway) have little skill escalation sequences, so I need to swap in and out rotations as the longest skill cooldown becomes available. I also use a switch rotation for that too, because if the sequence gets interrupted I don't want to restart it mid flight as it wont work.

Hey again,

So another question. This setup looks to work nicely using two rotation,
How would you go about setting it up for three, i dont want alot of keybinds to remember to switch on the fly for this particular setup lets say.
Single target
Aoe
And lastly healing.

Do you disable one rotation and toggle between two? Or is there a better / easier approach

Best regards

[bob]

I use modifiers to run a differently mapped key. I make them consistent.

like SHIFT+Mous4, CTRL+Mouse4, etc. This way it is the same button, but different modifiers mean different things. The issue you will get here is that maybe SHIFT+Mouse4 rotates between AOE and Single Target, and Mouse4 just rotates current Attack sequence and Heals. This means the reset on the heals is a little bit trickier because it needs to be able to reset back to the Attack Sequence, and I would probably remove the timers from the switching process (you can still use them, but it is more work to setup).

The Same setup as before - The Virtual Rotation is configured to run the Single Target Rotation by default.

Essentially the two switch processes will be like.

Switch Attack Sequence (hotkey: SHIFT+Mouse4)
Step 1
- Mapped Key Virtualisation Action, Priest -> Priest Virtual Rotation is now Priest -> AOE Rotation
Step 2
- Mapped Key Virtualisation Action, Priest -> Priest Virtual Rotation is now Do Original Mapped Key

Switch To Heal Rotation (hotkey: Mouse4)
Step 1
- Mapped Key Virtualisation Action, Priest -> Priest Virtual Rotation is now Priest -> Heal Rotation
- Mapped Key Step Action, Switch Attack Sequence, Add -1 (so when you switch back using SHIFT+Mouse4 it will rerun the last step)


Now, how do you stop the proliferation of hotkeys for multiple toons? You can't really. Either they all switch due to their actions on the hotkeys, or they don't. If you want individual control of characters, you need individual hotkeys. I.e. if you don't want all you characters to switch sequences at the same time, you need individual hotkeys for them. The other choice is that hotkeys only affect the active window, so you can switch to the toon window, and change their sequences.
I get around all this by using a Menu, so I just click on something to change the role, which then changes the sequences that are in use. Using a popup grid, it is fairly quick to do. I still use hotkeys for certain sequence tasks, but found that most things don't require me to be lightning quick. It also helps if you have a little HUD setup (I use another menu for this) which tells you which toon is in which rotation.

Hey, using menu your still setting up the toggle and link that toggle to a menu button which you click?