WoW:Macro: Difference between revisions

In the [[World of Warcraft]], a '''macro''' is a method of combining several actions to execute in a single button press or keystroke. At any time, you can have 18 macros that are available to all your characters on all servers within one account, and 18 other macros that are available to each specific character, for a total of 36 macros that each character has access to.

A macro may also refer to some automated method (programmed keystrokes and/or mouse movements) to fight or repeat some action. Macros, if performed ''outside of the standard game client'' may be considered [[cheating]]. Don't be afraid though: Everything you can do with in-game macros is ok.

 

 

'''To edit your account-wide macros outside the game''', find your <code>World of Warcraft\WTF\Account\''<account name>''\macros-cache.txt</code> file, and edit it using Notepad or another trusted text editor. (Wordpad does not work even if you save it as a text file.) To edit your character-specific macros, find your <code>...\Account\''<account name>''\''<server name>''\''<char name>''\macros-cache.txt</code> file, and edit it in the same manner. As you do this, note that the macros should probably be numbered starting with 1 and continue to 18 on the account-wide macros; and starting with 16777217 and continue to 1677734 for your character-specific macros. They don't need to be in order from the beginning of the file. It is probably best to save at least one account-wide and one character-specific macro in the game before you create your own macro file, to be familiar with macro file structure and to be sure of the numbering of macros.

For a comprehensive guide to the new macros, see [[HOWTO: Make a Macro|2.0 Macro guide]].