Is that possible or not? I want when switch target to keep attacking.
Simple tab.
yesterday i was lvling skinning on my 60 alt, low horde /waved, i tabed and waved too yet oneshoted him with an autoshot.
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Tab key is indeed the default binding for changing to the nearest target.
Works fine on my hunter. You can even change when the arrow is flying and it will do the damage to the previous target while you are shooting seemlessly new one.
as long as you have a new target before the auto swing timer fails due to not having a target you should keep auto attacking.
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If your auto attack stops when you change target you have turned on option to Stop Auto Attack on Target Change, you can turn this off by this command:
/console SET stopAutoAttackOnTargetChange "0"
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What most hardcore players do is to make a macro for every special ability so that when they swap target and use any ability regardless off having enough energy or rage you still keep autoattacking.
Example
/startattack
/cast sinister strike
Do that on every attack
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No, when I press tab it stops auto attacking. I have to press it manually. I am tllaking about wanding.
Alsi I have a macro but doesn’t work properly.
/cast mind blast
/cast shadow word: pain
/startattack
But it does only the mind blast and then it stops.
Put startattack on top of the execution list, and be carefull of spelling …
Your macro is failing because it will always try to execute the whole macro at once. When you start casting mind blast, you try and fail the shadow word DURING the mind blast while it’s still casting.
So how can i make this macro work?
Also,its true that when i fight mobs and press tab the auto attack continues. The problem is when i fight mobs and i kill one, when i tab the other, it stops attacking…
I just checked it and <<stopAutoAttackOnTargetChange “0”>> is already set on 0.
Like Aldred said, if the target is dead and then you Tab a new target, you will not be auto-attacking because you already stopped auto-attacking when the previous target died.
As for your macro, the way you made it you’re trying to cast Mind Blast, SW:P and trigger your auto-attacks all in one. There are several problems with this:
- Mind Blast has a cast time
- SW:P cannot be cast while another spell is being cast
- both Mind Blast and SW:P (like all other spells) trigger a global cooldown (GCD) of 1.5 seconds so even if both were instant you would still not be able to cast them together
- auto-attacking cannot be toggled while you’re casting or channeling
If you want your macro to work, all you have to do is to click it again when Mind Blast finishes. This will cast SW:P and trigger your auto-attack (since SW:P has no cast time and so it doesn’t prevent auto-attacking).
By the way, you shouldn’t be auto-attacking with a melee weapon as a priest. That’s what wands are for. Keep in mind that each time you shoot with a wand you will trigger GCD.
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Is there a similar script but after casting a heal or a spell ?,. For example when i cast a heal or i hoj a target the characters stops attack
I believe that In Retail, auto-attack is sticky as long as you are in combat. Weapon swing timer or tabbing targets is irrelevant, what matters is that you are in range and in combat and auto-attack is toggled on.
In Classic it is much more fragile and very often stops attacking when you tab across different targets even if they are close up and beating on you.
What is the macro command for auto shot?
Read this, will answer your question.
/cast shoot
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