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pisskop

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Macros: How to?
« on: August 25, 2014, 10:09:32 pm »

I am not the most experienced here, and I do have a want for them.. Things like assigning armor to 100 dwarves in arena.

So, how do I make a basic macro to suit my purposes?
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Re: Macros: How to?
« Reply #1 on: August 25, 2014, 10:30:32 pm »

Make a dwarf with the armor you want, then ctrl+r and make another dwarf (the armor should be pre-selected at this point), then push ctrl+r again to stop recording, then ctrl+u to select the number of repetitions, then type 98 (the remaining number of dwarves) and then push ctrl+p.

Don't move the mouse off of Dwarf Fortress while the macro is running or it'll stop. It's an annoying bug, but we have to live with it for now.
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Re: Macros: How to?
« Reply #2 on: August 25, 2014, 11:14:33 pm »

Can you save macros for later use?
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Re: Macros: How to?
« Reply #3 on: August 26, 2014, 05:04:16 pm »

Can you save macros for later use?
Yes, they are in data/init/macros are are text files, so you can edit out any error key presses if you think its worth it :).

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Re: Macros: How to?
« Reply #4 on: September 11, 2014, 09:06:26 pm »

I didn't know about the number of repeats thing, that'll help with me making magma/water pump stacks. :P But the macros are a powerful thing, people often complain about not having quickfort and don't seem to realize that's is almost the exact same thing as the macros....
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