XIVCrossbar - A Gamepad Macro Addon
XIVCrossbar - A Gamepad Macro Addon
I can't seem to get pet command icons to show up in the latest version. I've noted the folder name change and made sure that all of my files match the naming convention properly (example: images\icons\iconpacks\default\pet-commands\fire-maneuver.png) but somehow its still not working. Am I missing something?
Cerberus.Shadowmeld said: »
I figured it out. It was trying to add to the Lx2 or Rx2 hotbar even though it wasn't displaying on screen. I just had to hold L and R and then release the one I don't want to get it to put it on the single press one.
Luddee said: »
I can't seem to get pet command icons to show up in the latest version. I've noted the folder name change and made sure that all of my files match the naming convention properly (example: images\icons\iconpacks\default\pet-commands\fire-maneuver.png) but somehow its still not working. Am I missing something?
So, from a design aspect. is there some way to get weaponskills set to persist across subjob change without reprogramming them for every subjob? Right now, what I had done, is that I made a hotbar for each weapontype on war (which is like 7 or 8. when I switch to a different job, they don't persist because those hotbars are in the war-sam.xml file.
Is there some way to make those universal for the job, but change depending on the weapon equipped?.
Is there some way to make those universal for the job, but change depending on the weapon equipped?.
Cerberus.Shadowmeld said: »
So, from a design aspect. is there some way to get weaponskills set to persist across subjob change without reprogramming them for every subjob? Right now, what I had done, is that I made a hotbar for each weapontype on war (which is like 7 or 8. when I switch to a different job, they don't persist because those hotbars are in the war-sam.xml file.
Is there some way to make those universal for the job, but change depending on the weapon equipped?.
Is there some way to make those universal for the job, but change depending on the weapon equipped?.
However, what you want to do sounds entirely reasonable to me, so when I have time I'll see if I can add it.
In the meantime, I think the quickest way to get you on your feet with this will be to copy-paste from your WAR-SAM.xml into your other WAR-<subjob>.xml files. It's not an answer I like giving, because then updating a crossbar set in WAR-NIN.xml won't update the same crossbar in WAR-SAM.xml that you want to have shared, but it will at least spare you from having to manually recreate all those sets for each subjob.
Also, switching hotbars automatically depending on your mainhanded weapon is a neat idea (and very XIVish), so I'm amenable to giving that a try. I think the way I would do it is when your mainhand or ranged weapon changes, we'd check for a crossbar set with the same name as the weapon (e.g. a crossbar set named Bravura), and if one exists, switch to it. If not, we'd check for a crossbar set with the same name as the weapon type (e.g. a crossbar set named Greataxe), and if one exists, switch to it. Otherwise, it wouldn't change crossbars automatically. I'm already planning to do something similar in incorporating IcyDeath's crossbar swapping for SMN depending on the Avatar summoned, so I think it will be pretty doable.
The way I'm doing it that is fine, because I plan out where I want my "sub-job abilities" so that they're pretty much always in the same place.
If there was some way to do it, it would be awesome, because then we wouldn't even have to change our hotbar sets, if it did it based on which weapon you have. Slightly in the dream category, but would be cool.
If there was some way to do it, it would be awesome, because then we wouldn't even have to change our hotbar sets, if it did it based on which weapon you have. Slightly in the dream category, but would be cool.
Is there a console command for switching hotbars? It would be cool to have a hotbar swap button on my main palette, instead using Plus+up/down. I'm thinking, hit a button and change the bar to all Quick Draw elements, or to show every possible roll (just for the sake of never having to enter menus for lesser used rolls), and then have it change back to default after I use that, or have the same button slot send me back to default. I'm sure this could be accomplished using scripts filled with tons of "xb set" commands, but having an easier way to do it could be nice.
Sylph.Shadida said: »
Is there a console command for switching hotbars? It would be cool to have a hotbar swap button on my main palette, instead using Plus+up/down. I'm thinking, hit a button and change the bar to all Quick Draw elements, or to show every possible roll (just for the sake of never having to enter menus for lesser used rolls), and then have it change back to default after I use that, or have the same button slot send me back to default. I'm sure this could be accomplished using scripts filled with tons of "xb set" commands, but having an easier way to do it could be nice.
I was able to sneak in a few minutes to add this. The command is "xb bar <crossbar_set_name>".
Aliekber said: »
Sylph.Shadida said: »
Is there a console command for switching hotbars? It would be cool to have a hotbar swap button on my main palette, instead using Plus+up/down. I'm thinking, hit a button and change the bar to all Quick Draw elements, or to show every possible roll (just for the sake of never having to enter menus for lesser used rolls), and then have it change back to default after I use that, or have the same button slot send me back to default. I'm sure this could be accomplished using scripts filled with tons of "xb set" commands, but having an easier way to do it could be nice.
Probably overly complicated suggestion but to add to this...
a way to not only
"xb set" but to "xb chain"
such as:
roll button =linked to pallet swap> double up and snake eye *pallet
or
roll button =becomes*button swap> to double up
idk if this makes sense right now I am a new sleep deprived father.
Ok, I snuck in some time to make a few changes:
Custom pet command icons should be fixed now
Double-press should work correctly in the action binding menu now
You can now switch crossbars with the console command "xb bar <crossbar_set_name>". You can also use "xb hotbar" and "xb crossbar", because I aliased them to do the same thing. So to switch to my Cleave set, I could type "xb bar Cleave" in the Windower console.
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Fenrir.Jinxs said: »
Probably overly complicated suggestion but to add to this...
a way to not only
"xb set" but to "xb chain"
such as:
roll button =linked to pallet swap> double up and snake eye *pallet
or
roll button =becomes*button swap> to double up
idk if this makes sense right now I am a new sleep deprived father.
a way to not only
"xb set" but to "xb chain"
such as:
roll button =linked to pallet swap> double up and snake eye *pallet
or
roll button =becomes*button swap> to double up
idk if this makes sense right now I am a new sleep deprived father.
The xb bar command is perfection, and it's great to have the double press fixed, thank you so much!
Can we have a "hidden" set for RB+button? If I bind the xb set commands to there it replicates XIV's macro switching system and might be a useful spot for some base windower commands as i'm not going to use 8 slots on misc sets as things are right now.
No idea if there's room for that when we already got more than enough macro space now.
No idea if there's room for that when we already got more than enough macro space now.
Added bindings in the UI for swapping between crossbar sets. It's near the end of the action type list, under "Switch Crossbars".
Also, your AHK scripts should now start upon addon load as long as you've done the initial button mapping setup. The first time you use the addon, you'll still have to use the Enter key as usual.
Also, your AHK scripts should now start upon addon load as long as you've done the initial button mapping setup. The first time you use the addon, you'll still have to use the Enter key as usual.
Quetzalcoatl.Khajit said: »
Can we have a "hidden" set for RB+button? If I bind the xb set commands to there it replicates XIV's macro switching system and might be a useful spot for some base windower commands as i'm not going to use 8 slots on misc sets as things are right now.
No idea if there's room for that when we already got more than enough macro space now.
No idea if there's room for that when we already got more than enough macro space now.
This is totally going in the Windower v5 version, though. (Assuming I get the gamepad API access I'm hoping to.)
Yeah. that's what I was worried about. no problems. everything is great already imo.
It's a shame there isn't a way to add keys that don't exist to solve the space problem.
It's a shame there isn't a way to add keys that don't exist to solve the space problem.
Quetzalcoatl.Khajit said: »
Yeah. that's what I was worried about. no problems. everything is great already imo.
It's a shame there isn't a way to add keys that don't exist to solve the space problem.
It's a shame there isn't a way to add keys that don't exist to solve the space problem.
Automatic crossbar switching for SMN has (finally) been added to the vanilla (non-IcyDeath) addon.
Upon successfully calling a summon, it checks if there is a crossbar set that matches that summon's name, and if there is, it switches to it.
Upon releasing that summon, the crossbar set returns to whatever set it was on previously.
Edit: also, Wyvern abilities have been removed from the Blood Pact: Rage category. (Still not sure why they're categorized as Blood Pacts in the first place, but that's what the resource files say. /shrug)
Upon successfully calling a summon, it checks if there is a crossbar set that matches that summon's name, and if there is, it switches to it.
Upon releasing that summon, the crossbar set returns to whatever set it was on previously.
Edit: also, Wyvern abilities have been removed from the Blood Pact: Rage category. (Still not sure why they're categorized as Blood Pacts in the first place, but that's what the resource files say. /shrug)
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On the topic of automatic hotbar switching, I wanted to show off what I'm doing for my COR using this addon after the addition of "xb bar". Here are the hotbars I've set up, along with my "Basic" bar:
The "Phantom Roll" and "Quick Draw" buttons in the bottom left are ex macro commands, which both look like this in the .xml:
That will switch to my "Rolls" hotbar which I have set up like this:
The Quick Draw button does the same thing but goes to the "QuickDraw" palette:
To make this even smoother, I added a few lines of code to the player.lua file so it always goes back to Basic after hitting a button (I'm sure there's a better way to do this, but it works):
I think it's pretty slick. Plus, the ability to customize the icons sends this mod over the top. The only drawback to this approach is the need to set up QuickDraw and Rolls palettes for all COR/sub combinations, but that's easily done by editing the .xml files.
The "Phantom Roll" and "Quick Draw" buttons in the bottom left are ex macro commands, which both look like this in the .xml:
Code
<slot_1>
<type>ex</type>
<action>xb bar Rolls</action>
<target>target</target>
<icon>dice</icon>
<alias>Phantom Roll</alias>
<source_environment>job-default</source_environment>
</slot_1>That will switch to my "Rolls" hotbar which I have set up like this:
The Quick Draw button does the same thing but goes to the "QuickDraw" palette:
To make this even smoother, I added a few lines of code to the player.lua file so it always goes back to Basic after hitting a button (I'm sure there's a better way to do this, but it works):
I think it's pretty slick. Plus, the ability to customize the icons sends this mod over the top. The only drawback to this approach is the need to set up QuickDraw and Rolls palettes for all COR/sub combinations, but that's easily done by editing the .xml files.
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experimenting with adding some bindings to the xbox elite additional paddles with rewasd to try and double press RT or LT not having too much luck
What key are RT and LT aliased to?
What key are RT and LT aliased to?
Fenrir.Jinxs said: »
experimenting with adding some bindings to the xbox elite additional paddles with rewasd to try and double press RT or LT not having too much luck
What key are RT and LT aliased to?
What key are RT and LT aliased to?
Code
On LT down: Send KeyDown LeftCtrl Send KeyDown F11 On LT up: Send KeyUp F11 Send KeyUp LeftCtrl On RT down: Send KeyDown LeftCtrl Send KeyDown F12 On RT up: Send KeyUp F12 Send KeyUp LeftCtrl
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@Shadida That looks great!
Pushed a fix to stop your All-Jobs-Default and Job-Default sets from being deleted if you try to create a new crossbar set with no name.
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Still using and loving the add-on! A few new ideas/notes:
#1: It would be nice to have the option to set targeting method even for abilities that only target self. For example, right now Wild Card defaults to <me> targeting without asking, but there are a couple advantages to using st or stpc. First, it would require an additional button press to confirm so I don't fat finger it, which I've done a few times now. Second, when using XI's "Area Display" config setting (under Misc. 3), using stpc will allow you to see the range of the effect before you use it. I've been able to work around this by editing the XML, but for less savvy users it would be good to have a choice.
#2: A wish for the definition of "ex" buttons is to use the timer from a particular ability on that button. So in my example above, if I could get that "Phantom Roll" button which switches to the Rolls palette using "xb bar Rolls" to display the countdown timer for Phantom Roll through an additional <timer> XML element, that would be awesome.
#3: There is a bug where an ability on cooldown will retain the "Job Default Set" or "Default Set" text if you open and close the back button menu while the timer is running.
#1: It would be nice to have the option to set targeting method even for abilities that only target self. For example, right now Wild Card defaults to <me> targeting without asking, but there are a couple advantages to using st or stpc. First, it would require an additional button press to confirm so I don't fat finger it, which I've done a few times now. Second, when using XI's "Area Display" config setting (under Misc. 3), using stpc will allow you to see the range of the effect before you use it. I've been able to work around this by editing the XML, but for less savvy users it would be good to have a choice.
#2: A wish for the definition of "ex" buttons is to use the timer from a particular ability on that button. So in my example above, if I could get that "Phantom Roll" button which switches to the Rolls palette using "xb bar Rolls" to display the countdown timer for Phantom Roll through an additional <timer> XML element, that would be awesome.
#3: There is a bug where an ability on cooldown will retain the "Job Default Set" or "Default Set" text if you open and close the back button menu while the timer is running.
How would you add /follow <t> via xml?
Can do it in game two ways:
//xb set Basic 1 1 ex "input /follow" t "Follow" follow-icon
//xb set Basic 1 1 ct "follow" t "Follow" follow-icon
Will have to set the hotbar name, #, and position however you want, one of the posts in this thread shows you which is which. (edit: the post is yours, lol whoops)
//xb set Basic 1 1 ex "input /follow" t "Follow" follow-icon
//xb set Basic 1 1 ct "follow" t "Follow" follow-icon
Will have to set the hotbar name, #, and position however you want, one of the posts in this thread shows you which is which. (edit: the post is yours, lol whoops)
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Sylph.Shadida said: »
Still using and loving the add-on! A few new ideas/notes:
#1: It would be nice to have the option to set targeting method even for abilities that only target self. For example, right now Wild Card defaults to <me> targeting without asking, but there are a couple advantages to using st or stpc. First, it would require an additional button press to confirm so I don't fat finger it, which I've done a few times now. Second, when using XI's "Area Display" config setting (under Misc. 3), using stpc will allow you to see the range of the effect before you use it. I've been able to work around this by editing the XML, but for less savvy users it would be good to have a choice.
#2: A wish for the definition of "ex" buttons is to use the timer from a particular ability on that button. So in my example above, if I could get that "Phantom Roll" button which switches to the Rolls palette using "xb bar Rolls" to display the countdown timer for Phantom Roll through an additional <timer> XML element, that would be awesome.
#1: It would be nice to have the option to set targeting method even for abilities that only target self. For example, right now Wild Card defaults to <me> targeting without asking, but there are a couple advantages to using st or stpc. First, it would require an additional button press to confirm so I don't fat finger it, which I've done a few times now. Second, when using XI's "Area Display" config setting (under Misc. 3), using stpc will allow you to see the range of the effect before you use it. I've been able to work around this by editing the XML, but for less savvy users it would be good to have a choice.
#2: A wish for the definition of "ex" buttons is to use the timer from a particular ability on that button. So in my example above, if I could get that "Phantom Roll" button which switches to the Rolls palette using "xb bar Rolls" to display the countdown timer for Phantom Roll through an additional <timer> XML element, that would be awesome.
1) I'm pretty sure you can edit it to do so in the xml. it's what i used to do when songs didn't have stnpc in them for pianissimo.
2) I mentioned that earlier, so that's on the list of things to do by the creator. We just have to be a little patient on that front.
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Ok, I have some good news and some bad news for Steam Deck users, and for other users.
The good news for Steam Deck users is that I know what's been causing the stuttering on Steam Deck. The bad news is that it wasn't my input script, it was XIVCrossbar's UI rendering code. But the good news is that setting frame_skip to 6 greatly reduces the stuttering, and the Steam Deck screen is small enough that the decreased framerate of the addon isn't very noticeable (and is totally worth it for better FFXI framerates).
The good news for everyone else is that I should be jumping back to feature work instead of tracking down the cause of the stuttering on Steam Deck. The bad news for everyone else is that I spent most of the weekend on the Steam Deck issue, so I didn't add any new features.
I will probably spend some time optimizing the UI code, since it's been a disaster from the very beginning, and running FFXI on the Steam Deck makes that very apparent, but I'm probably not going to do so immediately since setting frame_skip to 6 is a good-enough patch for now.
Planned:
Priority #1 - Light Arts/Dark Arts auto-swapping (Done)
Priority #2 - Addition of <stpc> to actions that normally only use <me> (Done)
Priority #3 - Roll/Double-Up combo action
Priority #4 - JA + WS Bindings ("Sneak Attack + WS" in one action)
Priority #5 - Attack/Switch Target combo action
"Messing around in the shop"/non-functional:
- Multiple JOB-Default crossbars/Weapon-specific crossbars
- GearSwap Mode Changers (currently, nothing you couldn't do with ex commands)
On the drawing board:
- Display charges for abilities alongside recast (e.g. Strategems, Flourishes, Quick Draw)
- Equip weapon action
- Equip set action
- "Timer" XML attribute (overrides the default timer/lack of timer for an action's icon)
- Integration actions (e.g. EasyNuke)
- Refactoring/code cleanup
- Rendering code optimization
Known bugs:
- Abilities on cooldown retain the "Job Default Set" or "Default Set" overlay when binding dialog is opened then closed
- Using the "Move Crossbar" UI makes icons appear in the corner of their slot until the addon reloads
Note that this isn't a promise to deliver these features in this order; it's just how I'm currently thinking things will go.
The good news for Steam Deck users is that I know what's been causing the stuttering on Steam Deck. The bad news is that it wasn't my input script, it was XIVCrossbar's UI rendering code. But the good news is that setting frame_skip to 6 greatly reduces the stuttering, and the Steam Deck screen is small enough that the decreased framerate of the addon isn't very noticeable (and is totally worth it for better FFXI framerates).
The good news for everyone else is that I should be jumping back to feature work instead of tracking down the cause of the stuttering on Steam Deck. The bad news for everyone else is that I spent most of the weekend on the Steam Deck issue, so I didn't add any new features.
I will probably spend some time optimizing the UI code, since it's been a disaster from the very beginning, and running FFXI on the Steam Deck makes that very apparent, but I'm probably not going to do so immediately since setting frame_skip to 6 is a good-enough patch for now.
The current status of feature work is as follows:
Planned:
Priority #3 - Roll/Double-Up combo action
Priority #4 - JA + WS Bindings ("Sneak Attack + WS" in one action)
Priority #5 - Attack/Switch Target combo action
"Messing around in the shop"/non-functional:
- Multiple JOB-Default crossbars/Weapon-specific crossbars
- GearSwap Mode Changers (currently, nothing you couldn't do with ex commands)
On the drawing board:
- Display charges for abilities alongside recast (e.g. Strategems, Flourishes, Quick Draw)
- Equip weapon action
- Equip set action
- "Timer" XML attribute (overrides the default timer/lack of timer for an action's icon)
- Integration actions (e.g. EasyNuke)
- Refactoring/code cleanup
- Rendering code optimization
Known bugs:
- Abilities on cooldown retain the "Job Default Set" or "Default Set" overlay when binding dialog is opened then closed
- Using the "Move Crossbar" UI makes icons appear in the corner of their slot until the addon reloads
Note that this isn't a promise to deliver these features in this order; it's just how I'm currently thinking things will go.
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I've implemented crossbar auto-switching for SCH. Your crossbar will automatically switch to crossbars named "LightArts", "DarkArts", "AddendumWhite", and "AddendumBlack" (not case sensitive) when the corresponding ability is used.
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I've also added a setting called AllowSTPCForSelfTargetedActions that adds an <stpc> option to abilities and spells that normally would default to using <me>.
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