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It seems a lot of people use windower (or 'deny' using windower) now. I was talking to redd the other day and he had no clue what a windower alias was or why he should use it.
I'm bored (OFF YOUR ASS AANG!), so I'll explain why they are soo good and how in the hell to use em.
(colors are just to make it easier to read)
Most people use standard text files for ws/nuking with macros such as:
input /equip body "Shura Togi"
And in their FFXI macro lines (you only get 6 of these, thank you SE) use either
//exec ws.txt
or
/console exec ws.txt
They both achieve the same result and are both correct.
But what the hell is a windower alias? An alias lets you run a sequence of commands (or a single command) by calling its name.
For example, I do not, nor will ever have erase, paralyna, silena, stona, or for that matter any -na macroed. (How often do you use stona? But when you do need it, you need it quick and cant be fumbling through 100 spells to find it). I use aliases instead. I can simply target whoever needs it and type //para or //console para (I use the former, less text to type) and magically I cast paralyna on my current target. If I wanted stona i'd type //stona instead.
Creating and using an alias is so easy you'll wonder what you did before them. In game, you can make them on the fly:
//alias para input /ma Paralyna <t><t><t></t></t>
or
/console alias para input /ma Paralyna <t><t><t></t></t>
<t>
Now anytime you type //para you cast paralyna on your current target, simple eh?
Another good one:
//alias rr1 input /ma "Reraise" </t><me><me&ut;></me&ut;><me><t></t></me>
<t><me> //alias rr3 input /ma "Reraise III" </me></t><me><me&ut;></me&ut;><me><t></t></me>
<t><me><me> </me></me>
When you type //rr3 you'll begin casting reraise3 on yourself. Stop scrolling through those spell lists!
You can take this even further and have an alias run one of your text files. Like say for whatever reason you wanted to use Combo as 75 monk but you wanted to use your WS gear to do it.
//alias wsgear exec ws.txt
Type //wsgear and it will equip your gear, select Combo from your weapon skill list as you would normally do and be gimp! You could even skip the whole menu process by doing:
</t>//alias combo exec ws.txt;input /ws "Combo" <t><t&ut;></t&ut;>
Type //combo and unleash that gimp fury!
To make these permanent and not have to redo them every time you log on, simply make a text file called 'aliases.txt' in your scripts folder of windower. Put all your aliases in there, when you sign on type //exec aliases.txt (or /console exec aliases.txt) and load em up!
I've attached my raw unedited alias list for you to have something to go by.
Enjoy!
I'm bored (OFF YOUR ASS AANG!), so I'll explain why they are soo good and how in the hell to use em.
(colors are just to make it easier to read)
Most people use standard text files for ws/nuking with macros such as:
input /equip body "Shura Togi"
And in their FFXI macro lines (you only get 6 of these, thank you SE) use either
//exec ws.txt
or
/console exec ws.txt
They both achieve the same result and are both correct.
But what the hell is a windower alias? An alias lets you run a sequence of commands (or a single command) by calling its name.
For example, I do not, nor will ever have erase, paralyna, silena, stona, or for that matter any -na macroed. (How often do you use stona? But when you do need it, you need it quick and cant be fumbling through 100 spells to find it). I use aliases instead. I can simply target whoever needs it and type //para or //console para (I use the former, less text to type) and magically I cast paralyna on my current target. If I wanted stona i'd type //stona instead.
Creating and using an alias is so easy you'll wonder what you did before them. In game, you can make them on the fly:
//alias para input /ma Paralyna <t><t><t></t></t>
or
/console alias para input /ma Paralyna <t><t><t></t></t>
<t>
Now anytime you type //para you cast paralyna on your current target, simple eh?
Another good one:
//alias rr1 input /ma "Reraise" </t><me><me&ut;></me&ut;><me><t></t></me>
<t><me> //alias rr3 input /ma "Reraise III" </me></t><me><me&ut;></me&ut;><me><t></t></me>
<t><me><me> </me></me>
When you type //rr3 you'll begin casting reraise3 on yourself. Stop scrolling through those spell lists!
You can take this even further and have an alias run one of your text files. Like say for whatever reason you wanted to use Combo as 75 monk but you wanted to use your WS gear to do it.
//alias wsgear exec ws.txt
Type //wsgear and it will equip your gear, select Combo from your weapon skill list as you would normally do and be gimp! You could even skip the whole menu process by doing:
</t>//alias combo exec ws.txt;input /ws "Combo" <t><t&ut;></t&ut;>
Type //combo and unleash that gimp fury!
To make these permanent and not have to redo them every time you log on, simply make a text file called 'aliases.txt' in your scripts folder of windower. Put all your aliases in there, when you sign on type //exec aliases.txt (or /console exec aliases.txt) and load em up!
I've attached my raw unedited alias list for you to have something to go by.
Enjoy!
