[Fun] Communicate with opposite faction

[Sodomy]

Tried to find if there was another thread like this but was unsuccessful so sorry if it is a repost.



With the new companion features there is an option to rename your companions to whatever you want (with no penalty or cooldown) , and a limit of 16 characters.


How to do it,

* Shift + P
* Pet Journal
* Choose any companion. (I prefer the faction Balloon because its more obvious)
* Right click and rename. (It lets you put spaces and caps for each new word)

Words like, lol and rofl don't work, however you can just replace the vowels with alt code symbols.

Proof
http://i46.tinypic.com/142g684.jpg
http://i45.tinypic.com/2v2y7hl.jpg


You can use this in BG's n stuff and /point at your companion named "LòL òwned fggt"

[Nyarly]

Nice one

[Thatfatninja]

This, is such a good idea.

[OverLordErIcH]

Can you keep renaming the companion? good idea btw.

[eggsampler]

Made a quick macro which adds the command /rr to rename your currently summoned pet,

/script SLASH_RR1 = "/rr" SlashCmdList["RR"] = function(msg, edit) C_PetJournal.SetCustomName(C_PetJournal.GetSummonedPetID(), string.sub(msg, 0, 16)) end

To use it, just type: /rr wang and your pet will be renamed to wang. Handy if you want to make a couple of macros to point at your pet and insult the other faction.

You can rename your pet quite a few times but it does take a second to update after setting it.

Good idea OP.

[Sodomy]

Can you keep renaming the companion? good idea btw.

Yes, currently there is no cost or cool down with renaming the companions.

Also, hello fellow Melbournian ;D

[Warper]

Really nice idea, Thanks for the script !

[Thormn]

Made a quick macro which adds the command /rr to rename your currently summoned pet,

/script SLASH_RR1 = "/rr" SlashCmdList["RR"] = function(msg, edit) C_PetJournal.SetCustomName(C_PetJournal.GetSummonedPetID(), string.sub(msg, 0, 16)) end

To use it, just type: /rr wang and your pet will be renamed to wang. Handy if you want to make a couple of macros to point at your pet and insult the other faction.

You can rename your pet quite a few times but it does take a second to update after setting it.

Good idea OP.

Does this macro currently work on live servers (I wasn't able to get it to work for me)? I need to know this as soon as possible so I can release a game-breaking exploit!

[ev0]

Does this macro currently work on live servers (I wasn't able to get it to work for me)? I need to know this as soon as possible so I can release a game-breaking exploit!

Worked fine for me, just need to have a pet summoned. It changes your current pet

[Thormn]

Does anyone know how I could manipulate the variable through "/rr" in a script? Ex: I click a macro and it inputs "/rr Bolt".

EDIT: Remember, it would need to be in a traditional script syntax (not just "/rr Bolt").

[ev0]

Does anyone know how I could manipulate the variable through "/rr" in a script? Ex: I click a macro and it inputs "/rr Bolt".

EDIT: Remember, it would need to be in a traditional script syntax (not just "/rr Bolt").

I'm confused by your request. What part of the "/rr" variable are you trying to execute on?

[eggsampler]

/script C_PetJournal.SetCustomName(C_PetJournal.GetSummonedPetID(), "dummkopf")

[Thormn]

/script C_PetJournal.SetCustomName(C_PetJournal.GetSummonedPetID(), "dummkopf")

Thanks a ton for a follow up post with another code block!