Useful Freeze Macro

[[TRG]Semi]

There is this useful macro that'll freeze your character in the position that you are standing for the amount of seconds you set it for.
It can be used in many ways, especially for exploring in my opinion.
The macro is:
/run local t = time() + 10 while time() < t do end


You can change the amount of time by just changing the number before, " while time () < t do end"
One thing that I can do with this macro, for example, is an endless Disengage or Demon Leap. They have a 10 second cooldown, so I could use it then quickly use the macro.
Doing this, it'll save my spot in air, and after the 10 seconds of freeze is up, I can continue to use the spell again and rinse and repeat.

[lilsniff]

So it kinda works like a "stop fall" macro?

[azix]

Ha, works perfectly
Think there was a similar thread but with a more time intensive method. so have the one rep i can give you for this very easy method
could indeed be really usefull for exploring even tho demonic leap isn't the perfect ability for it as you run out of demonic furor quite fast. the hunter ability might be better. also it won't freeze while in fight and it'll give you an error instead.
@lilsniff: yeah, you freeze in mid air except for not falling it seems like everything else keeps running - at least the cool downs.

[[TRG]Semi]

Ha, works perfectly
Think there was a similar thread but with a more time intensive method. so have the one rep i can give you for this very easy method
could indeed be really usefull for exploring even tho demonic leap isn't the perfect ability for it as you run out of demonic furor quite fast. the hunter ability might be better. also it won't freeze while in fight and it'll give you an error instead.
@lilsniff: yeah, you freeze in mid air except for not falling it seems like everything else keeps running - at least the cool downs.

Demonic Leap can actually work very perfectly. A combination with the macro, you can add:
/run local t = time() + 10 while time() < t do end
/cancelaura metamorphis

[azix]

Demonic Leap can actually work very perfectly. A combination with the macro, you can add:
/run local t = time() + 10 while time() < t do end
/cancelaura metamorphis

ah, didn't think about this solution. yes, then it's quite good aswell wonder if there are other abilities to exploit with this macro than disengage ones..

[advanta]

There is this useful macro that'll freeze your character in the position that you are standing for the amount of seconds you set it for.
It can be used in many ways, especially for exploring in my opinion.

Can you give a practical example of this?

I see that the macro works, very clever. So I tried using it with disengage and DL.

If you spam disengage or DL during the macro freeze time then the client crashes.

So, you have to time subsequent disengages and DL manually, which is non-trivial. Because you can't jump you are probably losing
height rather than gaining it due to the latency of your reaction. At the moment I can only imagine this would be useful in very marginal
exploration situations where you needed a few extra feet to get off-map or whatever.

Not to complain, this is a real quality contribution, I'm just struggling to find a practical application and would aprreciate any enlightenment.

[[TRG]Semi]

Can you give a practical example of this?

I see that the macro works, very clever. So I tried using it with disengage and DL.

If you spam disengage or DL during the macro freeze time then the client crashes.

So, you have to time subsequent disengages and DL manually, which is non-trivial. Because you can't jump you are probably losing
height rather than gaining it due to the latency of your reaction. At the moment I can only imagine this would be useful in very marginal
exploration situations where you needed a few extra feet to get off-map or whatever.

Not to complain, this is a real quality contribution, I'm just struggling to find a practical application and would aprreciate any enlightenment.

An example? Hm, well you can use it to gain alot of height depending on what you are using. One fun thing I like to do in Draenor is using the Gnomish Gravity Well. I go as high as I can in the air and when it overheats, giving you the 15 second debuff, I could change the time in the macro to 15 seconds, click it once, wait until my game is done freezing, and continue using the Gnomish Gravity Well until I reach said height. After that, I like to use my nice Goblin Glider B)
It has never crashed my client really, I don't spam the macro, rather I just use it once. If I need more time then I can just change it in the macro. Its true that you wouldnt be really gaining any height for disengage, but lets say I was falling down from a high height and was going to hit the ground. I had already used Disengage once and its on cooldown. What do I do? Well I can use the macro and it'll freeze me in air until It's done.
Edit: Oh, and yes. You need timing. When my game is frozen I don't spam click any other spells. I just wait until the freeze is done then use it again. I never tried spamming the spells when I was frozen. I always just done it manually.

[Romath]

Amazing find, but I'm curious as to what the macro is actually doing. Did blizzard accidentally leave in a command to pause movement of our characters?

Tested and it works +3 rep OP this is amazing...

[[TRG]Semi]

Amazing find, but I'm curious as to what the macro is actually doing. Did blizzard accidentally leave in a command to pause movement of our characters?

I'm not sure if Blizzard left it... the macro I'm sure just freezes us for...I really don't know my friend. xD

[advanta]

An example? Hm, well you can use it to gain alot of height depending on what you are using. One fun thing I like to do in Draenor is using the Gnomish Gravity Well. I go as high as I can in the air and when it overheats, giving you the 15 second debuff, I could change the time in the macro to 15 seconds, click it once, wait until my game is done freezing, and continue using the Gnomish Gravity Well until I reach said height. After that, I like to use my nice Goblin Glider B)
It has never crashed my client really, I don't spam the macro, rather I just use it once. If I need more time then I can just change it in the macro. Its true that you wouldnt be really gaining any height for disengage, but lets say I was falling down from a high height and was going to hit the ground. I had already used Disengage once and its on cooldown. What do I do? Well I can use the macro and it'll freeze me in air until It's done.
Edit: Oh, and yes. You need timing. When my game is frozen I don't spam click any other spells. I just wait until the freeze is done then use it again. I never tried spamming the spells when I was frozen. I always just done it manually.

Thanks for your response. Yeah, my timing sucks. I'm sure Trokair or one of the exploration gurus could do more with it than I can.

I guess what I'm focused on is gaining height in instances. That's a substantial advantage in pvp in the right situation, and in instances it can lead to accelerated boss/trash farming in instances, plus a whole bunch of other fun stuff. That's kind of like the holy grail for exploiters. Seems like this macro gets us very close to that and I'm hoping someone can push it just a bit further.

I was thinking about the gravity well, thanks for the confirmation.

[Ihssndl]

Is there a way to make the freeze time less than a second? I know nothing about macros, and .5 doesnt seem to work.

[[TRG]Semi]

Is there a way to make the freeze time less than a second? I know nothing about macros, and .5 doesnt seem to work.

You know...that's a good question. I've never really needed a freeze time for less than a second, at minimum I've had it at 3 seconds just for some experimenting... If there was a way, what would it be used for though? I'm thinking a very timed precise exploit I'm sure but I don't know. I got to mess around with it more.

[Romath]

Is there a way to make the freeze time less than a second? I know nothing about macros, and .5 doesnt seem to work.

I set it to 0.1 while playing on my trial and it felt much faster than 1 second.

[azix]

If you spam disengage or DL during the macro freeze time then the client crashes.

not the case for me, i was spamming disengage the whole time until the freeze ends but the client never crashes. the only time it didn't get out of the freeze anymore was when i added the disengage cast into the freeze macro and spammed this. kinda seems like the time adds up when you click it multiple times.
hm well, i can't think of a huge thing to do with it as the goblin glider seems to be more effective in heighth things. i noticed that in highmaul for example you somehow can't use the glider so there this macro could kinda replace it in some way. however even tho there aren't many big things that come into my mind right now, i think it has a huge potential. there has to be an abilitie or even a combination of abilities to exploit with this, am denfinitely going to have a rummage ;P

[crunk001]

I set it to 0.1 while playing on my trial and it felt much faster than 1 second.

thats because 1 = 1sec :P

great uncovery @op

I "hate" how easy games become when you just know coding... and I never could bring myself to learn coding. It is SO extremely dry...