Check if Trinket is off Cooldown, then Use it.

[Rumblefish]

I was wondering if there is a way to first check if my trinkets are off cooldown and THEN use /use them.

Here is what the problem is.

My macros look BASICALLY something like this.

/cast <Spell>
/use 13
/use 14

Problem with this method is when my trinkets are on Cooldown I get bombarded with Item is Not Ready Yet and Spell Is Not Ready Yet error messages, which significantly reduce my casting speed, which is a BIG problem in PVP. You know every failed spell or trinket use trigger a GCD of like 0.5 or more.

I need some way to check if the trinkets are ready before executing the /use command and if they are still on Cooldown, the macro should skip the /use 13, 14 part and proceed directly with the spell-cast.

Here is how I imagine it, USING PSEUDO-CODE to just represent my idea.

Check_if_Trinkets_are_Ready{
if yes, /use 13, 14;
}
/cast <Spells>

Anyone got any idea how to resolve this ? I used the Search function but didn't find anything relevant to my problem.

[Rumblefish]

Dammit 114 views and no replies ?

[kickasskid54]

It doesn't increase your GCD btw, for the CD use Fortexorcist

[Iksf]

You cant use if statements in WoW Macros, or any decision operators with Blizzards LUA. Hypothetical code would be something like

/run if GetItemCooldown("Mark of Supremacy")==0 then UseAction(62) end;

Where Mark of Supremacy is the item and 62 is actionbar slot

Can use external program to bypass this however, PM if want more info

[Picklesowner]

Macro's basically can't make desicions. So, they would not be able to check if something is off cooldown. Anyways, ask Iksf for the 3rd party application.

[nightcracker]

Or just use my addon ncError to hide the error text.

[Rumblefish]

Thank you guys, but the problem is not the error text.

I believe Blizzard have made it so that even failed spells trigger a short 0.5 second cooldown and I have actually noticed that if my trinket is on cooldown, the spell which is supposed to be cast together with the trinket won't be cast the first time I use the macro. I have to press the button a couple of times to get it through and in that precious time I get outfeared and out-cc'd by other players who haven't added their trinkets to all their macros.

Iksf, just PM'd you.

[Maisteri]

I dont know if it would work with trinkets but as a DK i used a macro like this

/cast Spell
/cast !Rune Strike

on every spell. It only casts rune strike if it is possible to cast it.

[Rumblefish]

Maisteri, will try it, thank you.

[Woodlauncher]

Thank you guys, but the problem is not the error text.

I believe Blizzard have made it so that even failed spells trigger a short 0.5 second cooldown and I have actually noticed that if my trinket is on cooldown, the spell which is supposed to be cast together with the trinket won't be cast the first time I use the macro. I have to press the button a couple of times to get it through and in that precious time I get outfeared and out-cc'd by other players who haven't added their trinkets to all their macros.

Iksf, just PM'd you.

Honestly dude this is such a pointless thread.

Try:

/use 13
/use 14
/use SOMESPELL

Get it? No cooldown from failed spells -.-

[aJskoLD]

#showtooltip SPELL
/script UIErrorsFrame:Hide()
/use 13
/use 14
/cast SPELL
/script UIErrorsFrame:Clear(); UIErrorsFrame:Show()

or

#showtooltip SPELL
/script UIErrorsFrame:Hide()
/use 13
/use 14
/script UIErrorsFrame:Clear(); UIErrorsFrame:Show()
/cast SPELL

[Ssateneth]

I dont know if it would work with trinkets but as a DK i used a macro like this

/cast Spell
/cast !Rune Strike

on every spell. It only casts rune strike if it is possible to cast it.

You can chain multiple spells, even if they are on cooldown, as long as they are OFF the GCD. Warrior's charge, intercept, intervene, bloodrage, heroic strike, cleave, shield block, last stand, shield wall are all off the GCD, so theoretically, you could put all of those abilities in 1 macro, and spamming it would keep all those abilities on cooldown, given that you have the correct target/range for certain abilities.