Better Milling/Prospecting Macros (Never fail on stacks less than 5 again!)

[Sklug]

Essentially this is a two-part macro. Rather than getting stuck in your bags when you hit an uneven stack of herbs/ore, it will skip them and move on to larger stacks further on in your bags. It will also update your current icon to show whichever herb you are milling/prospecting and however much you have left.

FIRST:

MILLING

MILLING MACRO 1
(Can be named whatever you want, and just needs to run once upon login)

/run function FnH() for i=0,4 do for j=1,GetContainerNumSlots(i) do local t={GetItemInfo(GetContainerItemLink(i,j) or 0)} if t[7]=="Herb" and select(2,GetContainerItemInfo(i,j))>=5 then return i.." "..j,t[1] end end end end

MILLING MACRO 2
Main Milling macro. IT MUST BE TITLED "Milling2" without the quotations

/run local f,l,n=AuM or CreateFrame("Button","AuM",nil,"SecureActionButtonTemplate") f:SetAttribute("type","macro") l,n=FnH() if l then f:SetAttribute("macrotext","/cast Milling\n/use "..l) SetMacroItem("Milling2",n) end
/click AuM
/use Desecrated Herb

PROSPECTING

Prospecting Macro 1
(Can be named whatever you want, and just needs to run once upon login)

/run function FnO() for i=0,4 do for j=1,GetContainerNumSlots(i) do local t={GetItemInfo(GetContainerItemLink(i,j) or 0)} if t[7]=="Metal & Stone" and select(2,GetContainerItemInfo(i,j))>4 then return i.." "..j,t[1] end end end end

PROSPECTING MACRO 2
Main Prospecting macro. IT MUST BE TITLED "Prospecting2" without the quotations

/run local f,l,n=AuP or CreateFrame("Button","AuP",nil,"SecureActionButtonTemplate") f:SetAttribute("type","macro") l,n=FnO() if l then f:SetAttribute("macrotext","/cast Prospecting\n/use "..l) SetMacroItem("Prospecting2",n) end
/click AuP

HEADS UP!!! This works best with Ore that doesn't produce things like heavy stones as it will try to prospect those... so it works perfect with MoP stuff, just maybe not low lvl stuff. Also, it will try to prospect bars, so make sure you don't have any bars in your bags either.

[Grabberman]

I don't mill nor prospect but props on that macros bro, idk if i can rep

[nivek99]

Confirmed macros work for both milling and prospecting.

1 issue I encountered with milling is if you have golden lotus or other non milling herbs in your bag it causes the macro to fail

[Sklug]

Confirmed macros work for both milling and prospecting.

1 issue I encountered with milling is if you have golden lotus or other non milling herbs in your bag it causes the macro to fail

Ya, it's a trade off... just make sure golden lotus is at the bottom of your last bag or in the bank and you'll be fine... other than that works with everything else.

[makrin]

Works Well !!!

[Hanss]

Prospecting tries prospecting items like Heavy Stone etc.

EDIT: Also bars of metal

[Sklug]

Prospecting tries prospecting items like Heavy Stone etc.

EDIT: Also bars of metal

Ya thanks for the heads up on that... so be aware people that to use the Prospecting macros, just make sure you are sticking with the current MoP ores in your bags so you don't encounter stones and crap... I'd prob have to adjust the macro for Metal & Stone & <insert what bars/heavy stones are tagged as in API> of which I am not sure... also, it is the Sparkling Shards that are the Stones for some reason... weird.