Thread: Draigoch FMs

I found this to be helpful for the FMs. Add these aliases, then assign them as short-cuts. Then just click the short-cut to send the FM to your fellowship (or raid), with colors to make it stand-out:

/alias ;r <rgb=#ff0000>R</rgb>
/alias ;y <rgb=#ffff00>Y</rgb>

/alias ;fm1 /ra ;Y ;Y ;Y ;Y ;Y ;R
/alias ;fm2 /ra ;R ;Y ;Y ;Y ;Y ;R
/alias ;fm3 /ra ;Y ;Y ;R ;R ;Y ;Y
/alias ;fm4 /ra ;Y ;R ;Y ;Y ;R ;Y
/alias ;fm5 /ra ;R ;Y ;R ;Y ;R ;Y
/alias ;fm6 /ra ;Y ;R ;Y ;R ;Y ;R
/alias ;fm7 /ra ;R ;R ;Y ;R ;Y ;Y
/alias ;fm8 /ra ;Y ;Y ;R ;Y ;R ;R
/alias ;fm9 /ra ;R ;R ;Y ;Y ;R ;R
/alias ;fm10 /ra ;Y ;R ;R ;R ;R ;Y
/alias ;fm11 /ra ;R ;Y ;R ;R ;Y ;R
/alias ;fm12 /ra ;R ;R ;Y ;R ;R ;Y



Edit: changed from /f to /ra - sometimes it's nice to be able to set them for the whole raid, in case your'e not in the FM group.

Nice to have that. Thanks!

A nice helpful tidbit-- Also something a lot that I like to go with-- copy the fellowship order so you can paste it in raid chat each time you head towards the body such as:


Jimbob #1, ourchamp #2, Cyperian #3, Backup Burg #4, freddiethecaptain #5, lastguy #6


Whomever you have just to keep reinforcing that order.

Very nice tip indeed. I got one problem though. The colors wont work for me.

I get this in chat:

<rgb=#ff0000>R</rgb> <rgb=#ffff00>Y</rgb> <rgb=#ffff00>Y</rgb> <rgb=#ffff00>Y</rgb> <rgb=#ffff00>Y</rgb> <rgb=#ff0000>R</rgb>

help?

I apologize in advance for the noob-ish nature of this question:
How do you program these things? Where and how do you type this in and how do you assign the macros, etc? i.e. How do you do these things you are talking about????
Thanks in advance to the person patient enough to answer this for me!

Type the commands into the chat window

The Lorebook has a good entry on macros: http://lorebook.lotro.com/wiki/Creat...Location_Macro

I've had the problem where the colors don't work sometimes too; not sure why. I think it's a bit flakey. Maybe relog, and try again?

You can assign the macros to buttons using a command like this:

/alias shortcut ;fm1 1

That will put a button with the text "fm1" in quick-slot #1. You can the move it anywhere you like. Personally, I use the TonicBars plugin with 3 new 1-slot bars, each with a slide-off for the FMs in that group. So if I mouse-over the FM1 slot, it opens showing FM1, FM2, FM3, and FM4. The FM5 slot opens showing FM5, FM6, FM7, and FM8. You could put them all in one or whatever works for you.

+rep for that being a simplisticly awesome thought.

It looks like you can no longer easily define colored text using the /alias command. But, you can still do it - you just have to fix it in your layout file (which is in your Documents, Lord of the Rings Online, UI, Layouts folder).

The syntax is weird, but if you copy what I have pasted here, it should work. You don't need the ones for Blue or Green, but I included them in case you want to use them:

<Aliases>
<Alias String=";b" Value="&lt;rgb=#00aaff>B&lt;/rgb>"/>
<Alias String=";fm1" Value="/ra ;y ;y ;y ;y ;y ;r"/>
<Alias String=";fm10" Value="/ra ;y ;r ;r ;r ;r ;y"/>
<Alias String=";fm11" Value="/ra ;r ;y ;r ;r ;y ;r"/>
<Alias String=";fm12" Value="/ra ;r ;r ;y ;r ;r ;y"/>
<Alias String=";fm2" Value="/ra ;r ;y ;y ;y ;y ;r"/>
<Alias String=";fm3" Value="/ra ;y ;y ;r ;r ;y ;y"/>
<Alias String=";fm4" Value="/ra ;y ;r ;y ;y ;r ;y"/>
<Alias String=";fm5" Value="/ra ;r ;y ;r ;y ;r ;y"/>
<Alias String=";fm6" Value="/ra ;y ;r ;y ;r ;y ;r"/>
<Alias String=";fm7" Value="/ra ;r ;r ;y ;r ;y ;y"/>
<Alias String=";fm8" Value="/ra ;y ;y ;r ;y ;r ;r"/>
<Alias String=";fm9" Value="/ra ;r ;r ;y ;y ;r ;r"/>
<Alias String=";g" Value="&lt;rgb=#00ff00>G&lt;/rgb>"/>
<Alias String=";r" Value="&lt;rgb=#ff0000>R&lt;/rgb>"/>
<Alias String=";y" Value="&lt;rgb=#ffff00>Y&lt;/rgb>"/>
</Aliases>

FWIW, I also changed to use the "Baruk" plugin instead of TonicBars (for the 12 extra Draigoch quick-slots). It seems a bit easier for what I wanted to do.

Thank you all for this thread. This greatly simplified doing the CJ's on my burg's first Draigoch raid tonight. I wanted to add one bit to the post above regarding how to set this up.

To create the layout file described below, type the following command in the chat window:
/ui layout save [name]

this creates the file in your [My Documents]\Lord of the Rings Online\UI\Layouts\[name]
You then cut and paste the <Aliases> block below over the existing block. Then back in the game type in /ui layout load [name] to make it active.

Originally Posted by Beleg

It looks like you can no longer easily define colored text using the /alias command. But, you can still do it - you just have to fix it in your layout file (which is in your Documents, Lord of the Rings Online, UI, Layouts folder).

The syntax is weird, but if you copy what I have pasted here, it should work. You don't need the ones for Blue or Green, but I included them in case you want to use them:

<Aliases>
<Alias String=";b" Value="&lt;rgb=#00aaff>B&lt;/rgb>"/>
<Alias String=";fm1" Value="/ra ;y ;y ;y ;y ;y ;r"/>
<Alias String=";fm10" Value="/ra ;y ;r ;r ;r ;r ;y"/>
<Alias String=";fm11" Value="/ra ;r ;y ;r ;r ;y ;r"/>
<Alias String=";fm12" Value="/ra ;r ;r ;y ;r ;r ;y"/>
<Alias String=";fm2" Value="/ra ;r ;y ;y ;y ;y ;r"/>
<Alias String=";fm3" Value="/ra ;y ;y ;r ;r ;y ;y"/>
<Alias String=";fm4" Value="/ra ;y ;r ;y ;y ;r ;y"/>
<Alias String=";fm5" Value="/ra ;r ;y ;r ;y ;r ;y"/>
<Alias String=";fm6" Value="/ra ;y ;r ;y ;r ;y ;r"/>
<Alias String=";fm7" Value="/ra ;r ;r ;y ;r ;y ;y"/>
<Alias String=";fm8" Value="/ra ;y ;y ;r ;y ;r ;r"/>
<Alias String=";fm9" Value="/ra ;r ;r ;y ;y ;r ;r"/>
<Alias String=";g" Value="&lt;rgb=#00ff00>G&lt;/rgb>"/>
<Alias String=";r" Value="&lt;rgb=#ff0000>R&lt;/rgb>"/>
<Alias String=";y" Value="&lt;rgb=#ffff00>Y&lt;/rgb>"/>
</Aliases>

FWIW, I also changed to use the "Baruk" plugin instead of TonicBars (for the 12 extra Draigoch quick-slots). It seems a bit easier for what I wanted to do.

http://forums.lotro.com/showthread.p...31#post5759831

I posted similar to this last year, great to see that you can actually add color tags to them though.

./salute