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  • Raxmei
    Apprentice
    • Feb 2011
    • 94

    What are your macros?

    I'm curious about how other players are using the macro/keymap feature. I do use it but I'm pretty sure I'm missing a few of the finer points myself.

    ctrl-a call light
    shift-Z zap rod of trap detection (this was behind my genocide problem, thank you Timo)
    ctrl-z detect traps, doors, and stairs
    ctrl-c cure light wounds (never falls entirely out of use)
    ctrl-v orb of draining
    ctrl-b bless
    ctrl-h resist heat and cold
    ctrl-g sense surroundings
    ctrl-f identify
    ctrl-d heal

    Usual item inscriptions
    @z1 rod of trap detection
    @z2-4 varies, usually includes teleport other
    @z5 rod of recall
    @r1 phase door
    @z0, @r0, @u0 identify
    @q0 cure critical wounds
    and the usual spellbook stuff

    I don't have any escape macros set because I don't habitually use them. That could be part of why I'm so terrible at playing mages.
  • Max Stats
    Swordsman
    • Jun 2010
    • 324

    #2
    My macro list is huge. My playing history goes way back to the DOS days, and I have always liked the roguelike keyset (which reduces the number of available macro keys, particularly the SHIFT and CTRL variety), so I got used to ALT-key combos like ALT-P for phase door and ALT-T for teleport.

    Years later, when I came back to Angband, I found that I retained these old macro habits. Problem is, under a normal Windows executable, ALT keys don't work, because they trigger Windows menus. At first, I could use the console version, but eventually the console versions stopped being compiled. I tried to find a free C compiler and compile my own console version but could never get it to work. Eventually, my solution was to install Linux on another drive and boot to it when I wanted to play Angband. The things we will go through to play a game we love!

    I think my macro list is too long to post, especially since I have multiple lists for the different character classes. All I know is that I could never go back to playing without them.
    If beauty is in the eye of the beholder, then why are beholders so freaking ugly?

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    • bulian
      Adept
      • Sep 2010
      • 163

      #3
      [F1] detect monsters
      [F2] detect traps/stairs
      [F3] detect treasures
      [F5] Af (activate phial/star)

      personal favorite
      [F9] 099k-ay - destroys a stack of items on the ground

      a few keymaps
      @*1 identify (r, u, z)
      @*4 tele other (a, z)
      @z6 -detection
      @q1 !CCW
      @q0 statgain, exp, and aug potions

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      • camlost
        Sangband 1.x Maintainer
        • Apr 2007
        • 523

        #4
        x - Rest until healed
        ` - basic ranged attack at closest target
        a chunk of Bronze {These look tastier than they are. !E}
        3 blank Parchments (Vellum) {No french novels please.}

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        • Derakon
          Prophet
          • Dec 2009
          • 9022

          #5
          The only macros I have that stick for all characters are keypad + and X. The former destroys the item I'm standing on, the latter casts identify. I also bind !, @, etc. to detection and, for spellcasters, attack spells.

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