Addon Spotlight: I Have Macro Lol!
by Eliah Hecht 
Jun 3rd 2009 at 5:00PM
We covered another Ackis mod, Ackis Recipe List, just last Sunday. This one is (in my opinion) even cooler, and will be of interest to a wider audience than recipe completists. I Have Macro Lol!, or IHML for short, generates a dynamic macro (like Mounted) for you to use in various situations, like dailies and boss fights. You can use just one slot on your action bar, and the macro will adapt itself to whatever situation you happen to be in.
From the configuration interface (/ihml), you can set up what macro you want to use in any given boss encounter or zone. The macro is generated upon entering a zone or loading BigWigs boss modules for a boss fight (no support for Deadly Boss Mods, as far as I know). You can also set up default macros for parties, raids, PvP, etc.
The real value here is dailies. There are several different daily zones in Wrath, all of which have different items that need to be used. Back in BC, I could get by with just my Isle of Quel'Danas macro; nowadays, if I was still bothering with dailies, I would need about six different macros to swap out if it wasn't for something like IHML. The boss functionality is just icing. Thanks again, Ackis, for another solid mod to fill a gap.
Download I Have Macro Lol! at WoWInterface or Curse
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
AyaJulia Jun 3rd 2009 5:36PM
"There are several different daily zones in Wrath, all of which have different items that need to be used."
oPie?
Maybe you should feature that one. Works rather well right out of the box, and is configurable to do other stuff if you like (custom rings, like... I dunno... different fire totems, teleports, stances/aspects, anything to don't access terribly often).
Eliah Hecht Jun 3rd 2009 5:38PM
We did an Addon Spotlight on oPie about a year ago:
http://www.wow.com/2008/06/29/addon-spotlight-opie/
That said, it doesn't work at all for me personally because I hate having to use my mouse to activate skills. I'd much rather have a keybinding.
AyaJulia Jun 3rd 2009 7:00PM
You can configure oPie to open its rings on a keybind, though you still need to move your mouse over a particular option.
Still, it's as simple as press Z, twitch mouse to the right, release Z. :)
But oh well. If you've done an article on it, you've done an article on it.
Neodarkmatter Jun 3rd 2009 5:55PM
What happens when you load multiple bosses? For example after beating Flame Leviathan you can load the boss fights for Ignis, XT-002 and Razorscale. Do you just have to form a habit of clearing BigWig and load the fight you are actually doing?
Eliah Hecht Jun 3rd 2009 5:58PM
I haven't tested, but at a guess, it uses the macro for the most recently-loaded boss module, which should generally be the one you want.
PeeWee Jun 3rd 2009 8:39PM
...and it switches the macro to the boss you targeted last. If you want your Mimron macro, target Mimron when out of combat and voilá! Macro is changed.
McRaider Jun 4th 2009 3:42AM
And what the hell does this have to do with macros? Talking about BI macros o.0
onetrueping Jun 4th 2009 6:42AM
Obviously, they saw the use of this addon for changing ERP macros depending on the gender of the character you target!
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Can't believe I just thought of that. Kinda makes me creepy-crawly inside.
Burntpepperoni Jun 4th 2009 8:36AM
Honestly after reading this article I still don't know what this addon actually does.
Ika Jun 4th 2009 3:22PM
I second that..
Wyred Jun 4th 2009 10:32AM
Any plans to bring back reader UI spotlight? Or have you just not had any suitable contributions in a while?