latest version as of 10/18/04 12:34 AM EST

Item Synthesis macro by: d4rk_r3b3l
v.2.1.3

Instructions

-Make sure that the recipe that you need is in the cookbooks, if NOT see below

1) Add the directory that you extracted the bot into to the actool preferences
2) load up settings.exe and locate the item you want to synth. Navigate to the guild and select the item in the box below. It will show you the ingredients needed for the synth
3) Change all the settings as needed on settings.exe
4) when finished save the settings, exit the settings program
5) Load synth.mac and make sure that your Global Hot Keys are setup(global hot keys: Ac Tool>>Editor>>Preferences>>Global Hot Keys)
6) when in game and ready to synth start up the macro using the global Hot Keys


Its as simple as that and you should be synthing according to the recipes that was assigned in settings.exe



NOTES:

If the recipe that you need is not in the cookbooks follow these guide lines to add your own recipes


Name = Name given to following recipe
Crystal = indicate which crystal you need.
Item1 = First item needed for synth.
Qty1 = quantity needed( 0 if item does not stack, 1-12 if item does stack) . if more items are need just add them changing item1 to item2 and qty1 to qty2. ect. Will work up to item8.

this bot works perfectly now. there is one problem though.


After the first synth it try's to immediately synth again, and it doesn wait. Beucase of this i always get the msg "you must wait longer before repeating that action".

I think you have to add a longer delay between synths

I get the same problem too, it works great, but after the first synth it immediately tries to synth again and locks up scrolling through the use/drop menu.

ok i found a way to fix this problem, all you have to do is increase the timer for when it selects it's first ingredient for a synth.

I increased the value to 5000 from 100.


I have included my modified version with this post.

Hope this helps

Excellent, I love that settings.exe thats awesome. What did you use to make it?

Error:could not find constant iteminfo_selected
Module:synth.mac Line:56

what will you think of next! Congratulations again man. Another job well done!

I haven't actually used the version of the bot yet, but I had a question about it's design. When it's synthing does it go back to the top after each item like the last one did? Or does it hit each item in order as it scrolls down the inventory. I found it took a terrible amount of time when having to scroll the whole inventory each time for an ingredient.

Also, the Settings thing looks awesome I would definately like to give it a try.

this isnt working at all for me. It loads and opens my inventory then just sits there doign nothing, at the bottom of actool it says delay 100 line 2 loop xxx. It just keep getting higher and higher and never does anything.

ok... just reposted with a new settings.exe AND with a attempted fix for the synth while synthing issue.

i dont get that problem for me... so i dont know how to fix it, heh.

~~EDIT~~

This bot is not working and i've tried everything .

I've set the proper macro paths, changed my global hotkeys, turned off/on echoes to no avail.

When I start the bot it simply types "Entering synth mode." and then apparently hits another key which brings up say again. So after echoing "Entering Synth Mode.", it just stops and the say text bar is open.

Make sure your keyboard settings are set compact mode... Not full size keyboard.

Wow ...

You're a genius. Thanks

Hello, how would I add

Lightning Crystal + Quadav Backplate to the cook book?

goto the smiting guild cookbook and add this line to the rows...

<ROW name="Synth Name" crystal="Lightning Crystal" item1="Quadav Backplate" qty1="0" />

I seem to be having the sme problem that I have had with previous versions.

When trying to run the Macro by pressing start I get this error

Error:Could not Find constant type
Module:vitalconst.mac Line:50


Ive set my pref's to the main folder the bot is in and also tried the includes..Im sure is something im doing wrong, anyone have any suggestions?

Also I'm using aeries fisher but im sure many of you are doing the same,

thats weird because the constant $type is declared in settings.mac and is filled b4 vitalconst.mac is called. so make sure that you have settings.mac in the correct place... it should be in includes\settings.mac

and u might also want to try moving the synth folder to the top of the actool macro location settings in the preferences. it will scan that folder first b4 tryin to check another folder.

I just fixed a simple sort issue, re-posted the synth.rar on first post

First of all thank you very much for a great bot.

I still have a few issues, the bot is running fine, but sometimes it just does nothing or stays locked in one step and can't go further.

I think the main problem is with the ping of my internet connection, better to say with the lag I have. In areas without a lag its generaly better. And yes I am in 1st person mode, facing wall.

The problem I experienced was after the item was not found, it just does nothing. I tried to adjust the delays, it helped, but I am not good in this sort of thing, it might be better to let it do somebody who knows what is he doing.

One more question, your old bot had a loop in it, or I presume so, after something went wrong, it closed all windows and started from scratch again. Would it be possible to implement it again?

thanx again, got alchemy to 56 in 6 days with this beauty

im actually going to be adding a variable delay that can be adjusted in the settings. so if you have a system that is affected by lag, you can increase the multiplier and have a higher delay to ensure that your commands go through as supposed to. if ur system is fast enough you can lower the multiplier and fly through synths.

ill try to add that to the next release.

ill also try to implement a fail safe synth "escape" just in case..... we'l see.

I tried to use this bot and seem to be having problems getting it to run. So far I've followed the directions and even tinkered around a bit and it still doesn't want to work. I'm getting the same
error: could not find decal's memlocs.xml. Terminating AC tool ModuleL vitalconst.mac line :56
and
the same thing but module: vitalconst.mac line:91
what should I do to fix this problem?

if you get the memlocks error, you have to re-install actool and install it with companion support...

companion support enables actool to be able to communicate with ffact.

this bot is working pretty much 100% for me on padded caps. every once in a while, it goes into chat mode rather then hit ctrl+i for inventory, but other then that perfect. mad props rebel.


ps. if theres any way to fix it from going into chat mode, please tell me, im itching to get up from my chair when i start synthing and come back to 30 caps synthed

I'm getting this error:

Error: Could not find constant descbar_selected
Module: Synth.mac Line: 163

Any suggestions? BTW, your previous synth bot has saved me hours of time! THANKS!

Dark r3b3l I've been posting this fix to the macro opening the dchat dialog since way back in your first version. I have tested it extensively now and it works flawlessly I beg you to address this in new versions of your bot.



change this
keydown ^i 200
delay 200
to
keydown @i 200
delay 1000

I am also getting this error

Error: Could not find constant descbar_selected
Module: Synth.mac Line: 163


I got this same error in the last verion of the bot.Just a different line. I am wondering am I put this bot in the wrong place does it need to have a default dir on the harddrive. Or does the cookbook need to be somewhere as well ? . How about the timing to opening FFact. Does that needed to be loaded before I run FF or can that be loaded anytime. Not sure at this point . I am just tring to put stuff out there.

Qwerty:

You need to make sure you have your paths in the ACTools configuration setup right. You should have a path that points to the directory you have the macro in. I would also suggest making sure its the FIRST path in the list atleast while running this bot.

--StarHawk

I have it in the path but I do not have it as the first one. I will try that. thanks

ok i dl'd the file but i dno what to open it with. i have AC tool already on my comp and use Aeriesfisher but i got it a long time ago and cant remember what i did to get it working. any help would be appreciated ^^

Hmm: did you try reading the included directions?

--StarHawk

d4rk, i'd like to thank you for this awesome bot, its running on my other computer synthing bronze scales for smithing level-up. Works perfectly ^^

-hiryuu

Updated synth.rar

-replaced ^i with @i

i thought i had done this in an earlier version but i guess not

good to see it working well though

Haha, just hit Smithing 10, while working on adding the ability to sell paddeds to NPC to seth's new bot.. I wish I knew more about ACTools.

hiryuu, i posted a good sell script to the ffact forum (I think under the features request topic) if you area looking for a decent sell script, check it out.

--StarHawk

Oh wow I guess I completely missed that. Thanks ^^

~hiryuu

pretty cool. I'm 90% done with one that does any recipe, puts your product up on bazaar when inv gets full and resumes synthing when slots become available, and replenishes crystals and materials by buying them from AH so that you can keep going for as long as the AH is well stocked. Thanks to ffact, there aren't objects used. Don't you love FFACT?! It's so cool!

Uploaded new synth.rar

fixed an issue with bFirstItem not being declared

bFirstItem is so that it will not have to search the entire inventory for every item... just try to make sure that your items in the xml are in the same order as your inventory. if it gets to the bottom of your inventory it will then goto the top and search again.

Hmm... this bot works pretty good.. but I tried to add a recipe into the list. and it doesnt work. I wanted to add Hard-boiled Egg under Carrot Broth, but everytime I start the bot. They search for a water crystal instead of a fire one... any ideas?
this is how i set it..
<ROW name="Carrot Broth" crystal="Water Crystal" item1="San d'Or. Carrot" qty1="4"/>
<ROW name="Hard-boiled Egg" crystal="Fire Crystal" item1="Bird Egg" qty1="1" item2="Distilled Water" qty2="1"/>

are you sure you are selecting the correct recipe in the settings, and is the settings showing you the correct crystal

YEA.... it show I'm using a fire crystals.

hrm, thats weird, try adding it to the personal recipes section and see if it gives you any problem.

hey dark.....i have 2 problems and one of the problems i'm assuming unknown has already addressed with the bot going into the chat. I didn't change my keyboard to compact, do i need to do that? It was working fine while in full size. If i need to change to compact, i'll do that. The other problem is that FFACT.exe doesn't always open. I noticed that when i hit F11 and the macro starts, the FFACT icon doesn't show up in the systray. Any tips on that? thanx man, great bot!!

-SuperShick

1) Yes the keyboard must be set to compact
2) for some reason ffact does not open, i do not know why... but its being worked on.