upallnite wrote:thadius856...
You may run into problems with INSTA-Bookmarks. The macro was designed to be a muler miner with standard bookmarks, using afterburners for approach. The settings in the top of the macro are not indications of propulsion use, but just default START settings for the macro's use...If you noticed, those settings were NOT in the section marked off for general use...The reason ISTA-Docks, or Bookmarks won't work is that the FIRST, and PRIMARY feature of this macro was asteroid field "ROTATION" and RATS detection...it mines systems with 25 asteroid fields, so unless you intend to make 25 different insta-bookmarks for approaching the station from 25 directions, and write the code to use 25 different docking routes, it is not practical...For those wanting to merely strip mine 2-3 fields, you'd be far better off using an insta-key macro or many of the other fine products elsewhere on this website. Very few of us here have enough time to walk complete macro newbies through this complex of a macro only to field endless complaints of why it doesn't do a simple thing, find a simple macro instead...
Wasn't trying to complain, upallnite. Your work is very much appreciated. In fact, instead of submitting to join this site, I decided to pay to support the site. The reason? Solely for your work, as I have been told by several people that yours if by far the best. I love the constant updates and applaud you for your hard work. Very few have the enthusiasm that you bring to the table.
As for the instas, they work somewhat. For any moon's asteroid's fields, they all work the same. For example, UpAllNight VI Belt I thru UpAllNight VI Belt XXV would all give -nearly- the same place to fall out of warp. Since belts around the same moon are relatively close to each other and the station is typically at least several AU away, (geometrically) the angle differences in warping to the insta are insignificantly small.
Of course, this only holds up for belts around the same moon. When factoring in several moons, it becomes less reliable, but I figured since 3 out of 4 of my belts were around the same moon, the 4th's approach distance was something I could tolerate the macro doing repeatedly.
All the same, I fixed the bookmark from coordinates for the station so it will approach the station from the normal 15k.
Again, sorry for being such a newb to Macro Scheduler. I was pretty good at programming macros for Ultima Online through a program called EasyUO, but there are large program differences. RunUO interpretted data from the UO client so you could use variables instead of having to check the pixel colors of everything in the client. I only wish that such a program existed for EVE, as I can only imagine it would make your job volumes easier. Anyway, I appologize again for being so new to the program. I'm slowly picking up the language so I won't be such an annoyance.
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The macro is working WONDERS! Great job UpAllNight. If there's anything you ever need, just drop a line!
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Can anybody confirm that MAX-COTE works with Macro Scheduler 7.4? It's running fine in 7.3, but I don't want to take the chance to upgrade if nobody can confirm it works.
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