Macro to Arrange TS Hotkeys?
 

My eldest daughter tends to play EQ2 on my computer, and we've discovered a minor but annoying problem. We both tradeskill a lot, and we both want the hotkeys in the TS window arranged in a particular sequence. But we don't use the *same* sequence, and unfortunately, the TS hotkey order is stored as a universal variable, not as a per-character or even per-account variable. So whenever one of us logs in and starts to tradeskill after the other has been playing, the TS icons are all out of sequence. :P

The hotkey order is stored in the main settings file, as, for example:

ts_hotkey_order 2 0 1 4 3 5

It ought to be easy enough to set up a macro to set the ts_hotkey_order variable to the desired sequence, but for the life of me, I haven't come up with anything yet that actually seems to work. I assume the problem stems from the fact that there are six values defined rather than just one.

Anyone have any idea how to set up such a macro correctly? Being able to change the hotkey order with a macro would certainly be easier than manually rearranging the icons, especially since the icons can't be manually rearranged until after a tradeskill combine has actually been started. :D

-- Darryl (Rainbeau/Milquetowst/Fayberry/Panzie/Smurphette on Permafrost)

You need to restart the game (maybe relogging the character is enough, not sure) for the change to take effect (the command is just like it appears in eq2_recent, i.e. like you typed it).

Alternatively use a batch file to start the game so both you and your daughter can have their individual settings (copy your individual file to eq2_recent.ini before launching the game and then copy it back after exiting the game).