Comments on: The New Mount Macro (And a couple old macros)

By: Mount up… Randomly

Mount up… Randomly — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 21:29:09 +0000

[...] Here is a link to a great macro that will work from, but it needs some explanation from the place I got the macro at Less QQ, More PewPew. [...]

By: Thistledown

Thistledown — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 23:17:00 +0000

Try this, Kahlan. Credits to Rauk earlier in the comments.

/run if IsMounted() and not IsFlying() then Dismount() return end local t if (IsFlyableArea() and (GetRealZoneText()~=’Dalaran’ or GetMinimapZoneText()==’Krasus Landing’)) then t={3,8} else t={1,10} end CallCompanion(“MOUNT”,t[random(#t)])

3,8 are your ground mounts.
1,10 are your flying mounts.
It should mount flyers in the Landing, and groundies elsewhere in Dalaran.

By: Kahlan Nightwing

Kahlan Nightwing — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 07:34:11 +0000

Hello,

This works fine in every place but Dalaran. In Dalaran it just says “Can”t use that here.”

How can it be fixed so it doesn’t try to get me on my flying mount in Dalaran?

By: Rilias

Rilias — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 08:39:17 +0000

If you are OK with Brute forcing the problem you can also let it call your flying mount first and the ground mount afterwards. Granted you will always get either “can’t use that here” or “another action is in progress” but the right mount will be cast either way.

By: Amil

Amil — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 21:44:46 +0000

GetMinimapZoneText()==”Krasus’ Landing”))
worked for me

By: Nub

Nub — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 19:37:18 +0000

This does not work, am I suppose to put something between the brackets?

By: Krazdord

Krazdord — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 03:45:45 +0000

let me try to post this again…
two issues with the macros on this page:
1. Wrong quotes in the first (if it still doesn’t work, try deleting the quotes and reqrite them in)
2. apostrophe in Krasus unescaped in all the others.

Use this macro:
/run if IsMounted() and not IsFlying() then Dismount() return end local t if (IsFlyableArea() and (GetRealZoneText()~=’Dalaran’ or GetMinimapZoneText()==’Krasus\’ Landing’)) then t={1,2} else t={3,4,6,8} end CallCompanion(“MOUNT”,t[random(#t)])

By: Stabbimcstab

Stabbimcstab — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 16:36:35 +0000

I cant get the macro to work for me either…Here is the error i get. and the macro.

Macro:
/run if IsMounted() and not IsFlying() then Dismount() return end local t if (IsFlyableArea() and (GetRealZoneText()~=’Dalaran’ or GetMinimapZoneText()==’Krasus’ Landing’)) then t={24} else t=[10} end CallCompanion("MOUNT",t[random(#t)]

Error from Swatter:
19
Message: [string "if IsMounted() and not IsFlying() then Dismount() return end lo..."] line 1:
‘)’ expected near ‘Landing’
Debug:
(tail call): ?
[C]: ?
[C]: RunScript()
..\FrameXML\ChatFrame.lua:1708: ?()
..\FrameXML\ChatFrame.lua:3191: ChatEdit_ParseText()
..\FrameXML\ChatFrame.lua:2911: ChatEdit_SendText()
..\FrameXML\ChatFrame.lua:2056:
..\FrameXML\ChatFrame.lua:2049
[C]: ?
[C]: UseAction()
..\FrameXML\SecureTemplates.lua:259: SecureActionButton_OnClick()
[string "*:OnClick"]:1:
[string "*:OnClick"]:1

By: SpooHaHa

SpooHaHa — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 08:24:07 +0000

Ah scratch that last one. Change the apostrophe to ' otherwise the flying mount won't work in Krasus.

By: SpooHaHa

SpooHaHa — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 07:40:10 +0000

Remove the apostrophe after Krasus. It's cutting the name in half and throwing an error.

By: Dargun

Dargun — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 11:27:05 +0000

I have tried this macro, but i cannot get it to work. the first time i try it every time i log on i get an error message and then it just does nothing all the other times. I'm using:

#showtooltip Headless Horseman's Mount
/run if IsMounted() then Dismount() return end local t if IsFlyableArea() then t={7,8,12} else t={1,2,4,8,10,11,13,14} end CallCompanion(”MOUNT”,t[random(#t)])
/dismount [mounted]

By: Koshka

Koshka — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 09:51:36 +0000

I can't get this to work. When I click the macro nothing happens. Not even a error text or anything. Nothing happens.

This is what I have written in my macro:
/run if IsMounted() and not IsFlying() then Dismount() return end local t if (IsFlyableArea() and (GetRealZoneText()~='Dalaran' or GetMinimapZoneText()=='Krasus' Landing')) then t={5} else t=[2,5} end CallCompanion("MOUNT",t[random(#t)])

By: Drotara

Drotara — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 08:41:39 +0000

Sorry about the delayed response. This most definitely does work, and works like a charm. I will be modifying this page with the new information. Thanks a ton.

By: Rauk

Rauk — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 10:07:51 +0000

Edit: whoops, this macro does work, and pretty well. WoWwiki just forced a hard return into the middle of the macro. Here's the macro without it:

/run if IsMounted() and not IsFlying() then Dismount() return end local t if (IsFlyableArea() and (GetRealZoneText()~='Dalaran' or GetMinimapZoneText()=='Krasus' Landing')) then t={3,8} else t={1,10} end CallCompanion("MOUNT",t[random(#t)])

The author's explanation:
This will detect if the zone is flyable or not and summon a random mount accordingly. If you're in Dalaran, the flying mount will only be summoned at Krasus' Landing. In the example, my flying mounts are 3 and 8, my ground ones 1 and 10, where the number stands for the order in your mount tab starting from 1. If you're flying above ground level you won't dismount so to avoid deaths by misclicking.

Sounds like the only caveat is that the author assumes you have cold weather flying, which isn't an issue here :)

By: Rauk

Rauk — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 10:04:02 +0000

Someone has listed this macro on WoWwiki… but something's not correct, when I click the macro, half of the macro text gets written to /say…

/run if IsMounted() and not IsFlying() then Dismount() return end local t if (IsFlyableArea() and (GetRealZoneText()~='Dalaran' or
GetMinimapZoneText()=='Krasus' Landing')) then t={3,8} else t={1,10} end CallCompanion("MOUNT",t[random(#t)])

Source: 2nd macro @ http://www.wowwiki.com/Useful_macros#Outland_Flyi...

By: Drotara

Drotara — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:28:30 +0000

Interesting. I will try that out when I get home. Thanks for the suggestion.

By: Dude

Dude — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:24:41 +0000

Just remove the part where it checks for the flying area, Try….

/run if IsMounted() then Dismount() return end
local t={1,2,5,6,….} end CallCompanion(”MOUNT”,t[random(#t)])
/dismount [Mounted]

By: Drotara

Drotara — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:07:53 +0000

I was thinking the same thing, especially due to places like Dalaran where we technically can't fly but it's still listed as a flyable zone (hence the reason it doesn't default to a ground mount. I will e-mail Sillie and see if he has a solution.

By: anja

anja — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:04:17 +0000

Ditto. It also would be nice if you could use a modifier key to force a land mount.

By: klprestia

klprestia — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 05:36:00 +0000

I know this is a bit behind the times but I thought I would ask about it anyway. I fell in love with the mount macro you had listed here…..BUT….it’s broken in Northrend because technically the area is flyable and we aren’t :(
Have you heard of any workarounds or are you just going to not worry with it since 78 isn’t too terribly far off…and by too far off i mean boatloads of xp away :)