Help with simple AFK farming

[rand0m11]

I want to try to afk farm on an emu server, but cant get it to work. Most of the up to date methods I have found seem to not work on older clients (I am using SOD).

The most promising method I have tried so far is using MQ2AdvPath and downshits, but I still cant get it working properly. Basically, I want to have a setup that looks something like this:

/play loop1
/if enemyrange=close /advpath pause, /attack, /loot
/if noenemyinrange /advpath resume

I want it to continuously follow the loop1 path I have recorded using MQ2AdvPath. This path takes me right on top of aggro spawns. When I get within melee range of a mob, I want to auto attack it until dead, loot all items, then continue on the loop1 path. I dont even need to use MQ2Melee, as just auto attacks would work.

It seems very simple, but I've spent quite a few hours trying different ways to get it to work and have gotten nowhere. I can follow the path fine, but I cant get it to stop and attack when it gets aggro. Even if I did get that, I wouldnt know how to make it loot.

Can someone with more experience than I please help me out with this?

 

[htw]

You should be able to use MQ2CLoot or MQ2AdvLoot for looting. There are also a few macro includes floating around that will do it - and the commands to do it are pretty simple, overall. Try a plugin first, if that is not working, let me know which server so I can take a look.

I'm pretty sure MQ2CLoot is probably lifetime, I will change it up here shortly - no need for that on SOD client (that way you can try it).

When you get attacked (aggro), what do these show:

${Melee.GotAggro}
${Melee.Status}
${Target.ID}

For the last one, i.e., are you getting auto-target from aggro?

htw

 

[htw]

FYI, updated MQ2CLoot for SOD, so it is premium, not lifetime. Update via loader, if you want to try it out.

htw

 

[rand0m11]

You should be able to use MQ2CLoot or MQ2AdvLoot for looting. There are also a few macro includes floating around that will do it - and the commands to do it are pretty simple, overall. Try a plugin first, if that is not working, let me know which server so I can take a look.

I'm pretty sure MQ2CLoot is probably lifetime, I will change it up here shortly - no need for that on SOD client (that way you can try it).

When you get attacked (aggro), what do these show:

${Melee.GotAggro}
${Melee.Status}
${Target.ID}

For the last one, i.e., are you getting auto-target from aggro?

htw

Thanks alot for the help.

When I do a echo of those I get:

${Melee.GotAggro} = FALSE
${Melee.Status} = WAITING
${Target.ID} = 63

Still having the same problem, I cant get MQ2AdvPath to stop and let me kill the mobs. I am trying to accomplish that with something like this:

downflag1 = 1
downflag2 = 1
downshit1 = /if (${Melee.GotAggro}) /play pause
downshit2 = /if (!${Melee.GotAggro} && ${AdvPath.Paused}) /play unpause

in the ini created from /melee save. It never recognizes that I am in combat/have aggro, so it wont pause. I figure once I get it to pause, I will worry about having it attack.

Is the best way to accomplish this with mq2melee? It is basically just set to stick and auto attack. I am only really using it for the downshit. I have a feeling a macro might be better, especially when I get the pathing to work and have to worry about looting.

Thanks you for changing MQ2CLoot to premium. I will give it a try as soon as I figure out the pathing/combat.

Do you have any suggestions? I will try to write some pseudo-code for the macro here in a bit and see if that would work any better.

 

[burdsjm]

FYI, updated MQ2CLoot for SOD, so it is premium, not lifetime. Update via loader, if you want to try it out.

htw

Can we get it updated for Underfoot too please?

 

[rand0m11]

Damn, still cant get it to work.

It seems so simple in theory. Its actually the only reason I subbed to here. I am surprised AFK farming is not more popular - I thought that was one of the biggest perks of MQ2.

Still open to suggestions if anyone can help.

 

[thedevil]

You'll need to build a macro if you want to do what you're wanting.

 

[Dealings]

Join Date: Jan 2013
Posts: 3

it may also be probable that people wont trip over themselves to hand u some information for your own good and theirs

 

[rand0m11]

You'll need to build a macro if you want to do what you're wanting.

Yeah, I thought so. I am working on it now, but not having much luck.

Join Date: Jan 2013
Posts: 3

it may also be probable that people wont trip over themselves to hand u some information for your own good and theirs

I am not allowed to ask for help because I joined this month? How many months do I have to be here so I can ask for help?

I am clearly already trying to work on it on my own, just cant figure it out.

 

[dewey2461]

Don't think ${Melee.GotAggro} is going to work. Try using :

${Me.XTarget} or ${Target.ID} or ${Me.XTarget[1].ID}

downshit1 = /if (${Target.ID} && ${Target.Distance}<50 && ${Target.Type.Equal[NPC]}) /multiline ; /play pause ; /attack on ; /stick 10

downshit2 = /if (${Target.Type.NotEqual[NPC]} && ${AdvPath.Paused}) /play unpause

 

[dewey2461]

Also check out the wiki and look for "Top Level Object" spawn, me, target. Using those you can get a lot of info.

Should check out the Mq2Melee wiki as well it has lots of commonly used checks.

 

[htw]

How about putting in event sub(s), that can set a flag (variable, such as a bool, GotHit or whatever) that your macro checks? The event (using macro sub or MQ2Events) could watch for the text when you get hit, that would pause path & engage mob(s), and the one for mob death, could cause you to loot & continue path (if no more mobs). Wanna try that?

Another thing is you could always check if a NPC is really close, e.g. within melee range, and pause & attack at that point.

htw