Keymaps in "l"ook mode, and Dimension Door

Chud · May 13, 2019, 05:41

It looks like keymaps are not recognized in "look" ("l") mode, am I right? Or am I missing a way to do this?

My goal was to simplify the mage spell Dimension Door a little (which, by the way, is an awesome spell). I wanted to do "l", mouse click a space, and then use a keymap for "5m4e5". Doesn't seem to work though; I still need to type the leading 5 manually to set the target.

More generally -- is there a more efficient keymap approach to Dimension Door that people like?

Pete Mack · May 13, 2019, 11:11

No, it won't work. You would need to use a macro, which were removed from Vanilla some time ago.

fph · May 13, 2019, 13:08

The general idea is that keymaps are only active when the game is expecting a command. This is a measure to minimize unintentional screw-ups: the same keys may have a *totally* different meaning if you are in the middle of another command. Something like this: that "1" key inside your macro that was supposed to select a scroll to read now means "move down-left". The dragon breathes, you die. Oops.

There used to be another variant of keymaps that was always active, macros, but they have been removed because they were another layer of complexity that was useful only in very special cases.

wobbly · May 13, 2019, 15:06

As an example of what can go wrong I regularly genocided molds in PCB because Z was macroed to cast a spell.

krazyhades · May 13, 2019, 20:48

That's pretty funny, wobbly. Also rip molds.

May 13, 2019, 05:41	#1
Chud Swordsman Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 309	Keymaps in "l"ook mode, and Dimension Door It looks like keymaps are not recognized in "look" ("l") mode, am I right? Or am I missing a way to do this? My goal was to simplify the mage spell Dimension Door a little (which, by the way, is an awesome spell). I wanted to do "l", mouse click a space, and then use a keymap for "5m4e5". Doesn't seem to work though; I still need to type the leading 5 manually to set the target. More generally -- is there a more efficient keymap approach to Dimension Door that people like?

May 13, 2019, 13:08	#3
fph Veteran Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Pisa / DL0 Posts: 1,023	The general idea is that keymaps are only active when the game is expecting a command. This is a measure to minimize unintentional screw-ups: the same keys may have a totally different meaning if you are in the middle of another command. Something like this: that "1" key inside your macro that was supposed to select a scroll to read now means "move down-left". The dragon breathes, you die. Oops. There used to be another variant of keymaps that was always active, macros, but they have been removed because they were another layer of complexity that was useful only in very special cases. __________________ Dive fast, die young, leave a high-CHA corpse. -- You read a scroll labeled 'lol gtfo' of Teleport Level.

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May 13, 2019, 11:11	#2
Pete Mack Prophet Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 6,768 Donated: $40	No, it won't work. You would need to use a macro, which were removed from Vanilla some time ago.

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wobbly Prophet Join Date: May 2012 Location: Adelaide, Australia Posts: 2,613	As an example of what can go wrong I regularly genocided molds in PCB because Z was macroed to cast a spell.

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krazyhades Swordsman Join Date: Jun 2013 Posts: 428	That's pretty funny, wobbly. Also rip molds.

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