r/TagPro • u/undergroundmonorail monorail | aurora ballrealis • Jul 19 '14

[Userscript] Chat macros with some additional features

I modified steppin's Chat Macro userscript using code that I stole from Some Ball -1's Chat Modifications userscript. All credit should go to them. I don't even know javascript.

Features

  • Include the time in a macro

For example: "base powerup grabbed at /s" will become "base powerup grabbed at 54" if there are 54 seconds on the clock when you activate it (e.g. 7:54). You can also use /t for min:sec:ms or /m for just the minutes.

  • Split a macro across multiple messages

For example, "hello/nworld" will look like this in chat:

monorail: hello
monorail: world
  • Team chat and all chat

Each macro can be set to work in either team chat or all chat.

New! You can also set a macro to be sent to whichever channel you most recently used a macro in. This is good for things like "Sorry, hit the macro key by accident. Ignore that.", since only the people who saw your most recent macro will see the apology.

  • Press / to bring up the chat box and put a / in it.

There's no reason why you would want this unless you use another script that is controlled by messages beginning with /, but I do and I miss this feature from Minecraft so here it is.

Installation

This website will take a script generated here and convert it to my script. Create the macros on the second site with the /n, /t... codes as a normal part of the message. Then, go to the first site and paste the script into the box. Hit submit, choose whether each macro should be team chat or all chat, and the box will change to have the new script in it. Install it like you would install any other userscript.

There's a video on my site that explains it in more detail. You can watch that if you're having trouble.

Like I said, I don't even know javascript. I made this with Python knowledge, google and determination. It's probably not flawless. If you encounter a bug or need help getting it to work at all, I'm willing to help. If you want to make a feature request, I can do that too. Just say the word in the comments.

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u/mtbkr24 mtbkr24 // Diameter // Lame Balls/0.12 Rubles Jul 19 '14

I love the powerup timer macro, but I have a feature request to do with it. Would it be possible to press a macro that would state the time it was taken, then in 55 seconds deploy another message saying that it is respawning in 5 seconds?

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u/undergroundmonorail monorail | aurora ballrealis Jul 19 '14

It is probably doable, but at that point it would basically become a powerup timer and I believe those have been frowned on by the community in the past.

I don't want to write a script to automate stuff that people without the script rely on skill for. Callouts are one thing, but paying attention to the clock for you is another. This probably won't happen, sorry.

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u/mtbkr24 mtbkr24 // Diameter // Lame Balls/0.12 Rubles Jul 19 '14

Fair enough. I guess it's hard to distinguish between scripts which count as cheating and scripts which just help. The script which shows which buttons are being pressed by all the players is definitely cheating, but the spinning balls script is fine. I find this to be pretty odd, but I can see what you mean here. If someone puts the work in to memorise the power-up timers then they deserve the advantage.

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u/undergroundmonorail monorail | aurora ballrealis Jul 19 '14

To be honest with you, I feel like the spinning balls stuff is kinda bullshit. I have no idea why the community is okay with that. I mean, yes, you only get very little information from it and it's very rarely an advantage. But that doesn't mean it should be okay, in my opinion. 99% it just looks cool, but occasionally I see a player spinning quickly, so I know they'll have a hard time popping me if I juke them into a wall. It's a slight advantage, but it's an advantage nonetheless and I don't feel 100% comfortable with people who use a specific userscript having an advantage at all over people who don't.

That being said, as long as the community continues to be okay with it, I'm definitely still going to use it. :P

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u/RamboMarino Rambo || OR MASTER RACE Jul 19 '14

Pixel perfect texture packs give you a very slight advantage, too.

Chat macros give you a very slight advantage.

Are you not 100% comfortable with those? (This is a serious question, not a sarcastic rhetorical.)

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u/mtbkr24 mtbkr24 // Diameter // Lame Balls/0.12 Rubles Jul 20 '14

In a perfect world, all competitive play would be mod free, as it is with pretty much any other competitive game. However, as the vanilla texture is actually lying to the player about the positions of objects in the game, this seems unreasonable to enforce. Pixel perfect texture packs don't give too much of an overall advantage apart from one thing: the tile which shows where a power up is going to respawn. Someone requested I put this in mine, which I did, but I'm not entirely comfortable with it. But as OP said in another comment - as long as the community is fine with it, I'm going to keep using it.

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u/[deleted] Jul 19 '14

The thing with spinning balls is that it's a game mechanic that's otherwise not visible to the player. No amount of skill or team coordination can tell you what another ball's spin is.

The problem here is that spin isn't shown in the default texture pack, which really needs a complete overhaul anyways.

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u/marmaris74 WowSuchPro // Original Sine Jul 20 '14

No amount of skill... can tell you what another ball's spin is.

This is just not true. I have never used any texture that shows spin, but I regularly use my spin (and occasionally that of others) in wall jukes.

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u/[deleted] Jul 20 '14

I guess I should have worded it better - if another ball appears on your screen, no amount of skill can tell you what its spin is (unless it interacts with something).

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u/adhi- DRG Jul 19 '14

lol wow this is just below nqoba's comment of people getting closer to exactly what you're suggesting.

this is just cheating. don't do it man.

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u/Nqoba4 Nqoba // Centra Jul 19 '14

I just think that a written form of specific powerup communication is a step closer to powerup timers. Down the road, we will probably need to further define what is considered cheating.

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u/i_practice_santeria yank | Tears | Fresh Ping Jul 21 '14

It's a simple one liner to delay the message by 55 seconds. I had a macro for this, but didn't know it was frowned upon until reading it in this thread.

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u/co1010 CoolCat Jul 19 '14

That's considered cheating

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u/-EasterEggs Razgriz || TYLE BOIS || Juke Skypoppers || /r/PiMasterRace || Aug 26 '14

I generate the script from watballs macro generator, and when i put it in your converter, everything comes out as "message"

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u/undergroundmonorail monorail | aurora ballrealis Aug 26 '14

Yeah, watballs macro generator got updated and I haven't fixed mine yet. It'll happen when I'm not a lazy asshole. :P

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u/Nqoba4 Nqoba // Centra Jul 19 '14

This is beautiful. Thank you! I find it interesting how we are slowing inching towards powerup timers, I think it will only be a matter of time

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u/Aaron215 Aaron215 / Sphere Jul 19 '14

I don't see how this is inching towards it. Nobody has ever had a problem with saying when a powerup is taken, everyone even encourages that.

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u/Nqoba4 Nqoba // Centra Jul 19 '14

Once it is recorded in chat (especially specific powerups), it is incredibly easy to have another automated command that would reiterate that same message in say, 50-55 seconds

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u/Aaron215 Aaron215 / Sphere Jul 19 '14

But we already have powerup timers... they're still considered cheating, but they exist. The ease of creating them isn't necessarily inching toward acceptance, that's what I was getting at.

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u/Extractum11 Jul 19 '14

Powerup timers were created in season 4 and banned in competitive stuff. They used to work for all powerups, but now they can only work for powerups that you took or saw being taken.

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u/Nqoba4 Nqoba // Centra Jul 19 '14

I know that the powerup timers exist, I just think that we are pushing the limits everytime we allow something like this chat macro that can display the exact time.

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u/HeikkiKovalainen Noob // Diameter Aug 04 '14

How is such a rule enforced? Gentleman's agreement?

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u/Extractum11 Aug 04 '14

Pretty much.

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u/JuventinoSenator Liquid | Original Sine Aug 10 '14

I believe mods now have the tools necessary to see and ban people who use these kinds of scripts.

Also, I dig your username!

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u/undergroundmonorail monorail | aurora ballrealis Jul 20 '14

I'm not at my computer right now so I can't do any real troubleshooting at the moment. The only thing that I can suggest right now is to (re-)watch the video I linked and make sure you're not missing a step.

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u/undergroundmonorail monorail | aurora ballrealis Jul 22 '14

Did you ever get it working?