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Azerik
11-16-2016, 12:10 PM
Hello,

I am not sure if there is anything I can do to fix this besides shorten the alias, change it to a macro, or change it to script for it to work correctly again. Here is the problem:

This started happening yesterday and continued into today. When I use a long alias the last few commands in the alias are not working because of type ahead lines.

Example alias: signsfull => sign of warding\rsign of striking\rsign of defending\rsign of smiting\rsign of swords\rsign of shields\rsign of deflection\rsign of dissipation

Here is the current result:
>signsfull
Sorry, you may only type ahead 2 commands.
Sorry, you may only type ahead 2 commands.
Sorry, you may only type ahead 2 commands.
Your dancing fingers weave a web of protection around you!
You grip your ironwood runestaff with renewed vigor!
Your dancing fingers weave a web of protection around you!
You grip your ironwood runestaff with renewed vigor!
You grip your ironwood runestaff with renewed vigor!

Before yesterday I would not get the type ahead error. This also happens when an alias I have setup for skinning.

As a temp fix I just converted these commands to scripts but it is just odd that it was working fine forever and all of a sudden it starts behaving like this.

Any insights?

Tillmen
11-16-2016, 12:24 PM
The game doesn't seem to enforce typeahead limits when the server load is light. Or there could be some other reason for it, but in my experience the typeahead limits have been enforced only some of the time. Your macro will likely start working again, but I would just leave it as a script for the reliability.

Azerik
11-16-2016, 12:31 PM
Cool. Thanks for the quick reply!

RangerZ
11-19-2016, 11:41 AM
Would adding some \p tags for pausing help out? As long as time isn't critical it may be fine.