Alias for Wellow and Barcans

[dbzarea2000]

As I has so much trouble trying to figure out ALIAS. Once I finally got it and how I figured it out, I wanted to share the simple way to do this.

First lets create a single alias, because that will be where you will copy and paste over inside of a Saved Ui Layout File. This will give the Exact location you need to Copy / Paste.

Do this in the General TAB for the first time.

/alias ;hw "hello world"

This will make you (SAY) Hello World

by simply typing ;hw

Doing so will make it appear in the General Tab as default

Then Save the UI layout. /ui layout save (Filenameyouwant-mine is Wellowwindow)(or use layout for all toons)

On the General Tab, it show where it saves it

Now go find that file on your pc. I have windows 10, saving it tells me its here:

C:/Users/MyName/Documents/Dungeons and Dragons Online/ui/layouts/Wellowwindow.layout

Edit file in notepad.

From many other post I gathered the colors, I just copy and paste over the alias you see which SHOULD BE HELLO WORLD

COPY AND PASTE THE (ALIASES) FROM BELOW

It should be near the top of the file.

MAKE SURE TO SAVE FILE ;

go in game and load your UI again after this edit. YOU MUST be in party for these to work, thats the /p I placed, put what you like for the tab you like like /g for general. You can change colors and add more. Good Alias'ing.
PS Use a Hireling to get instand party.

another post here found it for the MAC, was trying to help Drexnan on a Mac. Found this :

To save your current toolbar layout, type:

Code:
/ui layout save /Users/your_home_directory/your_layout_file_name

To restore any of the layouts you have saved, type:
Code:

/ui layout load /Users/your_home_directory/your_layout_file_name

Note that "your_home_directory" is whatever the name of your home directory is. It is not literally "your_home_directory".

Look closely, you can edit what I and others wrote and put whatever you want.

That First Alais string is ;help shows in party the shortcuts you made, remember if you edit, like T for trap. You can put tr instead, just change it in the help so when you forget and use the help its correct. looking further down you see T is for the trap on the alias for it. You can put a M on the help, then make a alist M, that says Monsters!

Wellow the ArchMage.

Note : these I have made for my personal use, Im sure you will want to change some items in there. Like ;wellow



<Aliases>
<Alias String=";babyblue" Value="&lt;rgb=#66CCFF>"/>
<Alias String=";black" Value="&lt;rgb=#000000>"/>
<Alias String=";blue" Value="&lt;rgb=#0000FF>"/>
<Alias String=";bi" Value="/p ;red OHHH There be a special item in this here chest! ;rgb"/>
<Alias String=";c" Value="/p ;green O;rgb;limegreen All Clear!;rgb;green O;rgb"/>
<Alias String=";darkgrey" Value="&lt;rgb=#666666>"/>
<Alias String=";f" Value="/p ;yellow That's It - ;rgb ;green Click Finish;rgb"/>
<Alias String=";gold" Value="&lt;rgb=#FFD700>"/>
<Alias String=";green" Value="&lt;rgb=#00FF00>"/>
<Alias String=";grey" Value="&lt;rgb=#999999>"/>
<Alias String=";help" Value="/p Available commands are: help | save | load | ;white C - for All Clear | Finger - for Finger Spell | F - for Finish | Wellow - For who am I | Shrine - needing rest | Secret - for Secret Passage | Magic - funny magic comment | YW - Your Welcome | TY -Thank You | Gather - Group up for plan | Trap - for trap comment | MP - Magical Protections? | BI - Special Item | ;rgb ;blue blue ;rgb | ;black black ;rgb | ;darkgrey darkgrey ;rgb | ;green green ;rgb | ;grey grey ;rgb | ;hotpink hotpink ;rgb | ;limegreen limegreen ;rgb | ;pink pink ;rgb | ;purple purple ;rgb | ;red red ;rgb | ;seagreen seagreen ;rgb | ;white white | ;rgb;yellow yellow ;rgb|"/>
<Alias String=";hotpink" Value="&lt;rgb=#FF0099>"/>
<Alias String=";limegreen" Value="&lt;rgb=#99FF99>"/>
<Alias String=";load" Value="/ui layout load layout"/>
<Alias String=";pink" Value="&lt;rgb=#FF99CC>"/>
<Alias String=";purple" Value="&lt;rgb=#800080>"/>
<Alias String=";red" Value="&lt;rgb=#FF0000>"/>
<Alias String=";rgb" Value="&lt;/rgb>"/>
<Alias String=";wellow" Value="/p ;yellow I am a ArchMage! ;rgb ;Yellow The one who can summon fire without flint and and tender!!! ;rgb ;limegreen The one who can point a finger and TAKE A LIFE! ;rgb ;red I AM WELLOW!!! ;rgb"/>
<Alias String=";save" Value="/ui layout save layout"/>
<Alias String=";seagreen" Value="&lt;rgb=#339999>"/>
<Alias String=";shrine" Value="/p ;yellow Guys I need a Shrine ;rgb ;red Sooner than later! I'm totally Drained! ;rgb ;yellow Pretty Please;rgb"/>
<Alias String=";secret" Value="/p ;green I just found a ;rgb ;Yellow SECRET PASSAGE! ;rgb ;green Want to check it out???;rgb"/>
<Alias String=";magic" Value="/p ;red FIREBALL ;rgb ;green ACID BLAST ;rgb ;purple MAGIC MISSLE ;rgb ;seagreen Get them with some MAGIC DANG IT!! ;rgb"/>
<Alias String=";finger" Value="/p ;hotpink RUN YOU MONSTER ;rgb ;Yellow BEFORE I GET YOU WITH MY MAGIC ;rgb ;black FINGER....OF DEATH;rgb"/>
<Alias String=";yw" Value="/p ;yellow You are most welcome ;rgb;red My good friend!!"/>
<Alias String=";ty" Value="/p ;yellow I am most gracious for your ;rgb;red Aid and Assistance!!!"/>
<Alias String=";gather" Value="/p ;yellow Gather Around ;rgb;red We need a plan!"/>
<Alias String=";trap" Value="/p ;yellow TRAP AHEAD ;rgb;red STOP!!!"/>
<Alias String=";mp" Value="/p ;yellow Would Anyone like ;rgb;red Magical Protections?!?!"/>
<Alias String=";white" Value="&lt;rgb=#FFFFFF>"/>
<Alias String=";yellow" Value="&lt;rgb=#FFFF00>"/>
</Aliases>

[Darkfury]

That's very cool, thanks for taking the time to detail how it works.

One thing I would love to be able to do, is be able to press a button and say a phrase and then activate an ability, like;
/say "This is where I draw the line!";/Activate "Stand Like Stone"

But that's just me being greedy!

[SpartanKiller13]

That's very cool, thanks for taking the time to detail how it works.

One thing I would love to be able to do, is be able to press a button and say a phrase and then activate an ability, like;
/say "This is where I draw the line!";/Activate "Stand Like Stone"

But that's just me being greedy!

Devs have said that they're ok with macros that do things a human could do, so you could use something like AutoHotKey (https://autohotkey.com/) to write a simple script for that.

Something like:


#SingleInstance Force ; ensures that only one version of this script is open

F7:: ; F7 is the hotkey to activate this section
Clipboard = "This is where I draw the line!" ; drops your quote into your clipboard
SendInput {Enter}^v{Enter} ; opens chat, pastes your quote, sends it
Sleep 100 ; short delay so things go smoother
SendInput 9 ; or whatever you have SLS on. Could also use a Click command to a target location
Return ; ends the hotkey

+Esc:: ; sets Shift+Escape as the hotkey to kill the script
ExitApp ; closes this AHK script
Return ; ends the hotkey

Just download AHK, paste the above into a text file, save it as Whatever.AHK, and run it :)

[Pyed-Pyper]

That's very cool, thanks for taking the time to detail how it works.

One thing I would love to be able to do, is be able to press a button and say a phrase and then activate an ability, like;
/say "This is where I draw the line!";/Activate "Stand Like Stone"

But that's just me being greedy!


greed rewarded!

A few years ago, someone here figured out how to tie voice commands to keyboard commands and posted a detailed explanation on how to do it.

the price for your greed?

You'll need to find it yourself.

[Symbiont]

<Alias String=";grip" Value=";channel ;yellow !!!!!!!!!!;red GRIP ;yellow!!!!!!!!!!;rgb"/>

This alias is among my favorites. No more grip-related deaths due to inattentive chat reading.