Rng Spellcast / Snapshot Help

I'm in the process of trying to frankenstein some of my other xmls together to make one for my rng and have no idea how to write the rules to utilize a snapshot gear set in it. If anyone can help or has a spellcast they use that I can have I'd be much obliged.

Bump ._.

Does snapshot work like Fast Cast gear? Meaning do you have to have the gear equipped when you do the ranged attack or just at the start?

Sorry, last time I played FFXI there was only about one piece of gear with Snapshot on it and I'm unfamiliar with the gear swaps.

I believe you just have to have the gear equipped at the start since there's no "recast" on ranged attacks and it's what I've read/heard. I have a fair bit of snapshot gear and it's not worth shooting in lol.

Then the obvious thing would be to set it up so hitting your ranged macro (I used Ctrl+X as my Ranged attack) would first swap into Snapshot gear, then a wait of 0.1, then swap into your standard DD gear.

I'm way outdated on Spellcast knowledge so I won't be able to write something specific up, but it seems like it might be easier to do with Windower macro scripting. Just make a .txt that has a swap, then a /wait, then a swap again. Bind that to your Ctrl+X or put it in your macro and there ya go.

Yea, I'm just unsure of what type of ability range attack is counted on and how to stack precast and midcast in the rules of spellcast =S Not familiar on how to use windower macros, really. I only picked up on spellcast and learned that the best I could.

You on MSN? Send me a /befriend, easier to explain it there.

Done

the only snapshot piece to macro in these days pretty much are just gule hands with snapshot augment, impulse belt, and mirke/synergy body. The af3 head you pretty much full time anyways.

To be honest it doesnt matter much to me for hands or body because 4 hit build + double shot + rapid shot+ snapshot merits is good enough for me without using additional spellcast stuff (i try to make it so i can play on any computer/system without change)

that would be mine~

/equip waist "Impulse belt"
/wait 1
/ra <t>
/wait 2
/equip waist "Scout's belt"

It would probably look something like this.

<set name="pre_range">
*whatever gear has snapshot*
</set>

<set name="range">
*whatever gear you shoot with*
</set>

in rules

<if prefixcommand="/range">
<castdelay="0.1"/>
<equip set="pre_range" when="precast"/>
<equip set="range" when="midcast"/>
</if>

Don't put too much clout in my coding skills esp. since I wrote this in 30s. The logic looks right though.

Any clue if AF3+1 body would conflict with a Snapshot body?
Im not sure if you need it on each shot or just for the JA

would assume it's like every other enhance af gear and only need when JA is triggered

<if spell="ranged">
<equip when="precast" set="Snapshot" />
<equip when="midcast" set="YOURSETHERE" />
<midcastdelay delay="0.1" />
</if>

Not sure if the delay is needed or not, but that could work. I have yet to include any snapshot rules in my rng spellcast.

you must have the body equipped when the shot fires.