How to automate your prospecting.

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How to Automate your Prospecting.

Things this does not do: This is not a smart bot or script. This is just to save you the task of a very annoying Prospecting.

Step 1: Load your bag full of Saronite Ore / Titanium Ore, keep it in stacks of 5, 10, 15, or 20. No 4 stacks or 18 stack stragglers, it won't work. - Make sure to turn on Auto Loot

Step 2: Install www(dot)autohotkey(dot)com software, it's a simple macro software with keyboard interaction. (I do _NOT_ know if this can get you banned, please use it at your own disgression. I've been doing it for 3 months, no problems so far.)

Step 3: Create the following macro in World of Warcraft, and place it on BUTTON 5 of any bar that's out of the way, I prefer bar 6, but that doesn't matter, what's important is that it's on Button 5 unless you modify the script.

Macro

/cast Prospecting
/use Saronite Ore
/use Titanium Ore

Step 4: Create a folder on your desktop called "AHK" (This is where all your scripts would go) - In this folder right click and select "New - Autohotkey Script" - name it "Prospecting" or something you are familiar with / will remember.

Step 5: Right click your new script and chose "Edit Script"

Copy the following code into the blank document.

#SingleInstance Force ;Forces AHK to allow only one script at a time
#NoEnv
#ifWinActive World of Warcraft ;Only runs the script if the active window is World of Warcraft
{

;<=====  HotKey Toggle  =====>
~Enter::Suspend ;When pressing Enter to chat, suspends the rapid key presses.  Pressing enter again resumes the macro.
return

$\::Suspend ;Toggle script suspend when pressing \
return

$F1::  ; Make the F1 key into a hotkey (the $ symbol facilitates the "P" mode of GetKeyState below).
Loop  ; Since no number is specified with it, this is an infinite loop unless "break" or "return" is encountered inside.
{
    Send 5  ; This will press 5 on your keyboard. .
    sleep 100
}
return
$F2::Pause ;
$F3::ExitApp  ;
}

Step 6: Right click "Prospect" script and choose "Run Script" - go back into your World of Warcraft game, and press F1 to begin the prospecting. It will do both saronite and titanium ore due to the macro. Press F2 if you want to pause the script. Lastly press F3 if you want to exit the script completely.

Copyright: This script was written by me, Necrohealiac. If you wish to expand on this script, feel free to do so at your own digression. I will not help you if you break the script by editing it. If you wish to post this tutorial in another location/forum please PM me first. I hold no responsibilities of any problems you encounter with this script with Blizzard Entertainment. Remember, I too am using this script.

 

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Bonus script for Warlocks.

Using the same methods as above, place a new script in your AHK folder and title it "Shard Farming"

Visit the training dummies at your local city, run the script, press F1, and enjoy! - Put "Drain Soul" on any bar, button 7.

#SingleInstance Force ;Forces AHK to allow only one script at a time
#NoEnv
#ifWinActive World of Warcraft ;Only runs the script if the active window is World of Warcraft
{

;<=====  HotKey Toggle  =====>
~Enter::Suspend ;When pressing Enter to chat, suspends the rapid key presses.  Pressing enter again resumes the macro.
return

$\::Suspend ;Toggle script suspend when pressing \
return

$F1::  ; Make the F1 key into a hotkey (the $ symbol facilitates the "P" mode of GetKeyState below).
Loop  ; Since no number is specified with it, this is an infinite loop unless "break" or "return" is encountered inside.
{
    Send 7  ; Press number 7 on your keyboard.
    sleep 12000
}
return
$F2::Pause ;
$F3::ExitApp  ;
}

Feel free to go AFK after you begin farming shards, and when you return you will be at 32 (max) shards. Perfect to use when getting ready to raid.

 

[Tony]

the prospecting part you can do it with the crafting button as well

 

[Owneth]

the prospecting part you can do it with the crafting button as well

Also if you have the above macro... + a G15/G11/G19/G110 keyboard or pad... You can set it to "toggle" the G button to repeat over and over until you hit it to stop. To do so, go into your Logitech G-Series Key Profiler... click the G key you assigned... hit "repeat options" and choose "toggle".

That's what I do. Put macro in = slot on action bar hit G key. Walk away about 5 minutes, come back and viola! Done. *Make sure you got plenty of bagspace for gems.

Also if you edit the macro too show how much Saronite you have:

#show Saronite Ore
/cast Prospecting
/use Saronite Ore

Don't give it a icon from the default macro interface.
It will have a number count on the ore in your action bar.

Personally, I take out the line about "use Titanium" and created a whole new macro to prospect Titanium Ore separate from Saronite Ore. I set it to do space " - " sign on action bar.

Here it is:

#show Titanium Ore
/cast Prospecting
/use Titanium Ore

 

[EntaroAdun88]

You realize that the Crafting button does the same thing. Since you're in GB forums, the Crafting button next to the Start Botting button does what your AHK script does. All you need to do is place a macro on Bar2 button 0, and hit Crafting.

Since you're using GB to farm anyway, might as well use GB to prospect as well. It's not like your AHK script is unbannable. Those automation scripts are just as susceptible to a ban.