First and foremost thanks for all your content that you continue to put out. It’s greatly appreciated. Your videos are Incredibly put together. As a fairly recent player I have been following your videos. From the visual upgrade videos/windower/ and job specific guides. There are a short few of you guys making content and it’s been top tier stuff. To be honest however, I’m so overwhelmed by this video lol. I haven’t delved into the windower add-on, nor am I at the point of gearswaps etc. I haven’t even reached level 99 being im still trying jobs and leveling, crafts, quests and so forth. Just saying this stuff is crazy deep and the amount of detail that goes into the LUA aspect of things. Having an abundance of gears sets is so different compared to what I’m use to. It’s fascinating and that’s why I watch these videos. There is no game like this.
Thanks for the kind words. Yes it can be very overwhelming! I suggest you just start with maybe a Weapon Skill set and a TP Set using just the FFXI Native system and NOT the LUA and work more gearsets in from there as you acquire the gear and feel more comfortable with it. Agree, there is no other game like this! That's what keeps bringing me back :)
Thank you so much for these videos and supplying the scripts on Github, I've seen so many of your videos and NIN is my fave job, its really inspiring to see its potential with detailed information on how to progress, improvements to make (eg i had no idea built in equipment swap required a 1 sec delay! no wonder mine barely works lol). With this guide and the gearsets I've got lots of avenues for improvements, keep up the great work!
One thing you can do is shorten the way you have your lua. You have too many unneeded if statements that it runs through, where your script loses nano-seconds, which doesn't seem like a lot, but it can easily get bottlenecked in laggy zones. The way I call my precast is, updated to what you call yours is: if spell.action_type == 'Magic' then if spell.english:startswith('Utsusemi') then equip(sets.precast.utsusemi) else equip(sets.precast.fc) end end And for your midcast, do the same thing, decrease the amount of if statements that your lua has to call. if spell.action_type == 'Ability' then if spell.name == 'Provoke' or spell.name == 'Warcry' then equip(sets.enmity) elseif string.find(spell.english,'Waltz') then equip(sets.midcast.waltz) end end
Any chance of you giving us your in-game macros to set up? Of course we could just hit pause and set up, but it would be awesome if you had these for us to use, and change as we see fit. Also, love the videos!! Great Job!
You mean like as a file you could download? Wow I'd not thought of that. It's a really good idea, let me look into how it works and I will get that added shortly.
So looking into this and I'm not seeing any ways to do it that doesn't make it include a bunch of stuff in addition to the macro's. Is there some way you know of that I can easily transfer just the Ninja macro's to some kind of file that I can share?
@@Nyopanpopan Think I figured it out. You will have to test it and let me know. Several steps here. 1. Browse to C:\Program Files (x86)\PlayOnilne\SquareEnix\Final Fantasy XI\USER. Backup this folder in case we mess something up. As in copy it and paste it in another location so that you have a copy of it the way it is now. 2. Now we need to find the folder for your character. If you have just one it should be easy and be the only folder under USER. If you have multiple characters then you will have a folder for each one and you will have to do some guessing as to which is the right one. 3. Download the zip file from here. github.com/NextGames2000/Macros 4. Unzip that file and put all of the contents into the folder you identified as above for your character. For instance copy it into C:\Program Files (x86)\PlayOnline\Square Enix\Final Fantasy XI\USER\c0fecd 5. Launch game, when you login your macro's in banks 1 2 and 3 should now be my ninja macro's. Did it work? If not you want to copy your backup of that USER folder back over what's in there to fix it. Let me know, hope this works for you... MAKE SURE YOU MAKE A BACKUP! Don't want you losing anything.
Wonderful information! Thank you. Quick question: Everything is working perfectly except for midcast.enfin. When casting hojo or etc. it doesn't swap me into magic accuracy set. Any tips?
That's what I figured, you can't rely on equipviewer as it changes you out of the gear literally the instant you start casting so your only in it for a few milliseconds. Best way to confirm it's working is to use an enfeeble on a mob with the lua turned on, note the recast. Now turn off the lua and now try to enfeeble, recast timer should be higher confirming fast cast was being used with the lua. Hope this helps!
thank you for this video! It shows you are using the gearinfo addon - please check out my friend Arislan lua (google) - his lua is more complex and uses gearinfo to automatically switch between dual wield gear (it adjusts when it detects haste, haste 2, marches etc on you). Greetings from Veroninja of Shiva
Thanks for your suggestion! I'm actually not a fan of stuff that changes gear for me automatically based on conditions. For me there is a lot more that goes into the decision on which gearset to be in other then what marches and haste I have on me. The Dual Wield setups have much less hp, magic def, magic eva, multiattack, crit hit etc on them so I usually take all those into account when deciding whether it's worth it to change to DW20 for instance if I only have Haste 2 on me. That's why I prefer to simply have the Gearinfo plugin loaded so that I can easily see at a glance the buffs I have and use that info to make a decision. This is party also why I made my own LUA for Ninja as so many of the others did all kinds of stuff for me automatically that I didn't want done, I just wanted it to change the gear. I know many others play a bit differently and for them I'm sure this would a useful tool, it just doesn't fit with my playstyle. Thanks though, I'm sure others may find this useful.
Is there a update video of your fast cast set for you to do a double magic burst? If you change to fast cast to get the 2nd spell in it would be much weaker?? Also would love to see your fast cast gear set
The fast cast set in the gearswap.lua in this video has my up to date fast cast set. The reason gearswap is needed is because the native FFXI system can't change your gear fast enough. You need to start casting the elemental spell in your fast cast set and finish casting it in your elemental ninjutsu set... and then doing that again on the second MB.
Do you have to add /ja "Provoke" after each DW for it to change gear??? any other way to change with out voke?? like when u in town and just want to see the different sets u have?
You do NOT have to have /ja "Provoke" after the command to select the TP Gearset you want to be in. You could simply have a macro that did nothing but select the tp gearset. I just ran out of macro's as you can see so I choose to do it with the Provoke macro to do both. If your in town selecting a npc and using a macro will usually swap you to the gear as intended but rarely switches you back out of it since your not in battle. The one main exception is Utsusemi as it will always switch to Fast Cast and then back to your current Tp set. If you just want to manually select a set in town you can also just use the in game menu to "equip" it. This is one of the reason I suggest keeping the in game macro sets in sync with the gearset ones. Hope that helps.
Oh good point! Yes you need the Windower4 addon called Cancel. You can find how to install windower 4 and Cancel in my tutorial video here. th-cam.com/video/j4ByGc2M1R0/w-d-xo.html
Thanks for the helpful video. I'm having an issue getting the /console gs c tp dw40/dw20/0 set changes to work. I put them in a macro but my equipment does not change. Tried to look through the code but I cannot figure it out. Any suggestions?
Hmm, not had this issue. Just to make sure, the syntax you are using in the macro is "/console gs c tp dw0" correct? Try typing //console gs c tp dw40 manually into the chat log and see if it changes you to your dw40 set. There really is only two sections of code that makes this whole thing work so my guess is the issue is there. The first set of code is lines 1-24 in the Lua. Please look them overly carefully and make sure they are EXACTLY like in mine. second scroll to the very bottom and make sure lines 613 through 620 are exactly like they are in my lua. If those two sections are the same there really isn't much else that could be stopping it from working as that is everything that is involved with that part of the code. Hope this helps~!
@@NextGamesGuide Nevermind I figured it out...I did not add /ja "Provoke" after each DW, which would cause the gear switch. My fault, again thanks for the amazing content!
My Github Gearswap Page: github.com/NextGames2000/GearSwap Notepad ++ Page: notepad-plus-plus.org/downloads/ You will need the Cancel plugin to utilize the Cancel command gone over here. You can find a tutorial on how to install Windower4 and Cancel here th-cam.com/video/j4ByGc2M1R0/w-d-xo.html
I notice in each macro bank you only have one nuke spell per ws (Hi - ice san / shun - lightning san) do you change macro banks for when you dual magic burst?
I actually no longer have it setup this way. I've since changed macro bank 2 to being the only single Ni and San cast. All Light and Dark MB macros in the rest of the banks do the appropriate dual MB with timings built in. It has the downside of forcing you to dual MB when you don't want to. You can of course simply swap to Macro bank 2 and hit the appropriate macro for the single MB San as an option in those instances.
@@NextGamesGuide thanks for response. One more question, about your NI macro. You have it waiting 2 seconds after casting before swapping back to TP set. Doesn't fast cast trigger as long as your in fc gear when the casting starts? I would think you would want to get back into your more sturdy set asap, changing the wait to 1 second, or maybe I'm missing something. (@15:48 for e.g.)
@@obZen327 There are two parts of fast cast that are important. The first is casting time, this is how long it takes to cast the spell. This is reduced by starting the spell in fast cast gear. Then there is the recast timer that fast cast reduces for the spell and for that to work you need to be in it when the spell goes off so that's why you still want to be in it until the end. Easy test to see what I mean, change it to 1 second, and cast shadows and immediately check you recast for it, then change it back to 2 seconds and do the same. The recast should be less with the 2 second.
No, I would suggest you simply make a lua for domain invasion and swap to it when your doing DI. You can even macro the swap command so it's as easy as pressing a button to swap back and forth between them. Command to load another gearswap is //gs l NinjaDI
are you having the issue with windower 4 that ever since i did the HD mod add on etc when i go to risenjama or ru ann gardens or lower jeuno i get an all black screen where i run in place and see other people characters do you get this same issue as i do:?
No I do not, but a small percentage of people have the same issue you do and sadly to my knowledge no one has been able to fix it. It's indeed always in Lower Jueno or Reis when it happens from what I hear. Some people have had luck turning off things like Super Sampling in Windower 4 but it hasn't worked for others. Sadly it's still one of those unknown issues from what I know.
I am having an issue with the precast/fc with elemental ninjitsu. The precast FC works fine with Utsusemi but not ele skills. Am I missing something here?
@@NextGamesGuide Gear swap. All precast + Midcast doe'snt work. Precast and aftercast works and midcast and aftercast works, but not precast, midcast, aftercast. (sorry for the edits)
@@NextGamesGuide I just deleted everything, started over, re-entered my gear.. same issue. Precast + Midcast does not work. I had the day off of work, figured a good time to finally make the switch to this so i could double magic burst, 5 hours later and no progress but having to go back to old macros. Somehow I had a feeling that double mb was just too good to be true.
I have created video's showing how you can accomplish the same thing and an all in one pack that allows you to achieve it. You can find details here. th-cam.com/video/xD4aCHdYcSk/w-d-xo.html
--[[ Lock weaponskill if you are to far from the mob as to not lose TP ]] if spell.type == 'WeaponSkill' then if spell.target.distance > 5 then cancel_spell() add_to_chat(8, 'Target to far away. Move closer') return end end
Haha good question. :) I have gotten a little sick of staring at the same Character model for 17 years now so I use an addon called Dressup to change my Race... in this case Mithra. Underneath I'm still the same Hume with the same Hume Stats... just like the change of pace. :) If you want to learn how to use the dressup addon yourself you can do so in my tutorial addon/plugin video here. th-cam.com/video/j4ByGc2M1R0/w-d-xo.html
Holy shit I never knew you could cancel shadows that way, I've been doing it manually since before ToAU............ @15:30 so I can rewatch this after work lol
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First and foremost thanks for all your content that you continue to put out. It’s greatly appreciated. Your videos are Incredibly put together. As a fairly recent player I have been following your videos. From the visual upgrade videos/windower/ and job specific guides. There are a short few of you guys making content and it’s been top tier stuff.
To be honest however, I’m so overwhelmed by this video lol. I haven’t delved into the windower add-on, nor am I at the point of gearswaps etc. I haven’t even reached level 99 being im still trying jobs and leveling, crafts, quests and so forth. Just saying this stuff is crazy deep and the amount of detail that goes into the LUA aspect of things. Having an abundance of gears sets is so different compared to what I’m use to. It’s fascinating and that’s why I watch these videos. There is no game like this.
Thanks for the kind words. Yes it can be very overwhelming! I suggest you just start with maybe a Weapon Skill set and a TP Set using just the FFXI Native system and NOT the LUA and work more gearsets in from there as you acquire the gear and feel more comfortable with it. Agree, there is no other game like this! That's what keeps bringing me back :)
Just been directed here from FFXIAH. Holy shit this is an AMAZING Lua. Thanks alot! LOVING this series!!!
I don't NIN often, but I learned some stuff. I did not know you could put gs code in the in game macros. Thanks!
Thank you so much for these videos and supplying the scripts on Github, I've seen so many of your videos and NIN is my fave job, its really inspiring to see its potential with detailed information on how to progress, improvements to make (eg i had no idea built in equipment swap required a 1 sec delay! no wonder mine barely works lol). With this guide and the gearsets I've got lots of avenues for improvements, keep up the great work!
So much work put into this video. Thanks a lot man
Top notch quality as always, but this undertaking is a little intimidating lol
One thing you can do is shorten the way you have your lua. You have too many unneeded if statements that it runs through, where your script loses nano-seconds, which doesn't seem like a lot, but it can easily get bottlenecked in laggy zones. The way I call my precast is, updated to what you call yours is:
if spell.action_type == 'Magic' then
if spell.english:startswith('Utsusemi') then
equip(sets.precast.utsusemi)
else
equip(sets.precast.fc)
end
end
And for your midcast, do the same thing, decrease the amount of if statements that your lua has to call.
if spell.action_type == 'Ability' then
if spell.name == 'Provoke' or spell.name == 'Warcry' then
equip(sets.enmity)
elseif string.find(spell.english,'Waltz') then
equip(sets.midcast.waltz)
end
end
Amazing macro utilization brother hoorah....
Simple yet Complicated thank you for your videos
Any chance of you giving us your in-game macros to set up? Of course we could just hit pause and set up, but it would be awesome if you had these for us to use, and change as we see fit. Also, love the videos!! Great Job!
You mean like as a file you could download? Wow I'd not thought of that. It's a really good idea, let me look into how it works and I will get that added shortly.
@@NextGamesGuide You sir... Are a legend!!
So looking into this and I'm not seeing any ways to do it that doesn't make it include a bunch of stuff in addition to the macro's. Is there some way you know of that I can easily transfer just the Ninja macro's to some kind of file that I can share?
@@Nyopanpopan Think I figured it out. You will have to test it and let me know. Several steps here.
1. Browse to C:\Program Files (x86)\PlayOnilne\SquareEnix\Final Fantasy XI\USER. Backup this folder in case we mess something up. As in copy it and paste it in another location so that you have a copy of it the way it is now.
2. Now we need to find the folder for your character. If you have just one it should be easy and be the only folder under USER. If you have multiple characters then you will have a folder for each one and you will have to do some guessing as to which is the right one.
3. Download the zip file from here. github.com/NextGames2000/Macros
4. Unzip that file and put all of the contents into the folder you identified as above for your character. For instance copy it into C:\Program Files (x86)\PlayOnline\Square Enix\Final Fantasy XI\USER\c0fecd
5. Launch game, when you login your macro's in banks 1 2 and 3 should now be my ninja macro's.
Did it work? If not you want to copy your backup of that USER folder back over what's in there to fix it. Let me know, hope this works for you... MAKE SURE YOU MAKE A BACKUP! Don't want you losing anything.
@@NextGamesGuide I'll have to try it when I get home from work. I can't even find the folder here on my laptop.
Is there a way to toggle modes when using a controller? Perhaps with the directional pad etc?
How would you add a engaged and idle status to your aftercast function?
Wonderful information! Thank you. Quick question: Everything is working perfectly except for midcast.enfin. When casting hojo or etc. it doesn't swap me into magic accuracy set. Any tips?
Correction: my FC set isn't loading when I cast enfeebs. Is that normal?
No that's not normal. How is it you know it's not loading? Are you using the most recent ninja.lua?
@@NextGamesGuide I am- downloaded this morning. I'm not seeing it in equipviewer
That's what I figured, you can't rely on equipviewer as it changes you out of the gear literally the instant you start casting so your only in it for a few milliseconds. Best way to confirm it's working is to use an enfeeble on a mob with the lua turned on, note the recast. Now turn off the lua and now try to enfeeble, recast timer should be higher confirming fast cast was being used with the lua. Hope this helps!
thank you for this video! It shows you are using the gearinfo addon - please check out my friend Arislan lua (google) - his lua is more complex and uses gearinfo to automatically switch between dual wield gear (it adjusts when it detects haste, haste 2, marches etc on you). Greetings from Veroninja of Shiva
Thanks for your suggestion! I'm actually not a fan of stuff that changes gear for me automatically based on conditions. For me there is a lot more that goes into the decision on which gearset to be in other then what marches and haste I have on me. The Dual Wield setups have much less hp, magic def, magic eva, multiattack, crit hit etc on them so I usually take all those into account when deciding whether it's worth it to change to DW20 for instance if I only have Haste 2 on me. That's why I prefer to simply have the Gearinfo plugin loaded so that I can easily see at a glance the buffs I have and use that info to make a decision. This is party also why I made my own LUA for Ninja as so many of the others did all kinds of stuff for me automatically that I didn't want done, I just wanted it to change the gear. I know many others play a bit differently and for them I'm sure this would a useful tool, it just doesn't fit with my playstyle. Thanks though, I'm sure others may find this useful.
Is there a update video of your fast cast set for you to do a double magic burst? If you change to fast cast to get the 2nd spell in it would be much weaker?? Also would love to see your fast cast gear set
The fast cast set in the gearswap.lua in this video has my up to date fast cast set. The reason gearswap is needed is because the native FFXI system can't change your gear fast enough. You need to start casting the elemental spell in your fast cast set and finish casting it in your elemental ninjutsu set... and then doing that again on the second MB.
Do you have to add /ja "Provoke" after each DW for it to change gear??? any other way to change with out voke?? like when u in town and just want to see the different sets u have?
You do NOT have to have /ja "Provoke" after the command to select the TP Gearset you want to be in. You could simply have a macro that did nothing but select the tp gearset. I just ran out of macro's as you can see so I choose to do it with the Provoke macro to do both. If your in town selecting a npc and using a macro will usually swap you to the gear as intended but rarely switches you back out of it since your not in battle. The one main exception is Utsusemi as it will always switch to Fast Cast and then back to your current Tp set. If you just want to manually select a set in town you can also just use the in game menu to "equip" it. This is one of the reason I suggest keeping the in game macro sets in sync with the gearset ones. Hope that helps.
Do I need to do anything extra to have that cancel copy image macro line to work? Doesn’t seem like it’s working for me on my ichi macro
Oh good point! Yes you need the Windower4 addon called Cancel. You can find how to install windower 4 and Cancel in my tutorial video here. th-cam.com/video/j4ByGc2M1R0/w-d-xo.html
when I type /console gs c tp dw0 or /console gs c tp accuracy to load those sets manually nothing happens am I missing something here?
The /console command only works in the macro banks. To type it in manually you would just type //gs c tp accuracy
Thanks for the helpful video. I'm having an issue getting the /console gs c tp dw40/dw20/0 set changes to work. I put them in a macro but my equipment does not change. Tried to look through the code but I cannot figure it out. Any suggestions?
Hmm, not had this issue. Just to make sure, the syntax you are using in the macro is "/console gs c tp dw0" correct?
Try typing //console gs c tp dw40 manually into the chat log and see if it changes you to your dw40 set.
There really is only two sections of code that makes this whole thing work so my guess is the issue is there. The first set of code is lines 1-24 in the Lua. Please look them overly carefully and make sure they are EXACTLY like in mine. second scroll to the very bottom and make sure lines 613 through 620 are exactly like they are in my lua. If those two sections are the same there really isn't much else that could be stopping it from working as that is everything that is involved with that part of the code.
Hope this helps~!
@@NextGamesGuide Nevermind I figured it out...I did not add /ja "Provoke" after each DW, which would cause the gear switch. My fault, again thanks for the amazing content!
@@joeortiz5512 So happy to hear you figured it out! Thanks for posting your solution. Stay safe!
How do you show the ctrl and alt tabs at the same time? Mine is just alt or ctrl depending on what I'm pressing
it shows both when you are making the maco
My Github Gearswap Page: github.com/NextGames2000/GearSwap
Notepad ++ Page: notepad-plus-plus.org/downloads/
You will need the Cancel plugin to utilize the Cancel command gone over here. You can find a tutorial on how to install Windower4 and Cancel here th-cam.com/video/j4ByGc2M1R0/w-d-xo.html
I notice in each macro bank you only have one nuke spell per ws (Hi - ice san / shun - lightning san) do you change macro banks for when you dual magic burst?
I actually no longer have it setup this way. I've since changed macro bank 2 to being the only single Ni and San cast. All Light and Dark MB macros in the rest of the banks do the appropriate dual MB with timings built in. It has the downside of forcing you to dual MB when you don't want to. You can of course simply swap to Macro bank 2 and hit the appropriate macro for the single MB San as an option in those instances.
@@NextGamesGuide thanks for response. One more question, about your NI macro. You have it waiting 2 seconds after casting before swapping back to TP set. Doesn't fast cast trigger as long as your in fc gear when the casting starts? I would think you would want to get back into your more sturdy set asap, changing the wait to 1 second, or maybe I'm missing something. (@15:48 for e.g.)
@@obZen327 There are two parts of fast cast that are important. The first is casting time, this is how long it takes to cast the spell. This is reduced by starting the spell in fast cast gear. Then there is the recast timer that fast cast reduces for the spell and for that to work you need to be in it when the spell goes off so that's why you still want to be in it until the end. Easy test to see what I mean, change it to 1 second, and cast shadows and immediately check you recast for it, then change it back to 2 seconds and do the same. The recast should be less with the 2 second.
@@NextGamesGuide I did not know that. Thanks again.
Is there a way to make a mode or a set for Domain Invasion in the LUA?
No, I would suggest you simply make a lua for domain invasion and swap to it when your doing DI. You can even macro the swap command so it's as easy as pressing a button to swap back and forth between them. Command to load another gearswap is //gs l NinjaDI
@@NextGamesGuide That makes sense, thank you :) Keep the content coming!~
are you having the issue with windower 4 that ever since i did the HD mod add on etc when i go to risenjama or ru ann gardens or lower jeuno i get an all black screen where i run in place and see other people characters do you get this same issue as i do:?
No I do not, but a small percentage of people have the same issue you do and sadly to my knowledge no one has been able to fix it. It's indeed always in Lower Jueno or Reis when it happens from what I hear. Some people have had luck turning off things like Super Sampling in Windower 4 but it hasn't worked for others. Sadly it's still one of those unknown issues from what I know.
I am having an issue with the precast/fc with elemental ninjitsu. The precast FC works fine with Utsusemi but not ele skills. Am I missing something here?
How are you changing gear? IE FFXI Native System, Gearswap?
@@NextGamesGuide Gear swap. All precast + Midcast doe'snt work. Precast and aftercast works and midcast and aftercast works, but not precast, midcast, aftercast. (sorry for the edits)
@@obZen327 Are you using my gearswap?
@@NextGamesGuide Yes I am, only changes I made was my gear.
@@NextGamesGuide I just deleted everything, started over, re-entered my gear.. same issue. Precast + Midcast does not work. I had the day off of work, figured a good time to finally make the switch to this so i could double magic burst, 5 hours later and no progress but having to go back to old macros. Somehow I had a feeling that double mb was just too good to be true.
How did you get your graphics to look so good
I have created video's showing how you can accomplish the same thing and an all in one pack that allows you to achieve it. You can find details here. th-cam.com/video/xD4aCHdYcSk/w-d-xo.html
--[[ Lock weaponskill if you are to far from the mob as to not lose TP ]]
if spell.type == 'WeaponSkill' then
if spell.target.distance > 5 then
cancel_spell()
add_to_chat(8, 'Target to far away. Move closer')
return
end
end
Interesting. This could be useful. I will add it during my next changes thanks for the code!
Chi gear set? Or did I miss it? 🤔
Soon! Doing Blade: Kamu then Blade: Chi/To and finishing with Savage Blade.
Mithra? What happened to your Hume?
Haha good question. :) I have gotten a little sick of staring at the same Character model for 17 years now so I use an addon called Dressup to change my Race... in this case Mithra. Underneath I'm still the same Hume with the same Hume Stats... just like the change of pace. :) If you want to learn how to use the dressup addon yourself you can do so in my tutorial addon/plugin video here. th-cam.com/video/j4ByGc2M1R0/w-d-xo.html
Do you have one for blm like this
Unfortunately not, only Ninja at this time.
Holy shit I never knew you could cancel shadows that way, I've been doing it manually since before ToAU............
@15:30 so I can rewatch this after work lol