Fish Macro Not Working

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1

Hello,

I used to use a macro which worked, but it suddenly stopped working a week or so back? Could anyone help shed some light into this?

#showtooltip
/cast [modifier:alt] Survey
/equip [modifier:ctrl] Underlight Angler
/equip [modifier:alt] Corrupted Gladiator’s Staff
/equip [modifier:alt]
/use [modifier:ctrl] Undercurrent
/cast [nomod] Fishing

It essentially was my archeology and fishing macro, with ability to shift into the fish when in underwater, and the other modifier to equip the weapon of my choice. The survey works, but not the fish part. I am lost.

2

The Undercurrent ability doesn’t work in BFA.

Is that the only part you are having issues with?

3

Thank you for the reply. It is actually the

/cast [nomod] Fishing

Which is nonfunctioning. Even if I write it as a single macro, to cast/use fishing, it will not work.

4

I can confirm that it works for me. You may try disabling your addons and try /reload.

If that works you can add back addons one by one while testing your macro until you find the culprit.

Otherwise I’d recommend you look at the tech support articles for help.

5

I learned fishing on a brand new character. Disabled all addons and wrote both macros:

/cast [nomod] Fishing

&

#showtooltip
/cast [modifier:alt] Survey
/equip [modifier:ctrl] Underlight Angler
/equip [modifier:alt] Corrupted Gladiator’s Staff
/equip [modifier:alt]
/use [modifier:ctrl] Undercurrent
/cast [nomod] Fishing

The tooltip shows up when I hover over the macro, but clicking on it does nothing. It doesn’t even give error codes, such as no fishable area, etc. It just highlights and does the click noise, but no action is taken.

This is most peculiar I am at a loss.

6

What happens when you try this:

#showtooltip
/equip [mod:ctrl] Underlight Angler
/equip [mod:alt] Corrupted Gladiator’s Staff
/use [mod:alt] Survey;[mod:ctrl] Underlight Angler; Fishing
7

What happens if you get rid of the nomod?

/cast Fishing
8

I used this as well. Disabled all addons, learned fishing and even equipped a fishing pole. This macro will not work. I am unsure what the heck is going on. BUT, when I use the fishing icon in the professions book, it works just fine.

So, when you use it, it is functioning for you?

9

Haven’t tested yet.
What about this:
/cast Fishing()

[added]
Neither are working for me. Tested both with and without a Fishing Rod Equipped.

[added-2]
This works

#show Fishing
/click SecondaryProfession2SpellButtonLeft

So your full macro would be…

#showtooltip [mod:ctrl] Undercurrent; [mod:alt] Survey; Fishing
/equip [mod:ctrl] Underlight Angler; [mod:alt] Corrupted Gladiator's Staff
/cast [mod:ctrl] Undercurrent; [mod:alt] Survey
/click [nomod] SecondaryProfession2SpellButtonLeft
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10

Update:

The macro, the original and new one are now working. I am unsure how that even occurred. I even enabled my original addons and it is not interfering. Not sure if there was a hotfix that went through?

Either way. I appreciate everyone’s input into the matter. Thank you!

Edit: When I logged back in, it stopped working. I copied your macro:

#showtooltip [mod:ctrl] Undercurrent; [mod:alt] Survey; Fishing
/equip [mod:ctrl] Underlight Angler; [mod:alt] Corrupted Gladiator’s Staff
/cast [mod:ctrl] Undercurrent; [mod:alt] Survey
/click [nomod] SecondaryProfession2SpellButtonLeft

And it works, flawlessly. I hope it persists through login/logout!

Thank you so much.