I have recently purchased a Razer Tartarus Pro as an upgrade from a Razer Orbweaver.
I am having issues getting the secondary function working on keybindings.
I have a key bound to 1 as the primary and then alt-1 as the secondary.
I have set the actuation points to the minimum and maximum values.
So when I lightly press the button, it inputs 1 and then when I press the button all the way down it inputs alt-1.
I have verified in notepad that the binding is working properly, but in WoW it is not. If I press lightly it inputs 1 and if I press all the way down, it still inputs 1. WoW does not see alt-1.
The people on the UI/macro board may be better qualified to help. They would likely be the ones that can help you get it formatted just right or tell you if a function is blocked.
I’d be careful using hardware macros like this since that’s 2 different actions for one button. Even though it’s not autofire or 6 actions at once that could fall in a fuzzy part of the rules against automation.
There’s no “rule lawyering” since that rule isn’t even in the EULA. It’s just common sense based off the official stance that’s been publicly stated.
I’m sorry I don’t have a link. If this turns out to be illegal I would be very surprised. I’ll keep a watch on this thread and see what happens. Ok?
But you said it was publicly stated? As for “illegal”, it doesn’t likely violate any laws. That said, any time I’ve seen this come up, it’s been suggested that this would be against the rules as it would be a single button creating 2 actions. I’ll see if I can dig up any threads on it.
You will find that the definition that Blizzard uses for one key press is one full cycle of key press and release.
Blizzard will view what you so desperately want to be okay, as a breach of the one action per key press policy - in that in one full press/depress cycle, multiple actions are occurring within that cycle.
First off, who said automation? Secondly, a link is more appropriate for context.
So far, from what I’ve found, it’s a function provided by keyboard software that allows for two actions from a single key-press instead of one.
I know that there was another thread on it a while back and I’ll keep digging to see if I can find it. That said, really, the onus here is on you Wog. You’re the one saying that they’ve already stated it’s okay and hopefully you’re looking for that to back up your statement too.
Well until there is clarification regarding this specific feature, everyone will have to come to some kind of determination for themselves.
I am not claiming to know the real answer or be any kind of authority, but it make sense to me that this would be considered two separate keypresses and would be just like if you had a keyboard with two keys stacked on top of each other.
If I’m wrong, that will be interesting (and funny), so I will be happy to hear any kind of clarification.
There was a thread I saw about voice software issuing keystrokes, and the response was that one voice command needs to trigger only one action. In that case, there are 0 keypresses at all, it’s a single physical action for a single in-game action.
This keyboard has a way of issuing different keystrokes depending on how hard the key is pressed, those are still two distinct actions and shouldn’t fall into the realm of automation.
If you can’t do it with the in game macro system then it shouldn’t be done. I use a Tartarus for work as I have a lot of complex macros for my job, there are a few of them that wouldn’t be able work in WoW because of what they do.
And there is also a huge glaring one that screams why it might not be working.
Anyhoo, might I suggest a search in this very forum where people were using the macro software of their keyboard and or mouse and it garnered them a suspension. If it cannot be done in game, don’t use keyboard or mouse software to do it. It really is that simple.