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Most of us who have come to Rift are no strangers to the MMOG. One of the drawbacks to game expatriation is the uncomfortable transition phase where we attempt to call up our favorite shortcuts and commands from our prior worlds. To help you make it as seamless as possible we have compiled a list of slash commands and macro calls to help you feel right at home again.

Macros

Macros are a series of commands strung together in a player created file to help simplify actions and to help aid performance in fast pased scenarios. The macro editor in Rift is one of the easier to use, but is limited to a single ability/spell use per macro - so it may not necessarily be one of the most powerful.

An example of a spellcasting macro:

#show Healing Grace cast @mouseover Healing Grace

This macro uses a couple of elements you will want to familiarize yourself with. First,the #show command calls the corresponding icon for the spell/ability you will be using to allow for easy identification. The second element is the @mouseover command which will make the target of this spell whoever you are hovering over with your mouse - either on their avatar itself or their party/raid frame.

You can use any of the following modifiers to help in selecting a target for your macro:

Modifier
@mouseover
@self
@mark
@lasttarget
@focustarget
@focus

Macros are also helpful to raid leaders or tanks who may want to simplify the ready check process:

p Pulling %t when all players are ready. readycheck

Notice that in both macro examples there is no need for the preceding slash in front of the command, in fact if you attempt to use it in the editor it will auto strip it for you. We also used a variable command in the macro; the variable of %t returns the targets name while %s will return gender and %r will return the targets race. Feel free to use the variables to add some flavor to your macros or just to annoy your teammates.

One other item of note about the editor - when adding an ability or spell to your macro there is no need to spell it out, simply shift click it directly from your hotbar and the editor will import the name for you.

General Commands

Command	Function
/alias	One of the most powerful functions; alias allows you to bind a function to a slash command of your creation - e.g. /alias Heal cast Healing Grace will now make /heal instantly call that spell up.
/announce	Used to make an announcement to your raid.
/cancelbuff	Used to remove a specified buff.
/camp	Camps to character selection screen.
/clearfocus	Used to clear current focus target
/combatlog	Used to toggle a parseable combat log.
/dismount	Dismounts the player
/dungeoninfo	Dungeon lockout information
/equip	Equips a specified item
/equipslot	Equips the specified item.
/exportkeybindings	Exports your keybind settings to a file called mykeys.dat
/exportui	Exports the UI settings to a file called myui.dat
/filter	Toggles the chat profanity filter
/focus	Creates a new target portrait.
/follow	Follows the selected player
/friend	Adds the specified player to your friendslist
/friendslist	Opens up the friendlist
/getfocus	Returns the current focustarget
/help	Returns a list of available commands (this list)
/importkeybindings	Imports previously exported keybind settings
/importui	Imports previously exported UI settings
/inspect	Opens the targets player character information.
/loadequip	Loads the specified equipment
/loc	Displays your location in the world.
/logout	Same as /camp
/macro	Opens up the macro editor
/motd	Sets or displays the guild message of the day
/played	Displays total played time for that character - do not use near spouse.
/pvp	Toggles the pvp-flag
/quit	Camps to desktop
/random	Rolls a virtual dice for  a random number between player specified minimum and maximum
/resetinstances	Resets all current dungeons
/returntorespawn	Returns player to respawn point - only usable when dead.
/role	Toggles between specified roles.
/roll	Same as /rand
/saveequip	Saves all current equipped items. Maximum of 10 equipment sets allowed.
/trade	Opens up a trade window with targeted player.
/tweet	Exports text to Twitter - fully integrated in-game, also allows for screenshot export
/use	Uses the specified item. Also works with items from collections.
/version	Returns the current version of the game
/who	Displays other players, can search by level, race, class or location

Combat Commands

Command	Function
/cast	Casts the specified spell
/startattack	Starts a melee attack
/startrandgedattack	Starts a ranged attack
/stopattack	Stops current attack
/stopcasting	Stops current spellcast
/target	Targets closest name to syntax inputed
/targetexact	Will only target exact match

Pet Commands

Command	Function
/petaggressive	Sets pet to aggressive mode, will attack any enemies in range
/petattack	Orders pet to attack specific enemy
/petcast	Orders pet to cast specific spell
/petdefensive	Sets pet to defensive mode, will only attack enemies that engage their master
/petfollow	Orders pet to follow
/petname	Allows pet to be renamed.
/petpassive	Sets pet to passive mode, pet wont attack a damned thing.
/petstay	Orders pet to stay. Sit Ubu, sit. Good dog.

Chat Commands

Command	Function
/chat	Used to speak in specified channel, can also be shortened by using specific channel #
/chatlist	Displays a list of all channels you are in.
/gu	Used to speak in guild chat - also a great webcomic.
/lfg	Adds player to looking for group channel.
/o	Used to speak in officer chat if you are an officer in your guild.
/p	Used to communicate in party chat.
/ra	Used to communicate in raid chat - raid leader can use /rw to broadcast a message
/r	Replies to the last whisper.
/s	Used to communicate in immediate local area
/w	Used to communicate privatley with another player, can also use /t
/y	Used to communicate in current zone - used mostly to annoy fellow players.

Group Commands

Command	Function
/clearallmarks	Clears all player set raid marks
/clearmark	Clears specific raid mark
/dumpraid	Creates an XML file containing current raid members.
/partyleave	Leave the party.
/invite	Invites selected player to the party.
/promote	Promotes the specified player to the raid leader position.
/leader	Promotes the selected player to the party leader.
/leave	Leaves the party or raid.
/mark	Used to add a targeting number over the top a selected enemy
/raid_create	Creates a new raid.
/raid_disband	Disbands the raid.
/readycheck	Used to perform a check to ensure all raid/party members are ready.

Hopefully this list will help acclimate you to the Rift command vernacular and help expedite your assimilation into the fold. In other words, we hope this gets you properly up to speed on some Rift commands. Happy hunting!