NetworkFixIT · Macropod guide
Common macro patterns
Six bindings that cover most of what people actually want to do. Single click, hold, repeat, sequence, mouse path, vJoy output.
Six bindings cover most of what people actually want from a macro tool. Tap a button to fire one input. Hold the button to keep that input pressed. Set an interval and the input repeats. Record a cursor path and Macropod replays it on demand. String a few steps together with timed gaps between them. Or route a real stick button to a virtual one. The flow below is the same for each: pick a macro type, set the run mode, capture a trigger, save.
Single-click trigger
Macro type: Left click repeat. Run mode: Single (no repeat). Add a binding, click the trigger chip, press the HOTAS button (or key) you want to use, save. Each press of the trigger fires one left mouse click. Useful when a stick or pedal is a more natural place for primary fire than the mouse.
One stick button, one mouse click. Press and hold
Macro type: Left click repeat. Run mode: While holding. Same setup, different mode. Macropod presses the left mouse button on the trigger's down event and releases it on the up event. Anything that wants "fire while held" rides on this mode.
Press to press, release to release. Repeat (autoclick)
Macro type: Left click repeat. Run mode: While holding (or Toggle if you want hands-free). Set the click interval. While the trigger is held the cursor sprays clicks at the configured rate. Toggle mode does the same thing without your finger on the trigger; press once to start, press again to stop.
Hold the trigger, clicks fire on interval. Mouse path replay
Macro type: Custom (mouse/keyboard actions). Open the macro form, hit Record, draw the path with the cursor, stop the recorder. Save and bind to a trigger. On press the recorded path replays at the speed you drew it. Good for repeated UI walks: a precise selection, a shape stroke, an inventory drag.
Recorded cursor path replays on demand. Sequence with delays
Macro type: Custom (mouse/keyboard actions). The same Custom form takes a list of steps with timing: keypress, delay, mouse click, delay, another keypress. Each step has its own duration. Bind the whole sequence to a HOTAS button and the list fires in order on press.
Keypress, delay, click, delay, keypress. HOTAS to vJoy output
Macro type: vJoy button (virtual joystick output). Run mode: While holding. The form shows a 16x8 grid; pick the device and button slot for the output. Used cells are dimmed so you can see what is already taken. Save, bind to a real stick button, and the game sees the press on the virtual stick. From there you can map the virtual button in the game's own bindings screen as if it were a normal controller.
Real stick button drives a virtual stick button.
Run mode and macro type are independent. Most patterns are one of three macro types (Left click repeat, Custom, vJoy button) crossed with one of three run modes (Single, While holding, Toggle). The trigger is whatever HID button or key you want: keyboard, mouse, joystick, or a HOTAS axis crossing a threshold.