Spell letter autoassignment

[Moose]

Is there a way to do this? ie:

Whenever I learn "throw frost", assign it to the letter 'z'
Whenever I learn "throw icicle", assign it to the letter 'c'

etc etc ...

I actually do this manually for about 10 spells for every caster I play

Repel missiles always goes on p, and I have numpad(-) bound to zp
Swiftness always goes on o and I have numpad(*) bound to zo

that way, as I more around, I can just quickly mash *- to re-up my buffs...

similarly I have 1 bound to 'zz' and 2 bound to 'zc' so that I can use my left hand to quickly zap crap as I whiz around the dungeon...

[absolutego]

sample (this goes in the config file, of course):

  Code:

spell_slot = Dispel undead:u

you can use multiple letters in case one is taken, if i recall correctly.

[MyOtheHedgeFox]

sample (this goes in the config file, of course):

  Code:

spell_slot = Dispel undead:u

you can use multiple letters in case one is taken, if i recall correctly.

Could you please re-post it in the Secret Tricks topic?

[Mackerel]

I have found it easy enough to set up macros on the F1 - F12 keys, to cast spells a through l. Once the macros are set up and saved, they are always there, and you just fill in the spell slots as you find books. You don't always get the same books, so you won't always have the same spells available, so insisting on particular spells for particular slots doesn't always work (though I do have a tendency to put Mephitic Cloud on F3). Sting or Magic Dart usually go in F1; nukes and clouds go in F4 - F8; buffs in F9 to F12. I may end up with 15 or even 18 active spells, but there are still only a dozen that get used frequently.

Really, I find that I use four offensive spells and four defensive spells lots and lots, and the other things are situational. So for each caster / hybrid, pretty quickly I know which common spell is on which F-key.

[MyOtheHedgeFox]

Fire/Ice Storm on F8. SADM, you freaks, and don't you crash my uplink again!

[Pteriforever]

How do you assign the numbers to zp or whatever in the first place? that sounds useful.

EDIT: NVM, figured it out. Casting just got fun.

[XuaXua]

sample (this goes in the config file, of course):

  Code:

spell_slot = Dispel undead:u

you can use multiple letters in case one is taken, if i recall correctly.

Could you please re-post it in the Secret Tricks topic?

Protips.

[Moose]

to correct myself, my keymaps are:

1 -> zzf (cast throw frost at nearest thingy)
2 -> zcf (cast throw icicle at nearest thingy)

that way, in the lair, if I stumble upon a bunch of green rats, I can quickly clear them by repeatedly hitting 1.

I have my recastable buffs set to num-pad (/*-) which are right above my movement keys. I use num-pad(+) for praying, which makes it convenient to sac corpses when playing trog, oka, or makhleb.

I have tab bound to 'o' for autoexplore.

That way my left hand comfortably rests on the left side of the keyboard with the fingers poised to hit tab,1, 2 and my right hand is resting on the numberpad with easy access to movement, buffs, and sacrificing.