20 Quality of Life Settings and Macros To Improve Your WoW Experience

In this video i'll be running through various settings and macros you can use in World of Warcraft to improve your gameplay experience!
Fishing Macro
/console SoftTargetInteractArc 2
/console SoftTargetInteractRange 30
Camera Distance
/console cameraDistanceMaxZoomFactor 2.6
Casting At Player/Cursor
/cast [@cursor] SPELL HERE
/cast [@player] SPELL HERE
Open Old Feature Menus
Shadowlands
/run ShowGarrisonLandingPage(111)
BFA
/run ShowGarrisonLandingPage(9)
Legion
/run ShowGarrisonLandingPage(3)
WOD
/run ShowGarrisonLandingPage(2)
Emergency Macro
/stopcasting
/cqs
/use ITEM HERE
or alternatively you could do a spell instead with
/cast SPELL HERE
Disable LUA Errors
/console scriptErrors 0
Mini Map Additional Options
/console minimapTrackingShowAll 1
Find Mob
/cleartarget
/tar MOB NAME
/cleartarget [dead]
/stopmacro [noexists]
/run PlaySound(68568); SetRaidTarget("target", 01)
/focus
Mouse Over Macro
/cast [@mouseover,help,nodead] [] SPELL HERE
00:00 Intro
00:11 Strafe
00:42 Personal Buffs
01:22 Error Speech
01:50 Interact Key
02:42 Fishing Tips
03:50 Chat Window
05:42 Ability CDs
06:10 HP
06:40 Nameplates
07:23 Fav Mount
08:07 Zoom Out
09:01 Cast at player/cursor
10:30 SLs Menu
11:12 Emergency Macro
12:04 LUA Errors
12:37 Map features
13:20 Mob Macro
14:48 Mouse Over Macro
15:38 Bonus Useful Toys
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[@Syiler]

Been trying to make some videos that arent as focused on mounts and collection based stuff to weave in some content while I work on the mount guide projects. Hope you enjoy!

[@Lumi00001]

Thank you for all of your guides. 😃💖

[@madoxwilldee5165]

copy paste macros XD now i can use better ones thx @Syiler

[@Petq011]

Wait, the game has the "mouse over" cast functionality built in these days though. You just have to toggle it on in the options.

[@Syiler]

@@Petq011 Its unfortunately quite limited compared to mouse over macros but hopefully they improve on it

[@samuelcann8330]

awesome vid, as a returning player i knew most of this once but after years away had forgotten most of it. this was like a quick refresher course for me. you've no doubt saved me time and frustration with this

[@ProdeaGG]

I have been playing the game for 20 years and you went over things I wasn’t even aware they added into the game! This is awesome

[@gilanafaye]

just found your channel and wanted to say thank you for this. i've been playing since the beginning but always as a casual player. i considered macros, add ons, key binding, etc. as things for raiders and pvpers. the "quality of life" caught my attention and i'm so glad i watched. there's definitely a few changes i'll be making. the whole interact option, esp with fishing, is going to be great.

[@redshamrock1186]

Man being able to whisper myself is so simple but what a game changer. Awesome vid as always!

[@kieransutton9679]

Enabled most of this immediately. Great video - very informative! I have the Brazier of Awakening and never knew where i got it from. Very useful as a tank if my healer dies.

[@pce4all]

These are amazing! I had no idea you could do most of this. 😁👍

[@JojoSherrill]

I've been playing steady since fe 2007, and This is one of the most useful videos I've ever seen. Thanks a lot brother 🤟

[@orangutantapioca1530]

One trick I’ve used for years is to change my movement keys from WASD to ESDF, basically shifting one button to the right. It opens up more buttons on the left of your movement keys but keeps you close enough to still hit SHIFT, CAPS, and such so you can still use modifiers. It takes some getting used to, but the increased functionality is wonderful.

[@cynoptic9757]

You need to stop

[@tsbulmer]

*And* it puts a guide key under your index finger!

[@EriSenshur]

I just use ASD Strafe left, forward, strafe right. Never backpeddle, learn the strafe turn jumps :D

[@pmudri]

straight to jail with this. i have 60 easily reachable keybinds with normal setup so theres really no need for this lmao

[@thisnthat42]

This is what I do after seeing that tip a few years back. I tend to put things like quick heals or getaway moves on Q and Z.

[@MrKvasi]

The addon Better Fishing is even better.

[@KiaGreenEyes]

"Hello, my name is Syiler and this is my MasterClass." Thank you! That is a lot of very useful information bundled up in a nearly 18 minute video! I'm an older player and not as savvy with things as most players seem to be. I've never used macros before but now I'm feeling motivated to try them! I'm bookmarking this video and I will rewatch and attempt to apply some of your recommended setting changes. Cheers!

[@silver_crone]

Massively helpful for me, thank you so much!

[@MrBeeMeR320D]

This is great, learned some new things, so thanx for that.

[@gethain2286]

For the chat windows you can just right click the channel name and say open in new tab or something along that line. it will appear on the chat just like in the video but also auto clears it from the general tab. saves steps

[@shibby5535]

Amazing video as always. Thank you for sharing.

[@Shadovvwithoutbody]

Cool video. Now I'm in the middle of a huge overhaul of addons, keybinds, alt management etc it gave me some ideas. My useful advice /cast !Ice Block It won't be canceled in intense pvp situation.

[@Dharzjinion]

For me this added a lot of quality of life, thank you so much for this :)

[@TheNudeBrewer]

The "MaxCamera" trick was one of the most useful things in the game. And then in Legion (I think?) it was taken away because it trivialized the grappling hook puzzles. I think it was then the middle of SL it was accidentally put back in .. and then like 2 months later they took it out. All that to say: I just tried your macro (which is the same as it's always been) and .. it doesn't work. I'm not sure what you were showcasing in the video, but when I invoke that console command, I can't zoom out any farther. Which is what I expected because, for some dumb reason, Blizzard doesn't want us to zoom out any further than the default 1.9.

[@TonyBloke247]

Omg so many great things to do and make this game even better... Thank you 😎👍

[@alhassani23]

Gotta say, most of these videos are click bait garbage that anyone who's played more than 5 minutes would know. This one, however, is actually really good. Played this game since BC and there were a few things in there that were new to me. Very well done :)

[@schneeluchsalpha2966]

My personal best tip is: Bind a movement ability to an easy keybinding! For me it started with the (back then brand new) monks - roll (shift-space) and that flying serpent kick (ctrl-space) i then adapted this to my main, my druid - cat form (shift-space) and wild charge (ctrl-space)

[@ciaranturner1817]

I had my warlock macrod for my mouse wheel, with mouse over effects. I.e up applies a curse. Down applied corruption. Putting it cast an AOE spell. Also had a macro for hearthstone, which clicked to use if i had a stone or make one if i didnt.. Sooooo bloody handy.

[@alonzofalls]

This was awesome.

[@seppethehero]

What addon are you using for your player frames and action bars?

[@uaebolt7480]

Great vid

[@michaelfitzsimmons8393]

Can the @player or @cursor be also done to @target? Would be very useful for group casting macros so I can include AoEs.

[@basvanderwerff2725]

As a fellow mount collector i been using a very nice macro since wrath, that lets you also random mount but since it a macro you can make seperate ones for land/flying and aquatic (since the build in random mount will always pick flying when you can fly) and even seperate them per character which is very nice if you got alot of mounts and alts and want to match mounts to certain classes The macro is /castrandom mountname, mountname, mountname Obviously you just replace the mountname with whatever mounts you like to use the only drawback to this is mounts with a , in the name itself those will brick the macro

[@Tater76]

16:45 I was wondering where I got this on some of my characters. Lol But I always forget about it, I need to add it to my bar, can you create a macro to drop it at your feet?

[@NullRageGaming]

You can remove the red error text on skill use with a line in a macro too if you don't want to find a mod to do so. I can't remember off the top of my head what the syntax is but I remember macroing nearly all my skills back in the day on my warrior to keep my screen clear of "insufficient rage" warning.

[@Syiler]

I couldnt find anything that worked when trying to remove it for myself so would appreciate knowing what that macro is!

[@NullRageGaming]

@@Syiler Sure, currently unsubbed so I can't log in to check my cache, but I'm pretty sure this was the core, "UIErrorsFrame:Clear()". Googling has some people talking about it maybe being depreciated though. Resubbing soon for Season of Discovery so I'll check back in with you once I have access to my macros.

[@NullRageGaming]

@@Syiler Resubbed and sorry to say that I've looked back through my macros and was unable to find any of my older ones that would have contained any anti error syntax despite finding a few that still contained "ranked skills". My macro banks seem suspiciously empty on a few characters so I think when they depreciated this function they also cleared any macros containing it. Bit more google-fu and here's the full text: /script UIErrorsFrame:Clear() Including that line at the top of all my macros was at one time common, promptly followed by: #Showtooltip Leatrix Plus must be how I've been dealing with this in recent years.

[@12FLUXUS12]

@@Syiler /script UIErrorsFrame:Hide(); you will have to click the macro everytime you log in though. it doesn't remove it forever just for each session.

[@vladwell3726]

I've been looking for a way to get rid of the error messages forever now!!!! ty so much!!!!!!! they are so annoying when they pop up

[@MiroKrotky]

Godly work

[@jasonlough6640]

I play a healer and pretty much only do PVP / pug BGs. It takes a few mins, but usually one or two people on my team will be awesome and stand out. It is these people I wish to be able to focus my heals on and prioritize. Is there an addon / macro or something I can use to easily flag a person as high priority?

[@helenwilliamson9002]

Thank you so much for your hard work on this it answers so many questions. Now if I could just figure out why I cant keep my character from randomly turning after I click on something or ie: do a charge on my bear.

[@ProdeaGG]

I think this is what you are looking for. I know it stops it for channels, idk about charge and clicking because I have been using it for so long idk if that’s the same thing. To disable camera turning on channeled spells, simply copy and paste the following into your chat window: /console cameraSmoothTrackingStyle 0 Should you want to re-enable camera tracking, the command to do so is: /console cameraSmoothTrackingStyle 1

[@helenwilliamson9002]

thank you @@ProdeaGG

[@user-bg4lz3gf6m]

Question I noticed on the gathering part of the video sometimes world quests maybe dungeons give you an extra action button how do I move that to 1 side like in your video?

[@Syiler]

For that im using the Bartender addon

[@smallpandochka]

There's an addon called Move Anything. The name speaks for itself. I use it since Wotlk 😊

[@coreygaumond2259]

Is there a way we can click death and decay @tagret and it cast it @target?

[@Dremag_Gaming]

Don't forget if wanting to use the brazer. Make sure it's no where close to mobs and when it rez you, you'll have very low hp. If there are any mobs near it when rez, you might get killed again.

[@graviton1400]

Error Filter and Mute Sound File are great for error frame and error sound elimination

[@IttyBittyWolf]

Forgive me for the dumbest exclamation of delight you're probably going to ever read... but! I've played WoW since BC and I've never quite figured out why when I watch people play in videos/streams they moved differently to me. It's your strafe binding tip! So thanks to you this ancient player finally gets it and will be applying the change. Bless you.

[@markwentzell]

Any chance of updating your UI download or are you using the same one that's still on wow interface? Thanks.

[@Syiler]

You will still need to update the addons for 10.2 but this is a DF version - kzbin.info/door/G7QKfDmWLN0XPhBHVyLQswcommunity?lb=UgkxWe9DgvmkPad7l4X1jZKjL1O3SKVSsPzv

[@frenchbassguy]

The camera command did not work for me. I tried putting it lower and that DID work. How was I at the 2.6 distance already?

[@nr4dd]

ESDF has always been superior to WASD simply because of how many keys it leaves for your pinky. This was the norm in the early stages of PC gaming. I don't know how or why it was ever changed.

[@AbolishtheNFA]

Great tip video, any newer players should be auto linked to this lol.

[@zrcarrick87]

What's services in the non-Kings english?

[@Geckorawasg]

I like how in wow you have to look for everything deep in menu while in swtor everything is simple and some basic settings are already enabled. I know it is smaller game but still... 🙂

[@slychological]

Syiler I wish you would make an updated UI video! I love your UI but cant seem to figure out how to replicate it.

[@Syiler]

You can find the latestish download here - kzbin.info/door/G7QKfDmWLN0XPhBHVyLQswcommunity?lb=UgkxWe9DgvmkPad7l4X1jZKjL1O3SKVSsPzv with a short tutorial on how to get it setup

[@burgersbeansandchips]

the mouseover macro, is there any way to make AoE spells drop on current target rather than where the mouse is?

[@Syiler]

Think just at feet or cursor, dont think theres a way to do it at current target

[@nailkitty]

for fishing, you said to keybind fishing and interact key. so how do you use the fishing macro with the keybind fishing? i'm dumb and don't get it

[@Syiler]

the fishing macro to change the range only needs to be pressed once during your fishing session. After that you can just put the fishing ability on your bars and bind the interact key and youre good to go

[@O4OUR]

To disable the mashing button sound, put this in your macros /run SetCVar("Sound_EnableSFX","0") /cast SKILL /run SetCVar("Sound_EnableSFX","1")

[@rymer1985]

You can get rid of the error text of spells by makro everything. I use smth like this a lot to spam spells and also switch to next target if the previous dies: #showtooltip Death Coil /run UIErrorsFrame:Hide() /startattack /cast Death Coil /run UIErrorsFrame:Clear() /run UIErrorsFrame:Show()

[@michaelgirard9768]

Posted this question under the wrong video: What font are you using for your UI in THIS video? What/which addon provides it? Is it still FRIZQT?

[@armagedoc66]

I have to get used to this Q/E stuff... I shall change F numbers because its hard to reach them while strafing without E/Q :(

[@jotapechan_]

i need the thing that u use for the mouse, please!

[@Syiler]

Thats an addon called Star Cursor

[@Thummy83]

Is it possible that the Macros does´nt work by german servers? I tried the Camera Makro with 3.5 and nothing happend.

[@RotalHenricsson]

bbbbbbRUH i've been missing the Focus on the minimap for soooo long, i used to put the tank in there ;_; thank you so much HOW has this been taken out when it's even still in there

[@robert7510]

@Syiler you know you taught people to be bad with mouseover macro's. There is an option now in the combat settings (its the 8th option from the bottom) that lets you turn on mouseover casting for every spell and ability in the game........

[@Syiler]

Ive tried it out and its a worse version of mouse over macros tbh, you've forced to only use frames and limited to one modifier. Mouse overs or addons like Clique are still way ahead in terms of use cases but hopefully blizzard improves on their version!

[@evage99]

Yeah, I'm with Syiler on this one, that option is NOT the same as using the macro. I was excited when it was added, but quickly realized that it's strangely limited, and went back.

[@brianwebb9343]

if you right click on the dragon isles adventures you can choose between ALL the previous expansions things.

[@Syiler]

If you mean just right clicking on the Dragon Isles icon on your minimap then that sounds like youve got an addon doing that as by default it doesnt do that

[@TotteDK1]

/console cameraDistanceMaxZoomFactor 2.6 not working? :(

[@Waevform]

Whattttt??? I thought blizz broke the zoom camera out beyond max commands :o

[@mbarros3078]

Flip camera is great to see if that annoying mob keep following you. 😃

[@OkamiWalker]

Yo, do you have an updated version of your UI?

[@Syiler]

Up to dateish yeah you can find the download here - kzbin.info/door/G7QKfDmWLN0XPhBHVyLQswcommunity?lb=UgkxWe9DgvmkPad7l4X1jZKjL1O3SKVSsPzv although id recommend using curseforge or similar to get the addons updated for 10.2

[@OkamiWalker]

Thank you so much dude@@Syiler

[@theonewhoseeks4880]

i use a and D as my defensive powers

[@Asisya18]

anyone else not able to get the camera distance one to work?

[@DjPhonic72]

ddint work fo me either

[@lostdrewid]

it's supposed to be /console cameraDistanceMaxZoomFactor 2.6 Syiler had it right in the video, he just accidentally left out the console part in the description.

[@Boyaardee434]

@@lostdrewid still doesnt work

[@Syiler]

@@lostdrewid oh let me fix that, ty!

[@jornare9686]

hey do enybody know why this macro dose not work /cast|@player| Ursol's Vortex

[@proudpups4652]

Put a space after /cast /Cast [@player] ursol's vortex

[@shobruno]

But if you press right click the A and D work as Q and E thus freeing those two

[@Syiler]

that then locks your mouse cursor, so in content like M+ where swapping to important targets needs to be done quickly, harder to do when youre utilising mouse for movement and tab target is unreliable with large packs

[@Grimmjiow]

the zoom dos not work i can still see my dwarf so close

[@TheDjmj14]

hi im try to do the macros for the shadow land and the ather but it not working can u type it for me plz

[@Syiler]

Its in the description

[@TheDjmj14]

oh hehe didnt see it thanx aloooooooot@@Syiler

[@coolins]

this macro with camer still work?

[@carletonrutherford1799]

no

[@patrickwilkerson1728]

I Use my mouse for movement.

[@Zeigler_]

"THAT WAS TOO EASY!"

[@Gaiel44]

*internal screaming*

[@TheGamedMind]

I get most of these, but on I have NEVER understood - changing your strafing buttons to AD. Yes, QE as fast access buttons are great, but I CONSTANTLY use strafe+turn to rotate my character while my mouse is free to click at something/target the next mob or player. If you remove your ability to turn with your keyboard you are forced to use your mouse for that, which takes that freedom away. Why would anyone ever do that????

[@TheDjmj14]

land page i mean

[@AfaroX8]

80% of this video is included in every single interface addon out there

[@Trevan2412]

The macro to show garrison and covenants doesn't work :/

[@Syiler]

Did you copy it from the description?

[@Trevan2412]

I was using [ instead of ( ^^' But the macros generate a lot of LUA errors, like even when I don't display them there's a message warning me that there are a lot of errors :/

[@gizmoofire]

wzup guys, syiler here.

[@Syiler]

:(

[@boxicool]

Trick with chat and services doesn work :(

[@Syiler]

Which aspect of it isnt working?

[@EriSenshur]

You can actually right click and outright make it it's own window. Right click "trade[services]" -> create new window This overrides the main channel and removes it from your chat moving forwards

[@EriSenshur]

Saves a few clicks, I do it all the time

[@godlygamer911]

... You don't need to waste q and e if you have a good mouse

[@dhorin]

would be nice if you cut these video and make some shorts/reels

[@Snuzzled]

I tried turning off the Q and E a long time ago because everyone said "You won't miss them, you don't use them, they're valuable keybinds." It turns out I do use them for spinning the camera while I'm strafing because you can use Q+A to strafe while spinning the camera to get a better view of your surroundings. Which I do constantly. So I keep them. 🤷

[@Aramiji994]

[@123forafurry]

cry @@Aramiji994

[@ranger-du7gk]

Why kind psychopath turns the camera with the keyboard instead of the mouse

[@Sodys_eyy]

Or just use the mouse to turn???

[@Snuzzled]

@@ranger-du7gk i use both the keyboard and the mouse. The keyboard keeps my character moving in the correct direction while I spin the camera with the mouse.

[@spartanlyfe3058]

dude literally chose the worst example of making a list of ingredients whispering to himself when the crafting order menu has a track recipe button.

[@Syiler]

I chose that to slip in the extra tip about the fact you can track the work order recipes, doesnt take away from the fact that you can still whisper yourself

[@ErraticThought]

Imagine needing a degree in computer science to play a game. Imagine having to download 20 add-ons to make the game play and game mechanics bearable.

[@lostdrewid]

imagine pretending the game is "unbearable" without these. imagine thinking any of these require "a degree in computer science". get over yourself.

[@lokthok]

Btw you never need to use /cast. /use works with every ability and saves one letter :D

[@harkenrebirth]

Ok that one option so you can see the health number and PERCENTAGE ony our unit frame was big thing for me. I was playing this since they updated the ui.. Couldnt find this option. That i had to use a unitframe addon Z-Perl for it. Because i could see % and health numbers. Now i can get rid of that addon and keep my ui clean. Very important when you are raiding. Especialy when i play on my alts that have execute abilities. Not fun when you are waiting for that execute button to shine.. All becuase you cant see how much % the boss is at.. And you cant gauge what the bar is telling you.. Is it 40%... or 39%.. And most interesting when you wipe on a boss. Not knowing how far your group got.

[@smallpandochka]

Plater is a nice addon for that. It shows all the useful stuff and your debufs on top of the nameplate. You can see who interrupted cast, all the CC etc.

[@carletonrutherford1799]

8:07 Your zoom out macro does not work.