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#Macroname command not working.

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I followed the directions in the wiki, and it says that if you type #macroname (whatever the name of the macro actually is), it will use the macro. But all I get is a text of "#macroname" Is there another symbol I'm missing? Or did they take that function out? If they took it out, how do you nest macros now?

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Gauss

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Is the macro in a character (ie, an Ability)? If so you need to use the following format: %{character name|ability name}. #Macro is for Macros (in the settings tab), not Abilities (in a character entry in the Journal tab).

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Jesse W.

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oh, ok, I'll try that, thanks

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Jesse W.

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If you are posting as that character do you need to type in the character name also, or just %{macroname}

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Gauss

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The format is %{character name|ability name}. If you are using it in the chat window it will bring up a menu to select from just like with #Macro.