Is there an addon out there that I have not found? Before I ask anyone what I'm looking for I'll tell you the situation.....I play alot of BG's and I have an "Held In OFf Hand" item that restores like 500 hp (GOOD, FOR MY LVL) but I wield a Two Hand so it is pretty hard to switch them while in a battle. Is there an addon that will auto switch my Two Hand out for my Held In off Hand Item?

Use the ingame equipment manager. or maybe some macro but I dont know if they are still allowed to swap stuff.

thnx that works perfect, even though i still have to go to "Character" then click it to use it...it still saves time!

you can drag the item from your inventory to a free action bar slot.  Once it's there, a left click on it will equip it if you can (IE-you aren't wielding a 2 hander at the time).  A right click on it will use it.

Yeah. The "I need both hands for my weapon." sound sux when I'm trying to switch from a two-hander to two one-handers to dual wield, in combat, and I forget which one is my "main hand" weapon.

I allways keep my weapons on my action bars for just this reason. Well, that, and I'm just too lazy to go looking in my bags.  =)

Or you can just use a simple macro:

This is how you swap whatever is in bag slot 0,1 with whatever is in your mainhand (16)
- /script PickupContainerItem(0,1) PickupInventoryItem(16)

This is how you swap whatever is in bag slot 0,2 with whatever is in your offhand (17)
- /script PickupContainerItem(0,2) PickupInventoryItem(17)

To my knowledge you can still swap weapons even in combat.

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Originally Posted by lordastiroth

Or you can just use a simple macro:

This is how you swap whatever is in bag slot 0,1 with whatever is in your mainhand (16)
- /script PickupContainerItem(0,1) PickupInventoryItem(16)

This is how you swap whatever is in bag slot 0,2 with whatever is in your offhand (17)
- /script PickupContainerItem(0,2) PickupInventoryItem(17)

 

To my knowledge you can still swap weapons even in combat.

Ok, I have to ask this, because I just don't know.

Each one of those macros takes up an action bar slot, correct? If so, then how would that be better than simply putting the weapons on the action bar to begin with? Two weapons = two macros = two action bar slots. Unless, of course, you can "stack" multiple macros in one slot.

For doing multiple things at once (or close to it, anyway) I can understand the use of macros since this free's up bar space. Just to swap out one item? Don't see that as a help. But, then again, I'm "macro challenged". I understand the usefulness, but don't have a clue how to write one. Did research on it, just didn't "get" it.

The other thing I don't understand about macros is: If you swap out your shield and (insert main hand weapon here) for your two-hander of choice, Blizzard's programing will swap out the two hander with the one/main hand weapon directly (as in: If you check your bags, the slot that held the two hander now holds the one hander), but just throw the shield (or whatever was in your off hand) in the first available bag slot. Is there any way to write a macro to "un-equip" something and have it go to a certain slot in your bags every time? I don't know, and it's my problem (or my OCD kicking up) anyway.

Sorry for the rant.

There is(was?) an addon called BindPad, you can assign keys to macros/spells/etc without having them on your action bars with it. Not sure if it works, stopped playing quite a while ago.

I can understand the use of macros since this free's up bar space. Just to swap out one item?
You can have one macro to swap your weapons both ways. It can check what weapon you're carrying now and if you've got 2h, unequip it and equip 1h+oh or if you've got 1h+oh, unequip both and then equip 2h.

Is there any way to write a macro to "un-equip" something and have it go to a certain slot in your bags every time?
Yes, there is. I can't tell now the exact command, sorry.

Why don't you just use addons like ItemRack. Set 1 (with keybinding) for your 2h weapon, set 2 (with keybinding) for your 1h main + offhand weapon. With addons like ItemRack you can set 1 key to change a whole set with 1 key press (if you're out of combat), if you're in combat, atleast your weapon (+ offhand) will be switched.

No need for intricate macro's or specific item placement in your bags and no need for slots on your action bars.

Hmmmmm........  Never thought of ItemRack as something to swap out weapons, but after seeing your post it makes sense. Thanks for the tip.

The having a certain item go to a certain bag slot is just me. I hate getting to a vender and selling off my good shield (and buying it back, of course) because the icon for it looks just like three other shields I picked up in drops, but I sold it by accident because Blizzards programming put it in the first open slot instead of the slot (or at least bag) it came from. (Nice run-on sentence, yeah?) Like I said: Just my OCD kicking up.   =)

Um, no.  I gave you a single, complete macro.  Your questions tell me you didn't even bother cut/paste it to research it. :P 

z00g is correct; the little macro does exactly what you wanted.  Macros are more efficient if you have the room for them and wish to save memory.  Too many addons or even 1 large addon will cause lag in the game and can affect many areas of game play.  Be careful when stacking a lot of addons.

Your leftmost bag = 4, your rightmost bag = 0.  To change the bag and/or slot change the numbers.  For instance, the same macro when set to your leftmost bag is: /script PickupContainerItem(4,1) PickupInventoryItem(16)
/script PickupContainerItem(4,2) PickupInventoryItem(17)

You are correct. I did not bother to copy your macro and use it.

Your macro will consistantly switch one weapons set for another and back again. Very nice, and very tidy. I thank you for the offer to use it, and apreciate the thought that went into making it.

However, I don't often switch out one specific set of weapons for one other specific set of weapons. I seem to be constantly rotating what weapons I use at any one time. I think this is, mostly, because I am a relatively new player in WoW and I am still trying to get a handle on what works best for me with which race and class.

But that's just me. I will copy your macro, though, and hang on to it until such time that I feel sufficiently comfortablt to use it.

Thanks.

No worries.  I thought you might be new, that is why i gave you a very simple solution and wanted you to understand when a macro is better/worse than an addon.  A lot of new players find all kinds of nifty addons and start causing lag (which gets them killed!).

gl and welcome to WOW!