Sony Online Entertainment / SWG Legends · 2003

Star Wars Galaxies macros

Star Wars Galaxies shipped a macro system so permissive that entire economies were built on it. Macros can loop by calling themselves, drive the toolbar slot by slot, and run unattended — which is exactly how a generation of players ground crafting, entertaining and buffing while asleep. The official servers closed in 2011, but Legends and the emulator community keep the system running unchanged.

Setting one up

Open Options, choose the Macro tab and click New.
Give the macro a name and an icon — the name is what other macros call it by.
Write commands one per line, ending each with a semicolon.
Use /ui action toolbarSlot00; to press a toolbar button, counting slots from 0.
Finish with /macro yourname; to loop, and drag the macro onto a toolbar slot to start it.

Rules and limits

Toolbar slots run 0 to 23 — 0 to 11 across the top row and 12 to 23 across the bottom.
Toolbar panes are numbered 0 to 5, matching bars one through six.
You must leave at least /pause 0.1 between commands, and /pause 1 or more is far more reliable.
A looping macro keeps running until you type /dump, so always know how to stop one before you start it.
Semicolons end every command; leaving one off silently breaks the rest of the macro.

Macros by profession

Pick a profession to see only the macros that apply to it.

All SWG macros

27 macros, searchable and ready to copy.

27 macros

EN
Announce Your Buff
Entertainer
```
/say Entertainer buffs available, just ask;
/pause 60;
/macro buffannounce;
```
Tells the cantina what you are offering on a timer. Half of the SWG social economy ran on macros exactly like this one.
SW
Combat Rotation Loop
General
```
/ui action toolbarSlot00;
/pause 3;
/ui action toolbarSlot01;
/pause 3;
/ui action toolbarSlot02;
/pause 3;
/macro combatloop;
```
+2 more
Cycles three toolbar abilities and repeats. Works for any combat profession because it addresses slots rather than named abilities.
TR
Crafting Loop
Trader
```
/ui action defaultButton;
/pause 2;
/ui action defaultButton;
/pause 2;
/ui action defaultButton;
/pause 3;
/macro craftloop;
```
+2 more
Drives the crafting window slot by slot to produce a batch of identical items. SWG crafting has many confirmation clicks, and this is how crafters got through hundreds of them.
SW
Create an Alias
General
```
/alias inv /invite;
```
Aliases wrap a command behind a shorter name and can be called from macros. Useful for anything you type constantly but do not want a whole macro for.
ME
Cure Every State
Medic
```
/curestate poisoned;
/pause 2;
/curestate diseased;
/pause 2;
/curestate bleeding;
```
Walks through the state cures so one button handles whichever condition has landed. The ones that do not apply fail harmlessly.
EN
Dance Loop
Entertainer
```
/dance basic;
/pause 120;
/flourish 1;
/pause 10;
/macro danceloop;
```
Starts a dance, waits, and restarts itself. Entertainers have kept cantinas running on this exact macro for over twenty years.
ME
Doctor Buff Line
Medic
```
/ui action toolbarSlot00;
/pause 3;
/ui action toolbarSlot01;
/pause 3;
/tell %TT Buffs done, safe travels;
```
Buffs your target, announces it and moves on. Doctor buff lines outside starports were a fixture of the game and ran almost entirely on macros like this.
EN
Flourish Cycle
Entertainer
```
/flourish 1;
/pause 10;
/flourish 2;
/pause 10;
/flourish 3;
/pause 10;
/macro flourishcycle;
```
+2 more
Rotates through flourishes to keep the audience buff building. Flourishes are what actually generate the entertainer experience and the buff, not the dance itself.
SW
Follow a Player
General
```
/follow;
/pause 1;
```
Follows your current target until you move. SWG planets are enormous and following someone who knows the way is a genuine time saver.
SW
Getting Pauses Right
General
```
/pause 0.1;
/pause 1;
/pause 5;
```
The minimum is a tenth of a second, but anything under a full second is unreliable under load. Most working macros use two seconds or more between actions.
ME
Heal Your Target
Medic
```
/healdamage;
/pause 3;
/healstate;
/pause 3;
```
Fires your heal at whoever you have selected and pauses long enough for the cooldown. Chain it into a loop for sustained group healing.
SW
Invite and Form a Group
General
```
/invite;
/pause 2;
/join;
```
Invites your target and then joins. Buff lines and hunting parties both start with this pair of commands.