View source for Meviin's Macros: Purple Links When Pulling

You've seen your friends pull mobs, but rather than just putting the mob's name in brackets, they made the mob's name purple like a link!  Or, maybe, it even was a link, and you could click on it and see some item!  This not only allows you to show off your favorite item, but it makes it easier for your group or guild mates to see what you're pulling, which makes you a better puller.  This guide explains how to make purple links when pulling.

'''Step 1''':  [https://notepad-plus-plus.org/download Install Notepad++].  You might be able to get away with using regular Notepad, but something might break.  If you already have an advanced text editor (like Vim or Sublime), you can skip this step.  Note that a word processor like MS Word or Libre Office will NOT work.

'''Step 2''': Make a dummy macro in game.  You can skip this step if you already have a pulling macro that you're comfortable with.  The %T will use the name of your target.  If you use something like brackets around your target, you probably need to include spaces, like in the below example.  A simple pulling macro might look like:

<pre>/g Incoming: < %T >.  One per message.</pre>

'''Step 3''': Completely quit out of EQ.  This is because we're soon going to be manually modifying the text files that EQ uses for its configuration, and if you do that when EQ is running, EQ will ignore and overwrite your changes.

'''Step 4''': Find the ID of the item you want.  The easiest way to do this is to search on [http://mqemulator.net mqemulator.net].  Eg, for a foraged root, see this page: [http://mqemulator.net/item.php?id=13047 mqemulator.net/item.php?id=13047].  Note the ID.  You can see it in the URL and also in parentheses on that page.  In this case, the ID is '''13047'''.

'''Step 5''': Convert the ID into hexadecimal.  You can use a site like [http://www.binaryhexconverter.com/decimal-to-hex-converter binaryhexconverter.com/decimal-to-hex-converter] to do this.  In this case, the hexadecimal equivalent of '''13047''' is '''32F7'''.  

'''Step 6''': Pad the hexadecimal ID with 0s.  The number should have two 0s before it and should be padded with 0s at the end so that it's 45 characters total.  In this case, the number would be 0032F7000000000000000000000000000000000000000.



'''Step 7''': Put the ID into your macro


TODO: fill out.  Instructions in http://www.project1999.com/forums/showthread.php?p=2328512#post2328512