borog wrote:after a small amount of research it seems that the only command you could do were to write a macro that enabled you to use an ability off an item in your inventory.

something like /macro use1 /use 5 40 (40 is first inventory slot)

correct. this was the workaround command for the time the use-icons didn´t worked. and this was afaik the only command for inventory items/uses. and at least you could only activate this command for items/uses you could use alltimes before and after that from inventory, like potions etc., not for dd charges on crafted weapons/artes or somthing like that.

hm ok, maybe i mixed that up.
But i could swere i could switch shields out of inv on live. Was the first thing i tried to figure out here and it did not work like i remembered it, 'cause the /use (although i remember it as another command) 40-79 does not work here.

But a lot of alcohol went down my throat during the years without daoc, so maybe i just remember it wrong.

holsten-knight wrote:But a lot of alcohol went down my throat during the years without daoc

I'm not sure how to understand this But I like it to be ambiguous

To make life easier, live servers implemented the macro that allowed to switch items out of inventory into any slot possible/available at some point in v 1.9x or something like that.
T'is was discussed on uth and blue decided it was not worth it, probably because he didnt want to make the life of dual specced lighttanks & assassins any more easier.

This is how i remember this incedent, but thats been some time and many daoc breaks already so dont count on me writing the truth about this topic.