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Old Feb 10, 2006, 05:10 PM // 17:10   #1
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Do you know that the 'target closest item' hotkey has been re-activated? Old beta players may remember it had been removed to make bot scripts more complex to write. Beta feedback proved that designing a solo-farming macro/bot was much harder when you had to perform a pixel by pixel analysis of the screen (instead of using this handy hotkey).

The 'Target Loot' hotkey is now available again to make your life easier. How does it work? You can configure your controls and you can add a hotkey to target the closest item on the ground (even if the item is not reserved for you). Then you can click on 'Do It' (space) to grab it.

Although it seems to be a stealthy update, ANet is aware of the situation and it's been re-activated deliberately (it's neither a bug nor an exploit). In short, it's not a good deterrent against bots, but it's a user-friendly bonus for players.
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Old Feb 10, 2006, 05:18 PM // 17:18   #2
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Do you know that the 'target closest item' hotkey has been re-activated? Old beta players may remember it had been removed to make bot scripts more complex to write. Beta feedback proved that designing a solo-farming macro/bot was much harder when you had to perform a pixel by pixel analysis of the screen (instead of using this handy hotkey).

The 'Target Loot' hotkey is now available again to make your life easier. How does it work? You can configure your controls and you can add a hotkey to target the closest item on the ground (even if the item is not reserved for you). Then you can click on 'Do It' (space) to grab it.
Although it seems to be a stealthy update, ANet is aware of the situation and it's been re-activated deliberately (it's neither a bug nor an exploit). In short, it's not a good deterrent against bots, but it's a user-friendly bonus for players.
I'm not sure if I am reading that correctly. Are you saying that you can target and grab an item that is not reserved for you (i.e. one that is reserved for another member of your team)?
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Old Feb 10, 2006, 05:18 PM // 17:18   #3
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yay. I never know about this update ad nd in misisons i always forget some stuff so this hot key would be sure handy for me .
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Old Feb 10, 2006, 05:20 PM // 17:20   #4
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I'm not sure if I am reading that correctly. Are you saying that you can target and grab an item that is not reserved for you (i.e. one that is reserved for another member of your team)?
My understanding is it will target the closest, even if it's not assigned to you, but won't let you pick it up.
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Old Feb 10, 2006, 05:20 PM // 17:20   #5
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I am sure you'll get a message saying "this item is reserved for another member in your team", or something like that, just like current
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Old Feb 10, 2006, 05:22 PM // 17:22   #6
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Xonic's right. It acts the same as if you had clicked on the item normally.

Default hotkey is the semicolon ( ; ), afaik.
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Old Feb 10, 2006, 05:30 PM // 17:30   #7
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I am sure you'll get a message saying "this item is reserved for another member in your team", or something like that, just like current
o damn.. thats why when i tried to loot PVE TOMBS.. was trying to pick up an item that was unassigned.. it said "assigned to another player" but it didnt say who was just the item.. didnt notice till now so i moved on.
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Old Feb 10, 2006, 05:32 PM // 17:32   #8
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I noticed this about a week ago when configuring some different keys, I just figured I never realized it was there.
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Old Feb 10, 2006, 05:33 PM // 17:33   #9
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o damn.. thats why when i tried to loot PVE TOMBS.. was trying to pick up an item that was unassigned.. it said "assigned to another player" but it didnt say who was just the item.. didnt notice till now so i moved on.
uhhh... thats just a bug. It has nothing to do with hotkeys
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Old Feb 10, 2006, 05:41 PM // 17:41   #10
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o damn.. thats why when i tried to loot PVE TOMBS.. was trying to pick up an item that was unassigned.. it said "assigned to another player" but it didnt say who was just the item.. didnt notice till now so i moved on.
I've noticed this before too, and I think it's a several second delay from when the name disappears on a piece of loot to when you can actually pick it up because it's unassigned.
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Old Feb 12, 2006, 02:06 AM // 02:06   #11
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name disapears sometimes if the owner is dead or not in the area but still in game
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Old Feb 12, 2006, 02:37 AM // 02:37   #12
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Interesting. I can see where this could be very useful.

Is there a way to cycle through the items on the ground, like tab does with enemies?
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