I came up with a macro to Sample more then 1 resource in the area. It works great the way it is but Im sure it can be tweeked to suit your needs.
First Create a Macro with the name Sample.
If you do not know how to create a macro this is how.
Press Ctrl + A This will bring up your Command Browser.
Click on Macro.
Click on Add
Here is where you want to Name your macro .. Name this new Macro .. Sample
Pick an Icon
Now here is where you put in the macro
/ui action toolbarSlot00; <<This will select the F-Key you have the Survey Device assigned to.
/pause 5; << Time to tell the Survey Device what you want to sample.
/ui action toolbarSlot00; << Closes the Survey window
/sample;
/pause 300; << # of seconds you want to survey
/stand;
/pause 300; << # of seconds you want to Heal
/ui action toolbarSlot01; << This will select the F-Key you have the 2nd Survey Device assigned to.
/pause 5; << Time to tell the Survey Device what you want to sample.
/sample;
/pause 300; << # of seconds you want to survey
/stand;
/pause 300; << # of seconds you want to Heal
/macro Sample; << Loops Macro
Ok here is what you want to do ..
Your F-Keys Rance from 00 - 11 for the frist row
So put a Survey Device, like a Mineral Survey Device, in 00 or F-1
Put a second Survey Device, like a Chemical Survey Device in 01 or F-2
Now Place your Macro you just created in 02 or F-3
Now
Go out and take some surveys .. Survey for Mineral and Chemical .. when you find an area with High Samples of each, you are ready to begin your Sampling.
Press your F-3 key .. to begin your Macro.
Now Sit back and watch your Resources add up.
Remember ... Sample in an area where you will not be attacked.
The pause 1s I found I needed to add due to a bit of lag and the /stand in the middle is to kill those silly special sample events. The XX in the last line is the slot number where this macro button is stored.
---------------------------- Sensei Kikanak Paingiver
65th Trancendent of Cazic Thule <Torv>
Member of Immortals Rising
ive come up with a quik and easy way to get rid of pop ups use the ui action default button macro followed by the sample command and u will find better results.sometimes u even get a hi end sample for free while sleeping :0) also for anyone who is a master tka u can create a separte macro to mediate and power boast make u sample longer too
What if the survey gets messed up by finding another concentration or asking you to use 300 action points to dig for a concentration? Does it mess it up?
macro sampling
/kneel;
/sample;
/pause 7;
/sit;
/pause 28;
/tellpet guard;
/kneel;
/pause 1;
/macro sampling
or if u have medic skill and some simpaks on u
macro sampling
/kneel;
/sample;
/pause 300;
/healdamage self;
/sit
/pause 1;
/macro sampling
The pauses are short enough to get maximum samples, yet long enough to allow me to regen my action/mind. Also, it should be noted that you must survey for a certain resource, and then this "sampling macro" will sample the last resource you surveyed for.
Also, as a safety precaution, I recommend doing this in a corner of a town where you are safe from wondering mobs.
Thats the way it works using a camp if you can't craft one ask your M[BH (he has scout skills) or a Ranger or even a simple scout out of your Guild and ask him for a BasicCamp I have to stress this because if not you will not be able to set it up ! and then if you have a pet Not a Droidbecause the droid runs out of power tell the pet to guard you while in action with teh survey. also works very well is KEEP the powerfullest weapon equiped you ahve , because if your pet gets in trouble and a whole bunch of bad insects spamming around the camp you auto matically start to fight ! once the fight is over the computer will take back the maco of you survey !
I hope this helps !
BHDuke
---------------------------- Who is it? Is man one of God's blunder, or is God one of man's (Friedrich W. Nietzsche)
My sample macro is almost identical to Restyn's except my stats allow for me to regen my HAMs after 30 seconds which is the minimum time mandated between sample events.
Additionally I have 2 lines of code that refreshed my maskscent everytime I sit down just in case i'm either in the wild or if an agressive creature wanders into a previously safe area.