Toolbar

The toolbar has the following buttons:

• Launch Client
• Load State
• Save State
• Start, Pause, and Resume Macro
• Stop Macro
• Stop All
• Metadata Editor
• App Settings.

Launch Client

This button will launch a new game client, applying any tweaks that are enabled in the Settings window.

By default, game clients that are not actively “logged in” will not be displayed in the list.

Load State

This button will open a dialog to load the current character’s macro configuration. Current .sh4x JSON files and legacy .sh4 XML files can be loaded.

NOTE: Skills and spells that are not currently available on the character are preserved in the configuration instead of being discarded.

Save State

This button will save the current character’s macro configuration as a versioned .sh4x JSON file. Legacy .sh4 XML is import-only and is never written by the new save path.

Start, Pause, and Resume Macro

This state-aware button starts macroing the selected character and changes to Pause Macro while automation is running. After pausing, the same control changes to Resume Macro. It shows the pause icon only while automation is running and uses the play icon for starting or resuming. Pausing retains the current macro state.

Stop Macro

This button will stop macroing the selected character, resetting the macro state.

Stop All

This button will stop macroing on all characters, resetting the macro state. It is equivalent to clicking the Stop Macro button for each character.

Pause vs Stop Macro

The main difference between Pause Macro and Stop Macro is that pause acts as a temporary stop, while stop will reset the macro state for that character. You can notice this with certain timers like flower targets when you pause/resume versus stopping and re-starting.

NOTE: This does not mean that your skills and spells will be removed from the queue, only that the macro state will be reset.

Metadata Editor

This button will open the Metadata Editor window.

App Settings

This button will open the Settings window.