Empath Bind Help

[NorthstarGaymer]

Okay, so I am probably putting this in the wrong section, but there was nothing specific to binds, so I  thought General was safe.  
 

So I'm just coming back to the game like a lot of folks are, and of course, I'm recreating my main.  But back in the day a guy I was in a supergroup with on Virtue created for me an awesome bind, in which when I pressed 1 on the numpad it selected that person relative to their team position. I know how to write that bind.
 

/bind numpad1 "team_select 1"
 

But he also added that when I pressed it a second time, it would cast "Clear Mind"
 

If someone could help me figure out how to write that I would really appreciate it. And if anyone wants to share any other binding tips for Empaths, I would be happy to take any advice.

[Nuc]

/bind numpad1 "team select 1$$powexecname clear mind"

 

That should work if you double-tap the key quickly from what I remember. The only other way I can think of would be using multiple bind files but that seems unnecessarily complicated for what you want.

[Kinestron]

The way I do it is to goto Options>Keymapping then change each Select Teammate X  to the appropriate number pad key, instead of using the default that uses the Shift key. I then bind Numpad0 to Heal Other and Clear Mind to Numpad9. Healing Aura is in the number 1 position in Tray 1 so I use the 1 key from the top keyboard. Still two keypresses but works well enough for me. 

Edited January 19 by Kinestron

[Shenanigunner]

The guide has all the info you need on this, including sample binds. I've built any number of team-management bind sets on the keypad for buffing, healing, supporting team mates and pets by number. Easy-peasy, and IMHO the best scheme for managing such powers.

 

It's MUCH easier to create and edit a keybind file than it is to use the menu access for keys. Even for a few simple binds per alt or type, it's a skill worth learning. And it's easy.

 

Edited January 19 by Shenanigunner

[Ironblade]

1 hour ago, Shenanigunner said:

It's MUCH easier to create and edit a keybind file than it is to use the menu access for keys. Even for a few simple binds per alt or type, it's a skill worth learning. And it's easy.

I'll second that.  And it can save a lot of time when creating a new character.  I have a keybind file for all characters.  I just have to manually type the string to load it on a new character, then it has a keybind to customize my chat channels.  It also has a bind to reload the bind file for when I make edits to it.  Then, characters with special requirements have their own bindfiles and these also include a bind to reload the file after edits.

 

Then I have one keybind that loads and entire set of binds for mothership raids.  One of the keybinds in that set ERASES all the MSR binds so that I don't accidentally hit one when I don't need it.  There's a lot of power in keybind files.

 

The ambitious can go a step further and venture into popmenus.  Even greater versatility there, but also a lot more complexity.