need help running octopus with shattered galaxy

[WaffleFrie]

so i'm not new to the concept of running a game in multiple numbers, shattered galaxy is a rather old game...been playing it for about 10 years now(yeah i know wow right) the game has always allowed multiple instances to be run at the same time, given it's low graphics and cpu usage i've been known to run 6+. it's never been uncommon for someone to run the game windowed with 2 screens up. but that takes time and i need to actually look at the other screen. and i want to just run 2 chars at the same time like i'm running 1 as there's massive strategic advantages to being able to do this.

after doing a little research i found octopus and it seemed perfect for what i was looking for, sg has very few commands and keystrokes needed to get to and fight in battles.

i went thru the tutorial for octopus on wiki and did everything as said to setup my multi-client on a single machine.

all my keys are bound

i have it set to broadcast clicks and keys only when pressing shift or space respectively

i start up the server

open 2 games of sg

log in

doesn't work

so what am i missing to get this working

[David]

No help, just :thumbsup: shattered galaxy

[WaffleFrie]

yeah can't really say there's any reason to play anymore other than just a love of the game and being in a regi with the same people for so long..kru obviously doesn't care if it lives or dies anymore. there's never any mods/admin/dev's on...ever... so i'm obviously rather bored playing 1 char or windowing and playing 2 or just logging 3+ on and sitting a poc...using something like octopus wil make the game much more fun for me...and if i get a working method, i'll obviously share with regi and friends.

[WaffleFrie]

so everything is working except the cursor isn't broadcasting. there's no real way to get my chars moving without the cursor following so i can click maps or have it follow map movement

[WaffleFrie]

YAY! DONE! running 5 chars smoothly!