Newb help and questions, Please Advise!!

[tdub325]

Hello!

I just recently looked into dual boxing 2 accounts of mine, my main account, and an raf account that belongs to my brother.

Just some quick questions in regards to hardware and laggy play:

AMD 4400 dual core cpu

Nvidia EVGA 8800gt superclocked

4gb ram (3.24 XP recognized)

With graphics turned up a fair amount (nothing overly ridiculous), does anyone have any idea as to why I'm getting 20 fps on my 2nd client? I get up to 55 in the main box, but the 2nd one always seems fairly laggy. Are there any hardware settings I can edit to improve both clients performance? I'm using a 22" Acer monitor if that makes any difference.

Gameplay Questions:

At the moment I'm leveling a rogue/warrior combo with the warrior tanking for obvious reasons, they're only about lvl 27.

Are there any mods to mimic mouse movement in each window yet?

What is the 'fastest' or easiest leveling combo? I have like a week left on the RAF and although my brothers is trying to get an extension because of his military status, I'm wondering if i'll have enough time to level a decent set of characters playing a few hours a day and powering out this weekend coming up (27/28th).

Any advice is much appreciated, I can supply any extra info upon request. The only db program i'm using is keyclone.

Thanks much for helpin a newb!

[Coltimar]

Use the search:

Giving Away an Account... (Questions about it) ('http://www.dual-boxing.com/forums/index.php?page=Thread&postID=163578&highlight=sharing+account#post163578')
Class Combo for 2 accounts ('http://www.dual-boxing.com/forums/index.php?page=Thread&postID=90774&highlight=class+combo#post90774')
[Druids] How to get out the trees quick ?? ('http://www.dual-boxing.com/forums/index.php?page=Thread&postID=164791&highlight=mouse+broadcast#post164791')
Single or many WoW installs? ('http://www.dual-boxing.com/forums/index.php?page=Thread&postID=40900&highlight=performance#post40900')

[BigSmitty]

First suggestion (since you asked for advice)...

QUIT PLAYING AN ACCOUNT THAT ISN'T YOURS. And I'm one of the more tolerable folks on the boards here. Seriously, if you aren't nailed yet for violating the Terms of Service, you will be, because believe it or not, there are quite a few folks that hate us for one misguided reason or another. Make a trial account in YOUR NAME, pay the $20 for a vanilla WoW account upgrade after the 10 days (although if you use RAF, you'll be to level 20 in about 9 hours with the XP bonus). If you can't afford another account, then this style of play isn't for you. Really, it's not.

The bottleneck is probably your processor, only a 4400 dual core. I had issues with 2 with an 8800 and a 5000+ Black Edition overclocked. If you are using keyclone, set your maxfps and maxbkfps for each client, anything over 30 on the secondary PiP window is overkill in my opinion.

If this is your first set of toons and you're boxing a pair of melee, stop while you're ahead. It's a pain getting them both in melee range, facing the right direction. Mage/mage, warlock/mage, any caster/caster combination would probably net you the results you're looking for. Since you won't be running full groups, then getting a tank/healer isn't necessarily a priority.

Mimicking mouse movements went away a long time ago (search the forums for "MiniMap Ping Targetting" and you see why. It was an exploit. If you just want to mimic the mouse interaction with NPCs, I highly suggest getting the multiboxer friendly addon "JAMBA". Look on the forums here under... Macros and Addons.

Or check the Wiki. Probably the first place to look, read the stickies here, as they answered all your questions after I looked them up. Not hard.

Once again. GET YOUR OWN SECOND ACCOUNT. Seriously. Oh, and have fun.