recoil101
08-24-2009, 06:22 PM
Hi folks,
I've been dual boxing for quite a while on different mmos with a great deal of success. On Warcraft here's what I've been doing -
I have 2 seperate computers, 2 monitors. I've been using Input Director to control the 2 boxes with a single kb and mouse. The primary machine has had a 'tank' char on and I control him/her/it in the usual way with kb and mouse. The secondary machine has had the healer/caster char on and I've controled this char with a ZFang numpad next to my keyboard and a range of the usual follow, assist, target macros.
No problems so far.
However, I recently set my heart on doing something a little different. Two death knights with similar or same talent specs. The main issue here clearly, is that there is no 'caster' and I need to get the secondary into melee range to be of real use. So I thought, right some form of keyclone is required, I'll simply have the secondary char mimick everything that the primary char does by having the second machine match all my mouse and kb input from the primary. (the idea being that they would be 'on top of each other' with identical toolbars so when I select a target, they both select it, and when I click a special, they both do that special.
I tried Input Directors 'mirror input' faciltiy, but that was abit of a nightmare with chars wandering off in all directions. So I spent hours reading up the FAQs on here and the wikis etc and installed Octopus. The tutorial was great, got it all setup, but again the chars are wandering in all directions.... am I missing something here?
Maybe my idea of having two chars moving and attacking simultaneously is misguided, but when I try it they keep turning slightly differently and end up apart, so when I go into combat Im no better off than I was before using the follow macro, with the secondary char miles out of range.
Any ideas/advice/namecalling gratefully received.
Thanks
I've been dual boxing for quite a while on different mmos with a great deal of success. On Warcraft here's what I've been doing -
I have 2 seperate computers, 2 monitors. I've been using Input Director to control the 2 boxes with a single kb and mouse. The primary machine has had a 'tank' char on and I control him/her/it in the usual way with kb and mouse. The secondary machine has had the healer/caster char on and I've controled this char with a ZFang numpad next to my keyboard and a range of the usual follow, assist, target macros.
No problems so far.
However, I recently set my heart on doing something a little different. Two death knights with similar or same talent specs. The main issue here clearly, is that there is no 'caster' and I need to get the secondary into melee range to be of real use. So I thought, right some form of keyclone is required, I'll simply have the secondary char mimick everything that the primary char does by having the second machine match all my mouse and kb input from the primary. (the idea being that they would be 'on top of each other' with identical toolbars so when I select a target, they both select it, and when I click a special, they both do that special.
I tried Input Directors 'mirror input' faciltiy, but that was abit of a nightmare with chars wandering off in all directions. So I spent hours reading up the FAQs on here and the wikis etc and installed Octopus. The tutorial was great, got it all setup, but again the chars are wandering in all directions.... am I missing something here?
Maybe my idea of having two chars moving and attacking simultaneously is misguided, but when I try it they keep turning slightly differently and end up apart, so when I go into combat Im no better off than I was before using the follow macro, with the secondary char miles out of range.
Any ideas/advice/namecalling gratefully received.
Thanks