stop following

[jepper01]

Hi everyone
A while ago I tried out multiboxing with 2 chars, and it was going ok for me, but the problem was that the slave char kept stop following the leader and it was so annoying that I kinda gave up on it for the time being. Now I decided to try again but how do I solve this problem?

[Zzyzxx71]

Does your driver have any enchants/passive abilities that would cause him/her to be just a hair faster than your slave?

[jepper01]

I tried it with 2 new hunters so that shouldnt be a problem. It also happened when I tried with my level 80 ret pally and level 80 shaman.

[Zzyzxx71]

What method of control? Both on the same box? Different machines? Keyclone? HKN?

We're going to need more details...

[Otlecs]

You have done the obvious and made sure that your leader's movement keys are unbound on your drone, right? :)

[Bilbo79]

Hi. If your lvl80 Ret Pally is the leader, and has 1-2 points in Pursuit of Justice, then you are going to get this. You could try throwing speed enchant to boots on the Shaman to help shore up the gap.

It is a non-issue when mounted though, due to the way that Crusader Aura works.

[jepper01]

yeah the keys werent the same. Also I used keyclone to set it up. Do I have to spam the /follow macro I set up?
Sorry for my noobness, but I am just getting started :)

[jepper01]

Oh..also I play on 1 machine with 2 programs open at a time.

[Siaea]

With KeyClone, make sure "W A S D" are on the "Do not pass" list.

[Otlecs]

You shouldn't have to routinely spam the follow key when you're just moving around. You will have to if you whack something in melee, perform a channeled spell or do one of a small number of other things though.

If you're losing follow just moving around then I would guess that it's your machine that's the limiting factor and you'll probably want to turn the display settings down a tad or lock your framerates if you haven't already.

So... under what conditions do you see your follower become a left-behind-er?

[jepper01]

It seems that the follower is running a little bit slower than the other and eventually getting too far away. I can ofc just stop every few seconds but that is just too annoying.
I think it might be because im running 2 programs at once.

[Zzyzxx71]

What are the specs of the machine you're running on?

[Tweakbl]

Could network latency have an effect like this.
I am on Hughesnet Satellite and I have the same issue with Auto Hot Key in a x2 config.

I have a /target/follow/focus/assist macro but it sure would be nice to get w,s,d,a working.

Would it be better to run it all windowed?

Also why is it so difficult to get AHK to accept w,a,s,d?
(I get the little jerk movements but my toon does not move,kinda like a jumpy action.

This here is that bit of code. I use q,w,e,f, on my keyboard.

~e::
KeyWait e, D
WinGet, Active_Window, ID, A
IfWinActive, World of Warcraft
{
If(%killbroadcast% = 0)
{
Loop, %wowid%
{
target_window := wowid%A_index%
If (Active_Window <> target_window)
{
ControlSend,, e, ahk_id %target_window%
}
}
}
}
Return

[Otlecs]

Could network latency have an effect like this.
I am on Hughesnet Satellite and I have the same issue with Auto Hot Key in a x2 config.
Without knowing a great deal about how Blizz implemented their follow code, I can well imagine that latency of that magnitude could cause this sort of problem.

500-1000ms latency on the first hop makes for a very long round-trip time :(

I'll defer to others for the AHK question, but you might also consider a new thread for it in the Software Tools (http://www.dual-boxing.com/forumdisplay.php?f=28) forum.