just starting out

[WaffleFrie]

so i've created 4 chars for LOTRO(will eventually make 6...just ran out of email addresses :P) and spent the 6 hours downloading the game.

i'm slightly new to multiboxing in that i've never played a game that would actually let me box without a large amount of work(see my "boxing on the cheap" thread for all the games i planned on and mostly have tested for box-ability)

so my questions for you guys:
should i install it and run it off one instance or should each char i plan to play have it's own folder, like most people do with WoW?

^that was a simple answer....i can't run the install again :P

i'm going to be running it with octopus,
i've got my 3 instances setup
first one loads without a hitch
try to run the second one and it errors at "examine game data"

i tried renaming the turbine folder but it will not let me....so i can't even trick the installer to install another copy.

ideas?

[WaffleFrie]

might of fooled it into installing a few copies, i ran the "repair" after i moved the folder into "lotro1" and it's reinstalling the normal "turbine" folder and it's contents to my program files folder.

[WaffleFrie]

mkay so wth batman?

have my 2 instances running, logged in, same server, standing next to each other, in a fellowship.

no broadcasting of ANY keys using both keyclone and octopus...both the clients were added in both programs but it would not broadcast a single key from my main to my slave GHARRRRRRRR.

anyone with ideas?

[TheKeeperofTime]

LotRO is one of those games that needs to be in the foreground in order to accept input.

I personally use InnerSpace/ISBoxer to box LoTRO because it will make all the clients believe they are in the foreground. I'm not sure if any of the other boxing software out there has a similar option, I don't have much experience with anything else.

[WaffleFrie]

octopus does have an option for that BUT i can't get it to apply the profile to the auto add window so there's no real way to make it handle that

[ShadowKntSDS]

There is a subtle difference between TurbineInvoker.eve and TurbineLauncher.exe. I forget which is which, but one can accept command line options. I *believe* it's launcher. Thats the one you want to use if you want to launch multiple copies from the same folder. Either way, you need to use the -usetdm command to force it not check for updates to the files. You really want to launch from the same folder for performance reasons.

I use InnerSpace and ISBoxer as well, and can't recommend it enough.

[Khatovar]

This is my base script that I used for HKN, but that was before the conversion to F2P, so I've no clue if this still works. I think I had to launch manually, but I'm not sure.



//-----------------------------------------------------------
// SUBROUTINE TO LAUNCH AND RENAME A COPY OF LOTRO
//-----------------------------------------------------------
<Command RenameFromPath>
<SendPC %1%>
<Run %2%>
<RenameTargetWin %3%>


//-----------------------------------------------------------
// SUBROUTINE TO Position Windows for 2 boxing.
//-----------------------------------------------------------
<Command ResizeAndPosition>
<SendPC Local>
<SendWinSF %1%>
<SetWinRect 0 0 1680 1022>
<SendWinSF %2%>
<SetWinRect 1680 0 1280 800>
//-----------------------------------------------------------
// HOTKEY TO RESIZE, REPOSITION AND RENAME
//-----------------------------------------------------------
<Hotkey Lctrl Lalt w>
<SendPC local>
<RenameFromPath "D:\LotRO\lotroclient.exe" LotRO1>
<RenameFromPath "F:\LotRO\lotroclient.exe" LotRO2>
<ResizeAndPosition LotRO1 LotRO2>


//-----------------------------------------------------------
// DEFINE MAIL LABELS FOR SENDING KEY STROKES
//-----------------------------------------------------------
<Label w1 Local SendWin LotRO1>
<Label w2 Local SendWin LotRO2>



//-----------------------------------------------------------
//TOGGLE HKN MUTE
//-----------------------------------------------------------

<hotkey Pause>
<sendpc local>
<ToggleHotkeys>

//-----------------------------------------------------------
// DEFINE HOTKEYS FOR ALL KEY COMBINATIONS THAT WILL GET
// SENT TO BOTH WINDOWS. ADD MORE KEY COMBO'S IF YOU WANT.
//-----------------------------------------------------------

<Hotkey CapsLockOff 0-9, K,J, T, M, C, O, I, L, Numpad0-Numpad9, Divide, Multiply, NumpadMinus, NumpadEnter, Decimal, Tab, NumpadPlus, Backspace, Insert, PgUp, PgDn, Delete, F1-F12, Esc, Oem1-Oem7, except OEM2; CapsLockOff SHIFT 0-9, K,J, T, M, C, O, I, L, Numpad0-Numpad9, Divide, Multiply, NumpadMinus, NumpadEnter, Decimal, Tab, NumpadPlus, Backspace, Insert, PgUp, PgDn, Delete, F1-F12, Esc, Oem1-Oem7, except OEM2; CapsLockOff ALT 0-9, K,J, T, M, C, O, I, L, Numpad0-Numpad9, Divide, Multiply, NumpadMinus, NumpadEnter, Decimal, Tab, NumpadPlus, Backspace, Insert, PgUp, PgDn, Delete, F1-F12, Esc, Oem1-Oem7, except OEM2; CapsLockOff Ctrl 0-9, K,J, T, M, C, O, I, L, Numpad0-Numpad9, Divide, Multiply, NumpadMinus, NumpadEnter, Decimal, Tab, NumpadPlus, Backspace, Insert, PgUp, PgDn, Delete, F1-F12, Esc, Oem1-Oem7, except OEM2>
<SendLabel w1, w2>
<Key %Trigger%>



//-----------------------------------------------------------
// MOVEMENT COMMANDS
//-----------------------------------------------------------

<Hotkey shift left>
<SendLabel w2>
<Keydown Q>
<HotkeyUp shift left>
<SendLabel w2>
<Keyup Q>
<SendLabel w1>
<Key G>




<Hotkey shift right>
<SendLabel w2>
<Keydown E>
<HotkeyUp shift right>
<SendLabel w2>
<Keyup E>
<SendLabel w1>
<Key Q>




<Hotkey left>
<SendLabel w2>
<Keydown A>
<HotkeyUp left>
<SendLabel w2>
<Keyup A>
<SendLabel w1>
<Key Q>



<Hotkey right>
<SendLabel w2>
<Keydown D>
<HotkeyUp right>
<SendLabel w2>
<Keyup D>
<SendLabel w1>
<Key Q>



<Hotkey down>
<SendLabel w2>
<Keydown down>
<HotkeyUp down>
<SendLabel w2>
<Keyup down>
<SendLabel w1>
<Key Q>


<Hotkey up>
<SendLabel w2>
<Keydown up>
<HotkeyUp up>
<SendLabel w2>
<Keyup up>
<SendLabel w1>
<Key Q>