Mac Boxer - Problem with setting up how I log into multiple clients at once

[kintamago]

Hey Guys,

Don't post here too often but I have run into a problem on my mac, and was looking to see if anyone could point me in the right direction.

I run WoW on two macs at the same time, on one machine I run my tank separately from the rest of the group and the healer/dps on the other machine. I have been, up until the cata content's release, been launching each instance of WoW using the hybrid approach which lets me run multiple clients through a script and keeps the cache separate. This is so I do not have to copy the entire WoW folder. However, this approach is not working for me at the moment. The details for how I have done this in the past are on:

http://www.wowpedia.org/World_of_Warcraft_functionality_on_Macs

(found near the bottom of the page under: "Dual-Boxing" on one Mac)

I would like to go back to the hybrid approach (or something similar), as it allows me to run the game a bit more smoothly than with the copying of the entire WoW folder. So, any advice or fingers pointed in the right direction would be very much appreciated. Unfortunately, I am not the most knowledgeable of script/terminal users so any advice may have to be slightly dumbed down for me

If there is any additional information you think I have left out or might need to know just ask.

Thanks in advance.

[mikekim]

I have played around with dual boxing on my MBP and found that the easiest solution for dual boxing was just to copy the WOW application and give it a new name.

you can then run both at the same time (obviously you are stuck with the same config settings for screen size etc.) - you get around this by setting up symbolic links for the wtf folder ( essenially what is discussed in the hybrid approach that you have linked)

[kintamago]

Thanks for the reply mikekim I appreciate the response. The only problem I have is that I am quite literally a boob when it comes to writing symbolic links. I have read the info provided on Wowpedia a couple of times but work better if I have an actual example to work with. You know something with colorful pictures a video and a cute animated character that gleefully explains everything very slowly accompanied by some psychedelic Danny Elfman composition. I am that close to special needs when it comes to anything with Computers.

Joking aside, I have tried a few times to write symbolic links to the wtf folder like you mentioned, but have run into a brick wall each time I try. If you could provide an example that would be stellar, and point me in the right direction towards understanding this thing I call a Mac.

Cheers.

[shadewalker]

I think you want something like this....

If your original WoW folder is in your Applications folder and lets say you made a new folder in the Applications folder called "World of Warcraft 2" for your linked second copy.

ln -s /Applications/World\ of\ Warcraft/Data/ /Applications/World\ of\ Warcraft\ 2/Data

and

ln -s /Applications/World\ of\ Warcraft/WTF/ /Applications/World\ of\ Warcraft\ 2/WTF

make sure to include the backslashes as they are required to pass the spaces in the terminal.

Hope this helps

[kintamago]

Thanks shade,

Just to make sure, when I run those two commands in terminal I should already have a copy of the world of warcraft application in the folder, like mikekim pointed out, as well? So, in the file it would look like:

World of Warcraft 2
world of warcraft (copy)
Data folder (symlinked)
WTF (symlinked)

Getting closer to the answers, and thanks for the patience.

[shadewalker]

Yes that is correct.

The process would be

1. Make a new folder named "World of Warcraft 2" in the Applications folder
2. copy the wow application from /Applications/World of Warcraft to the folder you just created in step 1
3. run the 2 commands in the terminal

then you should have the files you need to run wow in the 2nd folder

you may also want to link your Interface (addons) folder

ln -s /Applications/World\ of\ Warcraft/Interface/ /Applications/World\ of\ Warcraft\ 2/Interface

[kintamago]

Thanks again shade.

i will give it a try when I get home later. If I hit any speedbumps, which I doubt i will, I will let you know how it goes. have a good one.

:-)

[kintamago]

Hey,

Got home just today and tried out your suggestions. Unfortunately, I have hit a speedbump. I tried out the suggestions provided by mikekim and shadewalker, but it only resulted in the world of warcraft icon in the new folder bouncing once and then nothing happened.

Now, the way I used to do it was with a file in the users/myname folder, I put a '___.sh' file. with some info. That was the way they did it in the wowpedia version. Should I add something similar to get this new way to function.

[shadewalker]

Try putting a copy of the WoW.mfil and Wow.tfil files from the original folder into the World of Warcaft 2 folder. That got the symlink version up and running on my computer

[shadewalker]

This is what my file structure looks like after i got it working.

[kintamago]

Hey,

Been really busy and haven't had the time to sit down with the game like I had hoped I would over the holidays, but family obligations can be fun as well. So, now onto our news for the day.

...success. I got it to work perfectly today. Thanks to all of your help. I really really appreciate everything. I am a bit on the slow side but we did it. Thanks again everyone.

[kintamago]

Oh and this stickied could probably save a few mac-boxers a headache or two.

[lightstriker]

I am trying the hybrid approach because of Cata. I have a WoW on a seperate Volume.

derFlaask-Hard drive its 2 striped drives
Negohm-Main WoW folder and App name
WoW1- second folder and app name

I tried,
In -s /Volumes/derFlaask/NegOhm/Data//Volumes/derFlaask/WoW1/Data
ln -s /derFlaask/NegOhm/Data//derFlaask/WoW1/Data
the Terminal says "In ./Data: File exits" but nothing happen

I tried the scripts from wowpedia and wowwiki,
#!/bin/sh
p1="/Volumes/derFlaask/NegOhm"
p2=$p1/Volumes/derFlaask/WoW1
mkdir "$p2"
ln -s "$p1/Data" "$p2/Data"

Nothing happen. I clicked on the app and it started copying the data.

I really want to keep lower graphic setting for my slaves. /console farclip setting gives a light blue blank screen. /console gxWindow does nothing. Maybe wowwiki.com hasn't updated the commands for Cata.

[lightstriker]

How do I break the things i did from wowpedia.org? I got the symlink for Data and Interface. Opening the app still cause it to try and copy the data.

[shadewalker]

Just trash the folders with the small "alias" arrows in the bottom left corner of the icon. That will remove the links.

[shadewalker]

Negohm-Main WoW folder and App name
WoW1- second folder and app name



i am a little confused why your Main WoW folder is called Negohm. Is this a localizations thing?

Since the 4.0 patch i have had trouble when there is not a WoW installation at the default path of /Applications/World of Warcraft/

That could be part of the problem




I tried,
In -s /Volumes/derFlaask/NegOhm/Data//Volumes/derFlaask/WoW1/Data
ln -s /derFlaask/NegOhm/Data//derFlaask/WoW1/Data
the Terminal says "In ./Data: File exits" but nothing happen



This looks like you are missing spaces in the commands. did you type them like this or with a space like this... may just be the forum formatting


In -s /Volumes/derFlaask/NegOhm/Data/ /Volumes/derFlaask/WoW1/Data
ln -s /derFlaask/NegOhm/Data/ /derFlaask/WoW1/Dataif all else fails i would suggest just making a copy of your entire wow installation on the second drive and manage it completely separate from the default installation. This would allow you to have different video and sound options for the slaves vs master.

[shadewalker]

I tried,
In -s /Volumes/derFlaask/NegOhm/Data//Volumes/derFlaask/WoW1/Data
ln -s /derFlaask/NegOhm/Data//derFlaask/WoW1/Data
the Terminal says "In ./Data: File exits" but nothing happen




oh yeah, your second command should be linking the WTF folders not the data folders, you may want to re-read my previous post earlier in this thread.

[coglistings]

let me drag out my mac and see what the limitations are

[lightstriker]

i got the syntex(?) right. I didnt put the S in Volumes. The commands put the Data and Interface links in, but it seems to be treated as regular alias. Is it suppose to ask me to fix the aliases when i click on them. Opening WoW gives me a error. At least it doesn't auto copy files anymore.

================================================== =======
Assertion Failed!

App: /Volumes/derFlaask/WoW1/World of Warcraft 2.app
File: (unknown)
Line: 0
Error Code: 0x85100086
Time: 2011-04-20 22.43.54 EDT

Assertion: Failed to open archive Data\art.MPQ. Missing or corrupted data.

Debug Details:

[0] err=2 text=SFileOpenArchive - SFILE_ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND - /Volumes/derFlaask/WoW1/Data/art.MPQ
Storm Error Msg:
Crashed Thread: 0x00000207

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So the links are not really linking.


i am a little confused why your Main WoW folder is called Negohm. Is this a localizations thing?

Its a old handle from a different forum.



Since the 4.0 patch i have had trouble when there is not a WoW installation at the default path of /Applications/World of Warcraft/

That could be part of the problem

Yikes! I have a small partition just for the the OS.

[lightstriker]

The linked alias is not like the ones in Shadewalker's pic on the last page. Its a blank page alias, with a curl on the top right.