quad boxing

[cnelss]

I currently have four accounts, and of course have RaF and started with leveling frost mages all together.

Where I get confused is trying to setup a team with a tank and healer, I don't fully understand all the macros and it would be great if someone could help me out or point me in the right direction

I've read a few different guides yet no luck on setup / macros

Basically just confused how to get them all synchronized with tank, dps, and a healer each potentially doing different things

Thanks guys,

Cnelss :)

[Ualaa]

What software are you using to box with?

The basics will be a method for follow, so the others follow the active character.
And a method to assist that active character, so the slaves kill (or heal) it's target.

[cnelss]

I'm using keyclone currently, and have got all that stuff such as follow and assist figured out however it's the healer that throws me off, would it be easiest to use healer a main window and use an addon such as healbot to heal with clicks?

Otherwise, is it just that i need to find other key bindings so for instance every time a dps used a spell I wouldn't heal. If it's just a matter of finding more keys I'm sure I can find some others

Thanks

PS I'm thinking it would be easier to use healer as main window now... if it is sorry for wasting your time aha

[Ualaa]

I would probably go with a Focus based system.

Everyone has four focus macros.
On the same keybind, Keyclone brings Region 1 to the front (becomes the active region).
It also has every warcraft on that same keybind make that toon everyone's focus.
Repeat, so any toon can lead and that toon is everyone's focus.

Then use basic macros like this:

/Follow [Target=Focus]

#show Whatever
/Cast [@FocusTarget] Whatever

#show
/Castsequence [@FocustTarget] reset=combat SpellOne, SpellTwo, SpellThree

And a few for assist based healing.
#show Healing Wave
/assist [Target=Focus]
/Cast [Help][Help,@TargetTarget][Help,@TargetTargetTarget] Healing Wave



Then go with an HKN Repeater Region, for click based healing.
Which will be the majority of your healing of your own team.
http://www.dual-boxing.com/showthread.php?t=32741&page=2
If you go with Repeater Region healing, go with an addon like Vuhdo/Healbot/Grid+GridCustomLayouts+Clique, for an alphabetical sort, and click interpretation.

If you don't want to go with an HKN script + Keyclone, take a look at IS Boxer.
But since you already have KC, HKN is free.



You could run healer main window.
But with the Repeater Region, you're free to lead from any of them, and flexibility is nice.

[cnelss]

awesome thank you very much!

[Apps]

@ Ualaa

Hey, this is kinda off topic, a little, but I thought this could be useful for others as well. (I learn by doing).
So recently I have changed my group make up to include a tank and dps, and a healer. (Prior, the teams were all the same class.) Here is what I did for my healing assignments.
Group make up:
Pally Tank
(3) shaman dps
Druid Healer

I mapped the keys for the druid F1 thru F5 to my last 5 keys of the Bottom LEFT bar.
Ex: F1= same as CTLR+8 (I think thats right)
Then i wrote a macro for the healer;
/stopcasting
/tar Fairytales
/castsequence Heal, Revujenation

I put that macro in slot CTRL+8, or (I.e. the 8th slot over on the additional bottom left bar)

Then in ISBoxer, I go to General, then mapped keys, and Added a new key.
Titled it :Heal Fairy
Under the first step, I bound the key F1, then under the first action in the right pane, I chose the dropdown menu to assign to character specific, and chose my healers name. "Character=Eredar-Sándman".

Refreshed the export to Innerspace.

the result. I can be on my Tank, and press the F1 key once, and the healer will target and cast heal on the character "Fairytales". Tapping it again, the healer will also cast rejuv.

I never switched toons, and I never had to target the teammate.

Of course this is early on, so, when I get more spells, I will have to alter my plan there.

How am I doin so far? Is there an easier method? Im trying to ensure that I dont have to switch team members just to heal.

[Ualaa]

The Repeater Region is how I primarily heal.
I do have a couple of assist based heals too, for those not in my group.

Assist Heal
#show Rejuvenation
<Insert Assist, or with IS Boxer put on an FTL Assist Key>
/Cast [Help][Help,@TargetTarget][Help@TargetTargetTarget] Rejuvenation



The Repeater Regions is set up like this:



Part A (Grid Addon and Clique Addon)

Grid + GridCustomLayouts.
My custom layout is:

Toon1,Toon2,Etc,Toon39;NAME
1,2,3,4,5;5/5;NAME;NR

I have thirty nine names listed on line one.
The format is name comma name comma name, with no spaces.
It ends in semi-colon and NAME in caps, still no spaces.

Line two is as listed.

This gets me any combination of my toons, listed alphabetically in column one.
Up to five names listed, as the 5/5 forces a five by five grid.

In a raid/battleround, the remainder of the raid is listed in columns two through five.
They too are alphabetical, without any name repeating.

I like to position the frame with Mouse Repeater, so I know its in the exact same position on every screen.

In a 15-man, it ends up looking something like this:

MyToonA... Raid A... Raid F
MyToonB... Raid B... Raid G
MyToonC... Raid C... Raid H
MyToonD... Raid D... Raid I
MyToonE... Raid E... Raid J

In a 10-man, the right most column is gone; in a 25-man, there would be two more columns to the right.

For Clique...
I usually use: Alt, Ctrl and Shift, with Left and Right clicks.
So six keybinds for most of my healing.
Alt Left, Alt Right, Ctrl Left, Ctrl Right, Shift Left, Shift Right.

I try to be consisent, with Alt Left being a HOT, Alt Right being a medium heal, etc.



The IS Boxer portion...

Create an Action Target Group, and put the healers for the team into it.

Press your Repeater Region/Clickbar hotkey.
Go to the Repeater Region tab.
Check the KVM box.
Select from the drop down box, the name of the ATG that will heal this team.

Click create Region.
Drag it so it covers the entire Grid frame.
The red portion (inside) is what counts, not the border.

Click Sync, so it is the same for all the slave windows as the master window we've just sized.
Then Save as Auto, which means it will auto load for this team.

You could resize the Repeater Region to only cover the first column, if you don't want to heal the raid at all.
Or resize it to be your column when solo (5-boxing), but larger when in a raid with more Grid Frames.

[Apps]

I have not used Grid, or Clique.. so if there is an obvious reason here, Im missing it. However, I'll ask the question, "how is this easier or simpler, than what I did?"

I mean no disrespect on the subject. I simply want to learn if there is a better mousetrap.

If I do understand you right, you have basically a click bar, by grid, in the same location. and you used keymaps with the CTRL or ALT or SHIFT in combo with mouse clicks for your spells. Do I have that right?

I saw on some post around here, that someone had used mouseovers, with a couple mouse buttons for heals, which were mapped and then set as action sequence within Boxer. I havent tried this yet.

[Ualaa]

A clickbar is something you click, which then runs a mapped key.
So it is a mouse click activated mapped key, instead of a key press activated mapped key.

A Repeater Region is straight mouse broadcasting, from any window to the recipients of your choice.
Clique + Grid or Vuhdo or Healbot interpret the click as an instruction to cast a given spell.
At whatever target frame the mouse is in or on top of.

So with the Repeater Region + Addon, I have no mapped keys for heals.
The addon interprets the clicks.
It works as well for five, ten, fifteen or twenty-man raids.

[Cluch]

Otherwise, is it just that i need to find other key bindings so for instance every time a dps used a spell I wouldn't heal. If it's just a matter of finding more keys I'm sure I can find some others


Whatever method you end up using. I would definitly put your healing on different keys then dps.