ISBoxer for different character classes

[journich]

Hi,

I actually have a few mac computers but have been frustrated by the general lack of tools to multibox. I did manage to get it working (two installs) on the one computer, but if just seems the windows apps like ISboxer are much better.

Anyway I'm in the process of install bootcamp so I can run windows.

My plan is to run ISBoxer on my main mac under windows XP with 3-4 characters and an additional character on a second computer, meaning I have a complete team of 5.

I see a lot of videos where the character classes are the same. It is possible to have 5 different character classes right and not have them all the same.

Can these be relatively easily adapted? For example I am thinking if for DPS I had a hunter, mage, and a warlock, then there primary attacks would be bound on a macro on each action button (1 for example). So when my warrior uses action button 1 to attack, the other characters receive the keystroke and do their attack.

Make sense? Am I on track with this?

What about healing? Is there someway to automate that? Or I have a special key on the main when I need healing that the healer targets focus to heal?

Anyone doing anything like this?

By the way I was a programmer for 20 years plus so can knock up macro's once I understand the syntax, so no problems from that point of view.

Just want to know I am on track and doing the right thing!

Thanks guys

[Ualaa]

You can definitely go with mixed teams.

IS Boxer will essentially have all of the non-active windows, auto assist (via FTL) the active window.
If you push "1" (or 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 0, -, =) the other windows assist the main window, and then all windows receive that keybind.

You could put straight spells on "1", for five toons... going with say: Fireball, Lightning Bolt, Frost Bolt, Shadowbolt and Wrath.
From any window, pushing "1" will have them all cast those at the target of whoever is the main/active character.

You could also look at the Mercurio macro sticky or the Aragent IS Boxer Macro threads, and go with a castsequence macro of some sort.
So when you push "1", it is the equivalent of /castsequence Spell A, Spell B, Spell C, Spell D... etc, instead of a straight Cast This.



You could have your healer cast something round-robin.
If you adapt the FTL Target Me, to target only the healer (copy the mapped key, edit the copy) so you have Healer Target Me...
You could make that a five-step macro (as in a different thing occurs on each of five sequential presses, in order).
On each step the mapped key will have the healer target a different character and then cast Rejuvenation, or whatever spell you have set up.

Most of us will opt for Grid/Healbot/Vuhdo.
Set them up alphabetically, and position them so they're the same on every screen.
Then have a Repeater Region over the whole thing, so clicks on the frame are sent to the Healer's window -- no matter what window we happen to be in.
Then use Clique (if using Grid.... Healbot/Vuhdo don't need an additional addon) to interpret various click types as heal the target (whose name is in the Grid Frame) with this type of heal because I made that type of a click.

[Norrin]

Ualaa again giving the awesome advice.

I understand the total lack of Mac tools. I created Multilaunchbox for myself. I wanted a Keyclone type app that would launch my group and handle key broadcasting. It works ok, but that is all it does. I quickly opted for ISBoxer/Bootcamp.

Would be nice if someday Lax could make a mac version. But that would be pretty much starting a whole new project.

[journich]

Thanks to both of you for the replies and help. I've spent most of today re-formatting, etc and getting my systems up and working.

ISBoxer for sure.

I'm tempted to work on a Mac version since I am a programmer, but probably haven't got the enthusiasm for a project like this. So I will just enjoy playing for now :)

Regards


Tim

[shadewalker]

I 5 boxed a mixed team (see sig and profile) all the way thru wrath on a mac. Around the time of the 4.0 patch I started playing around with ISBoxer under bootcamp and was very quickly converted. There are just too many features that you can't get with the Mac solutions.

If you go the bootcamp route I would strongly suggest windows 7 over xp, or at the very least a 64 bit os.

Take a look for 2 step macro stickies on the forums here. If you have experience programing, marco-ing a mixed team should not be a problem for you.

-Shade

[shadewalker]

I am still using a macro only set up for my heals, i haven't set up a grid/vudo/clique yet because i have been too lazy i guess.

I have a button on my mouse for each team member that targets them and heals with different spells depending on what modifiers I use.

The first macro is an example of my target macro (on my priest) and the second macro is the macro i put in the ActionButton12 location (the = key by default)

/target #TankName#
/click ActionButton12


(ActionButton12)
/Stopmacro [channeling]
/use [mod:Ctrl, mod:Shift] Greater Heal; [mod:Shift] Heal; [mod:Ctrl] Flash Heal; [mod:Alt] Power Word: Shield; Renew

I don't know if this will help you out or not, but maybe it will give an example of one way to manage your healing.