Problem with 3 boxing and /follow

[Plottingpus]

I have been 2 boxing for a while now with ISboxer and have had no problems. I decided to give 3 boxing a shot and am now having a problem with the other 2 members of the group following whoever is in charge and assisting them when fighting.
The problem I see is that "target fellow 2" keymap is now a different member for each person, so when I give the follow command through the macro, it will either form a conga line or the captain will target his pet. Im not sure what I should do in game or mess around with in Isboxer to fix it.

[Dezeral]

Random group order is one of the biggest hassles with multiboxing LotRO. If you are "soloing" (ie not grouping with other people), then it isn't that difficult to get a solution working. You can setup a 100% reliable 3 man group, but will have some issues with anything over 3. Quite a few people 6 box, so you should be able to find ways to make it work.

This is what works for me. To make things simple and reliable, use the same leader all the time. For your follow command, use a multi-step setup.

Step 1, all but leader, F1 (this will select yourself. This way you will always start with a known target and then select the leader before following. This will avoid the conga line and following pets.)
Step 2, all but leader, F2 (this will select the fellowship leader)
all but leader, XX (your follow hotkey)

My hotkey is set to execute steps on key down and key up. Step 2 has two keystrokes, one to select the leader and the other to execute the follow hotkey. I also used a very similar setup for assist. You can of course use target forwarding, but somethings work better if you are actually targeting the mob.

If you are only 3 boxing, then select the exact member you want is easy.

Leader - Moe - tank (F1)
Toon2 - Larry - DPS (F2)
Toon3 - Curly - healer (F3)

I actually use the F keys to heal with. Each key is a 2 step keystroke in ISBoxer that are executed on key down and key up. So when I pressed F1, Curly gets the F2 keystroke followed by a heal. F2 sends the F3 keystroke to Curly then the heal. Finally, F3 sends F1 to Curly and then the heal. You can use key combos with the F keys, but be leary of using alt + Fkeys so that you avoid accidentally hitting alt+F4. This is just an example, you could use the num pad or an X-keys, or the G keys on a Logitech gaming keyboard.

[Obsidian7]

Sorry I see Dezeral did mention it


The solution for LOTRO when your dealing with characters with pets always target Your support character 1st then target the leader or whoever you want to afterwards this fixes the issue with following the pet. when I get the chance I will post my HKN code snippet and it should be easy to duplicate in isboxer.