so confused

[Praetox666]

im new to this site, i've always been interested in multi boxing but never done it before. i am wanting to run two WoW accounts on the same pc, so i have the two accounts and have downloaded multi box but im completely confused as how to set it up! can someone please explain to me how it works?

[Kfunk]

Quick junior, go here and read the stickies before daddy catches you - http://www.dual-boxing.com/forums/index.php?page=Board&boardID=11

[Praetox666]

well thanks but all the links end up in the same place.... and all the other links are for people using two pcs

[marvein]

well thanks but all the links end up in the same place.... and all the other links are for people using two pcs

the links dont end up in the same place, he was pointing you to the stickies of this forum sub-section which are there to help beginners get stuff setup and running.

and this pdf from the thread sticky titled "beginning guide 2 dual-boxing" is exactly what you should read. http://www.digitek.se/dualboxing/Beginners_Guide_2_Dual-Boxing.pdf

[keyclone]

it would depend on how you decide to approach the problem. there are a few solutions, but i believe keyclone is the easiest and possibly the best (but i'm a bit biased... i wrote it :D )

for playing on one machine, check these out (pics give a good idea):

Keyclone
http://solidice.com/keyclone/index.html

Keyclone - commands & maximizer
http://solidice.com/keyclone/commands.html

Keyclone - PiP
http://solidice.com/keyclone/pip.html

[Praetox666]

thats great thanks guys i 've got it working now ^^ however i have run into a few little kinks, i genrally move with the mouse so my characters sometimes run in different directions. i have also noticed that my windows are not how i specified them on keyclone, and i have to click on the seperate screens for them both to target the same mob, is this usual? or can i fix it?

[keyclone]

to synchronize targets, you have 2 options. you can either create a single macro (/assist joe) and hit it after you select a new target or...

you use /focus joe and a macro for every target oriented spell that would use joe's current target. ie:

/cast [target=focustarget] fireball

you would also want to set a /follow macro. you have 2 options:

/follow joe

or

/follow focus

i believe using focus is the currently preferred mechanism as it would also allow you to easily transition to a new leader if your main dies. so, you would have a series of macros set.

here are some examples using 3 characters (joe: mage, same: mage, bob: priest):

joe:
--
ctrl+1 /clear focus
ctrl+2 /focus sam
ctrl+3 /focus bob
ctrl+= /follow focus
3 /cast [target=focustarget] fireball
sam:
--
ctrl+1 /focus joe
ctrl+2 /clear focus
ctrl+3 /focus bob
3 /cast [target=focustarget] fireball
ctrl+= /follow focus

bob:
--
ctrl+1 /focus joe
ctrl+2 /focus sam
ctrl+3 /clear focus
3 /cast [target=focustarget] fireball
ctrl+= /follow focus
alt+1 /cast [target=joe] heal
alt+2 /cast [target=sam] heal
alt+3 /cast [target=bob] heal
alt+- /cast [target=focus] heal
alt+= /cast [target=focustarget] heal
alt+q /cast [target=joe] shield
alt+w /cast [target=sam] shield
alt+e /cast [target=bob] shield
alt+- /cast [target=focus] shield
alt+= /cast [target=focustarget] shield