5 boxing problem, 1 client constantly breaking follow!

[LancerX]

I have 5 clients running on one machine, it has always run smoothly with no problems, now since the latest patch just one of my clients constantly breaks follow. I do not understand why. She has same settings as the rest of my alts. I even went in and took out all addons and changed gfx settings to low. I cant figure out why its always the same one over and over. I move halfway around the minimap and she breaks follow. Its so annoying. Anyone have any suggestions?

[Eteocles]

Does everyone else have a speed enchant of some sort but she doens't?

Try moving with the problem alt's window up front, see if it still breaks;(unbind all but main's movement keys temporarily so only the main moves, and allow keyclone to pass them temporarily so you can keep the alt up front); could be that one wndow's lagging for some reason or maybe it just has an extra keybind left bound you didn't realize(Like my third alt had turn with q and e left on but my 2nd didn't)

[LancerX]

Does everyone else have a speed enchant of some sort but she doens't?

Try moving with the problem alt's window up front, see if it still breaks;(unbind all but main's movement keys temporarily so only the main moves, and allow keyclone to pass them temporarily so you can keep the alt up front); could be that one wndow's lagging for some reason or maybe it just has an extra keybind left bound you didn't realize(Like my third alt had turn with q and e left on but my 2nd didn't)


No they all have the same equipement, speed enchants and so on. Iv tried this already, If i am on the screen she does not break follow, only when its minimized and im using my main then she breaks follow constantly every few steps, I cant figure out whats going on because it has never done this. any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

[Eteocles]

Yeah that is an odd issue...I can't think of any reason it would break follow if no others are lol; can you take a fraps vid and upload it somewhere so we can see firsthand, maybe give us some insight?

[LancerX]

Yeah that is an odd issue...I can't think of any reason it would break follow if no others are lol; can you take a fraps vid and upload it somewhere so we can see firsthand, maybe give us some insight?

Ok I can upload it up to wegame.com later so you can see whats going on. Its very strange. Its always the exact same client every time with all same gear/settings/addons. Im stumped but thanks for suggestions.

[Sanctume]

I believe it's in the Interface option.
Uncheck the "Attack on Assist"

I notice this when I have it on my Hunter or Warrior.
IIRC, my "F" key is a macro that
/follow focus

/assist focus

My caster type lowbies don't break follow but my warrior and hunter does, until un-check the Attack on Assist.

[Mudd]

Double check to make sure any cvars you had setup are still in the config.wtf. A new patch may reset those values.

Specifically:
processaffinitymask
maxfps
maxfpsbk

Having those reset to defaults might mean too many clients are running on the same core or your fps is too high which may starve one of your clients of cpu time.

[LancerX]

Double check to make sure any cvars you had setup are still in the config.wtf. A new patch may reset those values.

Specifically:
processaffinitymask
maxfps
maxfpsbk

Having those reset to defaults might mean too many clients are running on the same core or your fps is too high which may starve one of your clients of cpu time.

Wow, Thank you this was the issue I believe. I have not tried it yet but I put maxfps and maxfpsbk in the config file. MY processaffinitymask is set to 3, I am running a AMD Phenom Qaud-core 9600 with high performance memory. What should it be set to?? Again thanks allot to everyone, I hope this solves the issue.

[thinus]

Double check to make sure any cvars you had setup are still in the config.wtf. A new patch may reset those values.

Specifically:
processaffinitymask
maxfps
maxfpsbk

Having those reset to defaults might mean too many clients are running on the same core or your fps is too high which may starve one of your clients of cpu time.

Wow, Thank you this was the issue I believe. I have not tried it yet but I put maxfps and maxfpsbk in the config file. MY processaffinitymask is set to 3, I am running a AMD Phenom Qaud-core 9600 with high performance memory. What should it be set to?? Again thanks allot to everyone, I hope this solves the issue.

1 (0001) = core 1
2 (0010) = core 2
3 (0011) = core 1&2
4 (0100) = core 3
5 (0101) = core 1&3
6 (0110) = core 2&3
7 (0111) = core 1&2&3
8 (1000) = core 4
9 (1001) = core 1&4
10 (1010) = core 2&4
11 (1011) = core 1&2&4
12 (1100) = core 3&4
13 (1101) = core 1&3&4
14 (1110) = core 2&3&4
15 (1111) = core 1&2&3&4


The general consensus is to leave your main session on 3, set your 2nd and 3rd sessions to 4 (core 3) and your 4th and 5th sessions to 8 (core 4).

[Mudd]

Double check to make sure any cvars you had setup are still in the config.wtf. A new patch may reset those values.

Specifically:
processaffinitymask
maxfps
maxfpsbk

Having those reset to defaults might mean too many clients are running on the same core or your fps is too high which may starve one of your clients of cpu time.

Wow, Thank you this was the issue I believe. I have not tried it yet but I put maxfps and maxfpsbk in the config file. MY processaffinitymask is set to 3, I am running a AMD Phenom Qaud-core 9600 with high performance memory. What should it be set to?? Again thanks allot to everyone, I hope this solves the issue.

See Set Affinity Everytime?!? ('http://www.dual-boxing.com/forums/index.php?page=Thread&postID=44887#post44887').

There is no 'correct' setting given a N-box M-core setup. The default setting of having all clients running on core 0 and 1 (processaffinitymask = 3) on a 4 core machine is definately not utilizing your systems full potential.

Some possibilities:

** utilize all cores **
affinity = 3 (main - core 0 and 1)
affinity = 4 (clone1 - core 2)
affinity = 4 (clone2 - core 2)
affinity = 8 (clone3 - core 3)
affinity = 8 (clone4 - core 3)

-or-

** keep one core free which guarantees wow not starving out other things on your system **
affinity = 1 (main - core 0)
affinity = 2 (clone1 - core 1)
affinity = 2 (clone2 - core 1)
affinity = 4 (clone3 - core 2)
affinity = 4 (clone4 - core 2)

-or-

set them all to 15 and trust the OS and wow do the best thing

[LancerX]

thanks allot guys, this helps so much, I cant believe I had not been doing this all along, such a huge boost in performance. I can now run 90mb of addons with 5 clients, my main max graphics maxed out running perfect. Very happy thanks everyone.

[Eteocles]

I'm having a retarded moment, so stupid question incoming:

How do I set this affinity shit so I can start 3 wows off the same machine/install but with different core settings? Or can I? If I can figure it out I want to set first one to first core and 2/3 to 2nd core(only a dual-core atm =\) - I realize what the command is and where/how to change config.wtf, I'm just confused as to how to do it for multiple instances correctly

[LancerX]

I'm having a retarded moment, so stupid question incoming:

How do I set this affinity shit so I can start 3 wows off the same machine/install but with different core settings? Or can I? If I can figure it out I want to set first one to first core and 2/3 to 2nd core(only a dual-core atm =\) - I realize what the command is and where/how to change config.wtf, I'm just confused as to how to do it for multiple instances correctly

You need to copy and paste your wow install folder so you have 3 seperate folders so you can change you wtf config file

[Jubex]

I'm having a retarded moment, so stupid question incoming:

How do I set this affinity shit so I can start 3 wows off the same machine/install but with different core settings? Or can I? If I can figure it out I want to set first one to first core and 2/3 to 2nd core(only a dual-core atm =\) - I realize what the command is and where/how to change config.wtf, I'm just confused as to how to do it for multiple instances correctlyJust not worth the trouble bro...copy wow folder X amount of clients you want to run set them up takes a little time but well worth it.

[Eteocles]

Gonna have to wait till I get off my lazy ass and install my sata drive then...maybe this weekend, thanks guys :p