nodoze
05-09-2021, 07:52 PM
Starting a thread here to list viable options to replace a Synchronous Keyboard Mouse (Sync KM) switch in a multiboxing setup.
This would remove Input Broadcasting (AKA multicasting or mirroring) from a setup.
One idea so far is to replace the single keyboard to Sync KM with multiple dedicated "key sticks" that would allow you to have a number of keys to bind to each PC.
To help visualize the following is a picture of a setup that one user was moving to with 4 key keysticks with macros for his three DPS characters:
https://i.gyazo.com/072b5cc1f4f3de66cafbd953094cda9a.png
https://i.gyazo.com/81523b429ff4630ad53622e73c3dbc42.png
The three 4key keysticks for the above would be ~$38 (~$12.67 each)...
This is an example of 3key keysticks for the 3 DPS:
https://i.gyazo.com/773281b37b2d6f30049019046ea42a9f.jpg
https://i.gyazo.com/a32112ad940646fd2fa0dffff4123492.jpg
Here is another example of how another boxer would map 5key keysticks:
https://i.gyazo.com/548a65a18bccf79ff4d7ef146c36ed85.png
The following has a mocked up picture showing how it could look for a 5boxer for ~$68 (including a ~$7 cutting board to mount them on):
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1CgSAOsCMo1mFMOrggiwkxdO488UEq6JnPvZvc2_o01M/edit?usp=sharing
The setup should be stable and could look pretty professional if screwed down to a clean cutting board...
Also included are also options for 5 and 7 keys per client...
Also included are 3 inexpensive options for adding movement keys to be sent to one slot and a picture of initial thoughts of where to mount the movement keys...
The following is a picture of someone 5boxing this way (these look to be mounted left to right with gaps between each while the mocked up picture in the spreadsheet is up/down and placed as tight as possible):
https://i.gyazo.com/c7a023b3c13421ba0f74674d394c1939.jpg
The following are two 2 box examples using just a main keyboard and a 2nd keystick to make them more like a seamless single keyboard experience:
https://i.gyazo.com/81a4bf04fb1f76d883d388025c627f2a.jpg
https://i.gyazo.com/25ebeb14c09196842a3abfb03d63b1e2.png
I may actually use something like the above 2 keyboard type inputs to 5 box with the Tank+3DPS being run via mouse-over-focus boxing and the healer having a dedicated keystick to run the 5box from what feels like a seamless combined single keyboard. If I do that I would likely orient my windows and move my mouse around a quadrant formed by my Tank+3DPS like this circle for my Tank+DPS rotations:
https://i.gyazo.com/9fc6df7d3aef741bd8671ad53bf47ecd.png
This would remove Input Broadcasting (AKA multicasting or mirroring) from a setup.
One idea so far is to replace the single keyboard to Sync KM with multiple dedicated "key sticks" that would allow you to have a number of keys to bind to each PC.
To help visualize the following is a picture of a setup that one user was moving to with 4 key keysticks with macros for his three DPS characters:
https://i.gyazo.com/072b5cc1f4f3de66cafbd953094cda9a.png
https://i.gyazo.com/81523b429ff4630ad53622e73c3dbc42.png
The three 4key keysticks for the above would be ~$38 (~$12.67 each)...
This is an example of 3key keysticks for the 3 DPS:
https://i.gyazo.com/773281b37b2d6f30049019046ea42a9f.jpg
https://i.gyazo.com/a32112ad940646fd2fa0dffff4123492.jpg
Here is another example of how another boxer would map 5key keysticks:
https://i.gyazo.com/548a65a18bccf79ff4d7ef146c36ed85.png
The following has a mocked up picture showing how it could look for a 5boxer for ~$68 (including a ~$7 cutting board to mount them on):
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1CgSAOsCMo1mFMOrggiwkxdO488UEq6JnPvZvc2_o01M/edit?usp=sharing
The setup should be stable and could look pretty professional if screwed down to a clean cutting board...
Also included are also options for 5 and 7 keys per client...
Also included are 3 inexpensive options for adding movement keys to be sent to one slot and a picture of initial thoughts of where to mount the movement keys...
The following is a picture of someone 5boxing this way (these look to be mounted left to right with gaps between each while the mocked up picture in the spreadsheet is up/down and placed as tight as possible):
https://i.gyazo.com/c7a023b3c13421ba0f74674d394c1939.jpg
The following are two 2 box examples using just a main keyboard and a 2nd keystick to make them more like a seamless single keyboard experience:
https://i.gyazo.com/81a4bf04fb1f76d883d388025c627f2a.jpg
https://i.gyazo.com/25ebeb14c09196842a3abfb03d63b1e2.png
I may actually use something like the above 2 keyboard type inputs to 5 box with the Tank+3DPS being run via mouse-over-focus boxing and the healer having a dedicated keystick to run the 5box from what feels like a seamless combined single keyboard. If I do that I would likely orient my windows and move my mouse around a quadrant formed by my Tank+3DPS like this circle for my Tank+DPS rotations:
https://i.gyazo.com/9fc6df7d3aef741bd8671ad53bf47ecd.png