Auto positioning your quadbox group... illegal?

[dberendse]

hey guys ive seen some movie where some quadboxing people pressed 1 button (i think) and their 4 chars would stand nicely in a

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position.. how is this done? And is it legal?

[Crucial]

WIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIILLLBUUUURR!

(think Flintstones)

[Gallo]

Most people do a diamond setup like this:

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XXX
..X

This isn't illegal. All you do is bind different movements to the same key:
Main toon- backwards = ~
Toon1- strafe right = ~
Toon2- strafe left = ~
Toon3-forward = ~
Toon4-backward = ~

So, when you hit ~ they all move in different directions.

[Knytestorme]

Yes it's legal and here's a hint...when you next log into WoW, hit esc, click on keybindings and enjoy figuring it out :D

[EDIT]

Bah, Gallo...build a man a fire, he's warm for a day....set a man on fire, he's warm the rest of his life :)

Might just be me but I'd rather give people hints on where to start looking and at least see them try to help themselves before spoon-feeding them...especially when all the answers are pretty much already available here.

[dberendse]

Most people do a diamond setup like this:

..X
XXX
..X

This isn't illegal. All you do is bind different movements to the same key:
Main toon- backwards = ~
Toon1- strafe right = ~
Toon2- strafe left = ~
Toon3-forward = ~
Toon4-backward = ~

So, when you hit ~ they all move in different directions.





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Thx, i understand it now :-)

[Kel]

I think basically how it is done is by rebinding a particular key for different movements on alts. Say I pick 'p', I rebind it on alt 1+2 to strafe right and alt 3+4 to strafe left, so when it's pressed they move out from their original position (1+2 go right, 3+4 go left). I think two of the alts need to walk (as opposed to run) left/right for a proper formation, but never having done that myself I can't say anymore about it. I believe that there is a sticky explaining different formations and how to bind them.

As you're just rebinding movements it's allowed, it's just a different movement for each alt, so no different from pressing 2 and getting a consecrate, fireball, shadowbolt and heal cast on different toons (depending on what each alt has bound to '2').

[Gallo]

Yes it's legal and here's a hint...when you next log into WoW, hit esc, click on keybindings and enjoy figuring it out :D

[EDIT]

Bah, Gallo...build a man a fire, he's warm for a day....set a man on fire, he's warm the rest of his life :)

Might just be me but I'd rather give people hints on where to start looking and at least see them try to help themselves before spoon-feeding them...especially when all the answers are pretty much already available here.

Generally I would use this route as well... but I like to debunk any thoughts that anything is "illegal" ASAP.

[Knytestorme]

yeah, understand that....guess I was a little too subtle by just pointing them in the direction of their WoW options :)

[Gallo]

yeah, understand that....guess I was a little too subtle by just pointing them in the direction of their WoW options :)

It's hard to be patient with noobs when you know most there is to know about multiboxing already. Patience is a virtue young padawan :)

[Eteocles]

On my main acct, I have Arrow keys unbound
On my 2nd acct, I have left arrow as strafe left, and right arrow as strafe right
On my 3rd acct, I have left arrow as strafe RIGHT and right arrow as strafe LEFT

With keyclone unpaused, I press Left Arrow for a second and my main stays still, alt1 moves left, alt2 moves right, and I Have a Triforce of Death >D

[Otlecs]

I think the crux of it is that it's hard to be patient with people asking for information that others have already put a fair amount of their personal time and effort into fully documenting.

All you need to know about formations (http://www.dual-boxing.com/wiki/index.php/Sticky:Spreadout_Macros_/_Formations)

It's just a conversion of the old sticky thread at the moment, but there's tons of information there :)