need help with dual boxing slave

[Zach]

ok so i got octopus working (great guide btw :thumbsup: ) and my characters now both listen to my key commands. but my slave for some reason is repsonding sometimes a second later. such as in moving i will move forward and he will stand there then after a second move forward past me then instantly teleport back behind me. also when i turn he doesnt seem to respond to that or only responds to the second turn.
i have him following me btw, so maybe thats the problem where hes breaking the follow command. in which case i was wondering, how could i get it so it doesnt do that?

in addition to this, it seems like my slave is only responding to random keyboard commands but does fine with 1-= commands. for ex: my warlock main casts demon skin and my slave will to right in sync (or a beat behind him) but when pressing the spacebar about .5 seconds away from each other my slave will jump about a second later then my main the first time, then not jump at all the second time but instead randomly teleport into the air after my mains landed.

also, how do i get so my slave automatically targets my mains target? not working and making me angry :cursing: .


also how do i get my slave to automatically target my guys target?

also: my computer might be the problem as it seems a bit laggy when i turn on the octopus for my keys. im running on an old windows xp with 2.20ghz. its old enough to have a AOL sticker on it... currently im using 2 world of warcraft windows for this.

[thormaxim]

also, how do i get so my slave automatically targets my mains target? not working and making me angry :cursing: .


also how do i get my slave to automatically target my guys target?
I can't help you with the first problem, as I don't have the answer. However, i've been dualboxing on the same pc in WoW for a few years.

I did it the old fashioned way (Alt-tab x infinity) until last night when I discovered software to make things easier.

You will never get your slave to -automatically- do anything. What you need to do is write macros for your slaves. Say for instance you have 2 mages, primary and a slave. Let's say that "1" is fireball on the primary. Now you need to write a macro on your slave.... /assist xxxxx
/cast xxxxxx

There may be an easier way with software that i'm not aware of but the macro method works 100%

[ElectronDF]

Okay, on /follow. Movement will break it. Casting usually does not, it will just interrupt the casting if you move. Jumping does not. Doing actions will if the guy has to move to do it, even just a tiny bit (skinning, mining, looting, etc). Channelling spells will break follow. Melee attacking, even if you NEVER move a micron, will break follow. Being too far away will break follow (but you can see that on your mini-map). So check to see what the alt is doing when he breaks follow. If he just breaks follow for no reason, you are probably doing something to trigger it and not realize it.

I almost never target mobs or players with my alts. I just focus my main and my alts use:
/cast [target=focus-target] DPSSpell for DPS
/cast [target=focus-target-target] HealSpell for healing

It makes so your alts attack whoever your main has targeted. They don't have to have anyone targeted themselves. They also heal whoever has aggro. It doesn't matter if it is your main or not, they heal the person the mob is beating on.

I use an addon called Multibox to help. http://www.dual-boxing.com/wiki/index.php/Addon:MultiboxerV2

[Zach]

yea thanks for the help. gonna do those macros now, also i think i figured out my follow problems.. since my keys are being copied when my guy moves forward the move button will also be pushed on my slave and he will move forward as well breaking the follow...

maybe once i get a new computer ill start multi boxing. my old 2002 windows xp cant handle 2 WoWs at the same time. was really cool though, felt seriously badass when i had my 2 warlocks demon skin at the same time.