Stupid Question, from a stupid guy (1PC, 2Keyb.2Displays)

[scornrl]

Hey Folks,


first of all i have to say: You Kick Ass Hard!


Ok: now my simple & stupid question.


I have enough power to run 2 WoW-Clients on one machine (2gig Ram, 6300 Core 2 duo, 8,8k Nvidia)

I have a Priest AND a Warrior (they are still on one account, but if this gets started i will transfer my priest to a brand new account)


You guys work with the same commands on same setups (5 Mages, 5 Warlocks, 5 Shamans and so on)

I don´t need a replication of my commands, i need something like: each screen asigned to one account, to one mouse and one keyboard.


i have two displays, so to bring to each one Client seems not to be the problem, but it doesn´t matter which mouse i use, or keyboard, the "affect" the same machine.

Is there a tool (not betwin, that doesn´t work on my vista machine)
to split up the keyboards and mouses and displays?


i just want to have one keyboard/mouse to each client.

indipendent of each other.


Any Suggestions?

And big sorry for beeing so damn stupid ^^


Greetings to all wow-dualboxing addicts!

[scornrl]

hey folks,

i did it with betwin vs (for vista)

now i try to start wow on the other side, and i get the error that wow can´t be started from a remotedesktopconnection...

im now really pissed of, has someone an idea?


please help!

[beyond-tec]

I don´t need a replication of my commands, i need something like: each screen asigned to one account, to one mouse and one keyboard.

i have two displays, so to bring to each one Client seems not to be the problem, but it doesn´t matter which mouse i use, or keyboard, the "affect" the same machine.

Is there a tool (not betwin, that doesn´t work on my vista machine)
to split up the keyboards and mouses and displays?


just use the easy (and comfortable) way:

1 PC
1 mouse
1 keyboard
2 TFTs

Vertical / Horizontal Span on the Desktop.
Copy your WoW Folder to another directory
Start both WoW Sessions in Window Mode so you can drag one session to the left screen and the other session to the right screen.

grab a tool like keyclone to send the keystrokes to both wow sessions.

ignore the mouse - you only need it to look or talk to NPCs

clear all keybindings of WoW (on both sessions)
configure your keyboard for both sessions.
left side of the keyboard for char 1
right side of the keyboard for char 2

i.e.:

movement left WASD
movement right IJKL

spells etc for session 1 on QEYXC12345
spells etc for session 2 on uonm,.7890

or use the num block for controlling session 2

take care that the keys for session 1 are unbind on session 2
take care that the keys for session 1 are unbind on session 1

everytime you press a key it will be sent to both sessions.
on one session it is bound and something happens
on the other session it is empty and nothing happens.


that's the way how I'd control two chars on one PC.

for your personal comfort you can upgrade your keyboard with
more keys. for that you can use a keyboard extension like X-Keys

greetz
beyond

[Lost Ninja]

2 keyboards and mice on a single PC is needlessly complicated, unless you have four hands.

Get keyclone, and follow Beyond-Tec's instructions. (Or do it differently necessity is the father of invention after all.)

[defiant]

Scorn, I am 2-boxing a prot pally and a priest on 1 PC, 2 monitors (1920x1200 & 1280x1024) and 1 keyboard.

Get yourself a G15 keyboard, Autohotkey and Voice Commander (optional).

Use the normal keys for tank control.
Use the G keys (intercept and rebroadcast with AHK) for priest control.
Optionally, use voice commands for some or duplicate all of the priest's abilities. Vista's built-in voice recognition works well with Voice Commander.

Beware, your E6300 will be loaded at 100% on both cores if you turn up the gfx settings too high (WoW multithreads very efficiently). I had an E6600 OC'ed to 3.4GHz. Running 2 WoWs pegged the CPU load at 100% with all gfx settings turned up. Frame was actually pretty good. But I have since upgraded to an OCed Q6600. Now the load is 50-60% on average across the 4 cores, giving me the headroom to 3-box. Vista is great for what you are looking to do. Nvidia's latest (and previous) 8800 GTX drivers for Vista removed the 3D-dualviewing performance penalty. XP's driver still has that bug.

Let me know if you want more details on my setup.

[scornrl]

first, thank you for your advices...

against the argument of the four hands:

i just wanted 2 or 3 buttons for some macros for my priest, like shield / greater heal and so on...

i think i will make it like you said, even i prefer an solution with two separate controllable clients.

maybe i find a way to manage this ;-)

[Lost Ninja]

Your best bet if you do prefer individual controls would be to get something like a nostromo (http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProductPage.process?Product_Id=157024) or one of the similar devices mentioned on these pages, and use that for the one or two buttons. (Or use it for the main and the keyboard for the alt.) Use software like Keyclone or AHK to actually send each set of keys to a seperate client.

If you use the nostromo, you can even set a shift state up so that you can change which client you directly control without taking your hands of the device.

That won't solve the issue of the mouse, :( Sadly I don't know how to make two mice function on one PC (not that I have ever wanted too :D)