keyclone: non-free version of multibox

Xzin Edit: Discussion here: http://www.dual-boxing.com/forums2/viewtopic.php?p=2003

Trying to keep the forums tidy - don't need 2+ topics on the same subject. I stickied the other one.

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lots of people here seem to be asking how its done... here's my solution: Keyclone

initially created for Shadowbane, works very well on WoW

these 5 mages were running on a single cpu with 2GB system memory and 256M grfx memory. I didn't need to tie more then one machine together (which i could have done). Each of the windows were in 800x600 windowed mode.

All coordinated using keyclone ( http://solidice.com/keyclone )

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ev7wuPSkl0

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currently known bugs:
extended keys (alt, ctrl, and shift) are currently not working across machines.
only tested on WinXP
no reported crashes

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Biggest thing that would hold a lot of people back I think

Also the $50 fee might hold some people back. I think its good to have lots of tools available though.

do you think you'd really need it?

i released it for the first time about a year ago, and no one has asked for that bug fixed.

need it?

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Originally Posted by keyclone

do you think you'd really need it?

i released it for the first time about a year ago, and no one has asked for that bug fixed.

need it?

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I personally wouldn't use a tool that didn't provide support for ctrl/alt/shift on keys, but I tend to keybind everything I can, and use alot of macros :)

Ditto. You probably didn't hear from people who wanted that feature because we're using free tools instead, which don't have that problem.

I agree that it's good to have a choice of available tools. I did, after all, choose to buy Multiplicity instead of having the free version of Synergy... something I may yet backtrack on now Synergy can apparently do everything that Multiplicity AND Multibox can and the Mutliplicity guys show no interest in adding broadcasting to their offering.

I would need it for sure. When you get to the point where you have so many macros you need all the keys you can get.

And if you are charging for an application I would say fixing the bugs is a must? am I wrong here? Why would someone buy a product knowing it has bugs (although a majority of us play WoW which is full of bugs anyway) when things are available for free that have more utility (basing utility on the alt/shift/ctrl issue).

So yeah for me (and probably 80% of the wow multibox community) those keys are vital.

If you really want to fix it make it free and open source or at least make it free and take on a partner to fix the bug and possibly charge after that. Although with free open source software like synergy and multibox available I do not think charging should even be an option at least if you are aiming to get business/feedback from the WoW community.

the ctrl/alt/shift keys work fine on the local machine, its when you go across machines that they have an issue. and for the most part, the local machine was sufficient to run the 3-6 accounts at once. of course, seeing some of the rigs some of you guys have here (200 accounts??? wtf)... i can see the need.

adding macro capability is something that has been asked for but its also the thing that would make it one of the 'outlawed' apps (currently in the grey area as using keyclone isn't unattended)

but then again, there's no reason not to go back and fix it. i'll work on it this weekend.

while i'm at it... want anything in particular for macros? anything you've been wanting to do and haven't found yet?

As of 2.2 patch, it is going to support left and right alt,shift,ctrl as modifier keys.

I would enjoy to test this tool, but it says expired. Is it not possible to test it a few days? (Even a few hours)

Next Questing: Does the buyable key keeps valid when reinstalling windows?