Oldtimer in 4-boxing

First of all i would like to say hi.

I have been an avid 4-boxer since the beginning of EQ way back when. I have played old school with 4 moniters, 4 mice, 4 keyboards , and 4 boxes the whole time to this date. I 6-boxed in EQ for a couple of months on the 4 computers but it sucked tabbing back and forth on the other 2 accounts so i cancelled and went back to 4-boxing. I have 4-boxed in SWG, EQ, EQ2, DAOC, and currently WOW and COH/COV. It keeps getting harder and harder to 4-box with all the restriction they keep putting in place in games by nerfing the macroing system.

So yesterday and today i started searching the internet far and wide for a solution to make my 4-boxing easier. I never knew that KVMs existed and that sounded like that might be what i needed so i bought one. BUT they only let you switch from computer to computer and you can't work on all the computers simultaneously. So i took the KVM back for a refund and the guy told me about Synergy.

So i went to the Synergy website and it sounded real cool EXCEPT i don't know crap about programming and compiling and all that jazz. So that sucked for me till I read about Multiplicity in their forums.

So.... i go to Multiplicity and check it out. It's the same as Synergy EXCEPT they already compiled and programmed and all that jazz and made a program that all i had to do was download and install. WALLAH..... this program is awesome EXCEPT it doesn't let me hit the #1 key on my keyboard and at the same time hit the same key on the other 3 computers at the same time. I guess you guys call it "keyboard broadcasting". I need a program that will broadcast my keystrokes from my main computer to all the other ones also.

So............. i read more on the Synergy forums and find this site. WOW!!!!! You guys have the perfect program i am looking for. EXCEPT..... I can't compile or program or any of that jazz and i'm back to square one :(

Is there an already compiled copy of this program that i can download or another program that just broadcast the keyboard keystrokes to my other computers? Anything would really help at this point. THX :)

Heh... without programming often you might not have heard the term "binaries." It's just a fancy word for compiled and ready to install programs.

Synergy does have Windows binaries available, so here's the link:
http://sourceforge.net/project/showf...ckage_id=58013

On the page you'll see a download link for SynergyInstaller-1.3.1.exe. Install to all your machines, fire up one as the server and the rest clients and off you go.

There's is a little configuration with setting up your screens properly, but other than that it's not too bad. If you run into trouble there's plenty of help here.

Thx!!!!!!! i'll try this this evening and see if works for me. Sorry for being a noob, but i guess someone has to be :)

Anytime! I'm a multi-boxing noob, so glad to help another noob out ;)

Multi-Box is also in pre-compiled form, just unzip it to each computer and run the server + client on one and then just the client on the others. However, I will admit that I don't really maintain MutliBox much anymore. :( One day I hope to get back to it and offer better support but at the moment I just don't have the drive. :/ None the less, the current version works in 95% of cases and it offers keyboard broadcasting (and mouse broadcasting should you want it).

Micah,

Could you post the most recent source code somehwere? Mabye I could take a crack at adding a feature or two.