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I got both accounts in now. I have seen a few people post about having following issues..well its more than an issue for me.. the follower gets stuck for seconds and its just flat out a PITA to box atm because of it. Has anyone found any kind of fix for it? I'm wondering if its ISBoxer related or game related? follow worked smooth as silk for me in beta.
Kris and I played around with the Focus target during beta. I dunno if that still works now or not, and I havent been in yet. We had one toon set as the focus and the other toon set to follow that target. Its probably the same thing as what you are seeing Lyon, just used in a different way, come to think about it.
Perhaps Kedash may be able to indicate as well.
There was a bug through almost all of beta that broke autorun. Whenever an agent/smuggler in your area went into cover EVERYONE who had that guy loaded would stop autorunning. It is conceivable that this bug now also breaks autofollow?
My accounts got in this morning, so I'll be able to play with this after work today. Hopefully it's not too much of an issue.
na.. I'm playing two SIs atm and the follow bug is non stop for me. No IAs around. It bums me out, its next to unplayable like this. When i look at my video feed, i can see the follower get stuck or run in place for several seconds. if i spam follow, he will eventually start heading to me. On my mains screen it looks like hes with me, then he will vanish, then start catching up. Its some sort of lag between clients. If i swap screens I can control either one with zero lag. It only happens when following.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mercbeast
I was in briefly with 2 accounts, mine + friends. I ran around for about 5 minutes and had no follow issues.
hmm. i wonder what it is then. I am using the same settings as I did in beta. Any ideas on wat I can try?Quote:
Originally Posted by Mercbeast
this is what I run on btw http://www.digitalstormonline.com/co....asp?id=597328 its not my PC 8)
yeah follow sucks balls at the moment. i just keep hitting the follow key.
Lyonheart, it's game related.
I can't even get ISboxer to work on my end and I was having this problem with follow player while playing on two separate computers without ISBoxer and again when my wife got home and was trying to follow my character or I was trying to follow hers.
Someone else on server asked about the issue as well on general chat last night. There's also a short thread about it on SWTOR forums. My luck in playing two characters in this game hasn't been very good.
well ill prob go solo until i gets fixed.. its very irritating to play like that. I worked perfect in beta!
Don't take my 5 minutes of running around in circles with follow on to be an indication of it working or not.
I do run a pretty beastly computer if that is what you are asking.
GTX 570 SC. 2500k OC'd to 4.9 ghz. 8 gigs of ram. 120 Gig SSD that swtor is running off of. It sounds like once I get in on both and do more than run around in circles testing my settings I will probably run into it.
I just tried two PC method..same results..follow is broke for me. oh well.
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Originally Posted by Mercbeast
http://www.digitalstormonline.com/co....asp?id=597328 is mine.. its a tad above yours.. im also running of a fast SSD. I logged on two PCs.. without isboxer, just to make sure its game related. I still have bugged follow.. the toons run in place for several seconds.3-10 seocnds, every 50 feet or less..un playbel liek that.
It MIGHT be server related.. my latency is only 30ish.. my FPS is 100+
The stock OC on yours is significantly lower than my current OC, unless you bumped it up yourself!Quote:
Originally Posted by Lyonheart
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Originally Posted by Mercbeast
Its high enough for this game though.. overkill. My point was its not my rig causing the follow issue. I boxed in beta with this PC and the exact same settings. Something changed from beta to live. Not sure what, but i hope it gets fixed. I'm soloing atm and hate it..knowing I should be able to box. ( grateful to be in early access..but still )
Are you running the dxnothing method? I'm not and I didn't seem to have any problems. I'll login again and check though.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lyonheart
Ya, it's doing it to me too. Not a HUGE deal but it is annoying. Just gotta spam follow.
Can you link the thread?Quote:
Originally Posted by SablePhoenix
Having the same issue with autofollow. It's completely broken and even spamming it just makes it move all weirdly and eventually fail.
Likewise. My following character keeps rubberband-ing.Quote:
Originally Posted by jinga
However, if I stop moving and wait a minute, the second character eventually does catch up to my main. It just takes a few seconds.
This does seem to be a game issue rather than an ISBoxer issue. I have also tested it on by loading one client on two different PCs and autofollow still breaks. Really annoying.
Yes, this is pretty frustrating...
I started leveling a BH solo.. i really missed my 2nd account when i solo lol.. i hope this shit gets fixed fast.
I'm going to tough it out and just deal with it. Shouldn't be that bad double ranged.
After leveling my one BH to 12, I will go back and level my second one tomorrow.. Ill just run BT as long as i can stand it. For me, its not a matter of just spamming follow.. that would be fine.. its the follower running in place for 3-10 seconds before he moves.. meaning I have to move like an inch worm.. go forward a few steps..stop and wait.. rinse and repeat.. its a major pain.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mercbeast
I made a post http://www.swtor.com/community/showt...781#post238781 . ok so I'm fibbing a little in the post.. i didn't want to turn the thread into a anti boxer flame fest. And I'm sure the scenario I laid out is real for many couples who play.
There ya go buddy... I helped contribute. Again, Please say hello for me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lyonheart
roflmao.. how you post in yellow? I thought it was a bio response at first..got all excited and everything!Quote:
Originally Posted by Apps
We should all post with all of our accounts and keep it bumped.
I like that idea.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mercbeast
wow! you must have a very good relationship with Bioware if you think they'd post something like what I did.. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Lyonheart
hehe..na.. before I read it.. i just saw yellow text and though the CS rep posted a response..until i read it lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Apps
I did one better and submitted a bug report :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Lyonheart
I was wondering. Does manually moving the second character pop it out of that desync lag?
I'm gonna try just adding maybe a quick forward tap on my /follow.
i tried setting up a secondary movement keys to my alt to get him back into sync.
Sometimes it would not work until i manually took control of the screen and mouse moved or hard-pressed a movement key.
I even ran into a situation where my alt was running in place and stopped, when i tried to manually move him it would not take any direct inputs, but when i press my follow key on my main machine he came back in-sync and then the character would accept inputs again after that.
Issues are more or less annoying, but i switched from a single box 2 account setup to a 2 box 1 account on each setup. It is more easily controlled and monitored when your using multiple machine+monitor setup, when i see the toon running place i immediately try to get it back in sync. I usually end up auto-running forward and just mouse steering them individually. A pain, but effective at this point.
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Originally Posted by Meeo
I've added an extra key of UP to my follow keystroke set and it works great! Its annoying and i have to re apply follow every 15 seconds but it helps. But it still slows you down.
I did a bug report first... Just trying to get as much exsposure to this issue as I canQuote:
Originally Posted by Kris1234
/reminder every summit bug reports on all your toons as well!
This is definitely a problem. Very frustrating. I'll bug it on all of my characters today.
I made a quick hotkey.
Bound T to forward.
Sends T to all other clients.
Sends Follow to all other clients.
When my dude gets stuck I'll tap T and hopefully that will break the desync. If that doesn't work I'll add it to my follow spam.
I made this a two step.. its works.. its a tad annoying, but it gets the job done and makes it easier to deal with. I keep an eye on the alt, when it stops following.. i just double tap my follow key.. it sends "up" and then follow. 8) its not what we want.. but it makes dual boxing tolerable!Quote:
Originally Posted by Mercbeast
I'm having serious problems getting ISboxer to work period with a single box.
I can't run on two different monitors that are different sizes because I can't press play on the smaller monitor. Clicking on it shifts it to the primary monitor and doesn't render the GUI. In other words no play button. My new 23 inch 120 Hz arrives today at some point so that might fix this problem.
If I run fullscreen stacked, one client randomly closes in quest dialogue if I try to use key repeating to answer the same way on both clients. Mouse broadcasting isn't working across windows with any setup.
I didn't have any luck running multiple clients on one box, so I've spread mine between a laptop and my main box with a cable going to my alt monitor and using isboxer's network mode and synergy for mouse overs between the two systems.