I'm curious what ISBoxer/Inner Space can do that HKN & Keyclone can't

[Eggy]

Thanks Lax, now if you'd allow me a trial so I can compare the two would be great =P

[Ualaa]

I believe there is a trial on the Lax's page. I have been toying with the idea of ISBoxer for a while, and have browsed his page a few times.





My only issue with Keyclone (my current, and to date only broadcasting software) is that if I move my mouse from my main window to a slaves window (say the toons pathing has it stuck on something, and I want to manually move it to the quest npc, which I have "interacted" with), very rarely but often enough to be annoying, the window rotates a little (as if I had held my left button and moved the mouse quickly) and the pointer is then returned to the main window.

Once this happens, the only cure is to PiP swap to that window, and then left and right click (either order) in the new master window. Until then, moving the mouse into that window, just rotates the view a bit and expels the mouse again to the master's window.

Some sessions this occurs 4-5 times (but my sessions can be 12 hours on a weekend). Other times, I'll play a week or more without seeing this.




ISBoxer is tempting...

I like the PiP swap speed.
I like the automatic FTL set up.
I like the benefits of SymLink's (different graphic settings) with a single wow install.
Mouse broadcasting, is extremely attractive.

Zanthor's posts are a very good advertisement.

[gitcho]

I'd highly recommend ISboxer as well ... i switched to it recently after 8 months of HKN ues (loved it) - primarily because of the window swapping speed (has proved extremely useful in questing and pvp), and more importantly for me, the "true" mouse broadcasting that shows the ground target on all windows when I cast blizzard on all 5 mages. The ground-target circle moves on all 5 windows as I move my mouse on the main, so i know exactly where it's going to be cast - perfect for casting at range - HKN and keyclone (i have both) could not do that. The other ISBoxer features (wizard, clickboxer, mouse-repeat regions) are gravy for me.

[Multibocks]

Add my vote to ISBoxer as well. Great program and getting better every update. The mouse broadcasting is just sex, so damn amazing. I dont macro a lot of extraneous stuff because I know I can mouse broadcast and select whatever I need (obviously noncombat stuff).

[vikemosabe]

I have axquestion for ya lax.
How does this compare to hkn as far as performance is concerned?
The first page mentioned a difference in the rendering, full screen vs resized.
I'm gaming on a single computer system. And a laptop at that.
What I'm wondering is will the difference in rendering affect performance?
If so, in what way?

Thanks

[zanthor]

I have axquestion for ya lax.
How does this compare to hkn as far as performance is concerned?
The first page mentioned a difference in the rendering, full screen vs resized.
I'm gaming on a single computer system. And a laptop at that.
What I'm wondering is will the difference in rendering affect performance?
If so, in what way?

Thanks

I believe, and Lax please correct me if I'm wrong, that using Innerspace removes the BURST of burden from resizing the windows. It keeps them rendering at the same size at all times and just scales what is rendered.

What this means is that when you aren't switching it may take slightly more juice (it was completely not noticable on my system, but I run a beast), while when you switch it doesn't take any more at all.

The end result is more consistent and reliable gameplay.

[Lax]

Right, it will be rendering the same resolution as the main window. If you would rather not have this slight performance hit (it depends on the hardware vs the number of game windows) you can instead disable window switching. To see the difference in performance for your particular configuration, you would really just have to try it out -- and of course there is a free 7 day trial.

Either way, general performance-wise you are best served by having video options in WoW set to minimal, and the camera angle in the game pointing straight down at the ground on your background windows. The camera angle thing also makes it much more convenient to do targeted AoEs. I should do more videos

[Eggy]

About the PiP in IS, I'm guessing multi GPUs isnt supported?
Toyed around with it a bit yesterday, and if I set wow to run on multi GPU with my 295 it would run fine, but as soon as I'd swap to a different instance of wow the screen would remain blurry as if it didnt really resize it, but just stretch it. So I'm still forced to run it on a single GPU, but not a big deal.

I'm looking forward to toying around with it some more though.

[Lax]

About the PiP in IS, I'm guessing multi GPUs isnt supported?
Toyed around with it a bit yesterday, and if I set wow to run on multi GPU with my 295 it would run fine, but as soon as I'd swap to a different instance of wow the screen would remain blurry as if it didnt really resize it, but just stretch it. So I'm still forced to run it on a single GPU, but not a big deal.

I'm looking forward to toying around with it some more though.

I'd have to see your Window Layout (right click it and select Copy to Clipboard, then paste wherever) to make an educated guess about what's happening.. but.. the "stretch" is usually happening when the window goes smaller, not when it goes larger, which is what it sounds like is happening for you?

There is a bug where if you MINIMIZE a window this can happen. That's the only known issue i can think of that sounds like what you're saying, and of course the workaround is to simply not minimize the game windows

[Creazil]

ISBoxer vouch!

I can highly recommend it, been using it for quite some time now and I am really satisfied The support, help and new updates makes it all way better! (and I can't wait for the new software). Personally I went with a FTL setup from the start, and it was a breeze, especially when Lax added even better FTL support! It's very customizable, which is very nice

As already said, PiP is really fast and the mouse broadcasting is very reliable. I do however still lack my european symbol hotkeys!