Dualboxing with a Controller

[Mbnewbtbc]

If I understand the above correctly the only thing which has been verified to be lockable is a controller to the 1st WoW client locked via a combination of wowmapper+console_port.

So far the only one tested in this regard (at least documented here in this forum) is a 'Dualshock 5' controller and maybe some research into what controllers and/or devices are supported by Wowmapper &/or Console_Port.

If none of them are actual keyboards/keypads/keysticks, my thought was to try a keyboard/keypad/keystick that emulates a controller and see if that can be made to work...

So to answer your question the only device so far that has been shown to for sure work in this manner (to be lockable to the 1st WoW client launched) is a DualShock5 and no keyboards/keypads/keysticks have been tested that we are aware of.

Got it, I am researching this now. I’ll let you know if I find anything. Please do the same like I said I think the last part of my set up would just need to be able to keep my keyboard working on my master window even if I click on different windows. Thank you!

[nodoze]

Got it, I am researching this now. I’ll let you know if I find anything. Please do the same like I said I think the last part of my set up would just need to be able to keep my keyboard working on my master window even if I click on different windows. Thank you!

As I alluded to above, if you want a keyboard/keypad/keystick type form factor, you may need to look into a sophisticated one that can emulate a controller to use the wowmapper+console_port path...

So far the most likely candidate keyboards/keysticks I have found are from Xkeys which have the following Emulation Modes:

• HID keyboard,
• HID mouse,
• HID game controller,
• HID multimedia

The following are some examples the various form factors for their products:

Keysticks like the following range from 4 to 40 keys:

https://xkeys.com/xk4.html

Keypads/keyboards like the following range from 24 to 128 keys (which can maybe be multiplied by using layers):

https://xkeys.com/xk24.html

The full offering of their keyboards/keypads/keysticks is listed here:

https://xkeys.com/xkeys/keys.html

There may be other/better/cheaper/etc offerings from other vendors but that is the best I have found so far...

[Mbnewbtbc]

As I alluded to above, if you want a keyboard/keypad/keystick type form factor, you may need to look into a sophisticated one that can emulate a controller to use the wowmapper+console_port path...

So far the most likely candidate keyboards/keysticks I have found are from Xkeys which have the following Emulation Modes:

• HID keyboard,
• HID mouse,
• HID game controller,
• HID multimedia

The following are some examples the various form factors for their products:

Keysticks like the following range from 4 to 40 keys:

https://xkeys.com/xk4.html

Keypads/keyboards like the following range from 24 to 128 keys (which can maybe be multiplied by using layers):

https://xkeys.com/xk24.html

The full offering of their keyboards/keypads/keysticks is listed here:

https://xkeys.com/xkeys/keys.html

There may be other/better/cheaper/etc offerings from other vendors but that is the best I have found so far...

Would using auto hot keys, and only sending the keys to one window of wow be a bad idea?

[nodoze]

Would using auto hot keys, and only sending the keys to one window of wow be a bad idea?

Not sure what you mean by "auto hot keys"... If we are talking Wow (and many other games) any sort of automation is against the ToS and bannable so if by auto you mean automation then I do not recommend that... When I say emulation above I mean a single press of a key on a keystick emulating a single press of a button on a controller...

EDIT: Pictorially to help you when reading the below I would like to layout my windows something like this:

https://i.gyazo.com/9fc6df7d3aef741b...d53bf47ecd.png

For me my desired setup under the current ToS would be to have my main tank in a large window and my 3DPS in smaller windows setup in a quadrant setup... I would do that so I could use my main regular/full-sized keyboard and mouse to control the Tank+3DPS via mouse-over-focus boxing (where I could move my mouse in a tight circle to reach all 4 clients in the quadrant)...

I would like a 4+ key keystick to directly control my Healer (which could be in a smaller window like the 3 DPS) and I would like to setup my 4+ keystick to be like a seamless single keyboard that I could move around in my lap or on the zero-G chair/recliner/couch like this:

https://i.gyazo.com/25ebeb14c0919684...b03d63b1e2.png

https://i.gyazo.com/81a4bf04fb1f76d8...025c627f2a.jpg

For my healer (assuming Priest) I would like keybinds on the keystick for things like:
- instant shield on Tank;
- instant Hot on Tank;
- Cast heal on Tank;
- Cast AoE Heal;
- Fade (could be combined with any of the above);
- Move Forward;
- Strafe Left;
- Strafe Right;
- Move Backward;

I may normally have the Priest follow the Paladin and the 3 DPS follow the Priest so that the arrow keys moving the Priest can move the 3 DPS also (I typically play ranged DPS)... Not 100% sure yet but those are my initial thoughts...