Complete newcomer in Multi boxing and new hardware set up bought today what can i expect?

[Glamour]

Ok more question hopefully the last one for you guys

According im using one computrt to run 4 accounts, should i use my Maximizer on keyclone or just minimize all my slave accounts?

[Tasty]

(just sold my dual glaives rogue).

I'm not trying to incite any flaming or hostility I'm simply curious. Do you plan on multi boxing cause its fun or whatever other reason, or to sell your characters?

Regardless of the question above welcome to the world of Boxing

[Glamour]

No i dont make this a E-sales or whatever i had just the opportunity to sell it at a very high price and money was more than welcome for my new hardware

[Glamour]

Another question ;(

Do i need to copy/paste a new full wow folder for each box i will run on same computer, if yes when copying/pasting do i ve to copy the full folder including WTF file or there are some parts of wow folder to copy for each account ?



sorry again :s

[phetish]

*yes, you can just copy/paste the folders, no need to run the installer*

There are several ways to do it - (this list is in order of slowest to fastest according to my personal opinion)

1 install - just run each instance from the same folder
Pros - easy, minimal HDD space, easy updates
cons - some people see slow load times, zoning times, etc

multiple installs on one HDD - each runs from a separate folder
Pros - faster loads, etc
cons - uses lots of HDD space, separate updates for each folder

1 install with symbolic linking to multiple folders (my personal setup)
pros - minimal HDD space, faster load times, etc.
cons - symbolic links can be tricky and use may not be intuititive

multiple installs on multiple hard drives
pros - many consider it to be the fastest method
cons - requires multiple HDDs, uses lots of HDD space (not really an issue since you obviously have multiple HDDs), requires updates to several folders, etc

personally, I have mine setup this way (i'm 5-boxing btw)

C:\Program Files\World of Warcraft - Full install - used just for my raiding account since I have my addons just the way i like them

C:\Program Files\World of Warcraft1 - Main - Symbolic link to C:\Program Files\World of Warcraft for Data folder
C:\Program Files\World of Warcraft2 - Slave 1 - Symbolic link to C:\Program Files\World of Warcraft for Data and Main for Interface folder
C:\Program Files\World of Warcraft3 - Slave 2 - Symbolic link to C:\Program Files\World of Warcraft for Data and Main for Interface folder
C:\Program Files\World of Warcraft4 - Slave 3 - Symbolic link to C:\Program Files\World of Warcraft for Data and Main for Interface folder
C:\Program Files\World of Warcraft5 - Slave 4 - Symbolic link to C:\Program Files\World of Warcraft for Data and Main for Interface folder

This gives me the flexibility to raid when I want, minimizes HDD space, and allows a single directory for Addon updates for Multiboxing.

just my opion - feel free to experiment

[softflow]

Glamour,

My setup is very similar to yours, except for the vid card - I only have an 8800GT 512. However, I do have 2 separate Hard Drives, the main being a Raptor (quite fast!).

I have 2 monitors, so that's where you and I will differ most. I have my main/brain on 1 of my monitors, settings almost maxed. I have the 4 alts on the 2nd monitor through maximizer, with all minimal settings and few addons.

Main runs out of it's own WoW folder on the Raptor. #2 & #3 run out of their own folder on the Raptor, copy/paste of the main WoW folder minus addons, of course. #3 & #4 run an exact copy of the #2 & #3 on my 2nd Hard Drive.

Everything runs beautifully and stays at 40-60fps on my main with each alt going from min 20 to max 40 (as set in Keyclone). Your machine will handle it all just fine. FYI, I have Vista, so dualview through nvidia control panel works great.

[Glamour]

cheers guys for your kind replies i ll test it out tonight the copy/paste and maximizer