Did anyone try to Multi-hardbox in Warhammer yet?

[Vonwar]

Hey all,

As i assume that multiboxing in warhammer using software will be illegal aswell as it was in DaoC i would like to know if any of you have tried or are going to try multiboxing in Warhammer? I mean multiboxing using hardware to control the chars.

If you are, then please inform about which chars you are planning to use on each side etc. im quite curious as normal 1 char playing will be a little dull to do after having learned the game after one has gotten used to multi box in other games.

Regards

Vonwar

[Gorthu]

I tried with keyclone and innerspace (keyclone first). Couldn't get the keypresses to pass through.

[Morganti]

I'm 3 boxing on 3 computers. Currently using HotKeyNet to do the broadcasting. Keyclone does not work at all for WAR, but Rob says it's on the todo list later.

[Gorthu]

I'm 3 boxing on 3 computers. Currently using HotKeyNet to do the broadcasting. Keyclone does not work at all for WAR, but Rob says it's on the todo list later.

Could you show an example of a hot key script you are using to define a key and pass it?

[Morganti]

Sure. I'm still playing with mine, but it works. I am only broadcasting the keys that I actually use on the alt machines (no failover or anything fancy setup right now...I had all kinds of technical issues even starting, so we've been hammering that out). This is what I have right now:

<Label bean local SendWin "Warhammer: Age of Reckoning, Copyright 2001-2008 
Electronic Arts, Inc.">
<Label ender 192.168.1.1 SendWin "Warhammer: Age of Reckoning, Copyright 
2001-2008 Electronic Arts, Inc.">
<Label petra 192.168.1.2 SendWin "Warhammer: Age of Reckoning, Copyright 
2001-2008 Electronic Arts, Inc.">

<HoldDownKey up, down, left, right>
<SendLabel bean> 

<BroadcastKey 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 0>
<SendLabel bean, ender, petra>

<BroadcastKey o, y, p, l, t, a>
<SendLabel bean, ender, petra>

<BroadcastKey Plus, Minus, Space>
<SendLabel bean, ender, petra>

<BroadcastKey b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, m, n, q, r, s, u, v, w, x, z, Oem2, 
Oem1, Oem3, Oem4, Oem5>
<SendLabel bean>

<BroadcastKey f1, f2, f3, f4, f5, f6, f7, f8, f9, f10, f11, f12>
<SendLabel bean>

[Gorthu]

Sure. I'm still playing with mine, but it works. I am only broadcasting the keys that I actually use on the alt machines (no failover or anything fancy setup right now...I had all kinds of technical issues even starting, so we've been hammering that out). This is what I have right now:

 
<Label bean local SendWin "Warhammer: Age of Reckoning, Copyright 2001-2008 
Electronic Arts, Inc."> 
<Label ender 192.168.1.1 SendWin "Warhammer: Age of Reckoning, Copyright 
2001-2008 Electronic Arts, Inc."> 
<Label petra 192.168.1.2 SendWin "Warhammer: Age of Reckoning, Copyright 
2001-2008 Electronic Arts, Inc."> 

<HoldDownKey up, down, left, right> 
<SendLabel bean> 

<BroadcastKey 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 0> 
<SendLabel bean, ender, petra> 

<BroadcastKey o, y, p, l, t, a> 
<SendLabel bean, ender, petra> 

<BroadcastKey Plus, Minus, Space> 
<SendLabel bean, ender, petra> 

<BroadcastKey b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, m, n, q, r, s, u, v, w, x, z, Oem2, 
Oem1, Oem3, Oem4, Oem5> 
<SendLabel bean> 

<BroadcastKey f1, f2, f3, f4, f5, f6, f7, f8, f9, f10, f11, f12> 
<SendLabel bean>

Thanks. I only want the basic keys passed myself. I will try to match this to the instructions. But the one thing that I don't get right off are the Oem2, Oem1, ... Oem5 keys. Could you enlighten me on those?

[Sanctume]

What's Oem1 to Oem5?

How do I broadcast these keys?
Backslah
Left and Right Bracket
Tilde (~) - the key left of "1"
Semi-colon
Double-quote

[Morganti]

OEM keys are special keys....open HKN and hit stuff like / and see what HKN calls them (in the upper right corner of HKN it will tell you the names).

[l0de]

How do the macros work out for it? Is there a /follow functionality?

I like war quite a bit so far, thinking about either 4 or 5 boxing it.

[Morganti]

To be honest while it is quite doable multiboxing in WAR is also quite limited. There is a /follow. You cannot use /cast or /use in a macro, so you have to independently hit an /assist macro each time (usually multiple times) before you can start casting. Collision in PVP makes it painful. The follow distance is a pain. I do plan on boxing the game, but more in a PVE capacity I think (think power leveling with a bunch of aoe casters). I really wish I had just stuck with the one account from the get go because I'm having a blast in group PVP, but I have a great PVP guild I'm in too. Your mileage may vary.