Innerspace Windowsnapper, Repeater, and a little extra sumptin sumptin

[moosejaw]

Thank you Zanthor for posting up your code. I was a LS/Win EQ user a few years ago for Everquest 1. I stopped using it when I started in WOW because I wasn't boxing anymore. Now that I am boxing again it is time to try IS. IS looks to be the natural progression of WinEQ and I loved the hell out of that utility.

Although I am a sorry a$$ script writer I am able to muck around existing codes/templates to get what I need. Maybe I'll get my head wrapped around the LS code again and have something useful to add to this discussion.

I am sure this will become a well used utility. Meanwhile I will start on setting up my machine with IS.

[zanthor]

Due to the fact that my RAF ends on Nov 5 I decided to run with this exact setup this weekend. No more hacking, tweaking, etc. No round robin setup yet, and none of the bigger ideas I have. But I was easily able to take my 4 druid team from lvl 26 to level 49 this weekend. Worked flawlessly, had a great time doing it. I'm able to use hurricane and am very happy with the end results... can't wait to polish this out!

[moosejaw]

Very nice! I am delaying my setup and purchase until I have a block of time to work with it. I want to give it my full attention instead of a few hours before and after work. Instant pip is going to be a savior for me.

[Lax]

Very nice! I am delaying my setup and purchase until I have a block of time to work with it. I want to give it my full attention instead of a few hours before and after work. Instant pip is going to be a savior for me.

You can sign up for a 7 day free trial if you want from the Inner Space page (so can anyone else) -- when filling out the form, you should mention multi-boxing and/or dual-boxing.com and I will approve the trial as soon as I can.

Also, I have a few videos on youtube showing WindowSnapper's swap speed:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J41Tx7CiNAA - pure speed demo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHEhoUc9rX4 - PiP with rollover zoom
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glXymVxRltk - PiP with rollover zoom + effect

Mods -- if linking these videos is inappropriate please feel free to edit them out, they are relevant to Zanthor's topic and afaik/imo not against community rules

[moosejaw]

Thanks Lax. I want to start on setup this morning when my weekend starts (rotating shift worker). I get a bit fatigued as I approach the end of a shift cycle and I really need to rest my brain for a project like this.

Btw, I used wineq previously so I am expecting no less from this product. I am looking forward to screwing up a few scripts before I get it right.

Thanks for the extra video links. I'll check them when I get home this morning.

[moosejaw]

Well I had a nice long post made up explaing how to get Zanthor's code to work for us newb's but I clicked a tab on the editor and it all went away. I am too tired to type it all up again so I will edit this post when I wake up later tonight to show what I did.

[Noids99]

Thanks for the setup info Zanthor, big help to get started. I 5 box on a single 1920 x 1200 screen. I run my main char in a large window 1440 x 1200 and the 4 alts down the right side of the monitor at 480 x 300 each. I tried to alter the multi.iss file to accomodate this setup but have not managed to get it right and would appreciate it if someone could cast their eye over my alterations and tell me where I have gone wrong:

function main(int clients)
{
while ${Sessions} < ${clients} - 1
waitframe
variable int nSession
nSession:Set["${Session.Right[-2]}"]

variable int nXsize
variable int nYsize
variable int nXpos
variable int nYpos
variable int nVertSplit

if ${nSession} > 1
{
nXsize:Set["300"]
nYsize:Set["480"]
}
else
{
nXsize:Set["1200"]
nYsize:Set["1440"]
}

if ${nSession} > 1
{
nXpos:Set["1920-${nXsize}"]
nYpos:Set["(${nSession}-1)*${nYsize}"]
}
else
{
nXpos:Set["0"]
nYpos:Set["0"]
}

run windowsnapper -pos ${nXpos},${nYpos} -size ${nXsize}x${nYsize}
windowpos -viewable 0,0
windowsize -viewable 1920x1200

Cheers

[Suribusi]

Noids, I don't run these utils myself, but I'll download them and run your setup and see what I can figure out for you.

-S

[Suribusi]

Noids:

Your issues is a couple of things. First your x and y values are reversed so flip them. Second it appears that the way windowsnapper works (when you do run windowsnapper -pos and -size) is by passing the parameters you want for when the window is NOT the active window. In your case, it seems by your paste that you are only running 2 world of warcrafts. You can simply edit out the if logic since it is not needed.

If you are using Zantors scripts, it looks to use the if logic for nearly all sessions, not just one. Your script, however, was applying different logic depending on the session, and was part of your issue. I have taken the liberty of cooking up a multi.iss for you, just edit the sizes to your needs.

function main(int clients)
{
	while ${Sessions} < ${clients} - 1
		waitframe

	variable int nSession
	nSession:Set["${Session.Right[-2]}"]

	variable int nXsize
	variable int nYsize
	variable int nXpos
	variable int nYpos

	nXsize:Set["300"]
	nYsize:Set["200"]

	nXpos:Set["1024-${nXsize}"]
	nYpos:Set["(${nSession}-1)*${nYsize}"]


	run windowsnapper -pos ${nXpos},${nYpos} -size ${nXsize}x${nYsize}
	windowpos -viewable 0,0
	windowsize -viewable 1024x768
}

Enjoy,

-S

[Noids99]

Cheers Suri. Had a bit more time tonight to play with things and couldn't get on the forums here so managed to slowly work a few things out and get a model working. Thanks for the new .iss. I have realised that windowsnapper works differently too maximiser in that the window positions are not static. I am now stacking my 5 sessions down the Right hand side of the screen (and have a conditional in the script for fewer sessions) with the remaining screen area as the Snap To frame.

My only other issue now is setting proc affinities. I have a laptop dual core and in maximiser have setup my main as Proc 1 and adds as Proc 2. I would still like to do something like this as I will only occ. switch mains still.

Finally on the "run wow 5" command, my 5 wow instances start up stacked in the Snap To location. I then have to cycle through the hotkeys for each window to get them placed in their positions along the right hand side of the screen. Not sure if this is intended or again just an omission in my multi.iss script.

Cheers