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[Darm]

I've been working on getting everything ported over from my IS setup which was using a modified version of Zanthor's config files to ISBoxer.

I'm trying to get my formation key maps to work correctly. I'm using one main pc, and a second PC that has 4 shaman running on it. I've been able to get simpler commands such as mount, follow, assist, working just fine. So, I know that the two copies of IS are communicating with each other.

Am I right in thinking that using Character:Name, and Character:Slot #, will not work when the target windows are on a separate PC from the PC which is originating commands?

That is, if I want to send individual commands to a specific shaman on a different PC, then the best (only?) method to do this is to define multiple Target Action Groups with each Target Action group having a single shaman as its only member? The next step, of course, would be have a keymap that sends appropriate movement commands to the 4 different Target Action Groups.

My next question is if there is some trick to setting that up other than what I just described? Because I'm having a devil of a time getting that to work. My other keymaps that use targets such as "Window: All w/o current" are working just fine including the keymaps that move all toons in the same direction, but when using "Group (all of):Target Group-name" that doesn't seem to work. I think I've read all the wiki and FAQs, and can't seem to find what I'm doing wrong.

Any hints?

[Lax]

Am I right in thinking that using Character:Name, and Character:Slot #, will not work when the target windows are on a separate PC from the PC which is originating commands?

Slot is indeed same-PC only. Character:Name is actually an Action Target Group created for that Character, and so you no longer need to create such a group with the single Character as its only member. Then yes, you can set your formations to send different commands to each Character:Name.

I'm wondering if the source of your confusion is actually that the movement keys need to have the Hold option enabled, and perhaps you missed that? Using the Action Target Group (or the Character:Name as described above) should work fine.

[Darm]

Thank you for the response.

I have the "hold any keystroke action while Hotkey is held" set to On. The very same keymap if I set the target to "window: all w/o current" moves all 4 shaman just perfectly. But, if I take the very same macro and change the target to "Characater:Name" or "Target Action Group:Name" nothing happens. I still think I missed a step somewhere that would explain that difference, but I've not been able to pinpoint it just yet.

[Darm]

Just for the heck of it, I started from scratch with a completely new IS profile, and that problem went away. I have no idea what I did different, but it's working now.

[Noah]

Prior to subscribing to innerspace, I ran a 5 char focus based hydra, using keyclone, macaroon, and Jamba - all as the std write ups.



After using innerspace I find I can run the same hydra on one pc with 2 screens which is excellent and the screen switching is brilliant.

I have been using mouse clicks to swap screens.

I now want to take advantage of the facility that will switch screens on a keypress, which then sets the focus to the hot character. I have the setting seleted that will only bradcast the keystroke if I press the keyto screenswap.

I have selected the tickbox to set the focus to the hot screen when I do so.



My question - Is it possible to expand upon the macro commands that are actioned when I press the key to switch screens? ie: I want to continue using jamba as I am very comfortable with its features and the follow works very very well.



Typically when I switch leader I have to activate a macro that has:



/Focus Character

/Jamba Setmetomaster

/jamba-follow strobeonme all



IS there a way to add additional commands to that action?

[zanthor]

Prior to subscribing to innerspace, I ran a 5 char focus based hydra, using keyclone, macaroon, and Jamba - all as the std write ups.



After using innerspace I find I can run the same hydra on one pc with 2 screens which is excellent and the screen switching is brilliant.

I have been using mouse clicks to swap screens.

I now want to take advantage of the facility that will switch screens on a keypress, which then sets the focus to the hot character. I have the setting seleted that will only bradcast the keystroke if I press the keyto screenswap.

I have selected the tickbox to set the focus to the hot screen when I do so.



My question - Is it possible to expand upon the macro commands that are actioned when I press the key to switch screens? ie: I want to continue using jamba as I am very comfortable with its features and the follow works very very well.



Typically when I switch leader I have to activate a macro that has:



/Focus Character

/Jamba Setmetomaster

/jamba-follow strobeonme all



IS there a way to add additional commands to that action?

Instead of setting the swap hotkey in the window layout section you can setup KeyMaps to manage this for you under KeyMaps combined with the hotkeys to switch to that character in the character sets....

For example:
Under character sets I have X16-X20 set to activate my characters.
Under KeyMaps: I also have X16-X20 set to send ` to the appropriate window that is being activated and that is a macro with all my jamba-leadership commands in it.

[Noah]

Thx for the reply



To clarify,

1. Under the character set I have hotkey f8 to f12 set to switch the window and set the focus tothe hot charracter.
2. I then create a seperate keymap for each key f8 to f12 that sends a wow macro to the "hot", this macro contains the 2 Jamba command lines.
3. I then link the keymap for f8 to the character in "Slot1", f9 to chracter in "Slot2" etc..

Is the above correct?



>>> Works like a charm -

Is there a way of synchronizing the mouse? I have recently had an issue where the screen pointer icon was different to the mouse click location on all screens (above and to the left by 20mm)

[Lax]

Is there a way of synchronizing the mouse? I have recently had an issue where the screen pointer icon was different to the mouse click location on all screens (above and to the left by 20mm)

The mouse should by synchronized, if it's not, it's a bug. Send me your ISBoxer config -- you can either send me the ISBoxerToolkitProfile.XML file from your Inner Space folder, or from ISBoxer, right click on "ISBoxer" at the top and select "Copy ISBoxer Profile to Clipboard", then paste it -- at lax@lavishsoft.com. Also, let me know what options you have selected in the in-game video options on the Resolution page -- specifically the Windowed Mode options (maximized, disable resize).

Typically when I switch leader I have to activate a macro that has:



/Focus Character

/Jamba Setmetomaster

/jamba-follow strobeonme all



IS there a way to add additional commands to that action?

If you've checked the "Generate Focus Target" macro, ISBoxer is automatically setting the Jamba master for you. I wasn't aware of needing to set the strobe target separately, I'll see what I can do about that one.

Also, Zanthor's suggestion is kind of roundabout. Until I add the follow strobe update to ISBoxer, see my posts in the following thread regarding this: http://dual-boxing.com/forums/index....threadID=21205

[Noah]

Thank you for the prompt responses once again.

Zanthors work around has worked very well, and prompted me to optimise the setup so that i seperater the setview script out to another keymap so that it is univeraslly usable.

The mouse issue was as you intimated, during one of my tweaking sessions I had ticked the desired rendering size option. unticked and all is fine.



thx again

[Lax]

I just did a minor update to ISBoxer Build 32, adding a "... with Jamba strobing" option to the generated Follow macro, and now ISBoxer's /follow replacement command will automatically update Jamba strobing as well.

This brings the Jamba integration to:
1. Your Jamba team is automatically synced with your Character Set
2. Generating Focus Target will automatically update the Jamba Master
3. Any /follow macro will update the Jamba strobing target
4. Checking "... with Jamba strobing" for the Generate Follow Macro will enable strobing on change
... and subsequently between 3 and 4, you can have macros to turn strobing on and off, and if you don't enable strobing via ISBoxer, your strobe state (on or off) is kept when switching.