Keyclone or octopus.

[laaglander]

Hey,

i found alot of information about keyclone and its macro's / setup.



But i get the feeling octopus is getting left behind,

why is it?



what are the + and - sides of the software ( keyclone + octopus ).

I'm about to start my first dual box setup and i'm still not sure which one too take.



here is something u need to know : i got acces too 2 keyboards 1 mouse 1 28 inc widescreen.

Which program would u recomment.

[Gurblash]

Octopus is no longer supported. Thats why its 'left behind.'

[Ughmahedhurtz]

There are many reasons to favor either of these. There are also other free options besides Octopus but since you asked about it, I'll restrict it to those two.

• New to multiboxing and need live support to get going? Keyclone.
• Don't want to shell out money when a free option exists? Octopus.
• Want to take advantage of custom FTL setups and dual-function PiP? Keyclone.
• Want PiP but don't care about specialized FTL/dual-function? Octopus.
• Want the popular option that more folks can help you understand and tweak? Keyclone.
• Do not want to use software that has to "phone home" every time you run it, and doesn't fail when the auth server is down (very rare), the intarwebs screws up or work blocks that subnet/port? Octopus.
• Want full software KVM-style support for multiple PCs while not running the game (a la Multiplicity/Synergy)? Octopus.
• Want easily configurable maximizer regions without having to do math and type in numbers? Keyclone.
• Want custom round robin that cannot be done with in-game macros? Keyclone.

I'm sure Rob and others can fill you in on other pros/cons. Also, check out our software forum. Lots of stickies in there covering the basics of a bunch of alternatives.

[Marathon]

Keyclone. Its 20 bucks ... infact some of the best 20 dollars i have ever spent.

My two bits ... :thumbup:

[laaglander]

Atm i'm just waiting until my money arrives on my paypal account, as i just send it over yesterday it might take a while.



Some friend of m( who used to box ) told me there is like a demo version to test how it works.

Does it excist? if not i'm just gonna spend my time watching some video's.



Thanks for the information, i'm going with keyclone.

[Pwnzor]

keyclone win! :thumbsup:

[Otlecs]

Some friend of m( who used to box ) told me there is like a demo version to test how it works.

Does it excist?

No. There is no trial / demo version of KeyClone.

[keyclone]

is that real? have you actually played it that way??

[Fef]

I bought Keyclone, and then reverted to Octopus for a single reason : When mousing over one of my PiP thumbnail view, Keyclone used to lag in switching focus from the big window to the small window. Maybe it has been solved by now, but at that time it really ruined the whole experience of this (other much more polished than the competition) software.

[keyclone]

yes, the lag between windows was annoying and was resolved a while ago