Unofficial Mojo FAQ

[Moorea]

So people don't have to dig up pages and pages of threads I'll try to capture here some current FAQ (things that hit me - feel free to ask more Questions and suggest more Answers)

Meta Questions

• What is Mojo ?
  

A new open source multi boxing software built from the experience of HotKeyNet and HKN2 by Freddie - learn more on http://mojoware.org/

• Where can I get it ?
  

http://mojoware.org/p/download.html

• Is it ready/usable ?

It's early alpha - feel free to try and give feedback and see it being built and change before your eyes, but it's not quite ready yet to replace HKN or other mature software. it's getting real close and some already use it - so very soon it will (like when broadcast exclusion is implemented) !

• Open source ? where can I get the source ?

http://code.google.com/p/mojoware/source/checkout
You can use Microsoft VC Ultimate 10 beta 2 to build it (Moorea does regularly - see "Bulding from source" thread)
For now nobody but Freddie can contribute to the project but you could always clone it if you feel development isn't going fast enough or in the direction you like (if you do you must respect the GPL3 license and redistribute any change you make) - but try to work with the author first !

• Is Mojo abandoned ?

No, there is just a small pause in the frantic pace of early initial releases; while the author recharges... stay tuned...


Usage Question

• I started it and then what ?

If you have more than 1 computer, start it on more than one; you can then set up KM (Key and mouse control; ie drive several computer from one) by connecting the monitors so they touch in the mouseover settings menu

• Does it work on multiple PCs ?

Yes ! It can discover other Mojo copies on the same flat network - later it will even work for more complex cases, in the meantime you can use the advanced connection options or ask for help if you have a problem connecting

• I can only afford 1 computer you insensitive clot - am I out of luck ?

Mojo works fine with a single computer too - start more than 1 wow and enjoy window key broadcasting

• How do you pause broadcasting without having to click anywhere ?

Open the "Predefined hotkeys" settings menu, click the "Set" button in "Toggle window broadcast"

• What's the "Toons" / "Teams" / "Computer broadcast" buttons for ? nothing happens when I click, nothing happens when I load wow... it's always empty ...

Several features are not implemented yet... patience my friend !

• What does "Computer broadcast" mean ?

When/if implemented it will be an hardware KVM emulation mode (as opposed to specific windows broadcast)

• Hmm cool it broadcasts everything... but ahem... how do I tell it to not broadcast WASD so I can move just the main toon ?

Do Not Pass not yet implemented - I suppose you could unbind WASD on the slaves but... wait for the next builds - vote for that feature :-)

• Does Mojo work with something else than WoW

It will, for now Freddie is trying to make WoW boxing as easy and simple out of the box as possible; but eventually all the features thought about for the general purpose HKN2 will be in mojo and more - mojo will be usable for a variety of purposes, including more than gaming.

• I loved the power of HotKeyNet (HKN) scripting - will Mojo be scriptable ?

Yes it will - borrowing from HKN2 ideas for a cleaner scripting language - stay tuned (as it's not in yet) - see next post for other upcoming features

• Where does mojo store settings ? I want to start fresh

del %localappdata%\mojo

• When I move my mouse to another window the keystrokes don't follow

Go to "Active window tracking" and turn it on

• Something isn't working...

Remember this is very early, so it's normal that many features are unfinished or have small issues. This being said, for now, please report it in the build thread matching the current build (or a new post). Soon (well... maybe...) there should be a issue tracker somewhere so people don't report redundant issues and can track progress of their particular issue but it's not here yet. In the meantime you can also eyeball my own list in post#3 below.

• I have another question not answered or I don't understand one of the answers...

Ask in this thread

• My Mojo isn't like your Mojo - This FAQ doesn't compute

Hmmm maybe you got a newer build and Moorea didn't get a chance to update the FAQ yet - bug him (private msg or email) - if all else fails - ask Fur or Svper to shard the thread ;-)

This FAQ is uptodate as of build 21

[Moorea]

Requested / Upcoming Feature List
(Thanks Fursphere for initial compilation)

1. Do Not Pass list (with a better more intuitive name but using DNP for now as it's understood)
2. Mouse clicks broadcasting
3. Maximizer (likewise for name)
4. WoW Launching (goes with maximizer I guess)
5. Status feedback overlay (change of mode showing up over fullscreen wow windows, using semi transparent window like widgets for instance)
6. Keymaps and configurable Round robin (ie more advanced version of 1.)
7. Auto-start on Win start checkbox. (find a way to eliminate UAC popup, InputDirector for instance does it; with Vista and Win7)
8. Add Apply buttons to every dialog or at least dialogs where the user would want to experiment/try settings like the focus follow mouse delay setting
9. Hide window to the taskbar. (Waiting on Mojo Icon)
10. Hotkey assignment text output (ability to script things instead of GUI)
11. Scripting
12. option to consume or not a given trigger (let it pass to the OS/focus window or consume it - default is to consume - this came up in the numlock bug but isn't limited to numlock)
13. Set a PC not to receive incoming (as opposed to the existing mode buttons and hotkeys which all affect outgoing).
14. Triggers need to be finished. They don't yet include an option for "trigger when key is released" and "allow or disallow typematic presses to trigger this hotkey."
15. Option to wrap the screens for mouseover (need a better name for that feature too) and/or add a same screen more than once
16. Make focus follow mouse the default
17. Repeater regions (clicks in one window part actually go to some other window) - useful for healbot mapping

Completed Requests:

• I would like a "Return cursor back home" key - Build 14
• Broadcasting toggle switch - done bulid 16
• Broadcast window and mouseover at the same time. done build 18
• Re-enable WoW window and finish the code that tracks scheduled and running WoWs. Build 18
• Focus follow mouse mode. Build 19 and 20 (auto raise bonus UI too!)

Requests that have been shelved for various reasons

• Installer option in mojo.setup to pick where to install.
• Macintosh support (!) -- seems unlikely but if a mac guru wants to contribute that'd be awesome (need a mac programmer)
• iPhone mojo ! support driving my PCs from my iPhone - would be cool if maybe unpractical

[Moorea]

Moorea's personal list of open issues

(things that hit me for which there isn't yet a good answer - remember Mojo is just starting, issues are normal!)

'Bugs'

multi screen not at scale on other computers

home hotkey in mouseover dialog

setting ctrl-home as bring home key leaves ctrl 'stuck' on other computers

with ICS mojo doesn't see the computer, should try all the IPs instead of 1 (workaround is to manually set IP in advanced settings)

editable text fields that aren't actually typable (for hotkey settings)


Other (design,,,) issues

Need 2 sockets of opposite directions; should work with only 1 (or maybe 2 like ftp passive rather than force both mojo of a peer pair to be both a tcp server and client)

yellow screen labeled "purple"

state based on/off (ie numlock or scrolllock)

disabled buttons (like "computer broadcast")


Moorea's testing 'todo':

IPv6 (probably not working looking at the v4 specific stuff in the code)

Win TCP Client -> Server faster than Server -> Client

[Freddie]

So people don't have to dig up pages and pages of threads I'll try to capture here some current FAQ ...

I think it's great that you're doing this. Thanks a lot!

It's a bug^h^h^hfeature that all the screens start stacked up and so if your other computer screen is smaller you won't see it, drag away to discover the other one (until freddie fixes^h^h^hchanges this ;-) )

Thanks for catching that, I'll change it.

How do you pause broadcasting without having to click anywhere ?

You'll be able to do it soon. You can't do it in the current build (10) because I haven't implemented hotkeys yet.

I spent 14 hours today writing new code for hotkeys. I'm not reusing stuff from my earlier programs. Mojo's new hotkeys have none of the limitations of HotkeyNet. They can have unlimited numbers of keys, they can consist of "chords" of regular keys with no need to declare the regular keys as modifiers, they can end with modifiers, they can consist of a single modifier, etc.

* What's the "Toons" button for ? nothing happens when I click, nothing happens when I load wow... it's always empty ...

Folks, this is an alpha test. I'm writing a brand new program and posting builds almost daily as I make them. You're seeing stuff as it gets made. I just began to make the Toons window.

Imagine you're watching me build a house. I"m pouring the foundation. I'm starting to nail the framing. But there's no plumbing, no sheetrock, no roof yet.

Asking why the Toons window doesn't do anything yet is like watching a bunch of guys pour concrete for a house foundation and asking them why the kitchen stove doesn't work.

* Hmm cool it broadcasts everything... but ahem... how do I tell it to not broadcast WASD so I can move just the main toon ?

Once again, you're watching me write the program. It's exactly 38 days old. I started writing it on November 3. (Er, make that 41 days. Time flies when you're having fun.) That's not a lot of time to write a program of this size and complexity.

There are many, many, many features that will be added.

[Moorea]

I was trying to be humorous about some of the normal and to be expected problems (but not sure that came across) - pretending in the questions to be a noob user - also near the beginning:

* Is it ready/usable

It's very early alpha - feel free to try and give feedback but it's not quite ready yet to replace HKN or other mature software

was also another way to say that obviously there are things not finished !

and it is great to get to see it as it gets built; it's not a problem, it's a privileged ! I enjoy it!

[Freddie]

I was trying to be humorous about some of the normal and to be expected problems (but not sure that came across) - pretending in the questions to be a noob user - also near the beginning:

I guess I missed the joke. It's not the first time.

and it is great to get to see it as it gets built; it's not a problem, it's a privileged ! I enjoy it!

Another way to look at it is, here's an oppportunity to see somebody walk a rope without a net and possibly fall on his face!

[Mystraine]

Love ya freddie this is shaping up too be one of the best boxing progs. im keeping and eye on ur progress cause its facinating me how the prog is made step by step Again Well Done ps Ust to be Mystrani i boxed 4 shammys and pally 3 hunters on feathermoon.\ If ya wondering who i was

[Freddie]

Love ya freddie this is shaping up too be one of the best boxing progs

Thanks for the encouragement. I appreciate it a lot.

. im keeping and eye on ur progress cause its facinating me how the prog is made step by step Again

Glad to hear it. A lot of stuff that I'll show will be rough because I'm not sure how to design it. It's like showing people a rough sketch and asking, "How do you think this can be improved?"

I'm hoping people will keep suggesting improvements and I'll keep making changes. Back and forth we'll go, me making builds and testers making suggestions, and eventually the program will be great.

[Moorea]

added build# to faq - any other question you guys think should be captured/will hit new testers?

[Fursphere]

Does Mojo support multiple PCs?