Switching to ISBoxer, tips wanted.

[Ualaa]

Hey all,

Up till now i have been using Keyclone and been quite happy with it for the most part, it got me up and running quickly, but I'm finding I desire a bit more functionality.

So decided since I have the weekend free, I should give ISBoxer a try.

I too started with Keyclone and eventually migrated to IS Boxer.
There are a few basic differences between the two softwares, even on a fundamental level.

For example, KC uses 1:1 broadcasting where every key is pushed to all clients.
Unless you utilize a whitelist (only broadcast these keys) or a blacklist (don't broadcast these keys).

IS Boxer has two broadcast modes.
Repeater (which is 1:1 broadcasting, similar the KC -- by default this is both keyboard and mouse).
And Keymaps, which are highly configurable hotkeys or other IS Boxer internal actions.

Ideally, when playing you will have Repeater disabled and Keymaps enabled.
Ideally, each hotkey which you are reliant upon from your KC configuration will be built as a mapped key (Keymaps are groups of mapped keys).
For example, if you have a party buff on Shift F12, create a mapped key with Shift F12 as the trigger and send Shift F12 to each wow window that has a buff on that keybind.

Mapped Keys are an incredibly powerful feature of IS Boxer.
You can target:
- The Current Window Only (Window: Current)
- The Other Windows Only (Window: All without current)
- All Windows
- Any combination of teams/sets, classes, or preconfigured groups (Action Target Groups)... and you can even change who is in an ATG on the fly.

I've read through the intro/faq to get a feel for things. Lots of good info, course much of it is confusing without having ISBoxer in front of me while reading.

I figure the best thing I can do to help my chance for success is swap over but do things in steps.

Currently with Keyclone I use focus based targeting, macros, and the supported 1:1 key mapping to do most everything, (I have added a couple key maps with hotstrings for some formation stuff.

I would actually recommend against this.

Run the wizard, and it gets you a functional interface.
Your DPS keys (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 0, -, =) are FTL keys.
You will want to change your interface from Focus based macros, to spells straight out of the spell book (no macro).
When you press "1", it casts the spell on "1"... but it also has every other toon auto assist (FTL) the toon currently leading, and cast their spell on "1" too.

If you have heals which are based off of assisting the mob, modify these slightly.
a) Remove the Assist your Focus... the FTL will have the healer target the mob too.
b) Leave the [help][[help,Target=TargetTarget] logic in the macro.

Remember your Keyclone interface, absolutely.
But be more concerned with the hotkeys for your actions, rather then the macro which the hotkey calls.

I could take any of my boxing toons, log them on by themself and play them.
IS Boxer manages my round-robin effects, so the first press of the key gets my Fire Elemental or drops Tremor Totem etc, when I one-box a toon.
But it is still a round-robin effect, when I have my entire team playing.

Hook up mouse repeater regions so I can use Healbot (I've used this before, are there better ones?). I think not having to target folks for healing, or losing my MT target while healing others in group would be a big win.

You can use Healbot or Vuhdo, as an all-in-one option for this.
You can also use Grid or OpenRDX for the frames, in conjunction with Clique for the interpretation of mouse clicks.
Either approach works well.

The key will be an alphabetical sorting (or any other fixed order), which is the same on all screens.
That way any given frame refers to the same toon on every screen.

Tovya has an excellent video guide on Repeater Region healing, in the video section of www.isboxer.com