Window resize issue

[Lax]

An early preview build of ISBoxer 36 with these fixes is now available. Anyone interested can come to the ISBoxer Chat Room for a download link.

[Dooz]

Will do right after work.... Thanks again Lax.

[jinkobi]

np, thanks for providing the information you could.

On the subject...

I spent the last few days rewriting windowsnapper, the script ISBoxer is configuring to run the window layout. Originally it was built before ISBoxer, so it was originally meant to be kind of simpler since the parameters had to be manually entered. With ISBoxer it ended up being a mess of things thrown in as afterthoughts -- e.g. the Desired Rendering Size and even the option to have a Window Layout with "no holes" (where not all of the windows actually have a separate spot when inactive, one borrows from another when the windows swap).

The new code fixes a bunch of bugs like, and specifically including, the ones mentioned in this thread, and makes some new things possible to do.

For example, in the next build there's a new option to leave window swapping enabled, but disable instant swapping (purposefully making it slow). Disabling instant swapping will improve FPS in general and make all clients "readable" (actually rendered in the smaller resolution etc), at the cost of breaking mouse broadcasting and of course swapping speed. For people who don't need either of those (or is coming from other software and wants the same baseline performance), disabling instant swapping is probably a great idea. Better still, instant swap can be toggled on the fly. After disabling it you need to switch through each of the windows to get them to reset the window, but it's an easy way to improve performance if you're going to be in Dalaran for a while and don't need mouse broadcasting or instant window swapping for a while, etc.

Another related feature I added support for in the next build is "focus follows mouse", so if Swap isn't set to "Always" (e.g. instead set to only when you press a hotkey) you can simply mouse over your other windows to type in them real quick, etc without having to click first.

Anyway, I'm excited about these and other changes coming. Should make a lot of people pretty happy

Very very nice Lax!

When you say instant swap disables mouse broadcasting does that also mean repeater regions?

Loving all the stuff you're doing Lax. That windows focus thing I was just thinking about recently and BOOM there it is! Sorry to sound like a gushing fan but I guess I am, lol. Like a lot of others on here we've fell in love with your software and couldn't imagine multiboxing without it.

Look forward to the new build will try and swing by and grab it asap.

[Lax]

When you say instant swap disables mouse broadcasting does that also mean repeater regions?

It doesn't "disable" it, it makes it not work right because the windows will no longer be in the same resolution if instant swap is disabled. For example if you have a 800x600 window and a 400x300 window, mouse broadcasting to the small window will only work in the upper left 400x300 of the main window. Likewise, mouse broadcasting from the small window to the big window will only cover the same portion of the main window.

If the windows are all the same size, then swap should be instant and mouse broadcasting should work, whether the instant swap option is disabled or not.

[Dooz]

Just DL'd preview build 36 from the chat room. All of the issues that I had are gone. I was in Dalaran last night getting 20-30 FPS with instant swap toggled, when I was getting in the single digits with build 35. My BG framerate was in the 30's from start to finish. With build 35 I never got out of the "teens" for a FPS during a BG. That made the PvP hard.

With build 36 I started off losing a window to the task bar occasionally. I figured out that if you toggle "only deactivate for game windows" in the "Main Region Switcher" menu, this issue goes away. Also, the mouse wheel scrolling between windows is a MUCH easier way than "click" or "Alt-tab."

I haven't frozen up once in about 15 restarts.

Thanks Lax!

[Lax]

Yeah the "only deactivate for game windows" used to always be on for one window layout style, and always off for another. In the build you got it was off by default, but I'm going to change it to on by default.

[pwnstarz]

Seems like a common problem. I have it sometimes and need to close all windows and go again and so do other boxxers on my server

[Lax]

Just come to the ISBoxer Chat Room and get the ISBoxer 36 preview It'll be released sometime in the next week though

[Myc]

However if you close the affected window and re-launch your character set, ISBoxer should see that the others are still open and only re-launch the one you closed (which is awesome I might add)

Whatttt...... Thats effin awesome. wish i knew about that. lol


don't know if others have similar problems.. (itunes).. when it opens puts windows 7 in early'r mode..(aka fcks up your task bar.) this messes up your screens cause the bar now covers them or moves your screens up. (if you catch the message that says 'blah blah blah has changed' click don't show again and your task bar should be fine. (that is if you keep the taskbar hidden)

+kudos to LAX love the work.

[kernel.k]

I use this for the task bar in windows 7 which has had the "windows always on top of the taskbar" function removed (dumb asses , the task bar aint that great and i dont always want to see it)

http://www.aviassin.com/taskbareliminator

its free and its great!