5 boxing on one box

[Owltoid]

Heh, no, but that would be interesting. The closest thing you could do is make sure all their views are the same using SetView, broadcast the mouseclicks using ISBoxer (another program could work, but the delays in mouse clicks may make it even tougher), and they'll all move to relatively the same spot. In practice it really wouldn't work, but it could be funny to try. Take a FRAPS video of your toons if you do attempt. Could be good for a quick laugh on how badly it works

[PineBeach]

I've started using HotKeyNet.

I edited the script so that it would launch 5 instances of wow and resize and position the windows, it'll take a some fiddling to right, if only there was a way to get the position and size of all the windows on screen.

It seems I've found just what I was looking for. I'd come across the HotKeyNet site in the past, but didn't look any deeper since I had assumed that it was used only for broadcasting key presses to multiple applications. It seems to be quite flexible and well maintained.

[Owltoid]

If you have the HKN window open, then it tracks where your mouse cursor is. When I was using HKN I just did some math, given my screen resolution, to figure out how I wanted the screens.

If you decide to try ISBoxer, then it sets it up for you automatically (I'd watch the 40 second video Lax has for setting up ISBoxer where it goes through window positioning).

Enjoy HKN I had lots of fun messing with the scripts. I think it helped my transition to ISBoxer a ton. I often wonder if new users to ISBoxer even know how nice some of the features are (such as auto FTL) because they never had to set the stuff up themselves.

[MiRai]

I've intentionally decided not to use multiboxing bradcasting software

The rest of what I quoted gave your multiboxing history, not a reason as to why you'd making it harder on yourself. So I am curious...

Why?

Perhaps you are you trying to prove a point?
What level are you, or, what is the the highest level of content you've experienced as a multiboxer?

[PineBeach]

Heres a screenshot of the way I've got the windows arranged


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Ultimately I'd like to configure HotKeyNet to load that on startup and then allow me to switch the windows around.

I'm going to try loading that into mspaint and measure the pixels using the selection tool.

[PineBeach]

The rest of what I quoted gave your multiboxing history, not a reason as to why you'd making it harder on yourself. So I am curious...

Why?

Perhaps you are you trying to prove a point?
What level are you, or, what is the the highest level of content you've experienced as a multiboxer?

I'm not trying to prove a point, I'm honestly asking for help.

I'm not a high level multiboxer, I just started a matter of days ago, perhaps 1 week, I dont remember.
I haven't been playing wow for long either.

So far I've found that I dont like using key broadcasters to move the characters, because there are different latencies between the windows, they all dont move at the same time, I think casting spells would be alright though.

[MiRai]

So far I've found that I dont like using key broadcasters to move the characters, because there are different latencies between the windows, they all dont move at the same time, I think casting spells would be alright though.

If I created a character on your realm and watched your characters /follow each other around using any key broadcasting software they'd all be the same. What you're seeing is your own visual lag. Unless your computer is not able to handle 5 instances of the game at once I'm not sure how key broadcasting software would give you in game movement issues? If that is the only reason you're not using key broadcasting software I can only suggest to start trying some or else you might end up quitting before you even get a chance to begin. To each his own though.

[PineBeach]

If I created a character on your realm and watched your characters /follow each other around using any key broadcasting software they'd all be the same. What you're seeing is your own visual lag. Unless your computer is not able to handle 5 instances of the game at once I'm not sure how key broadcasting software would give you in game movement issues? If that is the only reason you're not using key broadcasting software I can only suggest to start trying some or else you might end up quitting before you even get a chance to begin. To each his own though.

Thanks for that.

What I'm seeing is the delay between pressing the key to move in one window and the time it takes for that command to reach the server and then get sent back to all the other windows. It sort of annoys me to hit the key whilst looking at a window and see one character move, while the other characters haven't started to move yet because the server hasn't sent the message to say that they have started to move. Hope that makes sense. That's my interpretation of it.

I really can't imagine quitting now that I've started, I really enjoy having a "Party" of characters to go adventuring with. I'm not trying to beat anyone or prove any kind of point about my skills. I used to play ssi role playing games as a teenager and I played warcraft 1 too. Just having fun.

[MiRai]

I'm not trying to beat anyone or prove any kind of point about my skills.

If you can multibox current end game content without the use of key broadcasting software, then I tip my hat to you my friend. I believe you would be the first to accomplish such a feat.

[PineBeach]

If you can multibox current end game content without the use of key broadcasting software, then I tip my hat to you my friend. I believe you would be the first to accomplish such a feat.

I've got little interest in attaining that particular achievement.

I can imagine using a key broadcaster to make all the spell casters cast a spell at the same time, it would be really handy. But movement just makes my head hurt. I need to see the characters move exactly when I move them, not a short while later.