for those Multiboxing entire groups .... question ?

[jinkobi]

I like having everything contained to 1 PC personally. You only have 1 head- so honestly you can only look at 1 monitor at a time. With this in mind I like having all my windows on 1 monitor as well.

[Nisch]

this is what im trying to figure out ... yeah 6 monitors laid out in a semi cirlce around you can get rough on neck and back

so when all on one PC you can switch to which is your main ?

what about if one char wants to chat with other players they all dont type it at same time do they?

if you want to switch which char is asking a quesiton to say an OOC channel is that easy enough ?

I guess the main QUESTION is .... to the community ... IF YOU had a beefy enough machine would you run them all on one pc with two monitors or still use 2 PCS one for main and one for slaves?

Well I have 6 monitors, in two levels of 3......it's still annoying.



Yes, you can run any of your alts as a "main". With ISBoxer, it automatically does the FTL setup, so all your keys work, assists work, etc, without any configuration. Very impressive. Just hit your hotkey, or click on the screen you want to switch to, all your "now" alts follow your "new" main, and all spells/assists/attacks work the same, all changed on the fly.

With ISBoxer, it doesn't always broadcast. You can setup keymaps which are special keys that are broadcast and do certain combinations. Otherwise, there is a hotkey you can set which turns broadcasting on and off. so it works like hardware boxing and software boxing, all at the same time.

I didn't think I had a beefy enough machine at first, but I upgraded to a solid state hard drive and it made ALL the difference in the world. It's really a great setup running all on one PC if you set it up right, leveraging it in your favor.

[zenga]

@nisch

that fan looks pretty dangerous mate ...

[MiRai]

Nisch there is a HELICOPTER ON YOUR WALL.

On a less serious note...

I've been using 1 PC with ISBoxer for about 1.5 years. I am in the middle of building a new machine and I will then have 2 to
play on. The only reason I will be using 2 machines is because I would like to FRAPS some situations with high graphics
where there may be a lot of action and I don't want a performance hit or my recording FPS to dip down too low.

[Crayonbox]

I just finished up a new set up and am running an i7 950 OC'd at 4.0ghz, 16gigs of ddr3, and 2x ati 6870s. Running all 5 accounts on 1 machine and on ultra gfx settings with fraps np np. I may eventually lower the gfx a bit once I get into AV again on my new set of toons... but until then, I will be enjoying playing my chars all on ultra settings :P

PS GFX update makes the game look absolutely beautiful.... * its been 2 years since i last played. back for cataclysm. xD

[kate]

I do one reasonably decent computer. I have 2 monitors, but usually run all instances on one monitor and have the second one for watching video, reading websites, etc. It definitely gets strenuous on my neck turning back and forth when I play; heck, even looking up at the minimap can become obnoxious which is why I have my minimap overlaid atop my center of screen.

The advantage of single machine boxing is one less thing to maintain, I guess. And my current PC is pretty efficient - it draws maybe 75% of the power of my old machine, so 2 machines would likely (even if lower spec) draw more electricity. I don't really see any disadvantages to single machine boxing as long as you have the hardware to handle it.

[Nisch]

Nisch there is a HELICOPTER ON YOUR WALL.
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lol......it's actually a very effective way of storing radio controlled helis.

[Nisch]

@nisch

that fan looks pretty dangerous mate ...

Are you speaking of the one in the middle of the computers? It's actually quite secure.


if you're speaking of the "one" hanging on the wall...........well that's just living life on the edge