PiP explained

[keyclone]

PiP - picture in picture - was created to help the user swap around their maximized clone windows



note that i have region0 selected. i have also set the PiP hotkey for this region to LCTRL+F1.
the hotkey for region1 is LCTRL+F2
the hotkey for region2 is LCTRL+F3
and the hotkey for region3 is LCTRL+F4

here's the starting position. DrJack (yes.. they are noobie test charaters) is in region0
then i hit LCTRL+F2



bam.. region1 has swapped with region0.
then i hit LCTRL+F4



bam... ain't she pretty!
region3 swapped into region1
notice that DrJack is in region3 now.





and with BOOBS, PiP will insure that whenever you hit LCTRL+F2.. you always get the same character swapped into the clone you are sitting on.

enjoy!

8)

[Simulacra]

Dear Keyclone

you are awesome, this has been uppermost in my mind for some time "now if only I could swap out to the new leader on the main screen this software would be perfect" and now it is. Can't wait to get home. How quick is it? really quick?

If it's really really quick I can see myself changing to different chars all the time mid fight, I might actually get to use my mages aoe spells. Send in the pally, grab aggro, switch to mage1 aoe, mage2 aoe, back to pally etc etc

Thanks a bunch

[keyclone]

the speed of the swap will depend on your system
as your small clone moves to the larger clone spot, it will start to render a new, larger image. not a problem, but your graphics card needs to be able to handle it.

one thing to do to help with the load would be to reduce the maxfpsbk... and make sure to cap maxfps. reducing either would leave cpu/gpu for the swap

[Tehtsuo]

Quick question: Is the PIP hotkeys bound only to swapping PIP, or can they be whitelisted so they go through to the clients? My reason for asking, it'd be nice if you hit your PIP key and one character's window got pulled to the main, but also it sent the key to all the windows that you've bound to a macro to set that character as their focus targets...

[Toned]

Quick question: Is the PIP hotkeys bound only to swapping PIP, or can they be whitelisted so they go through to the clients? My reason for asking, it'd be nice if you hit your PIP key and one character's window got pulled to the main, but also it sent the key to all the windows that you've bound to a macro to set that character as their focus targets...

I would have to agree, this would be pretty nice

[Tehtsuo]

Quick question: Is the PIP hotkeys bound only to swapping PIP, or can they be whitelisted so they go through to the clients? My reason for asking, it'd be nice if you hit your PIP key and one character's window got pulled to the main, but also it sent the key to all the windows that you've bound to a macro to set that character as their focus targets...

I would have to agree, this would be pretty nice

Aye, then I'd put a big label on the corner of each WoW UI with the key for them, like so:

|------------|------------|-----------------------|
|2...........|4..........|1......................|
|............|............|....................... |
|------------|------------|.......................|
|3...........|5..........|.......................|
|............|............|....................... |
|------------|------------|-----------------------|

And bind Ctrl-1 through Ctrl-5 for them. Then I could make decisions on the fly, just look over "Oh, 3 is still up, bam, 3 is main and all have him as focus with one keystroke"

[keyclone]

yes.. the key is passed through. so, if you have your macros in place you could trigger the leader swap if you want.

i would warn you NOT to do this, as many times you would want to do something on your clone without changing your main

[Tehtsuo]

yes.. the key is passed through. so, if you have your macros in place you could trigger the leader swap if you want.

i would warn you NOT to do this, as many times you would want to do something on your clone without changing your main

Awesome! More and more, I'm finding incentives to move away from a multiple box solution, Keyclone wins on so many levels.

You're right about the drawback, but honestly, pretty much everything I'd want to do on my clone without changing my main would be OOC, when it doesn't matter if I change my main. Having that one button main swap sounds like a very tantalizing idea.

Another thought: If you set the PiP hotkey for a window to Ctrl-1, and then hit Alt-Ctrl-1, will that trigger the switch? That way you could have one keypress to swap PiP, and hold alt while you press the same one to trigger the switch AND change main. (I'm just full of dumb ideas!)

[Toned]

Forgot to reply back... If you bind your PIP and macros to the same hotkey it = easy mode... but we already know that because of the other posts.

[Fluffy]

ooo this will be super handy for spells that require mouse targeting!.... rain of fire for example looking forward to seeing how fast my comp can re-render the switch



you. sir. rock.