Couple of Bounty Hunters walking around doing there thing

[Apps]

LOL! howd I miss this thread Kris!?!?

First, I love that you can see our dialogue in your pictures. Thank God you didnt post pictures of what else we said.

I think its worth mentioning, that even single boxing, there was some server lag on that particular server, especially in Hutta. I saw lots of people lagging. I didnt personally, but I saw a lot of singles.

@ Lyon, you can level with missions alone with your companions. You do group with companions yes, so, a simple way of doing this is, to drop one person from the group, and rotate a companion around. Drop the next, get his companion, and pick back up the first. Sure, it could be cumbersome, however it is doable with missions. Flashpoints... no. Obviously, you're gonna have to run two, finish the FP, then run the other two.

What I do not know is... can you degroup two, put those two in a group their own...gather your companions for both groups, and run into the FP zone. I can see targeting being a little tricky, but after they allow macros, it "should" be doable I would think, to run two teams at the same time, through two different FPs, so long as you target the same mobs, and choose the same FP path when talking to NPCs. I realize this is theorycrafting, but correct me if my mechanics thinking is wrong... it should work.

[Lyonheart]

LOL! howd I miss this thread Kris!?!?

First, I love that you can see our dialogue in your pictures. Thank God you didnt post pictures of what else we said.

I think its worth mentioning, that even single boxing, there was some server lag on that particular server, especially in Hutta. I saw lots of people lagging. I didnt personally, but I saw a lot of singles.

@ Lyon, you can level with missions alone with your companions. You do group with companions yes, so, a simple way of doing this is, to drop one person from the group, and rotate a companion around. Drop the next, get his companion, and pick back up the first. Sure, it could be cumbersome, however it is doable with missions. Flashpoints... no. Obviously, you're gonna have to run two, finish the FP, then run the other two.

What I do not know is... can you degroup two, put those two in a group their own...gather your companions for both groups, and run into the FP zone. I can see targeting being a little tricky, but after they allow macros, it "should" be doable I would think, to run two teams at the same time, through two different FPs, so long as you target the same mobs, and choose the same FP path when talking to NPCs. I realize this is theorycrafting, but correct me if my mechanics thinking is wrong... it should work.

Yea.. i knew a great way to get both SPs and Affection up is to run FPs. I made some video of it.. i just suck at editing.. I will get it done at some point. I just like the companion interaction while leveling. If i get to 50.. gear up both my toons and their companions. and feel the need to run 2 more toons.. you bet I will. But I am hoping I can get by with two toons at a time+ the companions. I mean I'm not sure how long ToR will keep me interested yet, so 4s would be more of a leap of faith.. End game is an unkown at this time. And I am proud to admit. i actually am looking forward to Pokemon and Fung Fu Pandas!

[Kris1234]

First, I love that you can see our dialogue in your pictures. Thank God you didnt post pictures of what else we said.

lol i didnt even bother to look at the chat window when posting these, luckily we kept the chat both clean and civilized lol

[Altsoba]

lol i didnt even bother to look at the chat window when posting these, luckily we kept the chat both clean and civilized lol

Hello Kris1234,

I've been more and more inclined to box 4 from release. The only thing against it is the question about swapping as I can't see how to manage a toon (loot, equip, etc...) without bringing it to the main screen,
Did you have any problems? How did you manage it?

To Lax:
If I'm right about this limitation (and please do correct me if I'm wrong) is there a possible solution for this in the future, given time and research?

I also have another question, I have the following machine:

i7 920 @ 2.67GHz
12 GB Ram
ATI 6970

You think this will hold 4 boxing for SWTOR?

Thank you all,
A.

[Lax]

Hello Kris1234,

I've been more and more inclined to box 4 from release. The only thing against it is the question about swapping as I can't see how to manage a toon (loot, equip, etc...) without bringing it to the main screen,
Did you have any problems? How did you manage it?

To Lax:
If I'm right about this limitation (and please do correct me if I'm wrong) is there a possible solution for this in the future, given time and research?

It's not as bad as you're thinking. The trick is that you just don't use a style of Window Layout that would make swapping slow. My suggested method is to use a Full Screen Stacked layout (meaning they are all the size of the full screen, and you don't actually see the other windows unless you swap to them, which will be instant) and then use Video FX either as Picture-in-Picture, or using dxNothing as a blank window to put them in.

I am working on new features for ISBoxer 40 to simplify this even further and make Video FX even easier to use. Anyone using Windows Vista or later with Aero enabled will probably just forget about that limitation because this should be just as easy to configure and I think it'll be much cooler.

I also have another question, I have the following machine:

i7 920 @ 2.67GHz
12 GB Ram
ATI 6970

You think this will hold 4 boxing for SWTOR?

Sure

[Lyonheart]

It's not as bad as you're thinking. The trick is that you just don't use a style of Window Layout that would make swapping slow. My suggested method is to use a Full Screen Stacked layout (meaning they are all the size of the full screen, and you don't actually see the other windows unless you swap to them, which will be instant) and then use Video FX either as Picture-in-Picture, or using dxNothing as a blank window to put them in.

I am working on new features for ISBoxer 40 to simplify this even further and make Video FX even easier to use. Anyone using Windows Vista or later with Aero enabled will probably just forget about that limitation because this should be just as easy to configure and I think it'll be much cooler.


Sure

VOTE: Lax for President!

The stacked method worked like a champ for me!

[Altsoba]

VOTE: Lax for President!

The stacked method worked like a champ for me!

You have my vote too!

Thank you so much Lax. I finally understood the concept of the dxNothing. I'm aware of the post on your forum about this but I never really understood what the hell was happening on the second screen ... untill now. What we see there are selected live feeds from the stacked windows behind the main window.

I had never used it before (neither the stacked windows nor the live feed on the dxnothing) so that'll be my first goal as soon as I can get my hands on the game .

Anyhow, if we just play it stacked without minding about watching what the slaves are doing, swap is ok (performant), right?

In terms of performance, playing this way (stacked+dxnothing feed), is it a gain or a loss?

Cheers,
A.