Cannot figure out how to get follow and assist to work in inner space / ISboxer...

[Malgor]

Thanks so much!

I really can't tell you how nice it is to have people out there, who don't know you, but are willing to help. Humanity is alive!

I'll test it in the morning. It's 11:30am here and was just getting done with dishes, etc.

When you say "I then went to your controls, and changed those too... Home became F1, and Page up became F2." What do you mean exactly? Since F1 and F2 are already bound in game to something are you meaning in game key bindings?

Thanks again!

Mal

[Riiker]

Apps, if u don't mind I can take this one. He means that in ISBoxer, he made activate slot 1= F1 and activate slot 2= F2.

As a side note, if ISBoxer has a hotkey assigned (F1 for example) when you press F1 ISBoxer kinda intercepts it and uses it for itself. SWTOR the actual game would never know that you just pressed F1 since it is already assigned as a hotkey in ISBoxer.

[Apps]

Apps, if u don't mind I can take this one. He means that in ISBoxer, he made activate slot 1= F1 and activate slot 2= F2.

As a side note, if ISBoxer has a hotkey assigned (F1 for example) when you press F1 ISBoxer kinda intercepts it and uses it for itself. SWTOR the actual game would never know that you just pressed F1 since it is already assigned as a hotkey in ISBoxer.

Dont mind at all. Hows the baby? Did you mention if it was a boy or a girl? I may have missed that. Is this your first, third? I need details man! LOL.

Thanks so much!

I really can't tell you how nice it is to have people out there, who don't know you, but are willing to help. Humanity is alive!

I'll test it in the morning. It's 11:30am here and was just getting done with dishes, etc.

When you say "I then went to your controls, and changed those too... Home became F1, and Page up became F2." What do you mean exactly? Since F1 and F2 are already bound in game to something are you meaning in game key bindings?

Thanks again!

Mal

Malgor, you're welcome. I personally only ask one thing. Remember this experience when you are boxing a year from now, you're more experienced, and a user needs help. Im sure you know, and its no secret, we boxers have a tough enough time dealing with the uneducated people who rally against us. Love seeing a promotion of brotherhood from our standpoint.

Anyway, Rikers got this nailed. Short version.. wherever you used "Home" and "Page Up" in ISBoxer, I changed them to "F1" and "F2"... I did NOT change the in game Bindings.

Exactly as Riker explained. (great way of looking at it too btw), Since ISBoxer is using F1 and F2 as a hotkey for a swap and key map load, and not an actual "key press" for something in game, then there is no need to change the in game keybinds. Not boxing, there is no ISBoxer. So when you press F1 on your keyboard, SWToR takes that input and uses it for the game... it "knows" what to do with it, because the preset ingame keybinds tell itself that F1 is for Target Party Member 1. However, us boxers, we use multiplexers (ISBoxer) to grab or intercept (I like that word), the key press, and use it... so you could conceivably (for example), set your "B" key in game to something like Jump. without ISBoxer, you press B and he jumps. With ISBoxer, you can write a quick script or mapped key that when you press N, to send B to the game. Now, without actually changing anything in game, when you press N... your guy jumps. Make sense?

Since you are using F6 for TPM1 anyway, (thus freeing up F1... and not to mention its a lot closer to my left hand than Home or Page Up), I decided to use F1 as your player Slot 1 swap and activation. Repeat for F2... and Voila! it works.

I noticed that Page Up when I pressed it, would swap screens, but it wasnt loading the correct key maps. When I windowed back to the first toon (because you typically will swap FROM that window), I noticed the chat had scrolled up... Ah-HA! I said.

Tricxy lil devil.


***Edit**
Oh and in case you didnt figure it out already, I changed the Window layout for something a bit more to my liking. Feel free to run the window setup wizard from the top menu bar, and set it back to how you like it. I prefer windows stacked. Since Im not using click to swap anyway, who cares. Besides, I use the other monitor to read www.dual-boxing.com forums.

[Malgor]

Good Morning!

Well I just got up. Yes I know I slept in - I don't have a baby in the house.

I loaded the ISBoxer profile you had fixed and imported it to Inner Space. The swapping with F1 / F2 works great. I just have to correct the screens because I have two monitors not one.

However acquire target's target still does not work. If I'm on either F1 screen or F2 screen. It just tells whatever screen I'm on that my target doesn't have a target if I'm targeting an NPC. What have I done wrong?

EDIT:

I went into ISBoxer and tried changing the Assist me second action from Target Character Slot:2(Toon B) to all w/o current, but that didn't make it work, so I changed it back.

So am experimenting around in ISBoxer to see why that's not happening.

I added in more DPS keys all the way through 5 and they all work with both toons without repeaters of any kind on, just like they are supposed to work.

It's hard to tell because stuff dies so fast, but I think that when I hit DPS1-5 my second toon automatically is assisting if I've changed targets. Where the acquire target's target is not working is when I initally select a mob that is in front of us and press the ` key. My second window does not pick up that target unless I hit F8 (repeaters all on) then hit ` then turn off repeaters by hitting F8 again. So will try and see why that isn't working.


EDIT 2: I am so stupid!
This is working correctly. I just assumed I wanted to select ` when I don't at all. I just select a mob with my main and hit my attack and with Force Leap they both just jump in. I don't need toon B to have a mob preselected. It's working perfectly!
I went ahead and added in DPS keys 1-9 and = so that I could use my full range of abilities. They all work great.

Thanks again! I'll keep you posed on my progress as I work my way through with these two sentinels!

[Malgor]

Okay am really going now.

Was just barely level 12 30 minutes ago, now level 13 and 2 bubbles.

Thanks again so much for being so patient helping me get these working!

[Malgor]

Now 14!

Yes Riiker got started on this, but as well expected with the newest of the babies, I'm sure he's pretty busy.

So. A big thanks to Riiker.
A big thanks to you, Apps.

Now I just need to figure out the best DPS line up. And, right now it's not too cumbersome to hit F7 when I want my toon to help me track down those ranged fighters. I try and target the ranged in the group first as we force leap in, so that eliminates one track down.

Thanks again. Off to buy new abilities and the most important - Sprint (run fast always!)!!!

[Malgor]

It is thanks!

Hit 20 this morning. Now the servers are down.

I'm thinking for my next team doing two Sages one with a healing spec one with dps. I can see doing more things with having two crowd control toons. The sentinels are great, but they don't get a CC until like level 30 and it's droid only.

[Apps]

I use two Sorcerers... and once of them has a split talent tree, 50% in dps and 50% in healing... the other is all out dps. Reason being, IF something stays alive long enough, even with 4 methods of CC between the two, NOT including the tanks, using taunt as a potential temporary CC, then one of the two can throw a fast heal or shield. then stuff dies.

In PvP it really pisses people off when one heals the other, then they focus on the other, then the first one they abandoned, begins healing the one they are now focusing on. LOL. I kept 5 Rebubs busy for a good 2 mins when doing one Warzone.

[OldRod_KS]

I have a two-consular team (one sage/one shadow). They are awesome together. Especially once they both get their Theran companion (around level 24). Using 2 cc abilities, I can take down any HEROIC 4 with no problem

[Malgor]

Thanks for responding. I got my two sentinels to 22 today between doing stuff around the house.

I have one 25 Sage, and was thinking about just following a newbie sage around with it until they were the same level.

But, then again, I think I want females this time, TWINS!