I have an occasional runner

[Sctwhit]

First of all, great site and source for information, really glad I found this site!

Secondly, my problem. I dual-box, different computers, linked with Keyclone. My 'slave' seems to occasionally run off and I can't seem to stop him. I have entered w,a,s,d, and shift/ctrl/alt variations thereof, as well as the arrow keys in the do-not-pass section. What I've noticed through some testing is it seems to happen when the toon is moving and starts a cast-sequence macro. I've noticed he stays on follow, but whatever direction he's moving when the macro starts seems to be where he heads off to, forwards or backwards. So this may not even be a Keyclone question, as it may be just be a timing issue moving and starting the macro, but perhaps more of a general for those with Warlocks as secondary toons (or any caster with cast sequence macros), what do you do to combat this? Have I set something up incorrectly?

Thanks in advance!

[Temor]

First of all, great site and source for information, really glad I found this site!

Secondly, my problem. I dual-box, different computers, linked with Keyclone. My 'slave' seems to occasionally run off and I can't seem to stop him. I have entered w,a,s,d, and shift/ctrl/alt variations thereof, as well as the arrow keys in the do-not-pass section. What I've noticed through some testing is it seems to happen when the toon is moving and starts a cast-sequence macro. I've noticed he stays on follow, but whatever direction he's moving when the macro starts seems to be where he heads off to, forwards or backwards. So this may not even be a Keyclone question, as it may be just be a timing issue moving and starting the macro, but perhaps more of a general for those with Warlocks as secondary toons (or any caster with cast sequence macros), what do you do to combat this? Have I set something up incorrectly?

Thanks in advance!

For the record, I have this exact same problem. I tried what another member suggested which was to change my /assist macros from /assist (main) to a preconfigured /target (main), /focus, and using /assist focus but that didn't fix the problem. I used to have 6 clones and one main. But recently tried setting up a second main, i.e., one that I can also use for /assist focus from. By doing that, the problem has doubled. Now I can have this problem from either main. And the problem is not just with forward keys, it's also with left and right. With my configuration, I only use the arrow keys for movement in WoW. What I mean is that inside the game, only the Up Arrow, Down Arrow, Left Arrow and Right Arrow keys are for moving forward, backward, left and right. But occassionally, when I hit my left arrow, all clones will spin to the left. It will do that for about 15 or 20 seconds, I can't stop them, I try but they will keep spinning. The same with forward or backward, they will all move forward for about 15 to 20 seconds. It's as though not only did Keyclone prevent the key from being sent, it was buffered some where and then all of a sudden let them all through. After the 15 or 20 seconds, or whatever time it is, might be 30 seconds, all is back to normal, except that I'm usually dead and need to rez all of my guys in the battleground. By the way, I don't see this problem when I'm not in the battlegrounds. At least not yet. Recently started a new character levelling him and using Keyclone with my high level guys to heal and stuff with him, but haven't seen this problem there.

By chance, are you seeing this problem only when you are in a battleground?

[pinotnoir]

Sometimes I get a runner as well. I spam the follow key when it happens. It has caused several wipes while clearing instances. Happened twice yesterday where one of my toons ran into 2 more groups and we all died.

[Kedash00]

I had that same problem, but i would catch the toon running off, lets say he went running straight ahead, i would click on his window so i could get the wasd keys to work (since they are on do no pass) and simply press w once and he would stop running, same thing for turning, you just press the key for the direction that the toon is running or spinning and it will stop...as for the cause i dunno, but you can catch it in time, hopefully before it wipes you.

[Sctwhit]

By chance, are you seeing this problem only when you are in a battleground?

No, I can recreate the problem in both battlegrounds and pve situations. I played around with it a bit more last night and it's definitely something that happens if the toon is moving and starts the cast-sequence macro. Whatever direction he's moving, he will continue, and again, it's not a 'follow' issue. He shows to still be following, and spamming my /follow macro won't stop him. The only thing that will is tapping the movement key in the direction he's running. If he's spinning left, the a left-arrow tap will stop him, running forward, an up-arrow tap, etc. It's a big issue, but since I'm dual-boxing on two machines it just means I have to put my hands on the other keyboard for a second. Obviously if I was using one machine and one keyboard I could see this being a real problem. I was just curious if I was the only one, and obviously I'm not.

Also let me clarify when both toons are still when I start the cast-seqence everything works great. It's only when I'm moving, which is a big issue in BG's/Arena, and somewhat of a pain when 'speed farming'.

[keyclone]

do you use synergy?

could you be 'in' one screen holding down a key.. and your mouse moves to another screen... and the 'key up' never gets transmitted?

[Sctwhit]

do you use synergy?

could you be 'in' one screen holding down a key.. and your mouse moves to another screen... and the 'key up' never gets transmitted?

I hope I'm not misunderstanding your question, but I don't use Synergy, and I'm using two totally separate machines to dual box. I'm not familiar with Synergy but perhaps it allows control of two machines with one mouse? I use a mouse on each one. The only program I'm using to assist me is Keyclone, and loving it, thanks for sharing it with the masses.

[eso]

Ive been having this same issue 5boxing on one machine with keyclone....

one tap of whatever direction they got stuck in fixes it, but def causes wipes

[Buzzatronic]

I still get runaways as well.

Nothing is more terrifying than being a 3 boxer in a normal 5 man when your moonkin runs past everyone straight into 6 mobs in ramparts and before you can type "it's a runner, just let her die" into party, the tank goes to try and "save" her.

[Olibri]

do you use synergy?

could you be 'in' one screen holding down a key.. and your mouse moves to another screen... and the 'key up' never gets transmitted?

That must be it. I had the same problem and finally figured out that if I went back to the window and hit the same key for the direction I was running he would stop.