No broadcast software ideas for multiboxing

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Looking for feedback on my plan before I dive in.
5 Accts. 1 PC with 4 VMs.
Planning on making Arduino keypads. Use USB filtering to send one keypad to each VM.

Any reason this would not work. This should not be considered SW broadcasting at all of I am understanding the terms.

I would have to understand a little more detail to give more advice but my initial thoughts are that you may want to go with 5 VMs if you go this route... I say that because your primary WoW client & Warden running on your VM host OS will then have full access to your VM host and be able to document your full setup from "underneath/behind" your VMs and use that against you...

If your approach is anything like Wep's Launchpad approach (see diagram posted above) anything virtual is technically implemented in software and could be construed however Blizz wants to...

I am not an expert in Adruinos nor the Launchpad but to me the following looks like it is probably software or implemented through software:

• - MIDI Translator;
• - rtpMIDI Network;
• - MIDI channel;
• - USB filtering;
• - VMs;
• - VM networks (VMnets);

On a related note I also saw lots of people in the ISboxer discord saying Virtual Machines (VMs) were against the ToS but no one posted sources for that... I would like to understand the source for that before I invest in any VMs... My time is limited so if someone helps gather the info on Blizz's stance on VMs I would be happy to review it and weigh in but right now I don't have time to research that...

At this point, unless I get more info, I am likely going with the following if I continue 5boxing:

• - 1 main PC with 4 WoW clients for 4DPS (or Tank+3DPS) in quadrants with mouse-over &/or hotkey window switching;
• - 2nd small PC with 1 WoW client for Healer with own keyboard/mouse and maybe some foot-pedals;

I like this setup as it doesn't rely on much (if any) 3rd party software and could be done with regular standard hardware that I already have and would not need any multicasting of any keystrokes to be reasonably effective in 5boxing...

Monitor-wise I will likely either do the 2nd PC as hot-key-able Picture-in-Picture on my 4K multi-input Dell Monitor (P4317Q) or a typically minimized remote control window (like via Remote Desktop Protocol or www.splashtop.com) or both...

Keyboard/Mouse wise I will have separate dedicated keyboards/mice for both PCs but I may add a hardware USB switch to be able to turn on/off the parallel hardware USB replication of my main keyboard to the 2nd PC (not decided for sure yet as that is technically multicasting). If I do that I will make sure that any client key-binds on my healer are not shared with my Tank/DPS so there will never be any chance that one action by me will cause more than 1 action in 1 WoW client...

For reference my main PC will likely work/function like this (except I would likely do 4 Hunters, PaladinTank+3Hunters, &/or PaladinTank+3Warlocks) in the quadrants:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UiGL_Phzsk

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/504835144016986112/774276561359732787/IMG_9044.mov

The reason why I picked these teams (4 Hunters, Paladin+3Hunters, &/or Paladin+3Warlocks) is because I want to be using a team that doesn't either need multicasting 1 input to multiple wow clients nor require tons of keystrokes/mouse movements (Actions per Minute) to be effective (I have carpel tunnel and neck and back injuries). If you are interested in more detail there is more discussion regarding why those teams here:

https://www.dual-boxing.com/threads/...st-multiboxing