new to dual boxing

[Hyz of Sen'Jin]

I cant seem to get the 2 accounts to do the same thing at the same time. :thumbdown: The main account (mine) is the one im viewing, the second account(my wifes) seems to run off the the wrong direction, I set up the action bars exactly the same, BUT they wont do the same things. Does anyone have any helpfull infor for a Dual-boxing noob .. BTW i saw this for the first time on my main server in WoW 2 days ago one toon had 3 all cloning the other had 5 . i cant imagine how hard that is to get coordinated .. i cant even get 2 to run together correctly.

Hyzenthlay, Sen'Jin



TY for the replies i will read up as much as i can, as for my wifes account .. both in my name she has a few toons she plays from time to time, so i say her account.

[Poolboy]

Well,

Welcome to the world of Multiboxing, firstly. You really should read the WIKI and some of the stickies, particularly some of the awesome tutorials from start to finish. Excellent stuff. You should also be aware that playing your's and your wife's account simultaneously is NOT a good idea. It has been discussed at length repeatedly around here. If you truly wish to venture into boxing you need to get yourself a 2nd account in either name and play only the two matching accounts together. There's nothing saying your wife can't play alongside your 2-box... but linking her's along with yours as a clone is a clear ToS nono.

Anywho, 1st thing's 1st. Check out the great info here, it will help you narrow your questions down to specifics and give you at least a basic understanding of what we do.

[kllrwlf]

Read the stickies - This will get you started
Read the wiki - This will also get you started
Do a search - If you need help with something specific
Do not share accounts - It's against the TOS and they will get banned

[keyclone]

Howdy Sen'Jin and welcome to the forums!

coordinating your characters can be fairly simple if you have the right tools and watch out for a couple of things.

if you are using keyclone, getting all your characters to act on the keys at the same time is the easy part.. selectively allowing certain keys through coupled with a few in-game macros is the trick to movement.

it sounds like you are a keyboard driver.. so when you hit W, all your characters move forward, breaking /follow if it was on.
by putting WASD on the do-not-pass list, only your active wow will receive those keys... and your other wows won't break /follow.

so then it boils down to getting the follow correct. and once they are all /following... it's time to get /assist working. basically the same as /follow... just a different macro.

this is by no means all you need to do. this is just the absolute basic level. this is enough for you to get up and running.. and blow something up with all your characters at once.

as you progress, your usage of macros will improve.. helping to streamline the coordination between your wows. you will probably also use different ways of manipulating or delivering the keys... allowing you to more efficiently manage your group. but just like wow... you start small and increase the complexity as you gain more experience

if you have any other questions, please feel free to drop me a note.

have a great day,

Rob

[Sun]

well i been boxing for awhile and can stil make mistakes such as what your describing.

I use my keyboard to move ONE TOON...bind the E and D key to move forward/backwards. Make sure the other TOONs do not have the E D keys bound.

I know KEYCLONE has DONOTPASS mode but I find it easier to just to know have those keys bound on the other accounts. Only bind them if you absolutely need to move to the other screens for movement. Then each ACCOUNT has the same keys bound for movement. THEN DONOTPASS has the LETTER entered on each keyclone (if ur using more than one).

***

The main thing is.... do these simple steps at the very beginning of creating your toons. This is how most have learned how to multibox their accounts. Learn as you go.

****

and btw....your right...if you can get 2 to work together then you can box as many as your heart desires.