HotkeyNet + AOE!

[Freddie]

This is no different than using a wireless mouse to click the same spot on all copies (though that won't work on folks that multibox on one machine).

I haven't tried hardware, so I may be mistaken, but I think there are several differences. For example, HotkeyNet scales for different window sizes and shapes. Please correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think hardware can do that.

It works OK but it does have occasional issues, much like the rest of multiboxing.

What issues did you notice? I like to hear problems so I can try to make it better.

[Tehtsuo]

My question is, could hotkeynet be set up to run alongside keyclone. I don't see any reasons it wouldn't but I haven't tried yet. I think hotkeynet is pretty elegant, but I still prefer keyclone as it's more specific to wow. If I could configure hotkeynet to do roundrobin and put in screen names to new windows I might be more interested in moving completely over.

Thanks for the kind words. I can't answer your question about Keyclone because I don't have any experience with it. As for round robin -- if I understand correctly what it does, and I may not, since I haven't tried the program, you can do something similar with HotkeyNet like this:

<Hotkey F1>
<Toggle wow1 wow2 wow3 wow4 wow5... >
<SendFocusWin>
<Key X etc... >

Each time you press that hotkey, the next WoW in the list will get the focus and the specified action will go to that window alone. If this isn't sufficient, let me know what you need and I'll try to add it to the program.

...and put in screen names to new windows

You mean launch WoW and rename it automatically? You can do that with HotkeyNet. Somebody posted a good hotkey definition for that on the HKN forum. You can download it and <include> it in your hotkey file. You can also write a hotkey definition that pops up a little window where you could enter your password etc.

The roundrobin sounds spot on, which is very cool. The screen names that I mean is with Keyclone, you set up commands to start your WoW windows. You can also put in the account name for the window, so each window opens up with the correct Username, and you can just put the password in (Which I do with the override blacklist key as my passwords are the same for all accounts). I think Keyclone does this by modifying the config.wtf on the fly before launching WoW.exe, but I'm not 100% sure.

While you're answering questions Freddie, is there a way to set up a override key of some kind with HKN so every keystroke will be transmitted to all windows? That and the mute all are features I like in Keyclone as well.

[Freddie]

The screen names that I mean is with Keyclone, you set up commands to start your WoW windows. You can also put in the account name for the window, so each window opens up with the correct Username, and you can just put the password in...

Yeah you can do that now with HotkeyNet. Like I said, somebody wrote a good definition for that (it's a pretty complicated script) but you can just download it and <Include> it in your hotkey file. I'll find it for you if you want.

While you're answering questions Freddie, is there a way to set up a override key of some kind with HKN so every keystroke will be transmitted to all windows?

You mean you turn this feature on, and until it's off, every key you press goes to every WoW window on a list? No, HKN doesn't do that. HKN was designed as a hotkey program not a key broadcaster so you need to specify every key that you want to send. I'll think about adding it.

That and the mute all are features I like in Keyclone as well.

I assume mute turns that feature off. HKN currently lets you make two types of hotkeys that turn it off. One is a pure "hotkeys off" button. The other is a toggle.

[Draku]

I think hotkeynet is pretty elegant,

Elegant is a good word for Hotkeynet.......Freddie is an old school very experienced programmer......the speed and accuracy with which he implements new functions is testament to his skill and the 'elegance' of his design

[rarr]

Any chance of seeing hotkeynet working under wine in linux?

[Freddie]

I can't remember if anybody has tried it.

[rarr]

I have

and no it doesnt.

Loads up the hotkeynet welcome page, close that and then nothing

edit: sorry not nothing, crashes with unhandled exception.

I can send you a register dump, stack dump and a backtrace if you like

[Freddie]

I don't know if that stuff will mean anything to me because it might be Wine's exception but if you send them to me I'll look at them.

I don't know anything about Wine but I just read this on the Wine website:

If your application experiences problems in a particular area, or fails to even run at all, there are a number of steps you can take to help us. The most important thing is to find out where exactly the application is failing. To diagnose application problems, the first step is to run the program from the console using Wine, rather than from a gui shortcut. This will allow Wine to output error messages to the console, the understanding of which are key to solving the problem and getting the application to work.

An application may not work because Wine doesn't yet fully implement one of the DLL files the application is trying to use. If you encounter a DLL not found error, or see a lot of "FixMe:" messages while running the application in Wine, this is likely the case. When this occurs, you can try using native (non-Wine) DLL files in place of Wine's builtin ones. Check the application database page for the program. There may be special configuration options or instructions for installing native DLL files there that you can try to get the application working. For further configuration help, please see the Running Wine section of the User Guide.

If the application still doesn't work, it's probably due to a bug or deficiency in Wine and we'd like to hear about it. Please see the reporting bugs page for instructions on how to best report bugs with applications. Alternatively, if you're a programmer, we'd really like it if you tried to help us directly; please read the getting started with Wine development guide if you're interested.

[rarr]

Like you said, probably something to do with wine but I've sent the log across anyway.

[Freddie]

Ok I wrote back.