Multi-boxing Part 1: Getting Started

[Syro]

Weird....

Have you tried disabling Multiboxer and seeing if it still does it? Or maybe disable other addons that could possibly be conflicting with MB?

[Guiver]

Well I know multiboxer is what is supposed to make all of the alts go to HB2, with the leader staying at HB1, but for some reason the leader goes to HB2 and the rest stay at HB1, even switching to HB1 after combat. I've just been working with it backwards to make up for it, but it's weird.

One more thing though. How do you deal with facing issues? Like let's say we're talking mages and you frost nova > blink. On the leader, it's nothing to quickly turn around because I am controlling him. But what about the other members? Like if you are 5 boxing your shamman and say a rogue pops up behind one of the alts, same thing really, how do you make them all target quickly/effectively in pvp?

[Syro]

I'll be going more in depth about movement in my next video. I haven't gotten into many tricky situations yet, however, I have been practicing some movements and doing some tests.

I bind the cluster of Insert/Delete, Home/End, and Page Up/down keys to movement. They act just like WASD do yet they move all my slaves at once, so if my tank is standing there, I can have my slaves move in any way I want to by pressing those keys.

But really, I don't get jumped much in PvP, because I can usually two shot anyone. It's funny to see them try

[oll-e]

HOW!? I just started using AHK with a single computer all the keys are working and my characters can cast spells at the same time

but what i need to know is how i can move at the same time without using /follow?

there must be a script for using the mouse with x and y axis. what i want to do exactly, is be able to move forward, select characters and change the view similtaneously on both of my characters, right now one is the master and one is the slave i want the slave screen to do exactly what the master screen does.

i have tried writing the script as :

------ #IfWinActive, World of Warcraft
Lbutton::
{
ControlSend,,{Lbutton down}{Lbutton up}, ahk_id %wowid1%
ControlSend,,{Lbutton down}{Lbutton up}, ahk_id %wowid2%
}
return

#IfWinActive, World of Warcraft
MouseWheelUp::
{
ControlSend,,{MouseWheelUp down}{MouseWheelUp up}, ahk_id %wowid1%
ControlSend,,{MouseWheelUp down}{MouseWheelUp up}, ahk_id %wowid2%
}
return ----

but the problem is, when i bring up the wow boxes the mouse becomes ineffective and there is no responce when buttons are pressed, however the icon (that little hand) stays visible and moveable.

I cannot understand the script needed to define the movement of the mouse and duplicate it for slave if anyone could help i would be very gratefull.

[ultimatul]

heya im new in taht kind of things can any one tell me how I can download and from where that bos please :thumbsup: ?

[Grimbo]

Some part of this tutorial was easy to understand ( kinda ) but the rest got way to advanced for a noob like me. I've been dying to try multiboxing for quite some time now, but I just don't understand all that has to be done in order to get things working

Is there anyone out there who could give me a helping hand in this? If need be we could go through everything via msn?

[Guiver]

I dunno a lot of this stuff was pretty direct. If you just goggle the mods he mentioned and so forth you shouldn't have any issue finding everything [it's not ALL on curse.com]

As for figuring anything out the tutorial for octopus tells you step by step exactly what to do, so you shouldn't have too much issue. Just make sure the 'keys' checkbox at the bottom of octopus is checked, that one got me good one night

[Syro]

Yes, this thread is mainly for the people that have the accounts, software downloaded, and they're ready to use it. It helps them have a practical setup to get things going.

I didn't ask many questions because I like figuring things out for myself and exhaust any resource before I'll ask a question.

You should start reading other threads and forums, and definitely read the wiki. There's a ton of information out there, and like educating yourself with anything, it can be overwhelming at first, but give it time and you'll start to figure things out.

[Grimbo]

I really appreciate such quick response. I've tried to follow the guide line step by step, but for some reason I keep having the fealing that I am doing something wrong. I've downloaded the programs recommended, but it's the actual setup that confuses me

[Dermond]

I was worried that Octopus wasn't used much anymore. I'm glad this guide exists.

Now, I have a single, nagging question.

I want to move my cursor from one WoW instance (occupying the left side of my screen) to the WoW instance on the right side. AS it is now, I have to first click on the other WoW window before I can interact with it. I don't like that. Is there a way to just have that second WoW window automatically receive KB/Mouse input without installing a separate utility?

EDIT: Just to clarify, I'm not talking about broadcasting. I just want WoW window #2 to capture mouse and keyboard input as soon as I mouse over the input.

Anyway, yeah, I just want it to behave like it would if I were moving the cursor onto a second physical machine. NO EXTRA CLICKY CLICKY!

If anyone could let me know, that'd be swell.

Also... lesser question: Any way to broadcast mousewheel input? My control scheme uses the mouse to its fullest potential. The wheel, M3 M4 and M5, in combinations using SHIFT CTRL and ALT. That's plenty of action just on my mouse. So far though, the Mouse button broadcasting has been very odd. And no mousewheel support what-so-ever.