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Multi box question.

Multi boxing is very fun and rewarding.

The big thing is that free software used to do this is not that great. And the pay to use softeware is expensive.

When I dual-boxed I leveled up a tank/heal combo playing both at the same itme, and queing into dungeons. 2 sets to over level 70.

What I used was a program called "Octopus" But for some reason it's impossibe to find this program online anymore.

And it's not just as easy as me zipping up the file I have for it because it involves patching a windows regestry file, or something.

Anyways... I am not much there. But the basic idea is this.

The Keyclone software by default will copy any key you press any will send it to the other clients.

So first thing you test is jumping. Hit space bar on Toon1, you will see Toon2 jump right after you.

But you don't really wan't to mirror every button. That doesen't work well for playing two different classes. And is a fairly weak way to even play mirror toons.

What you do is set aside some keybinds that will exclusive to your 2ndary (slave) toon.

So say if on my main toon I use normal egrgonomic keybinds like number and letter keys. Then for my slave toon I will use Function keys (F1-F12), Numpad keys.

For moving my Main I use WASD like normal. But for moving my slave (without alt tabbing to his screen) I use the Arrow keys. I do this by unbinding Arrow keys in the mains key binding options. By default WASD and arrow keys do the same thing. Simply unbind the arrow keys so they do nothing to your main when pressed, but still move your slave when the keypress is "cloned" over.

You also don't want WASD to move your slave. So in the Keyclone software there is a tool for "Blacklisting keys" This means that those key presses will NOT be cloned. Blacklist WASD and your normal keybinds to prevent unwanted key presses.

And lastly, the one mega macro you need is a simple "/follow MAIN". Put that on something easy like F1.

You can then press F1 to get your slave to follow your main. Press the back arrow key to get him to stop following. And then press his dedicated keybinds to control his actions. My slave is often a healer to I bind macros like

/tar party2
/cast Renew

I would have part 1-5 bound, to be able to heal any of the 5 people in my group. Or while leveling up you would want to make /assist MAIN /cast NUKE macros.

That's pretty much it. doing this I was able to fool people into thinking each of my toons were being played independantly, as I did not look like the typical "mirrior image" multi-boxer always having the same toons do the same things.

Tips:

Make sure you Keyclone software is set to clone conditionals like holding shift/ctrl/alt. It's not set that way by default.

Don't bother with quests that involve finding X number of items as it just ends up taking twice the time. Stick to quests that can be completed by one toon for another in the group, like kill X # of creatures. Or go here and do X.

reply to Snakeoil
Just my 2 cents, but multiboxing = f@cking lame.

Thank you.

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reply to Snakeoil
I love multi boxing *cough*

reply to Snakeoil

lol.. I am aware of that. But at the same time, if you are just quest grinding, your getting XP from quests.

If the quest can be shared. I just don't want to sit at his PC leveling his toon, while mine just sit in the barn.
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reply to Snakeoil
try auto hot key

I've used it to dual box before with decent results... did same classes (balance druids) and warrior/priest combos.

basically it just makes whatever button you press in 1 wow window also be pressed in the other. movent functions dont work right, so a /follow and a /assist macro will need to be mapped to the slave account.
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