Two Boxing WOW

Demetrius · 10/24/06, 1:43 PM

I did not find an article on using two boxes to play WOW using the search feature of this site.

Can someone link to me an article or website or company that sells the peripherals to do this? I will take any advice as well.

Do people two box to solo or do they do instances/raid while two boxing?

berg · 10/24/06, 1:49 PM

If you have 2 actual computers with 2 monitors side by side I highly recommend the utility synergy that will allow you to use the same input devices to run both just by mousing over back and forth.

Google for "sourceforge synergy" and you will find it for sure. I used this on my wifes laptop to powerlevel some twinks using my Shaman as a heal bot and it worked very well.

Ghostz · 10/24/06, 1:50 PM

I just alt tab and run WoW again. That just opens up a second instance of the game, and you can do just about anything with it other than log on to the same account. If your comp can handle it, thats all it takes. I have an AMD 3000, 1GB of RAM and an ATI X800 and I can have 2 WoWs open simultaneously in a raid enviroment (best double boxing I've done is 2 rogues on PW).

Gyshall · 10/24/06, 1:55 PM

Google is a fantastic resource.

www.google.com

Phlis · 10/24/06, 1:56 PM

Originally Posted by Demetrius

I did not find an article on using two boxes to play WOW using the search feature of this site.

Can someone link to me an article or website or company that sells the peripherals to do this? I will take any advice as well.

Do people two box to solo or do they do instances/raid while two boxing?

I used to, on my laptop. When I was leveling this hunter, my 3rd, my friend let me use his hunter, and I ran myself through every instance up to about Mara for quick gear. It's pretty easy if it's the same class.

On my server, there is the Zins, A, B, C, D, and Xzin, X is the Main. 4 Mages and a Priest all on seperate boxes. It's rather impressive, he got them all rank 1 last month. Our Battle Group hates him.

And, my last story, when I played FFXI, my link leader Chainspell played 6 different classes on 6 different machines using the macro system and /follow.

It can be done, legally, with seperate accounts. It is however a lot of work to get setup correctly and macro'd how you like. It's rather impressive when done well though.

Vhal · 10/24/06, 2:03 PM

Originally Posted by berg

If you have 2 actual computers with 2 monitors side by side I highly recommend the utility synergy that will allow you to use the same input devices to run both just by mousing over back and forth.

Google for "sourceforge synergy" and you will find it for sure. I used this on my wifes laptop to powerlevel some twinks using my Shaman as a heal bot and it worked very well.

Synergy works really well for this.

If you only intend on running two instances, set the monitors near each other, and use some UI mod that lets you move important ui elements (especially hotbars and party frames) near the edge of both monitors. Have both systems running WoW in full screen windowed mode, and just flick the cursor to the edge of the screen to hit a button on the other system. Very easy.

• malthrin · 10/24/06, 2:05 PM

Originally Posted by berg

If you have 2 actual computers with 2 monitors side by side I highly recommend the utility synergy that will allow you to use the same input devices to run both just by mousing over back and forth.

Google for "sourceforge synergy" and you will find it for sure. I used this on my wifes laptop to powerlevel some twinks using my Shaman as a heal bot and it worked very well.

Seconding synergy. It's great for setting up a customized desktop environment - imagine having a Windows gaming environment and Linux practicality acting as if they were a single dual-monitor desktop. It's also great if you have an entertainment system PC hooked up to your TV - synergy it with a laptop and it's easy remote control.

deric · 10/24/06, 2:27 PM

Originally Posted by Ghostz

I just alt tab and run WoW again. That just opens up a second instance of the game, and you can do just about anything with it other than log on to the same account. If your comp can handle it, thats all it takes. I have an AMD 3000, 1GB of RAM and an ATI X800 and I can have 2 WoWs open simultaneously in a raid enviroment (best double boxing I've done is 2 rogues on PW).

I did priest+rogue on Loltheb last night due to a lack of healers /flex

Artaxz · 10/24/06, 2:54 PM

Its pretty easy to do if you use window mode.

spronk · 10/25/06, 12:43 AM

for those using synergy, do you have a problem with mouselook - right clicking and trying to spin the view rotates the camera rapidly and fairly uselessly, kind of like an amusement park. i've played with the various synergy options, the only way to make it work is to scroll lock the 2nd PC when its active and then the mouse works ok. This is a bit annoying though, even with a extra mouse button bound to scroll lock it means I can't just seamlessly shift windows, press a few buttons, and shift back.

xarg · 10/25/06, 1:38 AM

I use synergy here at work and it certainly does the job, but it's far from bug free. Might be because I'm using one W2K box and one KDE box. But I often have it crash, ctrl/alt/shift get stuck down, stops communicating, etc. Sometimes to the extent where I have to restart both boxes to get it going again.

Other than the glitches it certainly does the job.

Walmar · 10/25/06, 4:31 AM

That program looks great ... not only for twoboxing but for normal work.

Thanks
Walmar

Warpony · 10/25/06, 4:38 AM

Start 2 instances of WoW on the same computer.

Windowed mode, not maximized.

Then just alt-tab...

It switches perfectly, next to no lag at all (If you use maximized or alike you'll get lag). And my computer is definetly no powerhouse (in general ~20fps in raids and alike).

This is what i'll use to lvl my Paladin, using my 60 priest, in TBC.

Xtee · 10/25/06, 4:41 AM

Originally Posted by xarg

I use synergy here at work and it certainly does the job, but it's far from bug free. Might be because I'm using one W2K box and one KDE box. But I often have it crash, ctrl/alt/shift get stuck down, stops communicating, etc. Sometimes to the extent where I have to restart both boxes to get it going again.

Other than the glitches it certainly does the job.

Does any one using the same OS on both boxes have the same problem?

Thanks
Walmer

Farstrider · 10/25/06, 4:53 AM

Here's a half decent article on it that I remember reading a while back

http://wow.gameamp.com/guide/viewGuides/136.php!orderBy=

I've actually got 3 WoW accounts, with 6 60s spread across them (all horde) but never practically 2boxed to do anything more than open DM North/West, or take a twink through Deadmines or WC, to be brutally honest, I'm not sure if I have the coordination.

Although people are, understandably, very sceptical of this sort of behaviour, I'm pretty impressed by anyone who manages to make it work seamlessly in an instance setting. I'm almost 100% sure that if I had the skills, 2 manning the whole of BRD with a druid & hunter combo would be very easy & very profitable.

Walmar