Pwnboxer Development Live Chat 11-20-10 @ 10am CST

[Tim]

For the first time we are going to do a general Pwnboxer Q+A to get everybody involved on where Pwnboxer is at in general, as well as some ideas you might have, or requests, for features.

Saturday 11/20/10 @ 10am CST @ http://justin.tv/multiboxing

Bring any suggestions you have, bugs you encounter, and general thoughts about Pwnboxer to the stream. No matter how crazy your idea is, I'd love to hear it.

The reason for this chat is that Pwnboxer, to me personally, has reached a state where I find it absolutely perfect for my every day multiboxing needs. However, I just one person out of many, and Pwnboxer really is about the general multiboxing community as a whole, so having YOUR feedback on how Pwnboxer is for you is of utmost importance.

Some possible idea subjects:

• New ways of doing mouse broadcasting?
• New ways of managing key broadcasting?
• Non-multiboxing features (Eg, the Google ping it has now)
• Video streaming built-in?
• Social/community ideas?

Everybody is welcome, including those who use Pwnboxer, those who do not, and everybody in between.

[Tim]

Quick note: During the stream I will be writing down ALL ideas, so just wait up on your idea until I call you out to explain it so I can write it down.

[pinki104]

Video streaming idea sounds good

[Tim]

Originally Posted by pinki104

Video streaming idea sounds good

Might happen

[supamario00]

i PMed you my ideas

[EaTCarbS]

I thought of one recently :-)

[Tim]

Great! Would love to have you show up Carbs and add in every feature that you can think of that would make the most ultimate multiboxing program for you.

[Kensik]

cant wait will be there

[supamario00]

Because my parents feel that my obligations as a Scout come before anything else, and because they don't think my brother can get the info about next week forme, I can't be there

[kasper3577]

I don't know that I will or won't be able to make it just yet...so here are the ideas I had about PwnBoxer.

1. The save configuration seems too technical to me. It seems like when I save configurations, it doesn't save everything on the application. I was thinking more like having a default profile that PwnBoxer loads at every startup, then allowing the user to select the profile they would like to use from the File menu. The default profile should not allow saving any information within it, but each of the (up to) 10 profiles should.

If PwnBoxer already does this, then it must be a Operator Error, because if I make one configuration and save it, I have no way to reset it to the default and go about making another one and end up with the first configuration along with the second all saved into the second configuration file. And, if PwnBoxer already allows this feature, the other side would be some guides in how-to's about using it(more than just the 3-4 videos on the PwnBoxer.com site, it really covers so little of what all PwnBoxer does).

2. The Dockable Clickmapping
I would like to be able to name these as it would be far easier to read a name in the list of them than dock#1, dock #2, etc. and have to open each one to see what is on it. I would also like an apply button in the config screen when changing things like the name on these so I don't have to go all the way out just to see if the name 'fits' inside the box, then go back in to adjust it. Some basic skins of ingame bars styles would make it pretty too, and possibly some sizing options to them.

The only other thing I can think of is the video settings. I know you mentioned that this was going to get fixed, but I just wanted to add one thing...

I would like it if there was a button instead of the slider and the button would open another dialogue box with features on it similar to the games video interface. One of my reasons for this is I like the projected textures and viewing distance set to ultra on all my toons, while things like sunshafts and shadow quality set to low or disabled. I feel appeasing to a larger crowd with more configuration abilities might be a good step forward with PwnBoxer.