Pwnboxer with Anarchy Online

[Brocifer]

Hi all, I came here to find out if anyone had experience using Pwnboxer with AO. Specifically I'm looking for a way to run my alternate doc and have it follow me around and provide heals as needed. I think Pwnboxer might fulfill my needs, but the more I began to dig in to the details, the more questions I have.

From the looks of the videos, it seems a lot of people are using configurations that use the same class/profession so I guess I have three questions really:

1. Is Pwnboxer fully compatible with Anarchy Online and are there any potential bugs or problems I should be aware of if I use it with it?

1. Is it doable to use use Pwnboxer to run separate classes without too much trouble or any pitfalls to running it configured with different classes/professions?

2. Can someone elaborate a little on how commands can be passed between clients? In an ideal situation, I'd be able to hit a macro on my main which somehow triggers the doc on my alt account to toss heals and/or buff routines on me at will. Is that possible with this application?

Thanks so much for any help you can provide in advance.

[Tim]

Quick question: Can you run AO directly?

I played that game ages ago, it was pretty fun, I could see multiboxing being fun. I'm not sure if the game handles /follow type of macros, but if it did, you'd probably be golden.

[Brocifer]

Originally Posted by Tim

Quick question: Can you run AO directly?

I played that game ages ago, it was pretty fun, I could see multiboxing being fun. I'm not sure if the game handles /follow type of macros, but if it did, you'd probably be golden.

Yessir, I just found a way to capture the parameters the launcher passes this morning. Just launched the game directly via client.exe. There's a little trickiness involved w/ the auth tokens, but that's it.

[Brocifer]

Was the launcher the biggest obstacle to getting it working? Was kind of hoping to hear your assessment given I've found a way to circumvent it.

Cheers

[Chamassa]

If you have found a way to bypass the launcher, then it should work. But that depends partially on HOW u bypass it.
Could u give some details?

[Brocifer]

Originally Posted by Chamassa

If you have found a way to bypass the launcher, then it should work. But that depends partially on HOW u bypass it.
Could u give some details?

Sure thing, in a nutshell I hacked it. What I did was create an executable that simply displays a window listing any parameters that get passed to it in order. So, I launch the launcher as normal then swap out the game client.exe w/ my homebrew. I then proceed to log in as normal, at which point the launcher hits my app and displays all the relevant parameters (account name, pw, playfield, location, auth tokens, etc.) which can then be passed via a shortcut to the original client.exe to launch the game directly.

So in short, it's ugly and at the moment it's a manual process ( I also noticed that if you don't act fast, the auth tokens will expire) but it is possible to launch the game directly using this method.

[Brocifer]

Hmm, I don't really want to drop the $40 on the software just to test this. Is there some kind of trial? I would happily pay if I knew it would work, but am not crazy about the idea of shelling out the money with no ability to at least verify it will work. Still hoping to hear back from the dev...

[Tim]

Pwnboxer works with any launcher based games anyway. Just used the advanced area of Pwnboxer and put in the final .exe name that the game runs as.

So to restate:

• Run Pwnboxer
  
• Figure out the final .exe of whatever game. Eg, launcher.exe then launches ao.exe as the final game name (just making up those exe names as an example) so you put ao.exe as the final game name.
  
• Go into Pwnboxer, configure the # of games, go into the advanced game path area, put in the final game .exe.
  
• Run the launcher for the game or whatever they use, launch the game the # of times you want.
  
• Then once you have the games launched, click the "START" button in Pwnboxer. Pwnboxer will the seek out the game .exe names and take control of those processes. It will then automagically layer the windows according to how you configured it in Pwnboxer, broadcast keys multibox style, etc.
  
• BAM - Multibox!

NOTE: Pwnboxer does not hack or do any hack type of actions that would break any license. So if a game specifically does something to block multiboxing, Pwnboxer will NOT break the law and hack the game to allow you to do something the game doesn't allow. I keep things 100% legit by staying within the no-hack concept.