Noob needs help setting up 2 toons

[Iru]

Originally Posted by dgriffith

The other thing I am now trying to figure out is how to switch masters. The main problem is that the slave has Click to Move turned on and that does not seem to work well when trying to use him as the master.

I have click-to-move enabled on all my toons and regularly swap masters without issue.

The only downside of enabling click-to-move on your master is the need to be careful mouse-turning. If you click rather than hold the right mouse button down, you can find yourself stopping unexpectedly.

PS I second Muffin's recommendation of SmartBuff. I used to use it for solo play but dropped it when rationalising my mod list ages ago as I didn't really see the benefit. For multiboxing, though, it is godly.

[Poyzon]

Another vote for SmartBuff. I had macros set up for a 5-pally team and SmartBuff helped eliminate ALL of those macros. Now I use it on my mixed team and would never go back.

Now if there was a way to have every buff be 30/60 minutes, I'd be a happier boxer.

[Tim]

WTB Screenshot of a multiboxing group using SmartBuff!

[TheMuffinMan]

Nothing really to screenshot...

You just install the addon, setup the buffs and various options on each toon.

Then on each toon create a macro that contains this line
/Click SmartBuff_KeyButton

SmartBuff creates a floating single virtual button (which I hide) then I just put that macro onto my bars somewhere and bind a keystroke to it (same on on all 5 toons). I put that keystroke into my dockable clicmapping and spam the crap out of it when I need to buff my group. You can spam it because it can tell when you already have a buff on and won't cast that buff again.

EDIT:
Here is a screenshot I posted in another thread ahwile back:


The skull macro next to my "Nudge" button on the right is the button I spam with the above macro in it.

it is that simple. =)
http://wow.curse.com/downloads/wow-a...mart-buff.aspx

One of the options in this addon is when a buff is about to wear off you can alert the user in some way. Most of the alert options are unusable for a multiboxing team (i.e. sound alerts on slaves). One of the options can send a message to your default chat frame (ala "Auction Successful message"), but it doesn't send this message to an actual chat channel (i.e. party), so when a slaves addon sends this message you cannot see it on your main. I haxord the LUA code for the addon on my machine and it instead sends the message to my Party chat. Now I am alerted very easily without actually looking at a slave window when one of my slaves buffs is about to wear off.

[Iru]

I do almost what muffin describes, except I don't bother with a dockable map and just hit the (broadcast) key directly. I also play with my slave on a second monitor and so with the font in the text alert area set very large I can just see that something needs buff and spam the keystroke some more.

[TheMuffinMan]

Originally Posted by Iru

I do almost what muffin describes, except I don't bother with a dockable map and just hit the (broadcast) key directly. I also play with my slave on a second monitor and so with the font in the text alert area set very large I can just see that something needs buff and spam the keystroke some more.

Right on =)

I use the dock because that frees up one more key on my G13 for something else, and 1 of my core personal tenants of multiboxing is to take my eyes of my main window as absolutely little as possible....

just my 2 copper =)

[Nghtmr9999]

Originally Posted by TheMuffinMan

Right on =)

I use the dock because that frees up one more key on my G13 for something else, and 1 of my core personal tenants of multiboxing is to take my eyes of my main window as absolutely little as possible....

just my 2 copper =)

Or just use the dock because your [Saitek Eclipse II] keyboard doesn't have programmable keys. Or just use one of these: ThinkGeek :: DX1 Input System

[TheMuffinMan]

Originally Posted by Nghtmr9999

Or just use the dock because your [Saitek Eclipse II] keyboard doesn't have programmable keys. Or just use one of these: ThinkGeek :: DX1 Input System

Who said I use a Saitek Eclipse II?

I use a G13 + G19... but goal of "saving keys" isn't because I have a lack of them... but I prefer moving my hand as lil as possible... so anything that is a "sometimes" function (i.e. drinking, buffing, LFD accept maros, etc...) I move to a dock button.

[Nghtmr9999]

Originally Posted by TheMuffinMan

Who said I use a Saitek Eclipse II?

I use a G13 + G19... but goal of "saving keys" isn't because I have a lack of them... but I prefer moving my hand as lil as possible... so anything that is a "sometimes" function (i.e. drinking, buffing, LFD accept maros, etc...) I move to a dock button.

I never said you did. That's what I use

[TheMuffinMan]

Originally Posted by Nghtmr9999

I never said you did. That's what I use

Oh rofl it read like that because you quoted me. My bad =)