diamond/4point star formation macro or keymap.

[FaerieGurl]

Hiya I'm totally new to the whole multiboxing thing and I been running into some difficulty. I can't seem to figure out how to make my team line up in a formation instead of ontop of eachother.

example: main-Dailynn in the middle
mage- Dyleena to my right
shaman-Sacie to my left
priest-Fayola behind me
can anyone write a step to step instruction on how to do this with a macro (if it can be done) or a keymap using isboxer?
I can't seem to do it right and its frustating!
Thanks in advance

FaerieGurl-Addicted wow player

[ebony]

hey welcome to mutiboxing

what u need to do is bind a key, left side left, right, down, and up to say like key x when u press this it will move them in a star

[ebony]

here a video about chars moveing

YouTube - How to Multibox: Setting up your first group

is at about 5:20

[Ualaa]

If your software supports Keymaps, you can create a Keymap for this.
Pwnboxer will have Keymaps soon, KC and ISBoxer also support Keymaps.

With a Keymap, you choose a hotkey to press.
And it is broadcast differently to the other windows.

So you might press Up Arrow on the main account.
Which then sends Q (strafe left) to your shaman.
And E (strafe right) to your mage.
And back arrow to your priest.

Alternatively, you can accomplish this with Keybindings within wow, with any boxing program.
Pick an unused keybind like the Tilde " ~ " key.
Assign it as the secondary bind to each desired motion.
By default both Down Arrow and S are assigned to move backwards.
Your desired motions are Strafe Left, Strafe Right and move backwards.
You'd need to change move backwards from Down Arrow or S on the Priest.
And then add ~ as Strafe Left for one toon, and Strafe right for another.

As an aside, you move backwards at half speed.
But forwards or strafe at full speed.
So moving Forward + Left Strafe + Right Strafe, and a stationary toon, gets you a more perfect star.
Moving backwards will make one slightly lopsided.

[FaerieGurl]

oh hey i think i finally got it! they go into formation. but..... they dont stay that way? when they follow me they go stacked ontop of eachother. its frustating lol.

I seen in other videos that thier toons keep formation is that even possible?

[Tim]

Excellent way to test keymaps in PB, great idea !

[Ualaa]

You'll need to disable follow strobe in Jamba or anywhere else that periodically turns on follow.

The act of moving into a formation should break auto follow.

Movement while in a formation will eventually break, since each toon is not looking in precisely the same direction.

You will need movement keys which are mapped to every client, so you can push the equivalent of WASD with each client receiving the forward key etc. Any movement other then forward/back or strafing side to side will destroy the formation pretty quickly.

[Bubba]

Coming from a military gaming background it would be really cool to see toon march in classic formations like the testudo or others. These formations are easier with 200 man armies.

[Ualaa]

I've only bothered with three formations in my IS Boxer guide.
It was more of a how to set up formations with Keymaps, then a look at the formations.

If you can devise the formation you would like to have.
It's not that hard to get toons into it, with a series of forward/back/strafe instructions to each.