Dual-Boxing 101

[Killo]

Thanks for all the info guys!

But, is TANK+DD good idea?
I was thinking PLD+THF or NIN+THF.
Or just go both DD, SAM+WAR.
Any thoughts or suggestions on the TANK+THF?

[otakguy]

Right now I have it all working fine if I don't use the alias, I do //send Ikorose /ma haste Ikorose and she casts haste on herself easily enough. The page said that you can make it so instead of having to type all that out, you can alias it so that I could just type //iko /ma haste Ikorose. All my other aliasing works for regular windower macros but I can't seem to make this one work, any help would be great.

Basically, how do you write the alias for Dualsend?

basically, if you want to do "//iko /ma haste Ikorose" you need the following alias:

alias iko send Ikorose

Note that no ; (semicolon) is used, so everything you type after "//iko" is added on after "send Ikorose".

But, is TANK+DD good idea?
I was thinking PLD+THF or NIN+THF.
Or just go both DD, SAM+WAR.
Any thoughts or suggestions on the TANK+THF?

Tank + DD is easily doable so long as the DD job isn't overly technical. For example, lining up THF for SA and TA while tanking isn't the Easiest thing to do

[fishstix]

My PC isn't exactly awesome either, but runs one window fine; could I run 2 windows on an Athlon XP 2400, 1.5 GB RAM, GeForce 6200 (512MB) and still be able to play normally?

Unless you play at PS2 graphics or less, it might be hard to dualbox on those specs. Can't hurt trying though.

[Myrna]

My last hurdle with dualboxing is movement. A combo of follow and heal macros aren't always ideal (I'm carrer tank, she's whm) so I tired to bind movemet to the gkeys with no success, anything I can do to make her move without alt+tab to her?

Also, those magnifiers in FSM look awesome! I might start streaming regularily with those.

[Day]

With plassit you can make buttons for follow and junk for that character, that's about the easiest thing I can think of for that.

[hezzel]

if playing on multiple PCs like some of us do.

http://synergy2.sourceforge.net/


I highly reccomend this piece of software, as you just need 1 keyboard/mouse for multiple computers.

working on getting my G15 keyboard to send the G-keys over it also for even easier stuff.

[jurjur]

if playing on multiple PCs like some of us do.

http://synergy2.sourceforge.net/


I highly reccomend this piece of software, as you just need 1 keyboard/mouse for multiple computers.

working on getting my G15 keyboard to send the G-keys over it also for even easier stuff.

wow, I had totally forgot about this program from years back.... Thanks!

[fishstix]

Been trying to find Dual Send, but the links arent working D: is Multi send similar and also easy to use?

[Bakthi]

Last I checked, the syntax was identical. Multi-send seemed to use less CPU for me, too.

[Vigilia]

Thanks for all the info guys!

But, is TANK+DD good idea?
I was thinking PLD+THF or NIN+THF.
Or just go both DD, SAM+WAR.
Any thoughts or suggestions on the TANK+THF?

If you Qufimburn then any job combo is easy to multibox. If you plan on doing it in "proper" parties I'd say PLD+ heavy DD or 2xheavy DD are the easiest combos to dualbox. Tank + THF is slightly harder, especially pre-60, but still doable. I'd suggest sticking to Qufimburns 20-60 because then you won't have to worry about SATA lineups, sucky voke bishes and all that crap. And then finishing it off in "normal" parties or however you like.


EDIT: Nvm, didn't notice the dates on this thread and this being a week-old bump... disregard the above if it's not relevant anymore.