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jydradi

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Post Sat Jun 21, 2014 1:48 am

Dual-boxing WoW on two different sized monitors

As the topic says I am using two different sized and ratio monitors. This causes interesting UI problems with the different accounts, when on account's settings are set for monitor A, and the other is set for monitor B.

I have gotten around this for the most part, but having two different copies of the client on different hard drives, since that allows the client to remember the graphics setting I have picked out for each account.

The trouble I'm having is that ever since the 'gaze of the black prince' patch, whenever I try to launch account A or B, it tries to force me to go through the bnet launcher, which is causing all kinds of wierd problems, including but not limited to, launching the wrong account.

So my question is this: Does anyone have a sane solution for running WoW on two different sized monitors, without having to change my settings every time?
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Post Sat Jun 21, 2014 10:51 am

Re: Dual-boxing WoW on two different sized monitors

jydradi wrote:I have gotten around this for the most part, but having two different copies of the client on different hard drives, since that allows the client to remember the graphics setting I have picked out for each account.

Assuming your ISBoxer profile is setup correctly, there is absolutely no need to have multiple game folders. ISBoxer virtualizes your config.wtf file which is where the resolution of the game client is stored.

Either way, in the Window Layout Wizard you can specify the resolution at which you'd like the game clients to render regardless of monitor size. However, you'll likely have an easier time just rendering at the size of the smaller monitor which, again, can be adjusted if you just go into your Window Layout and resize the Regions manually.

jydradi wrote:The trouble I'm having is that ever since the 'gaze of the black prince' patch, whenever I try to launch account A or B, it tries to force me to go through the bnet launcher, which is causing all kinds of wierd problems, including but not limited to, launching the wrong account.

The problem is most likely caused by the fact that you do have multiple game folders. When you try to launch the EXE file and the client hasn't been updated, then the Blizzard launcher launches itself so that it can update the client -- This doesn't work well when running through Inner Space. So, since the game client has updated with that new minor patch... Have you update both game folders? The standalone BNet launcher doesn't update every WoW folder on your computer, only the one it's assigned to use.

But if that's not actually the issue, then you can double check that the correct Game Profiles are assigned to the correct Characters in ISBoxer (Upper left pane > Characters > select the Character > Bottom right pane > adjust Game Profile).

jydradi wrote:So my question is this: Does anyone have a sane solution for running WoW on two different sized monitors, without having to change my settings every time?

The answers are most likely written above, but if you require further assistance then you're going to need to provide your profile.
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jydradi

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Post Sat Jun 21, 2014 8:38 pm

Re: Dual-boxing WoW on two different sized monitors

MiRai wrote:Assuming your ISBoxer profile is setup correctly, there is absolutely no need to have multiple game folders. ISBoxer virtualizes your config.wtf file which is where the resolution of the game client is stored.

Either way, in the Window Layout Wizard you can specify the resolution at which you'd like the game clients to render regardless of monitor size. However, you'll likely have an easier time just rendering at the size of the smaller monitor which, again, can be adjusted if you just go into your Window Layout and resize the Regions manually.


I should have clarified, when I'm using ISBoxer, there is no trouble. It works like a peach.

It's when I'm just trying to open one or the other account to do non-dual boxing tings. Like dance on a mailbox.

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