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ISBoxer has a new home at [http://ISBoxer.com ISBoxer.com]!
The main ISBoxer web site is at [http://isboxer.com ISBoxer.com].
 
  
'''ISBoxer''' is the world's finest '''multi-boxing suite''', with exclusive features like '''instant window swapping''' (our competitors take several seconds, which can mean your death!), a mouse cursor in every window! Our keyboard and mouse broadcasting offers unparalleled configuration, and works with precision whether using one PC, or multiple. ISBoxer can be very simple to get started with, and in fact '''for World of Warcraft you can go from downloading to actually playing the game with a basic setup in less than a minute!''' ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoZG6b9HjnM Video demonstration of 40 second setup for World of Warcraft])
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{{Section|1=What is ISBoxer?|2=
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[http://ISBoxer.com ISBoxer] is premium MMORPG [[ISBoxer:Multiboxing|multiboxing]] software, designed to help you optimize your multiboxing experience on your PC hardware.
  
[[Image:Isboxer_build_23.png|right|448px|thumb|Quick screenshot of ISBoxer Toolkit]]
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ISBoxer is designed to improve your ability to:
ISBoxer is free software for [http://www.lavishsoft.com/innerspace Inner Space], a Lavish Software product. To use ISBoxer, you will need to [http://www.lavishsoft.com/innerspace purchase Inner Space, or apply for a FREE 7-day trial]!
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# '''Configure your game and hardware'''
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#* [[ISBoxer:CPU Management|Manage your CPUs]] and GPUs (video cards)
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#* Program your [[ISBoxer:Input Devices|Input Devices]]
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#* Use [[ISBoxer:Virtual File|different game settings]], such as graphics levels, per window
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# '''See your game windows and important details within them'''
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#* Organize your [[ISBoxer:Window Layout|game windows into a custom layout]], with instant re-arrangement when switching windows. Choose from many layouts specifically [[ISBoxer:Window Layout generator|generated for your team]] on your monitors, or create your own!
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#* Optimize your screen space with [[ISBoxer:Widgets|Widgets]] that show [[ISBoxer:Video FX|live views from other windows]] in your main window, or even on a [http://isboxer.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=1222 blank canvas on an extra monitor]!
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# '''Interact with your games'''
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#* Clone your mouse clicks and keystrokes to some or all windows, exactly as you perform them, including a visible mouse cursor in every window while in broadcasting mode!
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#* Build your own multiboxing interface with widgets in the game window, including live fully interactive views from other windows, [[ISBoxer:Click Bar|buttons and indicator icons]], and [[ISBoxer:Repeater Region|areas that automatically pass mouse clicks]] to other windows!
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#* Map your keys for multiboxing with a [[ISBoxer:Key Map|highly configurable mapping system]], not only for passing keystrokes but also for adjusting widgets, switching windows, modifying other mappings, and [[ISBoxer:Actions|oh so much more]]!
  
== Features ==
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'''ISBoxer does not provide any automation, autofire, botting, hacks or other cheating functionality. Top MMORPG publishers including Blizzard Entertainment, Trion Worlds, Sony Online Entertainment, CCP, Turbine, NCSoft and others all allow multiboxing with ISBoxer'''.
; This is a list of ''some'' of the most exciting features in the ISBoxer Suite
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* One click to launch
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: Launch your whole team with a single click in the Inner Space menu!
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* Key broadcasting
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{{Section|1=Getting Started Multiboxing with ISBoxer|2=
: Send one, send all, send to any target window or windows!
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*[http://isboxer.com/index.php/get-isboxer Download ISBoxer]
* Mouse broadcasting
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*[[ISBoxer:Quick Start Guide|Quick Start Guide]] (or Quick Start Guides for [[ISBoxer:EQ1:Quick Start Guide|EQ1]], [[ISBoxer:EQ2:Quick Start Guide|EQ2]], [[ISBoxer:LOTRO:Quick Start Guide|LOTRO]], [[ISBoxer:RIFT:Quick Start Guide|RIFT]] and [[ISBoxer:WoW:Quick Start Guide|WoW]])
: '''ISBoxer exclusive feature!''' See the actual mouse cursor in every window!
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*[[ISBoxer:FAQ|Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)]]
* KVM Mode
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: Control one or more game windows (on the same PC, or another PC) from the current window. Move over Synergy, this KVM's for gaming!
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{{Section|1=See ISBoxer in action|2=
* Key Maps
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* ISBoxer.com forums: [http://isboxer.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=10 Screenshots], [http://isboxer.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=11 Videos]
: A variety of [[ISBoxer:Types of Actions|types of Actions]] are available to create your own Hotkeys to do different things, such as enabling special modes, sending keystrokes to one or more windows, and more!
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* [http://isboxer.com/index.php/videos ISBoxer.com Videos section]
* Window Layouts
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* [[ISBoxer:Screenshot|How to capture multiboxing Screenshots]]
: Choose a layout for your game windows, including the ability to swap them into a main area when active! Picture-in-Picture or tiling any way you like it, because you are the designer, with our click and drag layout editor!
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* [[ISBoxer:Video Capture|How to capture or stream multiboxing Videos]]
: '''ISBoxer exclusive feature!''' Picture-in-Picture switching speed is '''instantaneous'''!
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* Virtual Files
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: '''ISBoxer exclusive feature!''' ISBoxer can help you set up separate configuration files per character or account, making it a breeze to keep different settings (lower graphics options, for example) for the characters you usually don't switch to while multiboxing! With EverQuest 1 and World of Warcraft, separate configuration files per character are set up for you via the ''Quick Setup Wizard''.
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*[[ISBoxer:Supported Games|Supported Games]]
* World of Warcraft Macro management
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*[[ISBoxer:Supported Operating Systems|Supported Operating Systems]]
: ISBoxer works for many games, but some of them we can provide additional features for. ISBoxer makes it easy to manage your macros! There is also integration with the Jamba addon. See the ISBoxer [[ISBoxer:World of Warcraft|World of Warcraft]] page for more details on WoW features.
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*[[ISBoxer:Supported Input Devices|Supported Input Devices]]
* Quick Setup Wizard
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: The Quick Setup Wizard, new in ISBoxer 33, can help you get started, regardless of what game you are playing. '''For World of Warcraft in particular, this wizard can provide you a fully functional multi-boxing configuration in less than 1 minute!''' ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoZG6b9HjnM Video demonstration of 40 second setup for World of Warcraft])
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{{Section|1=Learning more about ISBoxer|2=
== Instructions ==
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*[[ISBoxer:Multiboxing|What is multiboxing?]]
The following is a very general overview of the process of using ISBoxer Toolkit.
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*[[ISBoxer:User Manual|User Manual]]
 
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**[[ISBoxer:Characters|Characters]]
# Make sure [http://www.lavishsoft.com/innerspace Inner Space] is installed, and has been run at least once.
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**[[ISBoxer:Character Sets|Character Sets]]
# Install ISBoxer Suite to your Inner Space folder
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**[[ISBoxer:Game Helpers|Game Helpers]]
# After making sure Inner Space is closed -- this will make sure it saves its configuration for ISBoxer to read -- launch the ISBoxer Toolkit (note: you '''may''' need to right click and select "Run as Administrator" if using Windows Vista or Windows 7)
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**[[ISBoxer:Key Maps|Key Maps]]
# Create one or more Character Sets. A Character Set defines a team you will be playing. The Quick Setup Wizard can help you with this and other basic functionality
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**[[ISBoxer:Window Layout|Window Layouts]]
# Export the configuration to Inner Space
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**[[ISBoxer:Repeater|Repeater Profiles]]
# Launch (or re-launch) Inner Space
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**[[ISBoxer:Click Bars|Click Bars]]
# Launch a Character Set from the Inner Space menu (under ISBoxer Character Sets)
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**[[ISBoxer:Action Target Group|Action Target Group]]
 
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**[[ISBoxer:Virtual File|Virtual Files]]
'''Please see our [[ISBoxer:Getting started|Guide to Getting Started with ISBoxer]] for a more complete guide with [[ISBoxer:Getting_started#Walkthrough_Videos|Walkthrough Videos]].'''
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**[[ISBoxer:Computers|Computers]]
 
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*[[ISBoxer:Release History|Release History]]
=== Game-specific Information ===
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** [[ISBoxer:ISBoxer 38|ISBoxer 38]]
* EverQuest II
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** Question: Does SOE allow using ISBoxer with EQ2? Answer: [http://www.dual-boxing.com/showthread.php?t=19104 Khatovar's e-mail to SOE and their customer service response]. Thanks to Khatovar for sharing this.
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* [[ISBoxer:World of Warcraft|World of Warcraft]]
 
 
 
=== Using Multiple Computers ===
 
See [[ISBoxer:Using_multiple_computers|Using multiple computers]]
 
 
 
== Downloads ==
 
=== ISBoxer Suite ===
 
; Current stable release
 
* '''ISBoxer Bundle''' will install both Inner Space and ISBoxer Suite: [http://www.lavishsoft.com/downloads/Lavish.ISBoxerBundle.exe Lavish.ISBoxerBundle.exe]
 
* [http://isboxer.com/wiki/ISBoxer_35#Release_Notes List of Changes since Build 34]
 
 
 
Please install to your [http://www.lavishsoft.com/innerspace Inner Space] folder (which should be selected by default during installation).
 
 
 
; Using Windows 2000 or Windows XP?
 
: If you get an error when launching ISBoxer that says something like this "<tt>The application failed to initialize properly (0xc0000135). Click on OK to terminate the application</tt>", then you need to install the '''Microsoft .NET Framework''' version 2.0 or later. (Vista and Windows 7 come with .NET Framework already installed.) You can install .NET Framework via Windows Update.
 
; Using Windows Vista or Windows 7?
 
: If User Account Control (UAC) is enabled in Windows, ISBoxer Toolkit will warn that you need to run it as Administrator. You will also need to run Inner Space as Administrator if this is the case. If you use Ventrilo, you will also need to run that as Administrator for your push to talk key to work (otherwise, Ventrilo will not have permission while the game is active).
 
; If you do not have updates to DirectX 9 installed
 
: Inner Space may pop up the following message: <tt>Inner Space requires the March 2008 (or later) update to DirectX 9 to be installed on your system. This is different than DirectX 10, and does not mean DirectX 9.0c from 2004. Click OK to be taken directly to the download on Microsoft.com, or click Cancel if you would rather find it on your own. (linux users: d3dx9_37.dll)</tt>. To elaborate, Microsoft released updates to DirectX 9 every other month or so, the latest being November 2008. Having DirectX 10 is irrelevant -- Windows Vista and Windows 7 both come with DirectX 8, 9 and 10. However, they do ''not'' ship with the periodic updates to DirectX 9. If you get this message, you should ''follow its instructions'' instead of asking something like "i need to downgrade to dx9 on windows vista 64 bit before i can run innerspace?" (the answer is no). The November 2008 update to DirectX 9 can be found [http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=2da43d38-db71-4c1b-bc6a-9b6652cd92a3&displaylang=en here].
 
; Does this work on 64-bit Windows XP? 64-bit Windows Vista? 64-bit Windows 7?
 
: Yes.
 
 
 
==== Upgrading to a new version ====
 
; Upgrading ISBoxer Suite is seamless and backwards-compatible. You do not need to uninstall your old version, and all of your settings will still be there.
 
 
 
# Download new version
 
# Install new version
 
# Run new version
 
# Export to Inner Space to generate current data
 
 
 
=== Known Issues ===
 
Some of these issues are ''not attributed to bugs in our software''. Any known bugs in our software, however, will be fixed as soon as possible, and noted here.
 
 
 
* Lord of the Rings Online
 
** '''The game must be in DirectX 9 mode''' (no DirectX 10 support at this time, sorry!)
 
* EVE Online
 
** Bug: If the size of the Main Region in the active Window Layout is not identical to the resolution in EVE, the cursor positioning is incorrect
 
* EverQuest 1
 
* World of Warcraft
 
** Mouse broadcasting may not work properly if Hardware Cursor is disabled. You may need to '''make sure that Hardware Cursor is enabled''' in the World of Warcraft video options (click Resolution on the left), and it may help if Reduce Input Lag is disabled (not checked).
 
** Slow performance can be expected when running multiple sessions on one PC if the "multisample" setting is higher than 1x. To improve performance, find the Multisampling drop-down in the World of Warcraft video options (click Resolution on the left, and the Multisampling box will be in the upper right), and select an option that includes '''1x multisample''' (for example, <tt>24-bit color 24-bit depth 1x multisample</tt>).
 
 
 
==== Recently resolved issues ====
 
* World of Warcraft
 
** Since patch 3.2.0, players with UTF-8 characters in their names were not working correctly. '''This issue is fixed in Inner Space Build 5020. Please restart Inner Space to correct this issue!'''
 
 
 
== Gameplay Screenshots and Videos ==
 
This section is for gameplay screenshots and videos of multi-boxing with ISBoxer. [[ISBoxer:Getting_started#Walkthrough_Videos|Walkthrough Videos]] can be found in our [[ISBoxer:Getting started|Guide to Getting Started with ISBoxer]].
 
 
 
; Videos
 
* EverQuest 1
 
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0acHM6aa6WU Submission by 'allgnomes', playing on Zek server]
 
* World of Warcraft
 
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfymJe-aNkE Sethekk Halls and Shadow Labyrinth bosses, by Lax]
 
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIe70mUTLdQ Basic Multi-boxing with Inner Space, by Lax]
 
** [http://www.viddyou.com/Zerocool2024 Several videos of instance runs, by Zerocool2024]
 
 
 
== Reporting Bugs ==
 
To report bugs or other problems you can do one or more of the following:
 
* Join the chat channel described in the section below and explain the problem
 
* E-mail to lax@lavishsoft.com
 
 
 
== Join us in chat ==
 
We are on irc.lavishsoft.com in channel #isboxer, the best place to talk about and get help with all of the tools for multi-boxing with Inner Space! Whether you are already using it, or just have some questions for people who are, please feel free to stop by.
 
 
 
If you do not know how to join IRC, [http://www.lavishsoft.com/chat/isboxer.php click here to join us via your browser!] There is no registration process or anything, but please select a Nickname (alias) so you don't appear as "mib_5few93" or such from not having a name.
 
 
 
== Coming Soon ==
 
; Pending Updates (completed for next Build)
 
* Window Layouts
 
** Window Layout is now (re)applied when Exporting or reloading from the in-game ISBoxer control panel
 
** The code that runs window layouts while playing has been redesigned. This fixes a lot of bugs including issues with minimizing and windows not coming back after deactivating, as well as providing the base for new functionality
 
** New option 'Focus follows mouse' available when Swap is not set to Always
 
** New option 'only deactivate for game windows' available when Swap is set to Always
 
** New option 'Instant swap' (enabled by default) can be temporarily or permanently disabled to improve performance and make all windows 'readable' at the cost of window swapping speed and mouse broadcasting
 
* New Mapped Key Actions
 
** Window Focus Action: Switch to another window
 
** Window State Action: Change the state of target window(s), e.g. to its foreground or background style
 
** Window Style Action: Change a style of target window(s), e.g. change the settings used for the foreground region. Does not apply the state to the window.
 
* Repeater Regions
 
** Repeater Regions can now be linked to a Mapped Key to hold while the mouse is in the region, and release when the mouse leaves the region. A "pressed or released" Mapped Key, therefore, will perform a Step when entering, and a Step when leaving
 
* EverQuest 1
 
** ISBoxer now tries to verify that the game is in windowed mode, and offers to correct it if not
 
* World of Warcraft
 
** ISBoxer will now offer to correct the resolution stored in Config.WTF to match your Window Layout. This will correct the game's appearance (see [http://www.lavishsoft.com/images/isboxer_36_before.png before] and [http://www.lavishsoft.com/images/isboxer_36_after.png after] pictures), may show immediate performance gains, and may affect UI window positioning (so Repeater Regions may need to be repositioned)
 
** The default generated Interact with Target mapped key now also auto-assists first
 
** WoW Macro Action changes
 
*** FTL conditionals, e.g. from the {FTL} variable, now include linked Character Sets
 
*** New variables for linked Character Sets, prefixing certain existing variables with SET#, as in {SLOT#} becomes {SET#SLOT#} where the # are replaced by numbers. {SET#} gives the name of a linked Character Set. The main Character Set is always 1, and all linked sets follow in the order shown under Also Launch. Example: {SET1SLOT1} is slot 1 of the main Character Set, and {SET2SLOT3} is slot 3 of the 2nd Character Set.
 
; Currently in development (may or may not be completed for next Build)
 
* New Samples Browser window
 
** Samples may include any number of top-level ISBoxer items (Character, Character Set, Key Map, Action Target Group, etc), and have various description features including Game information and Author information
 
** Create and submit Samples for others
 
** Download and view Samples, with ability to install any given Sample
 
 
 
; Planned (not yet in development)
 
* Improvement to Repeater List creation: Box to press keys in to toggle in the List
 
* Improvement to Mapped Key creation: Ability to create multiple Mapped Keys with similar properties (e.g. 1 key to 1 key)
 
 
 
== Release History ==
 
See [[ISBoxer:Release history|Release history]]
 

Latest revision as of 00:50, 21 June 2011

ISBoxer has a new home at ISBoxer.com!

What is ISBoxer?

ISBoxer is premium MMORPG multiboxing software, designed to help you optimize your multiboxing experience on your PC hardware.

ISBoxer is designed to improve your ability to:

  1. Configure your game and hardware
  2. See your game windows and important details within them
  3. Interact with your games
    • Clone your mouse clicks and keystrokes to some or all windows, exactly as you perform them, including a visible mouse cursor in every window while in broadcasting mode!
    • Build your own multiboxing interface with widgets in the game window, including live fully interactive views from other windows, buttons and indicator icons, and areas that automatically pass mouse clicks to other windows!
    • Map your keys for multiboxing with a highly configurable mapping system, not only for passing keystrokes but also for adjusting widgets, switching windows, modifying other mappings, and oh so much more!

ISBoxer does not provide any automation, autofire, botting, hacks or other cheating functionality. Top MMORPG publishers including Blizzard Entertainment, Trion Worlds, Sony Online Entertainment, CCP, Turbine, NCSoft and others all allow multiboxing with ISBoxer.

Getting Started Multiboxing with ISBoxer