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KZaske · Jun 15, 2011, 06:59 PM // 18:59

Snograt; Is this still being developed? Not that it needs any changes I just think it is time for it to get it's 1.0 status.

It works great, not a single bug on any of my systems.

drok3n · Jun 15, 2011, 11:12 PM // 23:12

works perfect. with texmod and all

Ximvotn · Jun 15, 2011, 11:34 PM // 23:34

Most useful program for me by far, good job developer.

Snograt · Jun 16, 2011, 10:01 PM // 22:01

Quote:

Originally Posted by KZaske

Snograt; Is this still being developed? Not that it needs any changes I just think it is time for it to get it's 1.0 status.

It works great, not a single bug on any of my systems.

imkey's the developer, not me

I don't believe he's working on it at all now, considering it works perfectly as-is. Any update would be purely to update the version number to 1.0

imkey · Jul 05, 2011, 04:08 AM // 04:08

Sorry folks, been fairly busy with real life job. I'm going to have some more free time in next few weeks to polish and update this a little.

Going to see if I can throw in some extras (re-ordering entries/custom naming) and tweaks (I believe there was an icon issue with win7?, will try to add ability for user to specify their own images/icons for buttons).

Snograt · Jul 05, 2011, 11:33 AM // 11:33

Don't polish it too much, imkey. Usability is spot-on and that's what's important. Bugs tend to creep in when you start adding bells and whistles

I've been using this since the very first version and it's great - it's so unobtrusive that I forget I'm even using it!

*Darcy* · Jul 05, 2011, 12:19 PM // 12:19

NOOOOOOO, don't touch it. Don't fix what isn't broken. This is a wonderful program that works perfectly so why take any chances on something going wrong.

By the way, imkey, thank you for creating it and making it available for our use.

Messy · Jul 05, 2011, 03:08 PM // 15:08

Yes please DON'T touch it!!! it works great and I love it. Thanks so much for doing this :-)

first scout · Aug 13, 2011, 09:02 AM // 09:02

hey,

couldnt find any of my answers in this thread (maybe i havent seen it or so)
but is it ok to use GWML with 2 accounts and then play with 1 so the other 1 can leech like in farming or completing the campaigns?
if some1 could post what not to with GWML and what is allowed i would be sooooo thankfull

Anon-e-mouse · Aug 17, 2011, 07:57 PM // 19:57

Allowed by whom? You are NOT going to get Anet popping in to say to absolutely everyone who has a question, whether the answer in their case is yes or no.

All we can tell you is that *I* have used GWML both to trade between accounts and to duo some dungeons (for double drops), and indeed some vanquishes (I move one account so it's in range so I get the double drops.)

I've even used GWML to load up all my accounts for the dragon festival (and others) for the present drops.

If you're asking for an answer from Anet you simply are NOT going to get one other than it's ok to GWML.. what you do with it however.. well that's the difficult part.

Sapho · Aug 22, 2011, 10:25 PM // 22:25

Just got pointed to this thread and this program, and it's brilliant - effective and simple. Many thanks!

KairuByte · Nov 01, 2011, 05:24 PM // 17:24

You should look into supporting auto unmuxing and auto dat unlocking.

I took a look at your code, and it's not that difficult. Basically you create a ManagementEventWatcher that watches for a new process named gw.exe. Every time a new process named gw.exe is started, it calls a method that unlocks the dat, and demutex that specific process.

I have it mostly working, though there have been a few bumps along the road. At the moment there is a 75% chance the game will run without issue, a 20% chance it will show an error dialog at the connecting to guild wars screen, a 3% chance the game will start but not work properly and a 2% chance of the game trying to "fix" the dat.

It should just be a matter of timing....

imkey · Nov 02, 2011, 01:53 AM // 01:53

The auto dat unlock method is actually a very crude method of running the same copy. Bad stuff could happen if there is live update during game.

Would have liked to actually make gw.exe open gw.dat in shared read only mode instead. I believe this does require temporary injection of code to catch when gw evokes FileCreate(). The obvious drawback is that the gw.dat cannot receive live updates in any of the instances with gw.dat in shared mode.

Good to hear that you are able to reuse some of the code and it made sense. The trickiest part for me was writing the handle managing code with C#. Most of the stuff naturally wants to be native C.

Quote:

Originally Posted by KairuByte

You should look into supporting auto unmuxing and auto dat unlocking.

I took a look at your code, and it's not that difficult. Basically you create a ManagementEventWatcher that watches for a new process named gw.exe. Every time a new process named gw.exe is started, it calls a method that unlocks the dat, and demutex that specific process.

I have it mostly working, though there have been a few bumps along the road. At the moment there is a 75% chance the game will run without issue, a 20% chance it will show an error dialog at the connecting to guild wars screen, a 3% chance the game will start but not work properly and a 2% chance of the game trying to "fix" the dat.

It should just be a matter of timing....

Tammy1949 · Nov 05, 2011, 02:49 AM // 02:49

the program managed to run EXACTLY once on windows 7. any subsequent attempts to open it will just give you the "this program has an error" window. even when it ran, it failed to open two GW instances. now all this program has done for me, is somehow make my GW client always open in windowed mode.

RonnieDobbs · Dec 18, 2011, 07:50 PM // 19:50

I highly suggest this awesome program i use it daily!

I run windows 7 64bit ultimate version have had no problems once was setup correctly...

If you are running on win 7 i suggest you make it run as admin makes it run more smooth.

I have 4 dif Gw's i use this for. Auto login and then im picking my character couldnt ask for a simpler way! any dueal monitor people its a must have if you have least 2 accounts!

PlaidPancake · Dec 21, 2011, 07:06 PM // 19:06

Hey everyone! I have not played GW in a few months and just started playing again. Anyway, last time I played GwML worked. Now, it does not work. What happens is, when I try to start the second client it just brings up the first one and nothing happens. I tried running it in Admin, I tried re-downloading it, finally the last thing I can think of doing is completely re-downloading GW. I really hope this works. If anyone has any info that may help me get this working; I would greatly appreciate it!

Koko Pureblade · Dec 22, 2011, 09:31 AM // 09:31

I follow your indication, and multiLunch works perfect, in my 3 accounts of GW in Windows 7
im key... said.
" I think this is a Guild Wars <-> Windows 7 issue. I was able to resolve this with a little playing around though. Once you maximize gw, don't use the "X" button to close GW. Sometimes the "X" doesn't make GW save the window state setting in windows 7. If your at the login screen now in window mode.

Do this:
1) Maximize GW.
2) At login screen, put the cursor in the account name box, then password box
(this step forces proper focus into the program)
3) Use Alt+F4 to close. "

Thanks

afrodita · Dec 22, 2011, 05:06 PM // 17:06

Hy guys ,i think i got a problem,and dunno wich might be the cause.
Lately im playing on more gw copies at a time using gw multi ,and after a while when doing a dungeon or something i start losing some of the gws and says that a serious error has occured lol.
Thats bit annoying haha,when u waste a lot of time doing an area on your own and your dreams goes pufff.
Im using windows 7 64 bits ,also wisped the guys from arena and told them about this and the final answer is
''While the option to run multiple clients is available through the NCsoft Launcher, it is not a supported feature as our system requirements are specified with the intent to run one client at a time. We ask that you decrease the number of clients running if you are currently having difficulties playing with this setup. ''

So i ran ncsoft launcher but from what i see it aint opening more gw copies.

I do like the guys from arena and the fact that they always helped me when i had asked them,but this time i cant say im satisfied with the answer.Whats the point of receiving the picture message and send the damn message if my problem is still the same same time.

~Now if i got more accounts is my right to run them as much as i want them, from my point of view~my cash~my struggle playing on them.
But the annnoying thing is that it didnt happened a few month ago ,so im curious if this is particular to me or how may i solve it solve it.

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/856/ptarena.jpg/

Im opened to any advices ,and ty for help.

drok3n · Dec 22, 2011, 08:18 PM // 20:18

Delete all Copies down to the main installation of the game, Run the default client make sure all is well. then recopy all the alternate versions again and try to run them again. Also make sure you have latest graphic drivers and direct x

afrodita · Dec 23, 2011, 12:41 AM // 00:41

Will do that and see what happens then

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