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Age · Aug 12, 2008, 11:53 PM // 23:53

Quote:

Originally Posted by Snograt

I PM'd manitoba to put that in the OP - there's also a thread somewhere where someone wrote a batch file to automate the process - saves precious seconds ^^

When I need to update GWx2 I just do another -image of that .exe seems to work fine.

Age · Aug 14, 2008, 10:01 AM // 10:01

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zomgyogi

Are there any comp reqs for running 2 GWs?

Mani the OP said this to me min. req. are 1gig of Ram 5500gf video and 2 gig processor.

Little Rahxephon · Aug 22, 2008, 07:36 AM // 07:36

I got a similiar problem..Been using this for two weeks now and it worked perfectly..but ever since the last night's update, it opens only 1 client..is it just me (working fine for everyone else?) or something got changed?

// Nevermind, I just read another post where someone said this:

" It's an odd thing, but periodically you need to copy the gw.exe file from the original folder to overwrite the one in gw2.

I don't know why this is - just sometimes it won't load both clients and copying over the .exe makes it work again.

(Note - that's the gw.exe, NOT the gw.dat )"

it helped

Snograt · Aug 22, 2008, 08:22 PM // 20:22

You're welcome.

Someone

Spaced Invader · Aug 24, 2008, 02:41 AM // 02:41

Also getting the I/O 32 error.
Followed every single step and read every single post in here.
(Copying the gw.exe to the 2nd folder didn't solve the problem.)

I do understand it right, though, that I have to start GW normally first, minimize it (windowed), and THEN start gwx2 with normal GW already running?
If so, that only produces aforementioned I/O 32 error.

If not, it will only start one GW instance...

Snograt · Aug 24, 2008, 09:29 PM // 21:29

No, starting GW first, then trying to start gwx2 will ALWAYS throw up the I/O32 error. The correct way is to just start gwx2, so you've set something up wrong.

Spaced Invader · Aug 25, 2008, 09:57 PM // 21:57

Not very likely, triple-checked and redid everything.

I rather suspect a lack of free ram to be the reason (WinXp, only 1gb and also running a lot of other stuff in the background). Read somewhere that it won't start two instances if there's not enough ram available.

Age · Aug 26, 2008, 01:21 AM // 01:21

You want to copy and paste the .bak file as well as the GW.exe after every update from your original GW folder to where you have GWx2.

joshuarodger · Aug 26, 2008, 03:11 AM // 03:11

i can't remember what error i was getting when mine wasn't working properly, but here's what i did. i used the shortcut with -set up command and while i had that window open i accidentally set both client paths to the same file. i'm not sure if i'm explaining this right.

both paths said ....Guild Wars\Gw.exe instead of the second one reading ...Guild Warz\Gw.exe.

when i tried to run the program it popped up with a "client paths must be different" or something like that. so i changed it to the way it was supposed to be. after i did that, it worked just fine. so now whenever i get that error, this is what i do.

1. i make sure i've copied all the files properly, if that isn't the issue
2. then i make the paths the same
3. run the program
4. at that point i get the message to change the clients, so i do
5. restart the program and it always works fine for me.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Spaced Invader

..with normal GW already running

that's your problem. you start GW then put it in "tiled" mode (won't work in full-screen), then close GW entirely. then you start GWx2.

Snograt · Aug 26, 2008, 07:33 PM // 19:33

Quote:

Originally Posted by Age

You want to copy and paste the .bak file as well as the GW.exe after every update from your original GW folder to where you have GWx2.

Assuming you mean the .bat file, no you don't. Just the .exe, which updates the .dat quite happily.

@Spaced - try copying the .exe over one more time. It's possible you may have started it for the first time right after an update. You could be right about the RAM, though. It does gobble it rather eagerly.

Age · Aug 26, 2008, 09:08 PM // 21:08

^I think Mani said he does that though I guess he will answer as soon as he is back.

Snograt · Aug 27, 2008, 02:27 PM // 14:27

I think he probably did say that. It's just a convenience really - would help if there's a major update to the .dat but it's really not necessary with all the minor "tweak" downloads we usually get.

kiddster · Aug 30, 2008, 06:38 AM // 06:38

So yeah after my virus prot was doing scanning my computer files I saw something with the name infostealer.(smoething) seems like this would be the only program that would fit with what the name was. I was warned by a friend before that it had some kind of password sniffer. Has anyone else found this yet?

Snograt · Aug 30, 2008, 01:40 PM // 13:40

Due to the way gwx2 works (interrupting graphics calls, I believe), many AV products throw up a false-positive.

Gwx2 is clean - we've had many scares from it over the years, but all of them have proved false. Just make sure you download it from the official site - http://www.gwx2.co.nr/

firadesunna · Sep 05, 2008, 10:47 PM // 22:47

is there a way to control both at the same time (e.g multi box with warriors using same builds etc)

dicksbain · Sep 11, 2008, 03:52 PM // 15:52

For what it worth, I tossed together a quick bat file to handle updates as I was getting sick of manually copying files every few days...

Update paths accordingly....

Code:

@echo off
REM GWx2 Updater v1.01
echo Launching Guild Wars . . .
start "" "C:\Games\Guild Wars\gw.exe"
echo Wait for any updates to complete . . .
pause
taskkill /IM gw.exe
CHOICE /N /M "Were there new updates? Press Y or N"
if errorlevel 2 goto end
echo Copying new updated files to 2nd GW Copy . . .
xcopy "C:\Games\Guild Wars\Gw.exe" "E:\Guild Wars" /Y
xcopy "C:\Games\Guild Wars\Gw.dat" "E:\Guild Wars" /Y
goto end
:end
echo Launching dual GWs. . .
start "" "C:\Games\Guild Wars\GWx2_4.1.exe"
exit

Snograt · Sep 11, 2008, 09:33 PM // 21:33

Very nice - just open Notepad, copy and paste that into it, alter the paths so that it matches your install, save as whatever.bat and you're good to go!

Thanks for that, dicksbain - and apologies for the idiots' guide above

Argentino · Sep 11, 2008, 10:28 PM // 22:28

I had problems connecting on both clients, tried copying the original gw.exe into my 2nd gw file and it worked.

Thanks for the tip!

retro77 · Sep 12, 2008, 12:56 AM // 00:56

Worked for me too. Thanks!

MrGuildBoi · Sep 12, 2008, 01:05 AM // 01:05

Nice dicksbain, but you don't need to copy the gw.dat And could you explain what you need to replace (for people that have gw in different directories?) Like which one is your gw and your copied gw