When you start Guild Wars...

Gregslot

Gregslot

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2006

Me/

10 Aug 2006 at 01:37 - 1
Ok... what do you have to do EVERYTIME you run guild wars?
You have to type your password, and you cant choose to "save your password", or "remember you"...
And what impresses me the most is that when you want to switch characters, you have to log out and type your password again.
Add "save your password" option?
Add "remember me" option?
Add "character selection" option?

its a minor thing, but it would save a few hours of my life at the end of the year

BahamutKaiser

BahamutKaiser

Desert Nomad

Join Date: May 2005

Heightened state of mind.

P/W

10 Aug 2006 at 01:40 - 2
This has been addressed already, they will not allow password saving because it allows hackers to switch characters and steal all of your characters loot, and there already is a alternate way around it if you have to have it.

Search for opportunities before you come and bother us about stable functions.

DFrost

DFrost

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jul 2005

Ultima Thule

Legacy of Echovald [Echo]

P/

10 Aug 2006 at 01:50 - 3
If you want to save a few seconds (and possibly compromise the password security in the process), you can also use the gw.exe switch by modifying the shortcut to look something like this:

"...\Guild Wars\Gw.exe" -password=blablabla

Loviatar

Underworld Spelunker

Join Date: Feb 2005

10 Aug 2006 at 01:56 - 4
Quote:
Originally Posted by BahamutKaiser
This has been addressed already, they will not allow password saving because it allows hackers to switch characters and steal all of your characters loot, and there already is a alternate way around it if you have to have it.

Search for opportunities before you come and bother us about stable functions.
you can have auto login as well as copy/paste to save time.

on a secure pc where strangers wont get to it do the following for auto login

right click the desktop shotrcut
click properties
go to the existing target line and add the following

a space followed by

-password=xxxxxxxxxx(xxxxxbeing your password)

apply and exit

copy /paste is done by mouse highliting the password in notepad or wherever and keyboarding ctrl c for copy and ctrl v for paste

Miss Innocent

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jul 2005

I wander.

Mo/R

10 Aug 2006 at 02:43 - 5
I don't think Copy/Paste saves time, but that's a neato trick.

Gregslot

Gregslot

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2006

Me/

10 Aug 2006 at 16:49 - 6
Quote:
Originally Posted by BahamutKaiser
This has been addressed already, they will not allow password saving because it allows hackers to switch characters and steal all of your characters loot, and there already is a alternate way around it if you have to have it.

Search for opportunities before you come and bother us about stable functions.
im sorry if i bothered you oh mighty all-knowing bahamut

Ephes Dammim

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Aug 2006

Norfolk, VA

10 Aug 2006 at 18:07 - 7
Quote:
Originally Posted by Gregslot
Ok... what do you have to do EVERYTIME you run guild wars?
You have to type your password, and you cant choose to "save your password", or "remember you"...
And what impresses me the most is that when you want to switch characters, you have to log out and type your password again.
Add "save your password" option?
Add "remember me" option?
Add "character selection" option?

its a minor thing, but it would save a few hours of my life at the end of the year
It's not a bad idea, but I think a safer one would be to add a couple ingame options to switch to another character or campaign instead of having the game log you completely out.

If the switching campaigns isn't all that safe, then just put the ingame option to switch between characters.

Mathias Deathwater

Mathias Deathwater

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Oct 2005

In a maze of twisty passages, all alike

Fifteen Over Fifty

10 Aug 2006 at 19:12 - 8
Quote:
Originally Posted by Loviatar
you can have auto login as well as copy/paste to save time.

on a secure pc where strangers wont get to it do the following for auto login

right click the desktop shotrcut
click properties
go to the existing target line and add the following

a space followed by

-password=xxxxxxxxxx(xxxxxbeing your password)

apply and exit

copy /paste is done by mouse highliting the password in notepad or wherever and keyboarding ctrl c for copy and ctrl v for paste
As Loviatar said, this has actually already been dealt with, just not obviously. In fact, if you look in this thread, you can find this and many other neat tricks you can do with your command line. http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...ad.php?t=94814

tommarrow

tommarrow

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Dec 2005

Shyft Machine [MYTH]

E/

10 Aug 2006 at 21:00 - 9
It works great when switching characters too. Click log out and it will sign you right back in. No fuss no muss.