May 8th 2008 Update and Multiple Clients - Guild Wars Guru archive powered by Guild Wars Legacy

Adul

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Nov 2005

15 May 2008 at 12:36 - 1

The issue:

Quote:

One of the latest updates (May 8th, 2008) stated that a bug has been fixed with the launcher appearing twice when launching the game. Now, I've never encountered the problem the update was referring to, but now I face an issue the very same update caused.

I have multiple Guild Wars accounts, and to be able to transfer items between my accounts, I was using a technical method that allowed launching multiple GW Clients on one operating system. (This method involved having multiple Guild Wars directories, editing Gw.exe, and editing the registry.) I didn't invent this method (I could never do so on my own), but I know many other GW players who used it.

Since the update, the method no longer works (it just switches to the currently running client when the other one is being started), so it has become difficult to transfer items between accounts without using multiple computers.

I'm looking for a method that can be used to run multiple GW clients on one OS. If anyone knows one, please reply and let me know.

Thank you.

miskav

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jun 2005

None

Mo/

15 May 2008 at 12:39 - 2

This should still work ; http://www.gwx2.co.nr/
If not, then I have no idea (And as far as I know, it's completely safe, checked, double checked on a clean system, and it's fine.)

Adul

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Nov 2005

15 May 2008 at 12:43 - 3

Thank you, that looks great. I didn't know there were tools out there to do that. Thanks for the link.

miskav

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jun 2005

None

Mo/

15 May 2008 at 13:22 - 4

No problem, I've used it a few times aswell and it's a real help =)

Tokolosi

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Mar 2006

England

W/

15 May 2008 at 14:08 - 5

Yeah, Gwx2 is a good program. No viruses and works as intended.

Puzur

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Nov 2007

Clan Wolfsbane

P/W

15 May 2008 at 14:21 - 6

Quote:

Originally Posted by miskav

This should still work ; http://www.gwx2.co.nr/
If not, then I have no idea (And as far as I know, it's completely safe, checked, double checked on a clean system, and it's fine.)

Then ppl should not come here crying when they got their accounts stripped of everything they own...

TrippieHippie89

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Mar 2008

Saegertown, PA

High by Nine [Bong]

Me/W

15 May 2008 at 14:23 - 7

ive downloaded the program, but cant quite seem to figure out how to get it to work...can anyone help me out?

The forth fly

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2008

england

Mo/

15 May 2008 at 14:49 - 8

i used this program for ages ive never been hacked people are to paranoid about hacking,just dont use dumb ass paswords

IrishCB

Academy Page

Join Date: May 2008

Maine/NH

AxE

A/Mo

15 May 2008 at 15:19 - 9

Quote:

Originally Posted by The forth fly

just dont use dumb ass paswords

QFT +1

Yeah I am amazed on how many people use simple passwords, and on multiple accounts. It's their own fault for not choosing a unique password.

milan

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Nov 2005

BONE

N/

15 May 2008 at 15:33 - 10

This might sound insulting as you could have already done it.

Have you copied over the gw.exe file from the original installation into your gw2 (or whatever you call it) folder, deleted the old .exe, renamed the new one and used a hex editor to change all the instances of 'guild wars' in the file?

I always forget to do that

Snograt

rattus rattus

Join Date: Jan 2006

London, UK GMT??0 ??1hr DST

[GURU]GW [wiki]GW2

R/

15 May 2008 at 19:16 - 11

Let's assume your original installation is C:\Program Files\Guild Wars.

Make a new folder, let's say C:\Program Files\GW2 (doesn't matter where you make it)

From the original folder, copy over gw.exe and gw.dat - nothing else.

Run gwx2 - a file requestor will open up and ask where the gw.exe files are located - browse to the above folders.

That's all there is to it - when the two windows open, just make sure that they open the two different accounts. It will not work with only one account.

You will find that periodically gwx2 will only open a single window - all you have to do then is re-copy gw.exe from folder 1 to folder 2. This happens after updates.

GL, HF

nebuchanezzar

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jun 2005

功夫之王

N/

15 May 2008 at 19:38 - 12

To the OP. You did something wrong. I am right now, at this very moment, running two accounts on one PC by simply modifying my GW.exe with a hex editor.
It sounds more like you are not changing your registry entry. Remember, even if you rename the .exe, unless you have another registry entry to point at the 2nd GW folder it will only open the original client. Always.
Don't wanna sound rude...but your doin it wrong if it's not working. The update in no way changes how your registry directs it's processes.

Brianna

Insane & Inhumane

Join Date: Feb 2006

15 May 2008 at 20:09 - 13

Please refer to this Guide for setting up 2 clients the old school way: http://www.guildwarsguru.com/content...ars-id1837.php

It seems to be the best one out there, just follow directions - not hard.

Adul

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Nov 2005

23 May 2008 at 14:18 - 14

Sorry, wasn't able to check the thread for a few days. Thank you all for the advice, but I was doing everything as most of you described it, even updated the registry before starting the clients. I had these processes automatized by batch files I wrote though, so they might just have been outdated. It's not a problem now though, the application posted by Miskav makes it far more simple.

I'm not really worried about account hacks, I'm using software to track processes that try to capture keys, and there seems to be no such problem with GWx2 so far.

Brianna

Insane & Inhumane

Join Date: Feb 2006

23 May 2008 at 18:07 - 15

Glad you got it sorted out then, I don't run GWX2 clients anymore, kind of lost the need to do it.

But the GWx2 deal seems to be the easiest way now.. I'm just old school. But I have a little patch.exe that makes patching the old school way really fast, you don't have to open up hexeditor every time, so that's why I still used it.

Lycan Nibbler

Forge Runner

Join Date: Sep 2006

AZ

26 May 2008 at 13:20 - 16

Am I correct that GWx2 wont work with Vista due to how it takes over the computer?

Snograt

rattus rattus

Join Date: Jan 2006

London, UK GMT??0 ??1hr DST

[GURU]GW [wiki]GW2

R/

26 May 2008 at 15:37 - 17

No.

It works fine on Vista - 32bit or 64.

http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...1&postcount=30

I think I posted a screeny there - can't tell cos imageshack is blocked at work ^^

anime232

Academy Page

Join Date: Dec 2005

雲のむこう・約束[の場所]

26 May 2008 at 21:55 - 18

issue with running 4 copys at once. after each update i do the hex edit to the other 3 but whenever i load them up for the first time after each update my pc locks up for starting each of the 3 copys. is there a way around this or possibly adding in 2 more more options to be run on the gwx2 file?

Snograt

rattus rattus

Join Date: Jan 2006

London, UK GMT??0 ??1hr DST

[GURU]GW [wiki]GW2

R/

26 May 2008 at 22:12 - 19

Eek - four copies oO

Unless the hex ed expert is still around, I can't help there. Also, it's GWx2 - I think we're still waiting for GWx4 ^^

Lord Sojar

The Fallen One

Join Date: Dec 2005

Oblivion

Irrelevant

Mo/Me

26 May 2008 at 22:36 - 20

I demand to run 18 clients on 18 different screens, all at UHD resolution! If my demands are not met, all of your processors with revert to 130nm technology.

Lycan Nibbler

Forge Runner

Join Date: Sep 2006

AZ

26 May 2008 at 23:15 - 21

Quote:

Originally Posted by Snograt

No.

It works fine on Vista - 32bit or 64.

http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...1&postcount=30

I think I posted a screeny there - can't tell cos imageshack is blocked at work ^^

Ahh thank you for that. I will try it but the vista machine here intermittantly crashes GW (vista or dual core.. not sure), but if I can sort that out then it will definitely help (although I am still wanting to go back to xp if I can - stupid HP and their drivers).