Introducing: Guild Wars Multi-Launch - Guild Wars Guru archive powered by Guild Wars Legacy

T1Cybernetic

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Sep 2005

Wakefield, West Yorkshire, Uk, Nr Earth

Alternate Evil Gamers [aeg]

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03 Feb 2010 at 10:07 - 241

Quote:

Originally Posted by imkey

T1Cybernetic:
Can you clarify?
Do you mean to add possibility of having same gw paths with different launch arguments in the launch list?
Is this mainly to cut down on shortcuts count and have more items in the list?

Yes you got it, It sounds so much better when somebody else types it out

Basically i have 4 copies of guild wars but that means i can only have 4 paths with different commands in GWML windos, I have around 20+ shortcuts so that i can login to each different copy of guild wars with all my accounts (no typing required) but it's starting to look a little messy so i wanted to add them all inside the program!

Just 4 copies of guild wars but a possible unlimited amount of listings in the GWML window so that i can use any number of switches...

imkey

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Dec 2006

Green and Pink

Mo/

04 Feb 2010 at 03:34 - 242

No promises, but this should be do-able.

I'll try to get this in for 0.50 release (sometime this month hopefully). Been wanting to update from the RC build to better support the character switch as well. Just haven't had time recently.

Quote:

Originally Posted by T1Cybernetic

Yes you got it, It sounds so much better when somebody else types it out

Basically i have 4 copies of guild wars but that means i can only have 4 paths with different commands in GWML windos, I have around 20+ shortcuts so that i can login to each different copy of guild wars with all my accounts (no typing required) but it's starting to look a little messy so i wanted to add them all inside the program!

Just 4 copies of guild wars but a possible unlimited amount of listings in the GWML window so that i can use any number of switches...

drunk n angry

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jul 2009

in a quiet little town that i love.

Ancient Dragoons [AGED]

W/

04 Feb 2010 at 08:08 - 243

i just bought a new pc with windows seven and it wont work for me at all. can any one plz tell me what to do to make it work in windows seven?

sykoone

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Dec 2005

Mystical Chaos

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04 Feb 2010 at 12:25 - 244

I'm using 7 and it works fine for me. The only problem I've had is needing to recopy the secondary account files after a game update, rather than updating them individually.

imkey

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Dec 2006

Green and Pink

Mo/

06 Feb 2010 at 01:31 - 245

By secondary account files, do you mean templates and screenshots? On Windows 7/Vista Guild Wars should be defaulting to storing these in the C:/Users/Username/... directory. If it is still reading/storing them in the gw directory, winxp compatibility mode was somehow switched on for gw.exe.

Quote:

Originally Posted by sykoone

I'm using 7 and it works fine for me. The only problem I've had is needing to recopy the secondary account files after a game update, rather than updating them individually.

drunk n angry: right click, run as administrator.

Pugs Not Drugs

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2009

06 Feb 2010 at 02:57 - 246

you are a god, whoever created this program

Snograt

rattus rattus

Join Date: Jan 2006

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

[GURU]GW [wiki]GW2

R/

06 Feb 2010 at 16:04 - 247

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pugs Not Drugs

you are a god, whoever created this program

imkey did - the guy who's answering all the questions!

sykoone

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Dec 2005

Mystical Chaos

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07 Feb 2010 at 00:16 - 248

imkay, I'm referring to the second install directory. After an update, any gw.exe file will only point to the first one I run, making it impossible to update the other installs. I have to delete the folders and recopy them. It's a minor inconvenience, but not that bad.

Sierraa

Supastar~ ???

Join Date: May 2006

USA [GMT -7]

Sierraas Asian Harem [love]

Me/

07 Feb 2010 at 00:20 - 249

Quote:

Originally Posted by sykoone

imkay, I'm referring to the second install directory. After an update, any gw.exe file will only point to the first one I run, making it impossible to update the other installs. I have to delete the folders and recopy them. It's a minor inconvenience, but not that bad.

I've never had that issue. If you're installing to Program Files, you should consider moving it to somewhere else. Or try run as admin.

The_Pr0slayer

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Jan 2010

Mere mortals kicking gods [Kick]

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14 Feb 2010 at 13:43 - 250

using windows 7 works like a charm for 4 accs so far....

really nice piece of work as well...

cheers

Bill Clinton

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Mar 2009

16 Feb 2010 at 12:08 - 251

Quote:

Originally Posted by imkey

Late_Night_Limbo:
Bill Clinton:
Haven't heard of that fatal error issue before. Gwml's only influence on the gw update system is updating the location of the current gw install before starting gw. Try only updating one copy at a time?

Yeah I am launching them one at a time. Its just every time we have an update only my first two copies will launch correctly, all of the rest start having a fatal error when downloading the patch, so I have to completely delete them and reinstall.

I have tried making all of my copies off of the first install, and I have tried making all of my copies off of the previous install (So guildwars3 is a copy of two, two is a copy of 1 etc) But it doesnt seem to make any difference!

BuD

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Mar 2006

Nunya

E/Mo

16 Feb 2010 at 22:28 - 252

What I do when there is an update is run my first install with the -image switch without GWML. Once that has updated I copy the GW.exe & the GW.dat & paste to folders 2,3 & 4 one at a time overwriting the existing .exe & .dat.

Zahr Dalsk

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Aug 2007

Canada

24 Feb 2010 at 05:02 - 253

Tested it. Better than GWx2. Allows Texmod. Seems to allow loading the second GW even if the first is already running.

Well done.

Menehunas

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: May 2006

Dutch Doom Brigade

Mo/

23 Mar 2010 at 12:13 - 254

Windows 7 (64 bits) --> works well, it asks to run as admin, but the 2nd GW still pops up

KZaske

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jun 2006

Boise Idaho

Druids Of Old (DOO)

R/Mo

29 Mar 2010 at 15:10 - 255

We really should get Indie to sticky this.
I finally upgraded my computer; which gave me the chance to more Guild Wars out of \\Program Files (x86)\ folder. Now the multilauncher works like a champ.

Snograt

rattus rattus

Join Date: Jan 2006

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

[GURU]GW [wiki]GW2

R/

29 Mar 2010 at 19:15 - 256

Quote:

Originally Posted by KZaske

We really should get Indie to sticky this.

We generally don't sticky projects in Community Works as that would not seem fair to others who may consider their contribution to be of equal or greater merit.

Fortunately, great works like this and Brett Kuntz's KSMod are so popular that they're always at the top of the list anyway

Polska King

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Mar 2010

Chicago

The Ridiculous Beasts

W/N

04 Apr 2010 at 23:52 - 257

Alright, so I downloaded the 32bit for my XP. I opened the .exe file and instead,a "CLR error: 80004005. The program will now terminate." Pops up. Can anyone help me out with this?

imkey

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Dec 2006

Green and Pink

Mo/

11 Apr 2010 at 23:50 - 258

Quote:

Originally Posted by Polska King

Alright, so I downloaded the 32bit for my XP. I opened the .exe file and instead,a "CLR error: 80004005. The program will now terminate." Pops up. Can anyone help me out with this?

Make sure you have .NET Framework 2.0+ installed.

imkey

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Dec 2006

Green and Pink

Mo/

13 Apr 2010 at 01:55 - 259

New version is up.

Released this as stable v0.6 release since the RC seemed solid for a few months.

Fixed the argument handling to be more robust (-character "bla blah") works properly now. While I was working that, I decided to throw in a wizard to help edit/craft switches.

This goes in hand in hand with ability to have multiple listing of the same copy. Each copy can have their own set of switches.

You may need to recreate individual launch shortcuts if they contain multiple switches due to the overhaul on arguments handling.

Also, the gui buttons have been swapped to versions with more neutral colors. The old colors were just too vibrant.

enjoy!

Snograt

rattus rattus

Join Date: Jan 2006

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

[GURU]GW [wiki]GW2

R/

14 Apr 2010 at 08:02 - 260

Thanks for the update, imkey - the awesome is now awesomer

T1Cybernetic

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Sep 2005

Wakefield, West Yorkshire, Uk, Nr Earth

Alternate Evil Gamers [aeg]

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14 Apr 2010 at 18:36 - 261

Nice update and totally loving the multiple path//command switches that i so longed for !!

For those who could not understand my previous dribble you can now see what i was talking about

Thank you imkey, It's perfect!

K'baa

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Feb 2010

W/

14 Apr 2010 at 20:40 - 262

Ok I tried to figure this out but I'm so comp illiterate I started drolling on myself by the 2nd page of posts. I think I know the answer but you can still only have 1 toon from 1 account open at one time correct? this is for launching multi accounts on 1 pc?

Snograt

rattus rattus

Join Date: Jan 2006

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

[GURU]GW [wiki]GW2

R/

15 Apr 2010 at 07:10 - 263

That's it exactly, K'baa. There is no known way of running multiple characters from the same account, and if there were, it would be a serious breach of the EULA - wave byebye to account time

Giro

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Aug 2006

Sorrow's Furnace

Twilight Knight Brigade [HACK]

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15 Apr 2010 at 19:18 - 264

So, I used GWML to copy the GW files to a second location. I checked my Hard Drive space, and it went down accordingly. But whenever I tried to run to run it, it would start downloading all the files again. So I checked my "Guild Wars Copy" folder Hard Drive usage and it was like 100 kb. So I copied and replaced the files with the originals, and now it works great. But my overall Hard Drive space went down AGAIN. So I'm "missing" ~3.66 GB. Is there any way to restore that?

Thanks!

EDIT: I ran WinDirStat and found a nother copy of it in some weird place under C:\Users\(Username)\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Pro gram Files. Not sure what happened, but everything is fine now. Thanks!

imkey

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Dec 2006

Green and Pink

Mo/

16 Apr 2010 at 04:23 - 265

Vista/7 redirects writes to Program Files folder or other protected folders for restricted user accounts to VirtualStore folder. Seems to vary from app to app depending on whether Windows virtualization setting applies to them.

So when making the copy of gw with gwmultilaunch while logged in under a restricted user account. Windows probably redirected the write attempt to the virtual store "Program Files" directory.

Sort of explained:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927387

Quote:

Originally Posted by Giro

EDIT: I ran WinDirStat and found a nother copy of it in some weird place under C:\Users\(Username)\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Pro gram Files. Not sure what happened, but everything is fine now. Thanks!

coil

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2007

04 May 2010 at 15:59 - 266

just upgraded to v.6 32 bit from v.5RC

still the best program ever made but i have one small request...can you make a version of .6 that has the old layout and button style from .5RC? completely not worth your time so i understand if you ignore this post :P

thanks again for your continued effort

KZaske

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jun 2006

Boise Idaho

Druids Of Old (DOO)

R/Mo

15 May 2010 at 05:04 - 267

imkey - Thank you for that last update. It was exactly what I was hoping for.

imkey

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Dec 2006

Green and Pink

Mo/

16 May 2010 at 02:06 - 268

It is a little bit of work. By .5 style do u mean buttons with english text instead of graphics? I was going for graphical button just so it's automatically more multilingual.

If you really want to, its not too difficult to download the source and move stuff around in Visual Studio. I believe you can download visual studio express edition for free from Microsoft and just drag the GUI elements around to meet your taste.

http://www.microsoft.com/express/Downloads/

Quote:

Originally Posted by coil

just upgraded to v.6 32 bit from v.5RC

still the best program ever made but i have one small request...can you make a version of .6 that has the old layout and button style from .5RC? completely not worth your time so i understand if you ignore this post :P

thanks again for your continued effort

KZaske

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jun 2006

Boise Idaho

Druids Of Old (DOO)

R/Mo

21 May 2010 at 05:42 - 269

imkey - Given how well it is working now and with the latest changes such as the argument wizard, how come it is still offically a beta?

Paradise Lost

Academy Page

Join Date: Jul 2009

UK

W/

27 May 2010 at 13:59 - 270

So i assume this is also likely to get you banned?

Dzjudz

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jun 2005

gwpvx.com/user:dzjudz

27 May 2010 at 22:00 - 271

Quote:

Originally Posted by Paradise Lost

So i assume this is also likely to get you banned?

rcvf

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jul 2007

30 May 2010 at 20:18 - 272

This is one of the best tools I've used so far. But I regret to say I liked more the 0.6RC buttons, but it's just my opinion.
Thank you for this application.

Sunyavadin

Academy Page

Join Date: Jan 2008

N/

24 Nov 2010 at 14:23 - 273

Did today's update to the game break compatibility with multi launch?

Ever since this morning I've not been able to get it to work, trying to launch each secondary instance just brings the already open primary GW window to the front.

I've tried:

Launching each from within multi launch
Using individual shortcuts
Using master shortcut
Deleting and re-adding paths to my 4 Guild Wars folders
Reinstalling multi launch
-image
Deleting and Re-cloning Guild Wars from the imaged copy

Nothing seems to make it owrk.

(6.0 x64 on Windows 7)

Chico

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jan 2007

24 Nov 2010 at 16:19 - 274

Try KSMOD (latest seems to be 3.2). It also includes a multi-client patch.

Sunyavadin

Academy Page

Join Date: Jan 2008

N/

24 Nov 2010 at 16:47 - 275

How exactly do I get multi launching enabled in ksmod? I can't find details on the website.

*nvm, found it in the ini file

Snograt

rattus rattus

Join Date: Jan 2006

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

[GURU]GW [wiki]GW2

R/

24 Nov 2010 at 19:23 - 276

Mine still works fine - also on 64-bit Win 7.

Anon-e-mouse

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Apr 2006

@ Home

League Of Friends [LOF]

R/Mo

24 Nov 2010 at 19:23 - 277

Sunyavadin, you broke sommat, cos GWML v6 works fine here on Win 7..

keithmcm

Academy Page

Join Date: Oct 2007

Lanham, MD USA

one

E/Mo

10 Dec 2010 at 04:03 - 278

The new update flummoxed my ability to use the program. I use vista 64 bit. I think I accidentally clicked the multilauncher before the regular copy. Either one works now, but when I try to launch the 2nd it tells me it is unable to access the folder, please check the path. I even tried making a third copy of the file, but that didn't help. I am barely computer semi literate. I'd appreciate any suggestions. I could not even find the multi launcher program to uninstall it and start over.
I found a cure that may be as bad as the disease. I am now running gwlaunch from a desktop folder, but I have a massive download when I log in. 135 megs this time. That was to log in (my account name, etc were unknown to it) Now I am downloading 30k plus files to make LA appear.
Never mind, I worked it our.

Chaos of the Deep

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Dec 2010

Netherlands

Legendary Chaos Warriors [Hero]

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25 Dec 2010 at 16:06 - 279

Hey, I was pointed to this program by a friend and it worked all fine for him but when I tried to get the multi client all running there was a little complication

when starting the original file it works fine, trying to start the copy however gave an error about the .dat file
when I used to program to make a copy it said it was copying 3 files (the exe file the .dat file and the license file i guess?) but when I looked into the new map I made for it the only one there was an exe file (without the .dat and the other file)

After this I also tried to manually copy the .dat file to the new map with the copy of gw but it still gave the error when i was starting up the copy

Anyone know what i have to do to fix this?

Snograt

rattus rattus

Join Date: Jan 2006

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

[GURU]GW [wiki]GW2

R/

25 Dec 2010 at 17:13 - 280

Check the file permissions. Moving files about (especially to/from Program Files) can cause the Read Only flag to get set.