Introducing: Guild Wars Multi-Launch
Chaos of the Deep
Oh yes forgot to say that: I've already checked the read-only, it's not flagged so it should be able to write also, furthermore I'm main admin on this computer so it can't be a problem with the rights
fozmonsta
hey guys, great work with the program, but im having a few problems with mine. :/
When i try to make shortcuts for my copy i get the following error message:
"Unhandled exception has occurred in your application. If you Continue, the application will ignore this error and attempt to continue. If you click Quit, the application will close immediately.
Could not load file or assembly "Interop.IWshRuntimeLibrary, Version= 1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null" or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified."
Hitting continue closes the error box but nothing happens, and hitting quit closes GWML.
I do have an up to do Microsoft .NET Framework, so that isnt the cause of the problem :/
any ideas?
When i try to make shortcuts for my copy i get the following error message:
"Unhandled exception has occurred in your application. If you Continue, the application will ignore this error and attempt to continue. If you click Quit, the application will close immediately.
Could not load file or assembly "Interop.IWshRuntimeLibrary, Version= 1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null" or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified."
Hitting continue closes the error box but nothing happens, and hitting quit closes GWML.
I do have an up to do Microsoft .NET Framework, so that isnt the cause of the problem :/
any ideas?
imkey
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Oh yes forgot to say that: I've already checked the read-only, it's not flagged so it should be able to write also, furthermore I'm main admin on this computer so it can't be a problem with the rights
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any ideas?
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Cursed by Grenth
so is this kinda bug free now? is it any good on vista?
Snograt
It always was bug free - and it was developed for Vista and works fine on all flavors of 7 too 
Darcy
I use it on Vista without any problems.
Spiritz
works fine on xp as well - mines had no probs yet
jfreak395
Hey i have Window 7 and i cant get it to work i do the copy and then run them and i get an error with Guild Wars
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Unbale to open archive file
Guild wars is unable to access its file C:/Program files (x86)/guild wars copy/Gw.dat.
please verify that this file is accessible and writeable. and that no other program is currently using it.
if anyone could help me that would be awsome
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Unbale to open archive file
Guild wars is unable to access its file C:/Program files (x86)/guild wars copy/Gw.dat.
please verify that this file is accessible and writeable. and that no other program is currently using it.
if anyone could help me that would be awsome
Nax
Got another issue. When i ran the program it wont let me maximize the window - when i click the button it does maximize for a while, like 2 seconds orso, then comes back to window mode. wouldnt be that bad, but the game window is all black and i only can see my mouse. even worse is that when i run GW w/o the multi launcher there is the same issue. any advice?
Kvinna
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Originally Posted by jfreak395
Hey i have Window 7 and i cant get it to work i do the copy and then run them and i get an error with Guild Wars
.... Unbale to open archive file Guild wars is unable to access its file C:/Program files (x86)/guild wars copy/Gw.dat. please verify that this file is accessible and writeable. and that no other program is currently using it. if anyone could help me that would be awsome |
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Originally Posted by Kvinna
You need to run as admin.
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yeah...I did have to 1 up you.
jfreak395
i am the admin
jfreak395
ok i got it to load the first first one but i cant get the copy to load it become inresponsive
Snograt
Is your PC beefy enough to run two instances?
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Is your PC beefy enough to run two instances?
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Originally Posted by jfreak395
i am the admin
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Just cause your on the admin account dosen't mean that every program you open runs as admin. (see attachment)
Before anyone says anything. Yes, I should have a second user account and not be doing anything on the admin account that I don't have to but idc.
Also, I like the flower.
SeairaKinte
I like the way this runs better than Matty's Guild Wars Multi-Loader that I was using previously. However, since I've started using this on XP Pro 32-bit the original installation of GW (not one of the two additional copies) has thrown up the GW window on attempting to launch where it's repairing the data archive at least 5+ times in the last two weeks since the Embark Beach update. It has not done this at all on the second and third copies, and I use them at least as often as the first. At first I tried copying the .exe and .dat files from the second to the first which resolved the issue temporarily, but it's come back multiple times since. Could this be due to the GWx2 issue mentioned near the beginning of this thread, or some other known issue, or have I stumbled on something not familiar to anyone? I hate the thought of going down the road of uninstalling all copies and installing fresh from the GW site.
Thanks in advance for feedback.
EDIT: I think this can be ignored as it appears I have a bad block on the hard disk. I'll update if I find otherwise.
Thanks in advance for feedback.
EDIT: I think this can be ignored as it appears I have a bad block on the hard disk. I'll update if I find otherwise.
subherbandog
The past couple weeks I've been having a problem logging in while using the multiloader. Almost everyday the game will freeze and prevent any other accounts from logging in. In order to fix this, I've been deleting the GWMultiLaunchSettings file in the folder, and that seems to allow normal function. This however, forces me to reload all the accounts into the program and relocate the .exe and TM files associated with it. Another guild mate is having the same problems, but we are unsure how to fix it.
Any ideas?
Any ideas?
imkey
deleting the ini file most likely won't help unless you had some weird switch for running the game.
If the game is freezing up, this may be due to video card overheating or hard drive going bad. GWMultilaunch doesn't do anything in the background once the game has started. Perhaps it may be new display drivers causing this freeze?
If it is a laptop, I'd check for dust/working fan.
If the game is freezing up, this may be due to video card overheating or hard drive going bad. GWMultilaunch doesn't do anything in the background once the game has started. Perhaps it may be new display drivers causing this freeze?
If it is a laptop, I'd check for dust/working fan.
Swede27
Thanks imkey for a great program. Works like a charm on my XP Pro system.
zhongzh
This program works great on win7!
However (i know this is nit-picky lol) the icon that appears on the taskbar is very pixelated and an eyesore as i keep it pinned there.
Is there any way to change the icon? not the shortcut icon but the icon when gw-multi is open (that looks like the echo skill).
thanks in advance.
However (i know this is nit-picky lol) the icon that appears on the taskbar is very pixelated and an eyesore as i keep it pinned there.
Is there any way to change the icon? not the shortcut icon but the icon when gw-multi is open (that looks like the echo skill).
thanks in advance.
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.
It works great, not a single bug on any of my systems.
drok3n
works perfect. with texmod and all
Ximvotn
Most useful program for me by far, good job developer.
Snograt
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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.
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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
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).
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
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!
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
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.
By the way, imkey, thank you for creating it and making it available for our use.
Messy
Yes please DON'T touch it!!! it works great and I love it. Thanks so much for doing this :-)
first scout
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
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
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.
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
Just got pointed to this thread and this program, and it's brilliant - effective and simple. Many thanks!
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....
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
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.
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.
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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
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
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!
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
Will do that and see what happens then.
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