2 Clients

[uhgungawa]

OK but that is just text, how does it open the programs? (i b still stupid)

[Harncw]

OK but that is just text, how does it open the programs? (i b still stupid)

renaming the file from something.txt to something.bat turns it into a "batch" file meaning you can double click it and then it invokes the dos commands specified in the file.

[mutantbee]

If you are not comfortable making a batch file you can do it manually. Just create a shortcut to the turbineinvoker.exe for each copy of DDO, and launch each one. Do not log in until you have a login screen for each copy you want to play. They will open one on top of the other. Just drag them apart to login. After you have logged in to each, then click Play on each one. You need to uncheck the Full Screen option under graphics to make it multiple monitor friendly. They will always launch stacked on top of each other, again just drag/resize them how you like.

Important provisos:

-This does not work if you are running the new TDM version. You need to get rid of the TDM. It can be uninstalled separately from the game itself.

-You may need to edit your UserPreferneces.ini, which is under the Dungeons and Dragons Online folder in "My Documents" Change the below section from True to False, as shown:

[Net]
BindInterface=
ComputeUniquePort=False
ConnectionSpeed=0.00
UserSpecifiedPort=0

I run 3 copies of the game on 3 monitors this way. You may find that you have to lower your graphics settings to get a good frame rate.

Hope this helps, and good luck!

[Harncw]

I run 3 copies of the game on 3 monitors this way.

/grovels before the 3 monitors... "I'm not worthy!"

[Strakeln]

I run 3 copies of the game on 3 monitors this way. You may find that you have to lower your graphics settings to get a good frame rate.

I, uh, don't suppose you know a (ToS/CoC-compliant) way to have all the keyboard and mouse commands go to all DDO instances at the same time, do you?

[Gol]

I, uh, don't suppose you know a (ToS/CoC-compliant) way to have all the keyboard and mouse commands go to all DDO instances at the same time, do you?

Wouldn't be hard to code...

I use to have 6 Asheron's Call clients going at once (24x7 at that)...

[binnsr]

I run 2 copies of DDO on the same machine, it was tricky to get it to work, but here are the tricks:

1. Create a 2nd Copy of the DDO folder. I have D:\DDO\ and D:\DDO2\
2. Create a batch file that launches both games at the same time, otherwise you will get the client is already running message.
3. It can look like only one client is running, but if you drag one onto a different spot on the screen, you will see the second client.
4. Running dual monitors helps a lot with this.

Hope this helps.

I do the same thing. A couple of tips to add to your notes:
I have found that putting the two installs on different drives as this significantly reduces load times (even putting it on an SD card if you have an SD card reader in your computer works).
I also tried it on my laptop (4gb of ram 2.4Ghz proc and geforce 120M 1gb video card) and found that I was perilously close to running in swap space after an hour or so of gaming with both accounts.
You have to have both clients running before logging in -- i.e. you can have the first launcher completely up and running before starting the second if you desire as long as you don't log into it before the second is started.
Telling the launcher to remain running in the background (at work so don't remember the exact verbiage) lets you quit/restart as many times as you like without having to restart both clients -- handy if you have a third account but don't have the resources to run all three at once.

And finally -- this is the most important part of getting this to work: You have to have multiple accounts for any of this to work.

[binnsr]

-This does not work if you are running the new TDM version. You need to get rid of the TDM. It can be uninstalled separately from the game itself.

don't need to uninstall the TDM, you just need to make sure that your shortcuts or batch file refer(s) to the turbinelauncher.exe rather than the tdm.

[Exildur01]

If you are not comfortable making a batch file you can do it manually. Just create a shortcut to the turbineinvoker.exe for each copy of DDO, and launch each one. Do not log in until you have a login screen for each copy you want to play. They will open one on top of the other. Just drag them apart to login. After you have logged in to each, then click Play on each one. You need to uncheck the Full Screen option under graphics to make it multiple monitor friendly. They will always launch stacked on top of each other, again just drag/resize them how you like.

Important provisos:

-This does not work if you are running the new TDM version. You need to get rid of the TDM. It can be uninstalled separately from the game itself.

-You may need to edit your UserPreferneces.ini, which is under the Dungeons and Dragons Online folder in "My Documents" Change the below section from True to False, as shown:

[Net]
BindInterface=
ComputeUniquePort=False
ConnectionSpeed=0.00
UserSpecifiedPort=0

I run 3 copies of the game on 3 monitors this way. You may find that you have to lower your graphics settings to get a good frame rate.

Hope this helps, and good luck!

Thank you for your help, I was really struggling to get this working, this method is the only one that worked for me! Now I can 3-box with ease. Many thanks Mutantbee!!

[Lunastria]

Does anybody know if this still works? When I try to do it, I can only open 1 instance.

Edit: Update, I got it to work. Apparently changing the shortucts to TurbineLauncher.exe isn't enough, you do indeed need to fully uninstall the TDM.

[binnsr]

Does anybody know if this still works? When I try to do it, I can only open 1 instance.

Its the only way that I play these days. A couple of things to check:

1. Are you using two separate file locations (preferably on different physical disks)?
2. Did you change the "ComputeUniquePort" setting to False in your UserPreferences.ini file?
3. Are you launching both clients before logging into either of them?

[pepsi_phreak_79]

Just make a shortcut to dndlauncher.exe
and
TurbineInvoker.exe

or make the bat file to load both at same time
it will load up two clients no copying the game folder

Ive done it to go hard on quests as fighter and use my cleric as a mobile shrine

[binnsr]

Just make a shortcut to dndlauncher.exe
and
TurbineInvoker.exe

or make the bat file to load both at same time
it will load up two clients no copying the game folder

Ive done it to go hard on quests as fighter and use my cleric as a mobile shrine

I actually don't recommend this due to the performance hit from both clients working off the same drive.

Of course, if you've only got one hard disk, then /shrug.

[uhgungawa]

Free bump!!!!!

Had several guildies asking about this, so I figured it needed a bump to get the info out there

[taospark]

Has there ever been a statement from Turbine as to whether this is allowed or not since they might view it as some kind of circumvention of their account controls?

[binnsr]

Has there ever been a statement from Turbine as to whether this is allowed or not since they might view it as some kind of circumvention of their account controls?

Why would it not be allowed? I still have to have two accounts ..

[taospark]

Why would it not be allowed? I still have to have two accounts ..

I apologize. I meant logging onto two accounts at once.

[Strakeln]

I apologize. I meant logging onto two accounts at once.

No problem that I'm aware of, and we know for a fact that they (Turbine) are aware of people playing multiple accounts simultaneously.

[RS-Makk]

The posts above refer to unistalling the TDM, what exactly is the TDM and will uninstalling it have other impacts?

Thanks

[Ingo]

The posts above refer to unistalling the TDM, what exactly is the TDM and will uninstalling it have other impacts?

Thanks

TDM = Turbine Download Manager, which is the program that performed the initial download and install of DDO for you. Once you've got DDO installed, you no longer need the TDM, so uninstalling TDM will have no impact.