About M.A.M.A. Multiboxing
MAMA is an opensource MultiBoxing (dual-boxing) addon with the following design goals:
- Opensource license (so if the current author gets hit by a bus, anyone else can pick it up and/or make improvements)
- High quality code
- Minimal dependencies
- Low footprint (both memory and cpu and addon chatter)
- Works with a single code base on both Wow Classic, Burning Crusade and regular (Shadowlands as of this writing)
- Complies and works without dependencies on banned input broadcasting software (ie makes dynamicboxer work without isboxer)
M.A.M.A. stands for MooreaTv's/minimal yet Awesome Multiboxing Assistant in reverence to grandfather of all (good) multi-boxing addons: Jamba (Jafula's Awesome MultiBoxing Assistant), which also inspired the EMA name.
We recommend you use https://github.com/WowOpenBox/WowOpenBox Wow Open Box the only open source, blizzard compliant MultiBoxing software.
What does it do ?
Note that M.A.M.A relies on my DynamicBoxer for core team communication and base functionality
- It does allow to use DynamicBoxer without ISBoxer. (fast in order invite/disband, EMA sync etc...)
- Let's you have a slash command
/mama for keybinding for "follow me" (works out of party too) and to stop follow as well (/mama f stop) - Let's you have a slash command
/mama lor keybinding for "make me group leader" /mama aand keybinding to do both leader change and follow me in 1 efficient addon comm command.- add
/click MamaAssistin front of your macro to assist whoever you are leading with /mama mountand/mama mount dismountand keybindings to mount/dismount the whole team (on classic only dismounting works)- Option to set EMA master when changing leader (but
/click MamaAssistis faster and more reliable) - Set EMA master when setting group lead (if EMA is installed and config checkbox is on, but /click MamaAssist is faster and more reliable)
- Invite your team including automatically convert to raid as needed (for more than 5 characters)
- Set loot to free for all (and back to group when inviting extra)
- Share/accept quests on minions.
- Abandon quests as a team.
- Take same flight path as your team
- Note that on Wrath of the Lich King and now Dragonflight too, where FollowUnit() has been hardware protected by Blizzard; followme and alltogether keybinds won't work. Please instead use
/mama lead(once/when changing lead) and/click MamaFollowor the keybind for it on all./click MamaFollowwill also do the MamaAssist in addition to following so you can do both in 1 key.
Input on feature prioritization is most welcome!
Mama works well in conjunction with DynamicBoxer, EMA and WowOpenBox but also with other multiboxing software or hardware (or no software at all)
Setup
/mama s 1 in window 1, /mama s 2 in window 2, /mama s 3 in window 3 etc... then copy the token from dynamicboxer window 1 and paste in the other windows. Type return after Ctrl-C (copy) from window1 then paste Ctrl-V in all other windows as prompted. It may take a /reload the first time to complete the one time setup.
Set in game keybind for "mama alltogether" (but see note above about Wrath of the Lich King changes) so you can trigger both follow me and make leader in 1 key/addon message. (and the other commands too)
Add /click MamaAssist in front of your macro to assist whoever you are leading with.
If you see anything red in the dbox-mama blue status window: something is wrong! try /reload and read the messages in the chat window if it persists. Repeat the setup carefully (/dbox show if you closed the dialog) and if that still doesn't work come to discord.
More info
Get https://www.curseforge.com/wow/addons/dynamicboxer
Get the binary release using curse/twitch/overwolf client https://www.curseforge.com/wow/addons/mama-multiboxing
The source of the addon resides on https://github.com/mooreatv/MAMA-multiboxing (and the MoLib library at https://github.com/mooreatv/MoLib)
Releases detail/changes are on https://github.com/mooreatv/MAMA-multiboxing/releases
Getting the below Lua error on my other screen/account when using leader macro, any advice?:
#showtooltip Icy Touch
/mama altogether
/petattack
/cast Icy Touch
Lua error on 2nd account:
Message: [ADDON_ACTION_BLOCKED] AddOn 'Mama' tried to call the protected function 'FollowUnit()'.
Time: Thu Sep 8 15:15:43 2022
Count: 1
Stack: [ADDON_ACTION_BLOCKED] AddOn 'Mama' tried to call the protected function 'FollowUnit()'.
[string "@Interface\AddOns\Mama\Mama.lua"]:426: in function `ProcessMessage'
[string "@Interface\AddOns\Mama\Mama.lua"]:447: in function <Interface\AddOns\Mama\Mama.lua:443>
[string "=(tail call)"]: ?
Locals: <none>
In reply to didnotwanttomerge:
Yes on Wrath of the Lich King, where FollowUnit() has been hardware protected by Blizzard; followme and alltogether keybinds won't work. Please instead use
/mama lead(once/when changing lead) and/click MamaFollowor the keybind for it on all./click MamaFollowwill also do the MamaAssist in addition to following so you can do both in 1 key.Reminder, don't use `/mama follow` on wrath (you'll get FollowUnit errors) instead use `/mama lead` (once/when changing lead) and `/click MamaFollow` or the keybind for it on all
by adding a new `/click MamaFollow` (will also assist) and keybindings
this is a macro to follow the leader, but is there any solution to give a command from the leader to the rest of the group?
In reply to xzxluffy:
There are still multiple commands, for instance `/mama lead` will change the lead that then `/click MamaFollow` will assist and follow
So Follow API is no longer permitted by blizzard, thats why /mama f not working?
In reply to buddybeerbruh:
Yes I have to replace it with a /click MamaFollow or some such... stay tuned
I have not seen Blizzard say Isboxer is banned. Feel free to show me otherwise. It can be used without broadcasting.
In reply to SplitPersonalityGaming:
When I wrote this readme, it was thought that the ban of broadcasting implied ban of isboxer. While there are newer claims by the vendor that it is safe to use without the broadcasting feature, I wouldn’t if you care about your accounts.
But anyway both dynamicboxer and mama should work fine with isboxer too if you are so inclined.
Have you been able to get any clarification as to whether this falls under the newest, insanely open to interpretation policy? Thanks.
In reply to kittykatmax:
wow addons in wow lua sandbox are fine by definition
Never mind, this time I got it working. Thanks!
I had reported a problem on Dec 30th and had stopped using the other addon (MBB-Minimap Button Bag).
Since then, a new version of MBB appears to be the only recently updated addon that will clean up the minimap buttons.
If you want I can put this on the "issues" section.
Here is the error I'm getting with minimal addons installed including DynamicBoxer, MAMA and MBB Reborn
2x MBB\MBB-4.0.4.lua:624: Action[SetPoint] failed because[Cannot anchor to itself]: attempted from: MamaminimapButton:SetPoint.
[string "=[C]"]: in function `osetpoint'
[string "@MBB\MBB-4.0.4.lua"]:624: in function `MBB_SetPositions'
[string "@MBB\MBB-4.0.4.lua"]:747: in function `MBB_OnUpdate'
[string "*:OnUpdate"]:1: in function <[string "*:OnUpdate"]:1>
Locals:
(*temporary) = MamaminimapButton {
0 = <userdata>
ohide = <function> defined =[C]:-1
isvisible = true
oclick = <function> defined @Mama\Mama.lua:229
opoint = <table> {
}
tooltipText = "|cFFF2D80CMama|r:
|cFF99E5FFLeft|r click to invite your team
|cFF99E5FFMiddle|r click to disband
|cFF99E5FFRight|r click for options
Drag to move this button."
SetPoint = <function> defined @MBB\MBB.lua:516
Hide = <function> defined @MBB\MBB.lua:402
afterMoveCallBack = <function> defined @Mama\Mama.lua:258
parentisvisible = true
oenter = <function> defined @Mama\Mama.lua:241
oleave = <function> defined @Mama\Mama.lua:245
Show = <function> defined @MBB\MBB.lua:385
name = "MamaminimapButton"
osetpoint = <function> defined =[C]:-1
osize = <table> {
}
ClearAllPoints = <function> defined @MBB\MBB.lua:514
oclearallpoints = <function> defined =[C]:-1
oshow = <function> defined =[C]:-1
}
(*temporary) = "RIGHT"
(*temporary) = MamaminimapButton {
0 = <userdata>
ohide = <function> defined =[C]:-1
isvisible = true
oclick = <function> defined @Mama\Mama.lua:229
opoint = <table> {
}
tooltipText = "|cFFF2D80CMama|r:
|cFF99E5FFLeft|r click to invite your team
|cFF99E5FFMiddle|r click to disband
|cFF99E5FFRight|r click for options
Drag to move this button."
SetPoint = <function> defined @MBB\MBB.lua:516
Hide = <function> defined @MBB\MBB.lua:402
afterMoveCallBack = <function> defined @Mama\Mama.lua:258
parentisvisible = true
oenter = <function> defined @Mama\Mama.lua:241
oleave = <function> defined @Mama\Mama.lua:245
Show = <function> defined @MBB\MBB.lua:385
name = "MamaminimapButton"
osetpoint = <function> defined =[C]:-1
osize = <table> {
}
ClearAllPoints = <function> defined @MBB\MBB.lua:514
oclearallpoints = <function> defined =[C]:-1
oshow = <function> defined =[C]:-1
}
(*temporary) = "LEFT"
(*temporary) = 0
(*temporary) = 0
I continue to have lua errors when I hearth. The errors point to the minimap button. I have commented that section out and the errors stopped.
In reply to fireymerlin:
can you please share the errors? ideally file an issue on https://github.com/mooreatv/MAMA-multiboxing/issues and send some /mama bug output or the lua errors and how to reproduce it
In reply to MooreaTV:
I figured out he problem is an incompativility between MaMa and Minimap Button Bag.
In reply to fireymerlin:
It should be fixed in 1.0
In reply to MooreaTV:
Thanks. I am no longer getting the error.
Hi,
How does your stop follow work?
What's the macro/script you use?
Thanks
In reply to thasp_i_ke75:
https://github.com/mooreatv/MAMA-multiboxing/blob/master/Mama/Mama.lua#L178-L180