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 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 ?
Right now M.A.M.A relies on my DynamicBoxer for most of the functionality (invite/disband/EMA sync...)
- It does allow to use DynamicBoxer without banned 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)
Input on feature prioritization is most welcome!
In the future Mama might ensure your multiboxing or dual boxing team can:
- Invite your team including automatically convert to raid as needed (for more than 5 characters)
- Fly to the same place
- Accept/be on the same quests
And some convenience like - Auto vendor/repair - And more features per your request(s) !
Mama works well in conjunction with DynamicBoxer, EMA and WowOpenBox but also with other multiboxing software or hardware
Setup
One time 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
Set in game keybind for "mama alltogether" 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.
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
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
"banned ISBoxer"
ISBox got banned? Wow, talking about fake news!
In reply to yumama:
well you must be living under a rock if you haven’t heard that blizzard doesn’t allow software broadcasting anymore...
In reply to MooreaTV:
I just chatted with GM, no problem with multiboxing.
In reply to yumama:
Glad you did. but yes you can multibox, using Mama, http://WowOpenBox.org/ and others. but not (anymore) by using ISBoxer
https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/wow/t/policy-update-for-input-broadcasting-software/707426
Thanks for the addon! I'm using EMA but haven't been able to use "/mama mount" so far. It says to config but there is only one checkbox and something about windows - which I assume is something specific to dynamicboxer?
PS: Also I was confused how that DynamicBoxer addon got installed :) Didn't know you could define dependencies like that
In reply to Forge_User_71154427:
so to use MAMA (and maybe I should make a combined "getting started" guide) you need to set a slot number on each window:
/mama s 1 on window 1
/mama s 2 on window 2
etc
after you have done that you have to copy the token (ctrl-c) showing in window 1 to the other windows (ctrl-v) - that's the dynamicboxer part - and only needed once, it'll remember the secrets to secure the comms
you might need to /reload as well the first time
didn't you get the memo?
In reply to Forge_User_29833968:
what memo? that multiboxing is fine as long as there is no software broadcasting, yes, that’s the point of this addon, follow the rules