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ZIM888 said:
I have trouble logging in this morning. When I click the IonBC icon, then click host, it got stuck at 30% of "getting user sign in. Then it bump to Redguides and give the following message.

Oops! We ran into some problems.​


Invalid client.

I tried delete the app and re-install IonBC and problem remained the same. Please help.

I am level 2 Redguide user, renewal date is Jan 15, 2023.
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Try reinstalling now, I had to reinstantiate our API. You should be all set.
 
I can't get my clients to connect.

All on same LAN, I have port forwarding setup in my router, firewall is open on the port I chose.

I checked the log and found this.

18:15:14: Exception caught @ ClientWindow, connect_Button_Click
OS: Microsoft Windows NT 6.2.9200.0
Related Data: Connecting?: False Connected?: False
System.Net.Sockets.SocketException (0x80004005): A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond 192.168.1.49:2112
at System.Net.Sockets.TcpClient..ctor(String hostname, Int32 port)
at EQBroadcaster.ClientWindow.initialConnection(Boolean cnctFailed)

I am using input director and it did say that could cause an issue but I only have 1 mouse/keyboard so I need to use it to control my other PCs
 
Having issues getting clients to connect today. No changes since yesterday, port is open, no changes to firewall rules. The Host starts successfully and says listening on the appropriate port, but neither of my boxes can connect it says "Could not connect, please try again."
 
Quick question on this needing to authenticate via the redguides API, do you need to have level 2 access for this to authenticate?
 
Ionis,

Is the keypress broadcasting an option still? I dont see the little button that you talked in the first video for that.

Everything else is awesome. Thanks!

Kar
 
I've just scratched the surface on using this on a Truebox server, but I've gotta say "well done". It does exactly what it says it will do. A very small learning hurdle, which the current youtube videos help, and I was up and running.
 
I don't like to run MQ on my main computer, so I don't use dannet or anything like that to send commands to other characters. I've been using ionBC to make other characters follow me, assist me, etc. But the biggest issue I have with ionBC is that it hijacks some commands. For example if I want to make my boxes target and click a door, the `/click left door` command cannot be sent via ionBC because it hijacks `/click` and tries to click an ionBC hotbar button, instead of making the boxes type out the command `/click ...`. Is there a way to make that work?
 
Just getting started, but this is EXACTLY what I've been looking for!

Excited to deep dive into the possibilities!

/uninstall Multiplicity

Donated!
 
This is a great program. I had one I had made in autoit a few years ago, but it was a pain. This is great.

One request, add a shrink to system tray for the client/server app so its not in the alt+tab when using parsec or whatever.
Also, is there a way to make it so that mouse clicks dont go through the hotbars? If the button is over a corpse or another player or npc, it will target that thing thats behind the button when clicked.

Thanks for all you do!
 
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Hello everyone! It's been a very, very, very long time and I apologize for that!

For those of you that don't follow the Discord, when I first started IonBC I mainly planned to make a simple broadcasting solution that could be used to create basic macros for use on TrueBox servers. As it grew in general popularity I started adding more and more features based off of community feedback. When I said I would continue to develop IonBC assuming the community wanted to move forward with it, I never expected that so many folks would actually want the application to continue to evolve beyond what it originally was.

With that being said, when I started writing IonBC a couple years ago I expected to drop a couple patches and then leave it for folks to just toy around with. Needless to say, we definitely moved beyond that point quite a while ago but this leaves a couple of issues, mainly:

1. Quality of updates
2. Consistency
3. Quality control

I began to really think about how I could tackle these problems while still consistently getting content out to those who used IonBC. I formed a QA team out of dedicated users who put their machines on the line for my diabolical plans, but that wasn't quite enough to fix the other issues I was facing.

Around September of 2022 I decided that parts of the codebase really needed to be expanded upon/rewritten to allow for healthier and more consistent updates. The code was a bit of a nightmare since I hadn't really planned on folks wanting long-term support plus my own general inexperience, this proved to be a fatal mistake and I'm sorry if anyone has encountered issues with IonBC caused by my initial laziness with the codebase.

The more I tried to dig in to fixing up the codebase the more I found myself rewriting piece after piece. I decided in October of 2022 that the codebase may as well be rewritten and announced to the community that updates would be put on hold for a determinant amount of time.

From there I sort of went dark on RedGuides and slowly seemed like I was becoming more and more inactive so, again, I apologize. I had a lot of projects going on as well as other projects going on for the RedGuides community and I really wanted to make sure that I had the time to make a proper commitment to IonBC since another rushed codebase would just result in the same issues we've seen with the initial IonBC.

A lot of my projects concluded a while ago now and I've dedicated the majority of my time to both IonBC and another RedGuides project which will be coming in the future (@Redbot not sure how much you want me to say about this, if I've said too much feel free to edit jank out!).

With all that being said, I expect a QA release of IonBC 0.30 to be ready by December/January time!

Up until then, I'll be posting videos going over features, UI updates and other quirks that the rewrite will hold starting next week!

The first video will go over the UI changes. Some pages will be excluded as to not spoil new features, but it will go over the brunt of the new UI and what it holds!

For now, here's a little sneak preview for what's to come in next weeks UI preview:
IonBC.png

Thanks again for everyone's kind support, incredible feedback and patience! It has been a long road, but we're finally starting to see the end. I look forward to sharing more info with everyone as we get closer to December/January's QA release!

If anyone has any questions feel free to ask! Hope everyone has a great evening! :)
 
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Full UI overview video is in the works, but just wanted to throw everyone a quick preview & comparison demo over both the old & new host screens, no commentary over this one just a quick demo!



You may notice a few toggles missing (such as Event Triggers for example) don't worry, they've just been moved to a place that makes more sense.

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask! :)
 
Been using and loving this on Mischief, so wanted to start off saying thank you. And I also have an off the wall question. With Mischief removing truebox, is there any way to use IONBC or something like it all on one pc? Or would I need to move on to MQNext?
 
I just downloaded IonBC and am trying to get it set up but I can't get it to connect. I think it's the port field that I'm having trouble with. I don't really know what port number to use. Sorry for asking such a noob question but any help would be appreciated.
edit: I found and followed directions to forward a port but it still won't connect.
 
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Just started getting true boxed its working great but today I keep getting true boxed and kicked any thoughts?
 
Darfus said:
I just downloaded IonBC and am trying to get it set up but I can't get it to connect. I think it's the port field that I'm having trouble with. I don't really know what port number to use. Sorry for asking such a noob question but any help would be appreciated.
edit: I found and followed directions to forward a port but it still won't connect.
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use 80
 
Hondorian said:
Wish i was smart enough to help further, mine is also no longer working as well.
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Darfus said:
Tried 80 and it's still not connecting. My ISP wouldn't be able to block it from connecting, would they?
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if you open your command prompt and type in Netstat
Darfus said:
I appreciate the help man. I can usually figure out how to get this stuff running but I’m totally stumped.
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i figured out mine today had to load command prompt and enter netstat -a as the command that pulled up my ip addresses and I was able to use one there. Now off topic I also figured out some of my key issues by pulling up word and watching the key run on word helps find typos and errors keep that in mind if your keys aren’t working 100%.
 
Hondorian said:
if you open your command prompt and type in Netstat

i figured out mine today had to load command prompt and enter netstat -a as the command that pulled up my ip addresses and I was able to use one there. Now off topic I also figured out some of my key issues by pulling up word and watching the key run on word helps find typos and errors keep that in mind if your keys aren’t working 100%.
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That's awesome, glad you got yours worked out. I'm still tinkering around with mine trying to get it figured out.
 
May be I missed it, but is there a way to turn off click through on the hotbar? Many times it targets a dead body in the game when I click a button, which causes my healer to try to heal a dead body.
 
voidtek1969 said:
May be I missed it, but is there a way to turn off click through on the hotbar? Many times it targets a dead body in the game when I click a button, which causes my healer to try to heal a dead body.
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Create a chat window the same size as your hotbar, then place hotbar over the chat window
 
Darfus said:
That's awesome, glad you got yours worked out. I'm still tinkering around with mine trying to get it figured out.
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Lol, got mine working just now. I just reinstalled on each computer and it connected right up! Now to start making some hotkeys and put this baby to work!
 
My Open/Close Toolbar & Live BC Toggle widgets seem to have gotten stuck in the middle of the screen & I can't figure out how to move them to the edge. I already tried unlocking the hotbar. How do you move these widgets?
 
Doing a keybind on the number pad directional arrows gives the same value as the standard keyboard directional arrows, can this be fixed? I would like to be able to utilize my keypad/numpad up down arrows for key binds to cast spells. In other programs I have used it considers the num pad directional keys to be different then the regular arrow keys.
 
My hotbars keep getting corrupted using IonBC and refuse to load. I'm not sure if it's the auto save feature or some other bug in saving. I noticed when it happens its one or more bugged buttons that have repeated text. Does anyone have any useful ideas on how to prevent loss work? Should I be making constant backups of my profiles? Version control them with github?

For now I've turned off the auto save feature.

Here is an example corrupted button, which I haven't edited this macro in quite some time:

Code: 
Name:
ENCH Mez AOE
ID:
475297
Target:
Enchanter
Content:
/pause 2; /g AOE Mez!; /pause 2; /cast 8; /pause 40; /sit
Repeater:
False
Seconds:
5
EleLeft:
266
EleRight:
10
EleTop:
332
EleBottom:
10
EleHeight:
40
EleWidth:
40
Foreground:
#FF000000
Background:
#FFDDDDDD
Interval:
05-10
Keybind:
G
KbForeground:
Cooldown:
False
CD Seconds:
5
Overlay Color:
#19FF0000
Interrupts?:
False
Wait:
0
Stop Casting?:
False
SC Keybind:
LShift+S
IgnoreAllStacking:
IgnoreAllStacking:
FALSE
Uninterruptable:
FALSE
LocalVariables:

FALSE
Uninterruptable:
FALSE
LocalVariables:
 
Hey guys. Is this supported any more? I got everything to connect but I can't seem to get simple hotkeys to work. Just trying to broadcast the numpad on my main pc to the numpad on my box.
 
I'm able to get some functionality clicking hotbuttons but not by pressing keys. I.E. I can click a button and it will send the command to the other PC but if I set a hotkey to run the same command nothing happens.
 
Monkly said:
Hey guys. Is this supported any more? I got everything to connect but I can't seem to get simple hotkeys to work. Just trying to broadcast the numpad on my main pc to the numpad on my box.
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Working fine for me.
 
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