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| Applies to versions 0.9.21.0 and later |
To batch start 2 or more avatars you need to use the "create av bat file" option on the login screen.
This feature will allow you to create a BAT file per avatar you login. As the same time it will create a seperate INI file for each avatar so that each one can have its own different settings. You only need to do this once.
One point you must note is that if you want to auto login an avatar you must have the "Remember my password" option box checked. Otherwise only the avatar first and last name will be passed and your avatar will not login until you manually click on the login button. This is an intentional security feature to make sure that you don't enable the creation of a BAT file unknowingly or without the intention of creating it to login your avatar automatically.
To use this feature simply enter your avatar's first and last name, then the password and then check both the "Remember my password" and "Create av BAT file" option boxes and click on the login button. This will create a BAT file with the name of your avatar in the ROAMING folder (
click here if you don't know where the roaming folder is on your machine) i.e. if your bot's name is Bot Ott the BAT file will be called Bot_Ott.bat, the INI file will be called Bot_Ott_METAbolt.ini. Next time you want to login double click on the BAT file and your bot will log in automatically.
If you have more than 1 avatar and you want the ability to start them all up at the same time, you can use the contents of an auto created BAT (explained above) file to create one master BAT file:
A "bat" file is basically a text file with a "bat" extension. Creating one is very simple:
1. Open Notepad from the Windows Start menu
2. Type in the the command line (example provided below or copy the content of an auto created one)
3. Save it to the folder (or desktop) you want
4. Name the file to whatever you want and change the ".txt" extension to ".bat" (how? explained below)
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| To change the file extension, right click on the file name and select "Rename" from the popup menu. Then simply do the change as explained above. |
Example BAT file that starts and auto logs in 3 avatars:
@ECHO OFF
START "" /D "C:\Program Files\METAbolt\" "C:\Program Files\METAbolt\metabolt.exe" Name1 Lastname1 Password1
start /wait wait.vbs
START "" /D "C:\Program Files\METAbolt\" "C:\Program Files\METAbolt\metabolt.exe" Name2 Lastname2 Password2
start /wait wait.vbs
START "" /D "C:\Program Files\METAbolt\" "C:\Program Files\METAbolt\metabolt.exe" Name3 Lastname3 Password3
This will start each one with a 10 second delay.
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The directory (C:\Program Files\METAbolt (64 bit)\) above will differ depending on where you installed METAbolt or if you have a 32 bit version. Simply use whatever is specified in the auto created BAT file when you logged in.
For the above BAT file to work you need to download the "wait.vbs" file. Click here to download.
Unzip the wait.zip file and copy the content (wait.vbs) to the folder where your bat file is.
By default wait.vbs is set to delay command executions every 10 seconds (10000 milliseconds). To increase or decrease this value, right click on the wait.vbs file and from the popup menu select the "edit" option. Change the value (10000) to your desired value, save the file and exit. Do not forget this value is in MILLISECONDS e.g. 1 second = 1000 milliseconds. |