TF2Idle - An easier way to idle

[Boben]

[QUOTE=mblunk;37626159]Do you guys use software to free memory? Also can't you just set yourselves up with massive pagefiles?[/QUOTE]
No/No.

[radek]

[QUOTE=mblunk;37626159]Do you guys use software to free memory? Also can't you just set yourselves up with massive pagefiles?[/QUOTE]

4 GB RAM, 30 GB page file, I'm running 20 accounts at once and even pushed to 30 once

[gooooooooooogle]

when I try to access the drop log from my browser, I only see a blank white page.I have forwarded my port 5000. what do?

[editline]11th September 2012[/editline]

the address is [url]http://85.157.160.62:5000/[/url]

[justchil]

Ty for the heads up on heapsize. DOH

I have a question for your guys...

I just setup 100 more accounts... with each account when I run steam there are several things I have to do...

1. Turn off in-game community
2. Disable tf2 auto updating
3. Turn off a couple of the notifications like when friends come online (not a big deal)
4. Disable news popups

Is there anyway or maybe a file these settings are stored in so I don't have to do this manually everytime? I've yet to do much research and am hoping someone else has solved this already lol

Making 100tf2idle accts = easy, 100 sandboxie accts = easy, making all the folders/copying steam.exe/symlink = easy..... actually making the steam accounts sucks... no way around that... but if I didn't have to set these things on each account the first time I run them it would be awesome.

If there is just a way to disable In-Game Steam and Auto Updates on tf2 via start switches I'd be happy. Going to look that up right now.

[editline]11th September 2012[/editline]

I failed to mention. For each steam folder I just have a copy of steam.exe and the symlink to steamapps. Maybe if I copy and existing steam folder that has these options set it would apply to the new account that logs into that folders team? I doubt so but thought I'd ask :)

[editline]11th September 2012[/editline]

There has to be something... at least for the auto-updates of tf2 if nothing else. While logging into steam for the first time on an account... I disabled it... then noticed I had the wrong account and logged in again (first time for this account). While it didn't have the other steam settings I changed I did noticed tf2 auto-updates were disabled.

[Markers]

I'm considering and ram upgrade for more smooth computer when idling with some accounts.

Right now i have 4 gb 1333 mhz (2gb-2gb)

My goal is to run 30 accounts at the same time,can someone who can run that many accounts tell me how much ram (& how fast,1333 mhz or such) you have and proccesor please?

I have about 100$ budget for this.

[bambuk]

[QUOTE=Markers;37628750]

I have about 100$ budget for this.[/QUOTE]

Buy SSD and move pagefile there - 40-60Gb will be enough. Your motherboard should support SATA.

[Tealc]

I tested this with one account and received one drop. After I realized it worked, I went ahead and added 5 accounts. Now none of them are getting anything. 2 are even old, premium accounts. I have no idea what's wrong. It all seems to be set up correctly and I followed iviv's guide to a tee. I've ran it for hours and between 3 nights (so item servers being down should not be the problem).

Here's a copy of the hl2.exe log that comes up when I begin idling: [url]http://pastebin.com/PAMvg7ZR[/url]

Edit:
Well apparently the next drop took several hours even while running multiple accounts. I thought I was guaranteed one at least every 70 minutes?
Now that I have your attention, I have one more question on my mind:
- If I make a new account, do I have to wait for the next weekly drop timer reset until that new account can find items?

Thanks.

[Markers]

[QUOTE=bambuk;37629692]Buy SSD and move pagefile there - 40-60Gb will be enough. Your motherboard should support SATA.[/QUOTE]

I read few about it and it looks some kind of hard disk,sure that would help?

I found 2x4 8gb 1600 Mhz Ram's,i can make 2 of it if with i add some budget?

Can afford this
[url]http://www.hepsiburada.com/liste/geil-evo-corsa-16gb-2x8gb-ddr3-1600-mhz-dual-channel-aluminyum-sogutuculu-ram-glgoc316gb1600c10dc/productDetails.aspx?productId=bd101351&categoryId=47&SKU=BD101351[/url]

And maybe this

[url]http://www.hepsiburada.com/liste/geil-evo-corsa-16gb-2x8gb-ddr3-1600-mhz-dual-channel-aluminyum-sogutuculu-ram-glgoc316gb1600c10dc/productDetails.aspx?productId=bd101351&categoryId=47&SKU=BD101351[/url]

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And if SSD is the case

this;
[url]http://www.hepsiburada.com/liste/team-60gb-xtreem-s2-sf-2281-25-sata3-ssd-tmssds2-60g/productDetails.aspx?productId=bd131787&categoryId=114814#Yorumlar[/url]

If it can open 50 or more accounts at a time,with +budget this;
[url]http://www.hepsiburada.com/liste/corsair-force-gt-120gb-sata3-ssd-cssd-f120gbgt-bk/productDetails.aspx?productId=bd131110&categoryId=114814[/url]

[radek]

[QUOTE=Tealc;37629920]
If I make a new account, do I have to wait for the next weekly drop timer reset until that new account can find items?

[/QUOTE]
no

[editline]11th September 2012[/editline]

[QUOTE=Markers;37630143]I read few about it and it looks some kind of hard disk,sure that would help?

I found 2x4 8gb 1600 Mhz Ram's,i can make 2 of it if with i add some budget?

Can afford this
[url]http://www.hepsiburada.com/liste/geil-evo-corsa-16gb-2x8gb-ddr3-1600-mhz-dual-channel-aluminyum-sogutuculu-ram-glgoc316gb1600c10dc/productDetails.aspx?productId=bd101351&categoryId=47&SKU=BD101351[/url]

And maybe this

[url]http://www.hepsiburada.com/liste/geil-evo-corsa-16gb-2x8gb-ddr3-1600-mhz-dual-channel-aluminyum-sogutuculu-ram-glgoc316gb1600c10dc/productDetails.aspx?productId=bd101351&categoryId=47&SKU=BD101351[/url]

____________________________

And if SSD is the case

this;
[url]http://www.hepsiburada.com/liste/team-60gb-xtreem-s2-sf-2281-25-sata3-ssd-tmssds2-60g/productDetails.aspx?productId=bd131787&categoryId=114814#Yorumlar[/url]

If it can open 60+ accounts at a time,with +budget this;
[url]http://www.hepsiburada.com/liste/corsair-force-gt-120gb-sata3-ssd-cssd-f120gbgt-bk/productDetails.aspx?productId=bd131110&categoryId=114814[/url][/QUOTE]

don't even think about running 60 accounts lol

[bambuk]

[QUOTE=Markers;37630143]If it can open 60+ accounts at a time,with +budget this;
[url]http://www.hepsiburada.com/liste/corsair-force-gt-120gb-sata3-ssd-cssd-f120gbgt-bk/productDetails.aspx?productId=bd131110&categoryId=114814[/url][/QUOTE]

What are you going to do on this computer? Is it dedicated system for farm?
For 30 accs you will need about 9 Gb of pure RAM, 2-3Gb for system, so 16 will be enough, i think. May be I was wrong offering to buy SSD.

You can't run 60 assc simultaneously for many reasons - CPU load, handling so many accs will take all your time.

[Markers]

[QUOTE=bambuk;37630465]What are you going to do on this computer? Is it dedicated system for farm?
For 30 accs you will need about 9 Gb of pure RAM, 2-3Gb for system, so 16 will be enough, i think. May be I was wrong offering to buy SSD.

You can't run 60 assc simultaneously for many reasons - CPU load, handling so many accs will take all your time.[/QUOTE]

That's the plan,and thank you for the answer.I'll buy the 2x8gb 1600 mhz.

Quick question

Which is better for idling ; 20 gb ram 1333 mhz
OR 16 gb ram 1600 mhz?

[bambuk]

[QUOTE=Markers;37631969]That's the plan,and thank you for the answer.I'll buy the 2x8gb 1600 mhz.

Quick question

Which is better for idling ; 20 gb ram 1333 mhz
OR 16 gb ram 1600 mhz?[/QUOTE]

Memory speed doesn't matter, its not a super-duper 3D game :)
Speed of your HDD is more important here, faster hdd - faster your farm starting up.

[crinklypaper]

[QUOTE=justchil;37628031]Ty for the heads up on heapsize. DOH

I have a question for your guys...

I just setup 100 more accounts... with each account when I run steam there are several things I have to do...

1. Turn off in-game community
2. Disable tf2 auto updating
3. Turn off a couple of the notifications like when friends come online (not a big deal)
4. Disable news popups

Is there anyway or maybe a file these settings are stored in so I don't have to do this manually everytime? I've yet to do much research and am hoping someone else has solved this already lol

Making 100tf2idle accts = easy, 100 sandboxie accts = easy, making all the folders/copying steam.exe/symlink = easy..... actually making the steam accounts sucks... no way around that... but if I didn't have to set these things on each account the first time I run them it would be awesome.

If there is just a way to disable In-Game Steam and Auto Updates on tf2 via start switches I'd be happy. Going to look that up right now.

[editline]11th September 2012[/editline]

I failed to mention. For each steam folder I just have a copy of steam.exe and the symlink to steamapps. Maybe if I copy and existing steam folder that has these options set it would apply to the new account that logs into that folders team? I doubt so but thought I'd ask :)

[editline]11th September 2012[/editline]

There has to be something... at least for the auto-updates of tf2 if nothing else. While logging into steam for the first time on an account... I disabled it... then noticed I had the wrong account and logged in again (first time for this account). While it didn't have the other steam settings I changed I did noticed tf2 auto-updates were disabled.[/QUOTE]
1. Turn off in-game community
4. Disable news popups

You could write a script that ends the process for the overlay. And you could write a script that autocloses windows with the title for news.

[Markers]

[QUOTE=crinklypaper;37634515]1. Turn off in-game community
4. Disable news popups

You could write a script that ends the process for the overlay. And you could write a script that autocloses windows with the title for news.[/QUOTE]

overlays pop open again on me,and other is way complicated then just disabling it.

[justchil]

[QUOTE=crinklypaper;37634515]1. Turn off in-game community
4. Disable news popups

You could write a script that ends the process for the overlay. And you could write a script that autocloses windows with the title for news.[/QUOTE]

I do that for every steam account. For some reason the settings are not always saved... so I end up setting this 2-4 times per account.

I can't figure out why my steam settings are not always being saved.

PS: If you don't disable in-game steam it will just restart every time you end the process.

Could it be something with my sandboxie config? I noticed some sandboxes are accessing files on the C:\ which I don't know why.

My config (single account):

[account1]

Enabled=y
ConfigLevel=7
AutoRecover=y
Template=BlockPorts
Template=LingerPrograms
Template=Firefox_Phishing_DirectAccess
Template=AutoRecoverIgnore
RecoverFolder=%{374DE290-123F-4565-9164-39C4925E467B}%
RecoverFolder=%Personal%
RecoverFolder=%Favorites%
RecoverFolder=%Desktop%
BorderColor=#00FFFF,ttl
OpenFilePath=D:\
OpenPipePath=D:\

[Markers]

[QUOTE=justchil;37641180]I do that for every steam account. For some reason the settings are not always saved... so I end up setting this 2-4 times per account.

I can't figure out why my steam settings are not always being saved.

PS: If you don't disable in-game steam it will just restart every time you end the process.

Could it be something with my sandboxie config? I noticed some sandboxes are accessing files on the C:\ which I don't know why.

My config (single account):

[account1]

Enabled=y
ConfigLevel=7
AutoRecover=y
Template=BlockPorts
Template=LingerPrograms
Template=Firefox_Phishing_DirectAccess
Template=AutoRecoverIgnore
RecoverFolder=%{374DE290-123F-4565-9164-39C4925E467B}%
RecoverFolder=%Personal%
RecoverFolder=%Favorites%
RecoverFolder=%Desktop%
BorderColor=#00FFFF,ttl
OpenFilePath=D:\
OpenPipePath=D:\[/QUOTE]

Do you guys disable steam cloud sync? I'm not sure if it'd help or mess up with my options if i disable it for every idle account?

Also,what do you do with your idle accounts referals? I got a few professor speks but they dont really do me any good.I'm thinking of making 20 of referals to my storage account so if valve would do a promo for people who invited lots of people or so i can grap something valuable? But if valve turns against idlers can they can use speks to track down multi accounts ? Am i paranoid?

[justchil]

I asked the same question about cloudsync but didn't get an answer. I'm not sure what all is sync'd to be honest. I have a lot of reading up to do now that I'm pushing 100+ accounts.

I just give the referrals to myself :P

[spawn camp3r]

so I got this today

Hello,

"A staff member has replied to your question:

Hello >name<,

Thank you for contacting Steam Support.

Our system is not set up to support this activity. You will need to complete your purchases from a single Steam account.

We will not be able to unlock this account for purchasing or remove the limitations on this copy of Team Fortress 2. Any purchases through the Mann Co. Store will need to be made on your primary Steam Account.

We understand that this is an inconvenience, but we will not be able to assist you."

you think if I use paypay it would work?

[Markers]

[QUOTE=justchil;37646796]I asked the same question about cloudsync but didn't get an answer. I'm not sure what all is sync'd to be honest. I have a lot of reading up to do now that I'm pushing 100+ accounts.

I just give the referrals to myself :P[/QUOTE]

Got an idea.100+ referal speks must be worth something with gift wrap right?

[radek]

[QUOTE=spawn camp3r;37647061]so I got this today

Hello,

"A staff member has replied to your question:

Hello >name<,

Thank you for contacting Steam Support.

Our system is not set up to support this activity. You will need to complete your purchases from a single Steam account.

We will not be able to unlock this account for purchasing or remove the limitations on this copy of Team Fortress 2. Any purchases through the Mann Co. Store will need to be made on your primary Steam Account.

We understand that this is an inconvenience, but we will not be able to assist you."

you think if I use paypay it would work?[/QUOTE]

Did you get one or more of your steam accounts suspended?

[gooooooooooogle]

[img]http://niggaupload.com/images/5L2Wp.png[/img]
i get this when i start up one of my accounts, what do?

[Boben]

[QUOTE=justchil;37628031]Is there anyway or maybe a file these settings are stored in so I don't have to do this manually everytime? I've yet to do much research and am hoping someone else has solved this already lol
[/QUOTE]

config/config.vdf
Maybe some other files req too, im too lazy to check.

Use empty sandbox, run steam.exe from empty folder, check which files copied in.

[RocketRacer]

How does it REALLY start idling? It creates local server?..... :(

[justchil]

Does anyone know if this will be an 'active' project. I've found a few bugs.. a lot of ideas for improvements and such. I plan on offering a nice donation before asking the author about this stuff... it's also open source so I could make the changes myself it all else fails.

One thing that is bugging me is the web log view breaks after a while and just shows a white page.

[KwarY]

[QUOTE=gooooooooooogle;37649442][img]http://niggaupload.com/images/5L2Wp.png[/img]
i get this when i start up one of my accounts, what do?[/QUOTE]

Im getting the same error here, i cant understand why

[spawn camp3r]

[QUOTE=radek;37648640]Did you get one or more of your steam accounts suspended?[/QUOTE]

every account that I made for idleing seems to be not droping items
which is like 3

[editline]13th September 2012[/editline]

[QUOTE=RocketRacer;37649888]How does it REALLY start idling? It creates local server?..... :([/QUOTE]

yes, it runs tf2 in textmode (basically sans graphics) and joins a local server and idles. it uses sandboxie so that you can have more that one going at the same time

[Tooie]

My sandboxie decided to broke. Butts.

[gooooooooooogle]

[QUOTE=1112e;37659302]My sandboxie decided to broke. Butts.[/QUOTE]

that means you will have to fix it

[Tooie]

[QUOTE=gooooooooooogle;37659543]that means you will have to fix it[/QUOTE]

I've already tried uninstalling and re-installing, to a different directory. The service fails to start. It says it doesn't have permission. Even on an admin account.

[blksith0]

[QUOTE=KwarY;37650342]Im getting the same error here, i cant understand why[/QUOTE]

Count me in on this error!
I'll attempt to reinstall.