TF2Idle - An easier way to idle

[Boben]

[QUOTE=Maxus;38756911]After launching 16 idle accounts I am getting this

[url]http://scr.hu/0eva/jc1r6[/url]

any quick ideas to solve it? Thanks![/QUOTE]

-port 29015

[NPhect]

[QUOTE=Markers;38752844]Which option in Cleanmem does that? Cleanram or Clean cache?[/QUOTE]

Clean Ram.

[QUOTE=Maxus;38756911]After launching 16 idle accounts I am getting this

[url]http://scr.hu/0eva/jc1r6[/url]

any quick ideas to solve it? Thanks![/QUOTE]

connect 192.168.etc.etc:27015
+port 27090 +port27091 etc on each next account after 15 passed

[Markers]

After some accounts,i'm having graphic problems,and can't start more accounts because of errors like "Font arial can't be created",do i need a better graphics card?

Textmode doesnt render any graphics,what is the problem then?

[Cronos]

Is the font "Arial" installed?

[Markers]

[QUOTE=Cronos Dage;38769792]Is the font "Arial" installed?[/QUOTE]

Of course.Also it happens while i'm running accounts no other diffrent than other accounts so pretty sure they all try to use arial.

[Eraserhead23]

[QUOTE=XCloudXO1;38513452]Howcome you need the real path to the file and not the symlinked path? autohotkey seems to be fine with using symlinked paths. I have zero experience with python though but i assume its sort of the same?
Like perhaps you could use the method i've figured out if you can for my autoreconnect.

Two variables, Var1 is the path of the steam.exe that idle account is using, but just chop off the end of it so c:\steam\steam.exe becomes c:\steam\.
Var 2 is the accounts name
Then use Var1\steamapps\Var2\Team Fortress 2\tf\
---

Also, [url=https://dl.dropbox.com/u/12153532/Clouds%20TF2%20Idler.ahk]I added the server wait time and the autoreconnect to my script[/url]. Clients seem to be reconnecting fine, though at the moment servers don't. I'll do that next. It checks for a dc every 30s
It works by doing that log scanning method that was posted, and checks for all the different errors that come from different disconnects, thanks for the help on that.
Edit: update checker added and -idle launch param to instantly idle on open. Fix for validating infinite loop issue (it'll wait longer each time the cancelling fails)
Sorry for hijacking your thread with it, i'll make my own soon.[/QUOTE]

Hey XCloudX,

I've been using your Autohotkey script for a while now but since a week it stops launching accounts after 8 or 9 sandboxes have succesfully launched. Do you have any idea why this could be happening?

[Maxus]

[QUOTE=radek;38758575]because you are trying to run 16 servers, not 1 server + 15 clients[/QUOTE]
I am not trying to run 16 servers, I AM actualy running 1 server + clients...

[QUOTE=NPhect;38762012]
connect 192.168.etc.etc:27015
+port 27090 +port27091 etc on each next account after 15 passed[/QUOTE]
It worked, thanks. Even though I can see "unknown command "port" in the textfile tf2 :)

[rannmann]

My config file got deleted and I didn't have a backup of it, so I spent about 5 minutes writing a quick PHP script to generate them. I doubt many will find this useful, but just in case you do, it's posted below.

Please note that my setup is possibly different than yours. I have one Steam install for each account I run concurrently, and I separate the even/odd installs by HDD so they can start up a little faster. All my account names are the same with digits at the end being different. Ex: Account_1, Account_2, ... If your schema doesn't follow mine, this is pretty useless, but it's easy enough to edit for whatever purpose.

As I said, this was thrown together in about five minutes just for myself--it's not pretty by any means.

<?php
/* Config */
$pass = 'common_password';
$prefix = 'account_'; // Account prefix sans numbers
$start = 1; // Starting account
$end = 40; // Ending account
$groupsize = 10; // How big each group is
$hostoptions = '+exec idle.cfg -textmode -nosound -low -novid -nopreload -nojoy -sw +sv_lan 1 +map itemtest -port 27001 -nohltv'; // First account launch options (per group).  This will be the listen server.
$odd = 'F:\SteamIdle\Steam_'; // Odd account # base dir.  Ex: F:\Steam_1, F:\Steam_3 would be "F:\Steam_"
$even = 'G:\SteamIdle\Steam_'; // Even account # base dir


// Put as many colors in array as groupsize.
$color = array(
    '32CD32', // acc 10
    'ABCD32', // Server (acc 1)
    'CDA432', // acc 2
    'CD5E32', // acc 3...
    'CD3232',
    'CD32AE',
    'AE32CD',
    '5E32CD',
    '326DCD',
    '32A6CD'
    );

while ($start <= $end) {
    $colnum = ($start % $groupsize);

    echo "
[Account-$prefix$start]
steam_username = $prefix$start
steam_password = $pass
steam_vanityid = $prefix$start
account_nickname = ".str_pad((int)$start,3,"0",STR_PAD_LEFT)."
sandbox_name = $prefix". ($colnum ? $colnum : $groupsize ) ."
sandbox_install = ";

    if ($start % 2) { echo $odd; }
    else { echo $even; }

    echo $prefix . ($colnum ? $colnum : $groupsize ) . "\n";
    echo 'groups = ';
    echo floor(($start - 1) / $groupsize) + 1;
    echo "
ui_log_colour = ". $color[$colnum] ."
launch_options = ";
    if ($colnum == 1) { echo $hostoptions; }
    echo "\n";
    $start++;
}


?>

[Samg381]

This application does not work. I have kept this program running, completley set up, with all the directions correctly set up. I kept it running for 72 hours, with not a single item found.

[gooooooooooogle]

[QUOTE=Samg381;38800297]This application does not work. I have kept this program running, completley set up, with all the directions correctly set up. I kept it running for 72 hours, with not a single item found.[/QUOTE]

make sure you've set the launch parameters properly, also make sure you haven't hit your weekly drop cap

[Samg381]

What is a good startup parameter? I have yet to fill one out. Also, when I restart the application, I loose all of my account info.

[SD-JunGLe]

Hi, just setting up TF2idle for first time on my idle farm accounts.
1 question:

In TF2Idle Setting on the TF2 tab > Locations: Which account am I supposed to link in Steam Installation Location? The mouse over explanation says: "The path to your Steam installation. This folder should contain Steam.exe"

Would that be the location of the Steam.exe in my main Steam folder that contains the real steamapps folder?

[rannmann]

[QUOTE=SD-JunGLe;38805371]Hi, just setting up TF2idle for first time on my idle farm accounts.
1 question:

In TF2Idle Setting on the TF2 tab > Locations: Which account am I supposed to link in Steam Installation Location? The mouse over explanation says: "The path to your Steam installation. This folder should contain Steam.exe"

Would that be the location of the Steam.exe in my main Steam folder that contains the real steamapps folder?[/QUOTE]

I'm pretty sure you're supposed to use your main account. I believe it's for using the "idle unsandboxed" button. I've never actually used this feature and can confirm that you don't actually need to set that to the correct directory for everything to work, assuming you're strictly using sandboxes.

[SD-JunGLe]

[QUOTE=rannmann;38805500]I'm pretty sure you're supposed to use your main account. I believe it's for using the "idle unsandboxed" button. I've never actually used this feature and can confirm that you don't actually need to set that to the correct directory for everything to work, assuming you're strictly using sandboxes.[/QUOTE]

Ahhh.. actually that sounds intuitively sound.
My main concern was that all account folders have Steam.exe in them and wasn't sure if that setting was to be filled out with the steam path for every single alt steam.
I added my main alt ( with a full steamapps in it )

[MasterVegito]

Can someone explain this to me.

I made 5 idle acc 2 days ago. I bought premium gift for each one. I idled succesfully today. And here's this f problem.

I can't trade the items. Steam says some bull*** about my account not having any games in the library, and that I should purchase some, which is nonsense because I have fully upgraded TF2 in my library. Also trading through RF2 doesnt work either. It syas that otherp layer is currently busy trading someone else and I am not trading with anyone ._.

What the hell?

@edit
Btw. I wonder why when I click on Gcf button it says it cant copy cfg's, where do I put them, inside every account folder or what?

@edit2
Apparently, I have to wait those 14 days, until this steam guard takes its toll.
@down
Here's my main

[url]http://steamcommunity.com/id/mastervegito/[/url]

[Laughing Stock]

[img]http://i.minus.com/jRzmq1PfnnVtE.png[/img]

Can someone help me with that? I googled it and there weren't many solutions. The only one I could find instructed me to redo the steamapps thing, which I did correctly.

I'm pretty sure it's related to how I set up my sandbox. Does it have to be in administrator mode?

[editline]12th December 2012[/editline]

[QUOTE=MasterVegito;38807755]Can someone explain this to me.

I made 5 idle acc 2 days ago. I bought premium gift for each one. I idled succesfully today. And here's this f problem.

I can't trade the items. Steam says some bull*** about my account not having any games in the library, and that I should purchase some, which is nonsense because I have fully upgraded TF2 in my library. Also trading through RF2 doesnt work either. It syas that otherp layer is currently busy trading someone else and I am not trading with anyone ._.

What the hell?[/QUOTE]

try deleting clientRegistry.BLOB in the root of your steam folder, i dunno if that'll help though.

Can you link to your account?

[editline]13th December 2012[/editline]

Oh I fixed my problem. I changed the full access to just c:/.

[SD-JunGLe]

[QUOTE=iviv;36613624][B]Complete guide to using TF2Idle[/B]

Once all the account settings have been made, in TF2Idle go file>settings
In the TF2 tab, the steam install location and sandboxie install location should have been filled automatically, but point it the right way if not. Enter the Steam API key obtained right at the top to allow you to track the drops into all of your accounts. The API key can be from any account, it just needs to have a game tied to it to be able to generate the key.
The backpack viewer is optionally used as a way to view details on an item that has dropped. Leave the idle launch settings how it is, and I would advise increasing the account launch delay to ~120 seconds, as this gives each account time to create a server and get through any CPU/ram intensive tasks before the next one tries. And you aren't going to miss a couple of minutes not idling.
Any other settings are optional. [/QUOTE]

I'm a little confused by the Secondary steamapps folder location vs. Steam installation location settings' effects.. ( as far as I know, there is ONLY ONE steamapps, while other accounts link to it, thereby making the Steam install location the same account ).
Does it imply that there should be 1 steamapps that the other alt steam folders are sym linked to AND one more as "backup"?

What are Secondary steamapps folder location &. Steam installation location used for?

The reason I ask is that in my set up, I have a full Steam and steamapps install for my real play account. Nothing points at it or uses it BUT my original account. Not even Sandboxie. It's not considered my primary idle farm account.
For my 39 idle farm alts, I have a seperate drive, 1 full Steam & steamapps folder ( Steam1, my Primary idle farm account ) plus 38 Steam only folders ( with sym link to steam apps in Steam1 ). They all have 1 sandbox each. I use Steam1 unsandboxed to update all gcfs.

Edit: I tried the "update GCF'S" button and it tells me: "The GCF's could not be copied" & "Finished updating GCF's. Remember to start the backup Steam installation unsndboxed to finish the update process"
I've got all my accounts starting as desired with correct parameters and they are all tracked properly, but that Update GCF's Buttion baffles me as does the need to have a link to the main steam folder and "secondary" steamapps in Settings. Can someone give me a hand with this?

[IMG]http://i1218.photobucket.com/albums/dd401/SD_JunGLe/TF2IdleSettings-TF2.jpg[/IMG]

[Maxus]

Okay, so I can't use my paypal account on new accounts - I have to write to steam support so they somehow "enable" my paypal to be used on more accounts.

Any other ways to fill steam wallet on new accounts?

[RandomGamer342]

[QUOTE=MasterVegito;38807755]Can someone explain this to me.

I made 5 idle acc 2 days ago. I bought premium gift for each one. I idled succesfully today. And here's this f problem.

I can't trade the items. Steam says some bull*** about my account not having any games in the library, and that I should purchase some, which is nonsense because I have fully upgraded TF2 in my library. Also trading through RF2 doesnt work either. It syas that otherp layer is currently busy trading someone else and I am not trading with anyone ._.

What the hell?

@edit
Btw. I wonder why when I click on Gcf button it says it cant copy cfg's, where do I put them, inside every account folder or what?

@edit2
Apparently, I have to wait those 14 days, until this steam guard takes its toll.
@down
Here's my main

[url]http://steamcommunity.com/id/mastervegito/[/url][/QUOTE]

I had that for every account i gave a premium upgrade to, you're supposed to be able to use them as proper steam accounts but steam still counts them as f2p's.

You need to add the accounts on your main(and trade to them from your main?) and it'll work

[editline]13th December 2012[/editline]

Does anyone know a way to bypass the UDP port limit?

If i try to launch too many instances of TF2, it refuses to launch some of them because it fails at binding a UDP port for the game

[editline]13th December 2012[/editline]

I've tried making one of them a "host" and make the rest connect to that one, but it gives the same error+crash

[rannmann]

Does anyone know of a config file that can be edited to disable automatic TF2 updates? It seems no matter how many times I set it to not update (both in the sandbox, and out), it keeps reverting back to "Always keep this game up to date", which is causing the clients to validate files every single time they launch.

[radek]

[QUOTE=Maxus;38817623]Okay, so I can't use my paypal account on new accounts - I have to write to steam support so they somehow "enable" my paypal to be used on more accounts.

Any other ways to fill steam wallet on new accounts?[/QUOTE]

support won't help you

[SD-JunGLe]

[QUOTE=rannmann;38818803]Does anyone know of a config file that can be edited to disable automatic TF2 updates? It seems no matter how many times I set it to not update (both in the sandbox, and out), it keeps reverting back to "Always keep this game up to date", which is causing the clients to validate files every single time they launch.[/QUOTE]

If they are validating every single time, then the gcf's are corrupt. Im also looking for something similar atm. It seems to happen when more than 1 alt updates the gcf's at once or if the update is interrupted.
Try validating the account that contains the steamapps folder that the others are linked to. Then validate the alts. You may need to empty the sandboxes too.

[editline]13th December 2012[/editline]

[QUOTE=Maxus;38817623]Okay, so I can't use my paypal account on new accounts - I have to write to steam support so they somehow "enable" my paypal to be used on more accounts.

Any other ways to fill steam wallet on new accounts?[/QUOTE]

2 accounts per paypal or credit card. No exceptions. <--- from Steam Support
If you try a third account with the same paypal or credit card, they will lock it.
Buy a prepaid credit card for every 2 new accounts. They come in denominations as low as $25.

[Maxus]

Ok I have found entropay but they have 15€ minimum payment add to a virtual debit card.

Anyone know any other idea to create accounts using money stored mostly on PayPal (but not DIRECTLY PayPal)?

Thanks!

and btw. I have created 30+ accounts with 1 paypal account, now it seems to be blocked (it only works on previous accounts, not new ones)...

*EDIT* Okay, I have created NEW paypal account, transfered funds there and it worked! Not sure how does that look when we are talking about paypal rules (can I have multiple accounts there?). Will probably keep doing that :)

*EDIT2*
[QUOTE=radek;38818851]support won't help you[/QUOTE]
They shouldn't, but I have recently written to them asking to enable my paypal on new account, they answered with some crap (ex. delete steam files, redownload client, use browser, which I did in the past) and somehow it worked. But it would be too risky/ it would take too much effort to write to them everytime and ask them to enable paypal on new account (they might get suspicious and block my main PayPal, which would be bad)

[DigitalGibs]

[QUOTE=Maxus;38820066]Ok I have found entropay but they have 15€ minimum payment add to a virtual debit card.

Anyone know any other idea to create accounts using money stored mostly on PayPal (but not DIRECTLY PayPal)?

Thanks!

and btw. I have created 30+ accounts with 1 paypal account, now it seems to be blocked (it only works on previous accounts, not new ones)...

*EDIT* Okay, I have created NEW paypal account, transfered funds there and it worked! Not sure how does that look when we are talking about paypal rules (can I have multiple accounts there?). Will probably keep doing that :)

*EDIT2*

They shouldn't, but I have recently written to them asking to enable my paypal on new account, they answered with some crap (ex. delete steam files, redownload client, use browser, which I did in the past) and somehow it worked. But it would be too risky/ it would take too much effort to write to them everytime and ask them to enable paypal on new account (they might get suspicious and block my main PayPal, which would be bad)[/QUOTE]

you can create multiple entro pay cards with your first deposit and transfer funds between each of your created virtual CC's for a small fee

[corkscrew_1]

Does anybody know how to put funds onto a new Steam account? I'm trying to get another account to premium, but it rejected my payment and told me to contact Steam Support, who wouldn't help. I'm using the same credit card as my main account, but is the issue payment-based or account-based?

[rannmann]

[QUOTE=SD-JunGLe;38818863]If they are validating every single time, then the gcf's are corrupt. Im also looking for something similar atm. It seems to happen when more than 1 alt updates the gcf's at once or if the update is interrupted.
Try validating the account that contains the steamapps folder that the others are linked to. Then validate the alts. You may need to empty the sandboxes too.[/QUOTE]

They seem to launch fine outside of the sandbox, so I'll empty the sandboxes themselves and hope that works. The update settings keep resetting no matter how I try to make them stick. I tried logging into each account outside of the sandbox, clearing the sandbox's contents, and loading them. Didn't work. Tried setting them while running in the sandbox. Didn't work. No matter what I do, most my clients try to automatically update.

And now that I've emptied the sandboxes, I'm starting to get that clientregistry.blob error. Getting pretty frustrating. >_<

[SD-JunGLe]

[QUOTE=rannmann;38820681]They seem to launch fine outside of the sandbox, so I'll empty the sandboxes themselves and hope that works. The update settings keep resetting no matter how I try to make them stick. I tried logging into each account outside of the sandbox, clearing the sandbox's contents, and loading them. Didn't work. Tried setting them while running in the sandbox. Didn't work. No matter what I do, most my clients try to automatically update.

And now that I've emptied the sandboxes, I'm starting to get that clientregistry.blob error. Getting pretty frustrating. >_<[/QUOTE]

It may be time to replace those gcf files with a copy from the main account

[editline]13th December 2012[/editline]

[QUOTE=corkscrew_1;38820615]Does anybody know how to put funds onto a new Steam account? I'm trying to get another account to premium, but it rejected my payment and told me to contact Steam Support, who wouldn't help. I'm using the same credit card as my main account, but is the issue payment-based or account-based?[/QUOTE]

only 2 accounts can use 1 credit card or paypal account for the security of cardholders and paypal account holders.
for more accounts, buy a prepaid credit card

[MasterVegito]

Can someone tell me or link to a tut on how to set up a server and link idle accs to it?

[RandomGamer342]

How can you run more than 16 accounts?

Any games i launch seem to crash with "IP: Failed to bind port" when 16 idlers are running

Yes, i've tried making them connect to a server, same thing happens

[ric20007]

[QUOTE=RandomGamer342;38826415]How can you run more than 16 accounts?

Any games i launch seem to crash with "IP: Failed to bind port" when 16 idlers are running

Yes, i've tried making them connect to a server, same thing happens[/QUOTE]

you have 2 answers to that in the previous page, try them both to see if it works