TF2Idle - An easier way to idle

[Stoofvlees]

for the people who have the problem that they need to validate for each idle account:

1. Update CFG's in TF2idle
2. Open Steam from one of your idle folders unsandboxed, login with the corresponding account
3. rmb click on TF2 and choose properties
4. go to local files
5. click on the button "Defragment cache files"
6. properly exit steam
7. go to next idle folder and repeat process

The first time will take around 10 minutes depending on fragmentation.
The second and following times it'll be done in around 10-15 seconds, much faster dan validating for every account.

you can start idle sandboxed with one account, after all the idle accounts are done 'defragmenting cache files'. It'll open TF2 textmode without validating.
If succesful open all other accounts.

I'd like to hear if this was useful for other people with same problems.

[ric20007]

[QUOTE=Eraserhead23;38991513]I managed to start a 2nd server and in the conosole it says: WARNING Port 27050 was unavailable, bound to port 27064 instead.

But when i tell the next client to connect to port 27064 or 65 it says that the server is full. I'm guessing it's connecting to the first server for some reason. How can i force it to connect to the 2nd listen server?[/QUOTE]

In the second server account put this on the settings: -port 28015 (or other port you know it's available)
in the normal accounts put +connect ip:28015 ( +connect ip:port )

[Eraserhead23]

Cheers mate, worked! :rock:

[Markers]

[QUOTE=Eraserhead23;38993593]Cheers mate, worked! :rock:[/QUOTE]

Do you mind writing max account number you can run at a time when you give it a shot? Thanks

[Palmed]

I just found this, and it seems to be very promising, thanks a lot for the good work!

I am currently copy and pasting my Steam folder into C:\Idle, as iviv's guide tells me too.
But I have a question about this; would it not be better just to shortcut/"mklink" the entire Steam folder?

I'm sorry if it's a stupid question, but I see no reason why it wouldn't work.
Also, I currently do not have the privilege to search for stuff, so I apologize if this has been asked before.

[parmel]

I'm having problems adding more then 9 accounts to Tf2idle. The 10th account overlaps the first account when i try to add it.

I have named them: Name1, Name2, Name3 etc.

It's like the button for the 10th account is infront of the first account.

Any solution to this?

[radek]

use 01 instead of 1

[Palmed]

The sandbox part works fine, however, TF2 isn't running in text mode; none of the idle launch settings are working. I am using default settings. Anyone know how to fix this?

[parmel]

[QUOTE=radek;38996293]use 01 instead of 1[/QUOTE]
Thanks alot, It worked. :smile:

[editline]28th December 2012[/editline]

But now i have ran into a new problem. Using this program seems to have messed up my tf2 settings.. I can no longer choose 1920x1080 resolution in my video options.

Talking about my normal steam which i play on, not one of the idle ones.

[radek]

[QUOTE=Eraserhead23;38993593]Cheers mate, worked! :rock:[/QUOTE]
let us know how idling with 32+ accounts goes for you. I can never run more than 32 steams, the 33th one simply doesn't load up. never ever.

[Reteeks]

[QUOTE=Stoofvlees;38992256]for the people who have the problem that they need to validate for each idle account:

1. Update CFG's in TF2idle
2. Open Steam from one of your idle folders unsandboxed, login with the corresponding account
3. rmb click on TF2 and choose properties
4. go to local files
5. click on the button "Defragment cache files"
6. properly exit steam
7. go to next idle folder and repeat process

The first time will take around 10 minutes depending on fragmentation.
The second and following times it'll be done in around 10-15 seconds, much faster dan validating for every account.

you can start idle sandboxed with one account, after all the idle accounts are done 'defragmenting cache files'. It'll open TF2 textmode without validating.
If succesful open all other accounts.

I'd like to hear if this was useful for other people with same problems.[/QUOTE]

Sadly did not work. I did every step exactly. 1st account of the day, started up just fine. 2nd account.. just went into validating files. Doesn't seem to be a fix to avoid this yet.

[parmel]

Does anyone know why my regular Tf2 starts up in 640x480 and can't be changed to 1920x1080 like usual?
It happened after i began using Tf2Idle.

Is there any fix to this?

[RandomGamer342]

[QUOTE=parmel;39002769]Does anyone know why my regular Tf2 starts up in 640x480 and can't be changed to 1920x1080 like usual?
It happened after i began using Tf2Idle.

Is there any fix to this?[/QUOTE]

You can change the resolution in the options fine, you just need to change the aspect ratio from 4:3 to 16:9 first

[Eraserhead23]

[QUOTE=radek;38997685]let us know how idling with 32+ accounts goes for you. I can never run more than 32 steams, the 33th one simply doesn't load up. never ever.[/QUOTE]

I could run up to 35 accounts but then i would start getting weird errors, screen flickering, random error about a verdana font that couldn't be loaded which i didn't see anymore after that. But the screen flickering looked like windows explorer was crashing so i stopped (but i don't think that was it. I will try this once more next week with al background processes closed (using tune up utilities for that) and see what happens. It wasn't a matter of RAM because i still had 3GB left.

[parmel]

[QUOTE=RandomGamer342;39002943]You can change the resolution in the options fine, you just need to change the aspect ratio from 4:3 to 16:9 first[/QUOTE]

Oh alright, thanks.

[editline]28th December 2012[/editline]

But before i try that i will have to wait for the validating steam files crap for the 100th time. :suicide:

[KnTRL]

Have used this software for a while and everytime got good amount of drops.
This week,without doing any modify I looted in first 8 hours xmas crates+1 wep. Today,after all night idling no one of 13 account got 1 item. What is wrong?

[Markers]

[QUOTE=Eraserhead23;39003051]I could run up to 35 accounts but then i would start getting weird errors, screen flickering, random error about a verdana font that couldn't be loaded which i didn't see anymore after that. But the screen flickering looked like windows explorer was crashing so i stopped (but i don't think that was it. I will try this once more next week with al background processes closed (using tune up utilities for that) and see what happens. It wasn't a matter of RAM because i still had 3GB left.[/QUOTE]

Same here after 33rd.I think graphic motor start to crash after that.I have onboard graphics cards though.Doesnt make any diffrence? Weird.

You should give it a shot 30+ with virtualbox.

I tried but have some errors atm.

[FF|Skyrider]

Your version: 1.9.3
Current version: 1.9.5

[url]https://github.com/Moussekateer/TF2IdleGUI/downloads[/url]

Either I'm blind, or up-to 1.9.3 is only available. Saw changelogs of v1.9.5, but doesn't seem to be available for download.

[Moussekateer]

[QUOTE=FF|Skyrider;39004928]Your version: 1.9.3
Current version: 1.9.5

[url]https://github.com/Moussekateer/TF2IdleGUI/downloads[/url]

Either I'm blind, or up-to 1.9.3 is only available. Saw changelogs of v1.9.5, but doesn't seem to be available for download.[/QUOTE]

GitHub are no longer supporting downloads so I've moved my downloads to [URL="http://code.google.com/p/tf2idle/downloads/list"]http://code.google.com/p/tf2idle/downloads/list[/URL]. Unfortunately because there was no prior warning to downloads being disabled, the new links are only reflected in the latest version, from 1.9.5 onwards.

[Satangel]

And to update, what's the process? Just make sure the newer version is in the correct folder, and it'll save all the settings?
Probably a noob question, but want to make sure I don't fuck something up

[RandomGamer342]

[QUOTE=Satangel;39015690]And to update, what's the process? Just make sure the newer version is in the correct folder, and it'll save all the settings?
Probably a noob question, but want to make sure I don't fuck something up[/QUOTE]

If the new program is in the same folder as the old one, it'll work

[Satangel]

[QUOTE=RandomGamer342;39015719]If the new program is in the same folder as the old one, it'll work[/QUOTE]
Thought so, nice. Just replacing the old TF2Idle.exe with the newer one. Gj moussa!

[parmel]

So, i have 12 accounts that is working fine to idle on, but accounts 13, 14, 15 and 16 get the "Could not connect to steam" error :/

[editline]29th December 2012[/editline]

It also says "You do not have enough space"

[radek]

[QUOTE=parmel;39016588]So, i have 12 accounts that is working fine to idle on, but accounts 13, 14, 15 and 16 get the "Could not connect to steam" error :/

[editline]29th December 2012[/editline]

It also says "You do not have enough space"[/QUOTE]
you don't have the sandboxie access set up properly on sandboxes 13-16 most likely

[parmel]

[QUOTE=radek;39016745]you don't have the sandboxie access set up properly on sandboxes 13-16 most likely[/QUOTE]

I have set them up exactly like the other accounts in sandbox :/

[deqa]

I can get 17 accounts connecting to my server, but two accounts eventually disconnect. I think it's an issue with the -port 27018 and +port 27019's that I have set up. I have 6gb of RAM and I'm wondering if my ports are set up incorrectly for my accounts' settings or the server's settings?

Server settings:
-textmode -nosound -low -novid -nopreload -nohltv -replay_enable 0 -tvdisable -nojoy -width 640 -height 480 -sw [B]-port 27017[/B] +sv_lan 1 +password 1234 +map itemtest +maxplayers 17 +mp_idledealmethod 0

Accounts from 1-12 settings:
-textmode -nosound -low -novid -nopreload -nohltv -nojoy -tvdisable -width 640 -height 480 [B]-port 27018[/B] +password 1234 +connect ###.###.###.1:27017

Accounts from 13-16 settings:
-textmode -nosound -low -novid -nopreload -nohltv -nojoy -tvdisable -width 640 -height 480 [B]+port 27019[/B] +password 1234 +connect ###.###.###.1:27017

(The +port 27019 increases to +port 27020 for the 14th account's settings, the 15th account's settings has +port 27021, and the 16th account's settings has +port 27022)

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[ottr]

I don't understand, how do I register the web api key. For example what domain, and how do I use it after it's registered?

[Stoofvlees]

[QUOTE=Confuzzed Otto;39017059]I don't understand, how do I register the web api key. For example what domain, and how do I use it after it's registered?[/QUOTE]
Domain doesn't have to be a real website.
I registerd mine to a nickname I use.
I didn't understand it at first either but tried with just filling in a word and it worked.

[RandomGamer342]

[QUOTE=parmel;39016588]So, i have 12 accounts that is working fine to idle on, but accounts 13, 14, 15 and 16 get the "Could not connect to steam" error :/

[editline]29th December 2012[/editline]

It also says "You do not have enough space"[/QUOTE]

Check if you've set up the sandboxie settings right, it made a default sandbox for me instead of copying settings once

If the settings are alright, see if you can open the /steamapps folder of the idlers that don't work(and if you can't, delete their steam folder and remake it, this time remember to run mklink with the /D parameter)

[parmel]

[QUOTE=RandomGamer342;39017501]Check if you've set up the sandboxie settings right, it made a default sandbox for me instead of copying settings once

If the settings are alright, see if you can open the /steamapps folder of the idlers that don't work(and if you can't, delete their steam folder and remake it, this time remember to run mklink with the /D parameter)[/QUOTE]

Ah thanks for the help, it was the shortcut to the steamapps folder that was messed up.