It’s been a while - MultiNos Release
It’s been a while since I was around. Left MMOs for the good.
Some weeks ago a friend showed me a game called NosTale and i’m a bit hooked up on it 
As a comeback i want to shar MultiNos with you.
MultiNos allows you to run as many instances of the game at the same time under the same windows user as you want and you computer is capable of. Run shops, Raid and participate in your Fam-Meeting all at the same time.
Like in many online games you probably want to run more then one instance at once. This is only possible by switching users (and thus do not see all instances at once) or have a sandbox (either as an virtualizer or API Sanbox like Sanboxie). These possible ways are quite expensive in overhead and or money to pay.
Other alternatives include patching the games binary, which is however violencing the games code of conduct.
As a solution I’ve build a little Application that creates the game’s process tree under a minimial modified Windows-Api (to create named mutexes) which allows multiple start of the game. It is still prevented to run multiple launcher instances as this would possible result in data corruption on patching.
You are still responsible to follow the game’s rules of conduct (in special the denial of participating in the same activity with multiple accounts). MultiNos does not modify the game itself. However it requires the same rights as the game, so it asks you for admin rights. There is no web access from MultiNos, so block it in your firewall. Be sure you use only the version provided here and check it’s md5 to be sure it was not modified by a malicious party (Keylogger etc)
I am using it myself for quite some weeks now under Win7 x64. It should work on every windows version from WinXP, 2k, Vista and 7 except their embedded or reduced versions. 32 bit vc runtimes are required (even on 64 bit systems)
Download:MultiNos 0.2
The zip archive appended has a md5 hash of fe921ef012244cf54c7fb87a1beca503
To verify you got the correct one run md5sum MultiNos.zip and compare this value.
How to use it:
Extract the files MultiNos.exe and MultiNos.exe.config into your NosTale folder (compatible with any version. DE and UK tested)
If you do not have the visual c 32 bit runtimes installed run the setup vcredist_x86.exe. If you are not sure if you have them run the setup too.
Now you can start the game by double Clicking on MultiNos.exe. You are prompted for admin rights if UAC is enabled. MultiNos will start the original Launcher. As soon as you have left the launcher (after hitting Start or Cancel) you can run it again. And have another instance of the game open.
Have fun!
Ps:
The rights on any brand are at their owner.
MultiNos and the author are not related in any way with Entwell or Gameforge.
The use of this tool is on you own risk. The game’s owner might decide to ban the concurrent use of multiple accounts they currently tolerate.
MultiNos does not modify and intercept any data between the client and server normodifies the program itself. MultiNos does not copy any part of the game or circumvents any copy protection.