Game Instances
One copy of Age of Origins per account, each with its own tasks
How instances work
Each account plays in its own copy of Age of Origins in PlayCover. OriginsBot finds every copy and shows it on the dashboard as a card named after the copy (for example “Age of Origins 3”). There’s nothing to add by hand.
- Connected: the copy is running and OriginsBot can see and control it.
- Disconnected: the copy isn’t running. Click Launch on its card to start it.
- Enabled switch: turn a card off to pause all its tasks without deleting them.
Add another account
Add a copy of the game
Open the Setup Assistant (Help › PlayCover Setup Assistant…), go to Game Library and click Add another copy. Then click Restart PlayCover.
Install the input bridge
On the Input Bridge step, click Install for the new copy.
Log in
Open the new copy from PlayCover, log in to the account and leave it on the city view. Its card appears on the dashboard.
Add its tasks
Use Add Action on the new card. Tasks belong to one card, so each account has its own list and cooldowns.
Keeping instances connected
Keep the games and OriginsBot on the same desktop
OriginsBot can only control games on the same desktop (Space) as OriginsBot itself. That can be a separate desktop, so you can put OriginsBot and all the games on Desktop 2 and keep working on Desktop 1 (how to set up a separate desktop). If a game ends up on a different desktop from OriginsBot, or is minimized, its tasks fail with a message saying so. Move it back and they carry on at their next run.
- Don’t minimize game windows; overlapping windows are fine.
- Avoid full-screen mode for game windows: full screen puts each one on its own desktop.
- If a card stays Disconnected while the game is open, run the Setup Assistant’s Verify Running Games.