What's the best way to run as many clients as possible?

Hi, I'm been experimenting with writing my own custom bots using python and image recognition. Unfortunately, whether it's because of a lack of programming knowledge or limitations with python, I've been unable to make it so that I can run more than one bot per computer. That said, are there any other methods of running boths than just buying laptops on computers? I've taken a look into virtual computing, like renting a VPS from digital ocean and running a client on there. I'm not really sure if it's possible to run a GUI like that since it seems like you really only have a headless terminal to work with. That said, I'm looking for more options for scaling up my gold farm without too much risk of getting banned. Any ideas?

 

Well for the not being able to run multiple clients is it a recourse issue or a "you can't have multiple logins" issue on the login interface?
As for vps do you mean terminal for Linux?

 

Not for multiple logins as I can run with VPNs/proxies. It's because the bots I write myself need to have the client in focus in order to click around. And no, not a VPS for linux. I mean a virtual cloud server for scaling. You'd be able to rent one for a few bucks a month and the return would always be positive. The question is, how can you make it so that you can use a virtual cloud computer to run a bot?

 

Sorry for the late response lol, why do you want a cloud one specifically?

 

Most of the cloud computing stuff is overpriced for runescape botting. Just get dedicated servers that hold many accounts for around 1$/acc/month.

 

Most clients, as you said, emulate input into the rs client.
I don't know Python, but you can research into ways of doing this, see if it's possible.

Some ways you could run multiple:
- Run VM software on your PC, install lightweight OS, run a client on each
- Buy cheap VPSs capable of running 1 client each
- I believe if you buy a dedicated server, you can portion it into VPSs with specs of your liking

 

I ended up purchasing a VPS today and have been running a bot on it. It has 4gb ram, but in the remote viewer the thing just lags so much. There's often a 20-30 second delay and that's just with one account. I'd imagine it's because there's no dedicated GPU attached. Has anyone else had the same lag with a VPS? (Virmach)

 

You can open a task manager on the VPS to see how many resources are being used.

If the RAM/CPU aren't maxed out, then it should be running smoothly, and any lag you see is just latency.
It takes time to transmit what's happening on the VPS to your computer, so that's what the delay is.

You can minimize this delay by using a VPS as close to your physical location as possible.
Ex: If you live on the west coast USA, pick a VPS which is also located in the west coast.

 

Basically what yohojo said, but you may wanna see if your client is a bit bugged out as well if it isn't one of the things stated by yohojo

 

If you are looking to run lots of bots, don't bother with vps's. They are generally overpriced by 2-3x more than what you can get purchasing dedicated servers. Having no gpu isn't the problem with the remote viewer. It's either the server or your internet is crap.

 

Thanks for the help, everyone. The VPS is probably bottlenecked because of my internet connection. Oh well. I'm still going to use it the best I can and run several accounts locally as well.