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Just wanted to ask how RuneScape detects macroing?

Guest · Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2007 6:47 pm Post subject:

It checks if you use a nick at this forum, and if not - you're busted. It's that simple! Wink

Guest · Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2007 7:04 pm Post subject:

Well I've heard that Runescape detects if you click many times at the same point on the screen...

Titan · Joined: 11 Aug 2004 Posts: 5009 Location: imaginationland

Click pattern and frequency, bot-like mouse movements, player interaction, anti-random attempts, are probably the more common methods of detection. They could also use a process scanner and/or hook with HIDs at the driver level but I doubt that.
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BcBll · Guest

Makes me wonder, what are bot-like mouse movements and how do they detect them..

Rhys · Joined: 17 Apr 2007 Posts: 701 Location: Florida

Guest · Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 4:05 pm Post subject:

i3egohan · Joined: 18 Jul 2006 Posts: 196

detects supisous mouse movement over the java window, detects click time, remember when your making a script, think what stuff u would do if you were actually training that skill.
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Chris........ · Guest

do they see the things you type even if you don't send the nessages? and are they able to see what you're doing on other programs that are open at the same time?

Trikster · Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 4:15 pm Post subject:

Only if ther use a client like WoW, which actually does that.
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majkinetor · Joined: 24 May 2006 Posts: 3589 Location: Belgrade

Any app can detect macroing using blacklists - there are finite number of macroing tools, and unless you made a new one, only for you....

It can get quite sophisticating, for instance measuring artificial mouse movement, but you can scrable it a bit anyway....

So, basicly, to detect macroing (and pirated versions) you have to go lower when software atitude is in question then those that make macros, and you are affecting only people who don't do any of that. For instance, Blizzard went very very low when privacy is in question, it does dirty things on your computer. Something that deserves a law campaign very badly, and firm to go down forever, IMO.

Thats why no sowftware should be bought, ever, except maybe the one that u use to earn money (even that not necesseraly, as they usualy don't sell what they market) Exclamation

dmsuperman · Joined: 15 Jan 2008 Posts: 5

Overall, it's a bad idea to script for runescape. They're bound to catch you eventually, unless you spend a long time making it as real as possible, and even then why spend all that effort just to advance yourself in some pointless game? I love runescape, don't get me wrong, but writing scripts for it is pointless. It'll get blocked and you'll get banned.

Titan · Joined: 11 Aug 2004 Posts: 5009 Location: imaginationland

not going to tell you.... · Guest

Yes, I agree with you on the fact that Runescape uses longitivity of their programs, ( like questing and earning money ) to make it harder to finish your work. They always seem to put the product out just beyond your reach to make you play more. And since people hear that being a member of Runescape allows you to make money quicker, they pay and pay to try to get something that is just out of their reach. Like Money, questing is another way to steal your money. They make the quest seem so easy at first, then you get hooked. The quest keeps going on and on, and since your subscription is expiring, and you want to finish the quest, you re-submit. And once you do, you'll realize that this quest is like a never ending waste of time. There goes $5.99...... You get wanna finish that damn quest so frikkin bad....You are thinking that you are almost done.... The sukker you into those deals. You think you're done about 90% of the time that you do the quest. Then when you finallly finish, you have to do ANOTHER quest to get this awesome award.... Then another...
There goes $5.99...... But I feel the most for the young children who waste their money trying to finish some goddamned vicious cycle of Jagex's Greed.

Lexikos · Joined: 17 Oct 2006 Posts: 2472 Location: Australia, Qld

FYI, it is easy to detect artificial mouse input using a mouse hook. AutoHotkey, for instance, implements mouse hotkeys using a mouse hook, and ignores any artificial events. Afaik, the only way around it would be to use a virtual mouse (like some programmable gamepads have, or by running the game in a virtual machine.)