I am implying that "Using a botting/third-party program to assist you in-game is strictly forbidden". How are you getting that I'm saying use of ANY third-party program is "fine and dandy"? If the quotation isn't enough, I'll say it again: using a botting/third-party program to assist you in-game is strictly forbidden. Again, I ask, what isn't clear about this?
Again, I also mention that it isn't the case of "outlawing idling", and is the case of using a "third-party automation program". Most servers *will* ban you for such and it's common sense.
"All AutoHotkey can do is a macro."
I already posted the lines from the AutoHotKey website itself that explain that you are wrong in this sense. Why would he need a "macro" to use ONE skill to stay active? And how is a "macro" triggered on its own when the person utilizing it is AFK? Henceforth, this is automation, not merely a macro. AutoHotKey can be scripted as exemplified in their tutorial even such like this:
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You could also specify a variable after the word Loop, which is useful in situations where the number of iterations is determined somewhere inside the script:
Loop %RunCount%
{
Run C:\Check Server Status.exe
Sleep 60000 ; Wait 60 seconds.
}
A loop may also terminate itself when one or more conditions change. The following example clicks the left mouse button repeatedly while the user is holding down the F1 key:
$F1:: ; Make the F1 key into a hotkey (the $ symbol facilitates the "P" mode of GetKeyState below).
Loop ; Since no number is specified with it, this is an infinite loop unless "break" or "return" is encountered inside.
{
if not GetKeyState("F1", "P") ; If this statement is true, the user has physically released the F1 key.
break ; Break out of the loop.
; Otherwise (since the above didn't "break"), keep clicking the mouse.
Click ; Click the left mouse button at the cursor's current position.
}
return
Lawyer Dog, please refer to Castille regarding what was exactly done with the program in question. It may be better if you have seen for yourself -- you may be surprised. To tell the truth, we had another case similar to this where the guy tried to pass it off as the Homunculus skill trigger bug, but later on, ended up showing us a screenshot of a program* located* in his AI folder that did delayed keypresses that wasn't a HomAI at all. This was after pushing for the proof. If you would like to claim that it was *only* a macro. Please e-mail the exact configuration to
staff@amistr.net" TARGET="_blank. We'll give you the benefit of the doubt as was done in that case.
Brian wrote:If I make a robot out of Legos, K'nex, etc. that presses a key every 10 seconds will I be banned? : DDDDD It's not a third party program.
With some good mechanical engineering, that wouldn't be considered a program, otherwise, you'd be utilizing the Lego software to script this -- then that would be a program. However, you'd run into the issue of having your Homunculus die from lack of feeding unless you somehow manage to get this automated BUT this would still fall under "botting" if not necessarily a "third-party program" -- which is why that / is there.