For example, let's say someone writes a bot that does these things:
1. Shells Diablo II.
2. Gets a handle to the Diablo II game window.
3. Gets a handle to the device context of the window.
4. Performs a BitBlt and analyzes the video data to "see" the game using image analysis algorithms.
5. With the Diablo II game window in focus, sends commands using mouse_event() and keybd_event() to "play" the game.
6. Repeats steps 4 and 5 as desired.
Would Warden detect this bot?
Clicky (http://www.edgeofnowhere.cc/viewforum.php?f=182&sid=9004c88a2adda3bc301d318358d139fb)
That should be the forum your looking for :)
I cant really answer your question, but AFAIk, if you keep it private, it keeps going :)
Its mainly public stuff they blacklist.
http://forum.valhallalegends.com/index.php?topic=3357.0 (http://forum.valhallalegends.com/index.php?topic=3357.0)
http://forum.valhallalegends.com/index.php?topic=2745.0 (http://forum.valhallalegends.com/index.php?topic=2745.0)
http://forum.valhallalegends.com/index.php?topic=2434.0 (http://forum.valhallalegends.com/index.php?topic=2434.0)
http://forum.valhallalegends.com/index.php?topic=1734.0 (http://forum.valhallalegends.com/index.php?topic=1734.0)
None of those threads could be interpreted as providing information a programmer could use to make a tool to provide an unfair advantage in a game, eh?
I think the reason you hate me is that the aforementioned method of writing a bot is so cheap. ;)
Quote from: Kenyai on February 21, 2007, 07:23 PM
For example, let's say someone writes a bot that does these things:
1. Shells Diablo II.
2. Gets a handle to the Diablo II game window.
3. Gets a handle to the device context of the window.
4. Performs a BitBlt and analyzes the video data to "see" the game using image analysis algorithms.
5. With the Diablo II game window in focus, sends commands using mouse_event() and keybd_event() to "play" the game.
6. Repeats steps 4 and 5 as desired.
Would Warden detect this bot?
Depends on what module the Warden client downloads for you. Warden client is always running client-side, but it downloads modules from the server that it loads into memory and executes (from my knowledge, there are thousands of these and they all do different checks)
Wow, thousands... Well, thanks for the info.
afaik, they wont/dont/rarely ban private hacks/programs/bots.
It seems to be only once they are in the public domain.
I think there is still some macro bots for d2 that still work and are not banned after a year or more of being in the public domain. Like autoit stuff etc