SC 1.12 Changes for Bots..

[TaGBaN]

Ok, first change that I noticed that affects bots...was the use of SC Colors is completely removed.

Any text following a color code is hidden...and appears as nothingness in the chat box.

I've also noticed that in the SC Gui. the friendslist is obviously crap. They don't even have a label for it to let you know what view you are in. The channel button now switches from friendslist view, back to Channel list view.

I was wondering if someone wanted to develop some sort of new 'standardized' color formula, that would be publicized for any bot developer to use. Since the SC colors are removed, something that wouldn't even show up would be neat.

I'm adding some strange custom colors to my bot for now, just to give it something fun to play with...

Either way, what are your thoughts on this?

Also, did anyone notice if D2 colors even work anymore?

~Tagban

[KoRe]

well i dont know if the colors "where Removed" because the reps still use colors. in text speech, so im guessing they are still there but they just changed the format of how to use them not sure but it could be true.

[TaGBaN]

So it could possibly just be a new code? or just even something totally different than that?

[Kp]

The SC colors to which you refer were a bug brought about by extremely incompetent UTF8 decoding.  The colors to which Kore refers are an innate property of the clients, which color text based upon the flags of the speaker.  Specifically, Blizzard staff and bncs admins speak in blue, operators in white, special guests in yellow.

[KoRe]

there is always a possibliity never say never.

[Warrior]

Thats a client side feature I believe and they are recognized by thier Flags.

[NetNX]

Its simple...

-Make colors for starcraft AG(color or whatever disabled in your bot by default because they fixed it on starcraft and there is no point in beating a dead horse
-Diablo II colors were removed except for profiles so if you want to add colors add them to profiles using the yC(color) format...
-Lets make a new color format that uses hex values and simplifies them with a format with more colors and stability and make it open source and have it run like something from the old ethernal bot's encryptions

if anyone wants to co-write one with me we could get on that

[TaGBaN]

NetNX I'd be happy to help you with that. Things should be simplified, and possibly use charactors that client's don't recognize to display colors (so as not to show pure garbage in the channel) ?

[Dyndrilliac]

I really, really do not see the point in writing a color format to replace that which was removed as a _BUG FIX_.

Consider this. Even if you create a color formatting function for sending and recieving text for bots, the average client will not be able to read this text properly without making third party patches/hacks/programs to hook into the clients and add this feature. Therefore, the effort it would require to do this properly is rather extreme for very little benefit.

[Spilled]

Agreed, the amount of work and effort put toward something like this is not worth the benefit you would be recieving. -.-

[QwertyMonster]

Umm, well it took 3 months to stop winbots from working (Ladder)

Pro_User, 3 hours of packet logs and hes already got a winbot working again.

So why not make colours again, it will be like bringing 1.11b back again.


To be honest, i do hate winbot, colours and everything, but if winbots is back ALREADY, then why not bring the rest 

[UserLoser.]

Umm, well it took 3 months to stop winbots from working (Ladder)

Pro_User, 3 hours of packet logs and hes already got a winbot working again.

So why not make colours again, it will be like bringing 1.11b back again.


To be honest, i do hate winbot, colours and everything, but if winbots is back ALREADY, then why not bring the rest 

You don't make colors, people are just emulating stupid bugs for whatever reasons.

It doesn't matter if there's patch or not because the format of the packet used to notify b.net about the game has never changed.

[Blaze]

Down with colours!

[BaDDBLooD]

Down with colours!

Colors*

[Blaze]

Not where I live...