Tank-bots
Дата: 06.11.2010 04:54:19
Tanitha: A bot is a pretty loose term.
IMO they aren't bots. Bots are usually concidered more sophisticated programs that collect the packets from the server -> client and extracts information from the packets and then acts on it. Bots can be very smart and some like the bots for silk roads can play better than real players because there is no delays in reaction. There is no smart bots for WOT, and they have done very well in keeping hacks and cheats out of their game.
Whats being used here, is IMO what is called a macro or a mouse and keyboard recorder, its simply a recorded list of mouse clicks and key's strokes, that is then played back on a loop. Like login, shoot ground for 15 minutes, repair tank, refill ammo, They are very dumb in comparison to a bot.
The bot detector could scan for things like, lots of shots fired, but never hitting. (ie shooting he ground). Many consecutive games where no damage is done. Etc, its pretty easy to distinguish between someone who's not playing, and someone who's playing badly.
So the scripting wont just pickup bots/macro's but it will also pick up repetitive AFK players.
The last player who's ban I checked up on, because they swore black and blue that they didn't bot and didn't even know what a bot was. The info came back with several dates the player macro'ed a little, and a day where they macro'ed for 20 hours straight on one particular tank. When confronted with the info the player stated,, "Yes but I wasn't botting, I was at work and was just logging in every 15 minutes then going afk back to work."
But still, it interferes with the fun of the other 29 players. Its not a solo game, doing such things hinders your team.
Afkers, macroers/botters, team killers, etc etc are banned.
IMO they aren't bots. Bots are usually concidered more sophisticated programs that collect the packets from the server -> client and extracts information from the packets and then acts on it. Bots can be very smart and some like the bots for silk roads can play better than real players because there is no delays in reaction. There is no smart bots for WOT, and they have done very well in keeping hacks and cheats out of their game.
Whats being used here, is IMO what is called a macro or a mouse and keyboard recorder, its simply a recorded list of mouse clicks and key's strokes, that is then played back on a loop. Like login, shoot ground for 15 minutes, repair tank, refill ammo, They are very dumb in comparison to a bot.
The bot detector could scan for things like, lots of shots fired, but never hitting. (ie shooting he ground). Many consecutive games where no damage is done. Etc, its pretty easy to distinguish between someone who's not playing, and someone who's playing badly.
So the scripting wont just pickup bots/macro's but it will also pick up repetitive AFK players.
The last player who's ban I checked up on, because they swore black and blue that they didn't bot and didn't even know what a bot was. The info came back with several dates the player macro'ed a little, and a day where they macro'ed for 20 hours straight on one particular tank. When confronted with the info the player stated,, "Yes but I wasn't botting, I was at work and was just logging in every 15 minutes then going afk back to work."
But still, it interferes with the fun of the other 29 players. Its not a solo game, doing such things hinders your team.
Afkers, macroers/botters, team killers, etc etc are banned.
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