Macros?

[BaDante 4]

Simple thread, What is your opinion about Macros, Guys?

 

Greetings - BaDante

 

[Alani 475]

dont use them they are bannable

 

 

and just because someone guns u down with a carbine dosnt mean they use macro

 

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[NotZombieBiscuit 3146]

Macros will make you play worse in the long run.

 

Don't bother.

[PotatoeGirl 220]

Isn't EAC also supposed to block those as well? 

[illgot 379]

The only one you need types "/abandonmission [enter]"

Edited January 6, 2020 by illgot

[PotatoeGirl 220]

12 minutes ago, illgot said:

The only one you need types "/abandonmission [enter]"

1. Press F10

2. Select /abandonmission from the list

3. Press Enter

3. ?????

4. Profit

[illgot 379]

14 minutes ago, HawtGirl said:

1. Press F10

2. Select /abandonmission from the list

3. Press Enter

3. ?????

4. Profit

my macro will abandon a mission in less than a quarter second with the press of one button.  it will also ready me up again after abandoning the mission.

[CookiePuss 5378]

7 hours ago, NotZombieBiscuit said:

Macros will make you play worse in the long run.

 

Don't bother.

^this this a thousand times this^

[yood 345]

macros are not your problem , they are the problem of automatic anti-cheat programs

[Ai-Zhú 46]

Macros should be bannable/remain bannable.

 

A hack is nothing else than a piece of software that does something the player should do himself, but all automatically.

 

A macro does the tapping for you, but in an ideal interval. It is hacking, just like an aimbot does the aiming for you.

Edited January 6, 2020 by Ai-Zhú

[vsb 6171]

i doubt anything will really be done about macros until a company and game far more popular than little orbit and apb decides to do something about proprietary gaming mouse software

[Fortune Runner 796]

3 hours ago, Solamente said:

i doubt anything will really be done about macros until a company and game far more popular than little orbit and apb decides to do something about proprietary gaming mouse software

yeah I think this as well

[illgot 379]

8 hours ago, Ai-Zhú said:

Macros should be bannable/remain bannable.

 

A hack is nothing else than a piece of software that does something the player should do himself, but all automatically.

 

A macro does the tapping for you, but in an ideal interval. It is hacking, just like an aimbot does the aiming for you.

Lol, a simple macro is pretty useless in APB due to the latency between your computer and the servers.  With a ttk of 0.65 seconds, no perfectly timed rate of fire macro will work properly.  Instead you will end up with a rapid fire macro that skips shots or you have to program the macro to shoot as fast as possible which you don't want for any weapon in APB.

 

There is a massive difference between a simple rapid fire macro and a triggerbot/aimbot. If people want to handicap themselves with a rapid fire macro... let them because they are just giving themselves a low skill ceiling.

[vsb 6171]

14 minutes ago, illgot said:

Lol, a simple macro is pretty useless in APB due to the latency between your computer and the servers.  With a ttk of 0.65 seconds, no perfectly timed rate of fire macro will work properly.  Instead you will end up with a rapid fire macro that skips shots or you have to program the macro to shoot as fast as possible which you don't want for any weapon in APB.

 

There is a massive difference between a simple rapid fire macro and a triggerbot/aimbot. If people want to handicap themselves with a rapid fire macro... let them because they are just giving themselves a low skill ceiling.

idk what .65s has to do with anything but for semi auto weapons you can just set your macro to a slightly longer interval and still get essentially "perfect" timing without dropping shots

 

and a macro can also be used to completely eliminate vertical recoil, it might be small but that is still an advantage

 

 

Edited January 7, 2020 by Solamente
typo

[yood 345]

properly written macro can kill any weapon balancing.

 

written command line is EVIL

 

none of the people can claim 100 % presence or absence of macros . this is the work of automatic anti-cheat systems .

Edited January 7, 2020 by yood

[illgot 379]

8 hours ago, Solamente said:

idk what .65s has to do with anything but for semi auto weapons you can just set your macro to a slightly longer interval and still get essentially "perfect" timing without dropping shots

 

and a macro can also be used to completely eliminate vertical recoil, it might be small but that is still an advantage

 

 

you are talking about something like autohotkey which should be banned in this game as it can easily be turned into a triggerbot.  I personally don't know how/if it's possible to hack the Logitech/Razer to write scripts that read APB and eliminate vertical recoil for anything other than the sniper rifles.

 

And slowing down your ROF macro to eliminate any skipped shots, you may as well just tap fire the cursor turns red because relying on something automated AND super slow is basically retarding your ability when the TTK is this game is not even 1 second.

Edited January 7, 2020 by illgot

[Ai-Zhú 46]

10 hours ago, illgot said:

Lol, a simple macro is pretty useless in APB due to the latency between your computer and the servers.  With a ttk of 0.65 seconds, no perfectly timed rate of fire macro will work properly.  Instead you will end up with a rapid fire macro that skips shots or you have to program the macro to shoot as fast as possible which you don't want for any weapon in APB.

 

There is a massive difference between a simple rapid fire macro and a triggerbot/aimbot. If people want to handicap themselves with a rapid fire macro... let them because they are just giving themselves a low skill ceiling.

A macro is a macro, no matter if it works properly or not.

 

The potential is there and as long as there is a potential, there will be an abuse of it. 

 

A poorly written aimbot is an aimbot after all and will get you banned one way or the other.

Edited January 7, 2020 by Ai-Zhú

[vsb 6171]

2 hours ago, illgot said:

you are talking about something like autohotkey which should be banned in this game as it can easily be turned into a triggerbot.  I personally don't know how/if it's possible to hack the Logitech/Razer to write scripts that read APB and eliminate vertical recoil for anything other than the sniper rifles.

 

And slowing down your ROF macro to eliminate any skipped shots, you may as well just tap fire the cursor turns red because relying on something automated AND super slow is basically retarding your ability when the TTK is this game is not even 1 second.

i’m not sure about razer or logitech but i know of several gaming mouse softwares that allow you to simulate mouse movements - no need for autohotkey or scripts or reading game memory, just a simple macro that moves your “mouse” down after every click

 

as for slowing down your max rof macro we’re talking adding a delay anywhere from .01s to .05s being enough to eliminate dropped shots, i find it hard to believe that’s significantly slower than the average semi automatic user manually clicking

 

Edited January 7, 2020 by Solamente
typo

[Dispirit 16]

The only macro you should have is to spam your car horn

[illgot 379]

3 hours ago, Solamente said:

i’m not sure about razer or logitech but i know of several gaming mouse softwares that allow you to simulate mouse movements - no need for autohotkey or scripts or reading game memory, just a simple macro that moves your “mouse” down after every click

 

as for slowing down your max rof macro we’re talking adding a delay anywhere from .01s to .05s being enough to eliminate dropped shots, i find it hard to believe that’s significantly slower than the average semi automatic user manually clicking

 

Adding a 0.01 - 0.05 delay between optimal shots isn't enough to compensate for latency.  Even the Joker Carbine would have skipping issues if you set the rof to 0.16 - 0.2 seconds.  I wish the engine/servers ran well enough to read delays perfectly but they aren't.

 

I've only used Logitech/Razer and AHK (for MMOs) so not as familiar with other peripherals and their software but would not be shocked to fine out you can enter coordinates to change cursor positions.

[vsb 6171]

1 minute ago, illgot said:

Adding a 0.01 - 0.05 delay between optimal shots isn't enough to compensate for latency.  Even the Joker Carbine would have skipping issues if you set the rof to 0.16 - 0.2 seconds.  I wish the engine/servers ran well enough to read delays perfectly but they aren't.

.01-.05 is enough for me, i've never had any issues with dropped shots

 

perhaps your connection just isn't stable enough

[Darkzero3802 611]

If you use a macro your cheating and deserve to be banned. Play the game the right way or dont play at all.

[Jilleroo 349]

On 1/7/2020 at 1:45 PM, Darkzero3802 said:

If you use a macro your cheating and deserve to be banned. Play the game the right way or dont play at all.

"But I'll lose, and who will think I'm cool then?" - Every cheater, ever.

[Ashn 40]

How does one know if someone is using macros? 

 

i have seen so many people shoot the FBW so fast it out guns most of the weapons i use which is kinda stupid or they just have amazing aim, i am not saying i am a good/bad player. (Yes this will attracts salty players, Oh you're just bad) 

 

How do you know if someone is actually using some sort of macros for weapons such as the Obeya,Carbine, and so on.. 

 

When ever i use the Obeya everyone accuses me of using Macros which clearly i don't.

[CookiePuss 5378]

14 hours ago, Evagelyne said:

"But I'll lose, and who will think I'm cool then?" - Every cheater, ever.

"no way that's possible because I can't do it" -95% of all hackusations, ever

 

Merged.

 

5 hours ago, Ashn said:

I have seen so many people shoot the FBW so fast it out guns most of the weapons i use

For the record no cheat... no macro... nothing can make a weapon go beyond its max RoF in APB.

The fastest an FBW can kill you is 1.00 seconds, no matter what.

 

Being accused of using a macro is similar to being accused of being sweaty, which in turn is similar to being hackusated... A player is upset and venting. Sometimes they mean it, often they are just frustrated, and as always it is best to just ignore it.