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Pak hem

Pak hem

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How long do these bots get monitored for? I've seen some for about 10 hours now in the bot-world, is this because the project is still in development because if it is going to take that long, the people monitoring their botfarms will have way too much time to realise they are being monitored and just transfer all the items and wealth from the account to their rwt/main account.

27-Feb-2014 21:06:31

Evil Pirate

Evil Pirate

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for the people who want to see the bot worlds just change your website url.
http://oldschool1.runescape.***/ this is world 301 just change the 1 to 85 or 86 for the botting worlds
like this:
http://oldschool85.runescape.***/ this is world 385
h***://oldschool86.runescape.***/ this is world 386
it's very nice for combat training because the most training spots are empty.

27-Feb-2014 22:19:54

Disodo

Disodo

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I'll be honest, this update makes me worried to train quickly. Since I read this thread, I've been intentionally taking different routes, and overall playing differently because i'm worried about being 'detected'as a bot. How accurate does your detection software work??

28-Feb-2014 00:55:37

Nic Slayer

Nic Slayer

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It all sounds great, but sorry if I didn't read this correctly but if someone whom isn't botting is transferd to the world and doesn't realize it somehow do they keep the items they're recieving such as ore if they are mining? or does it disapear when they log out since they'd be on a "bot world"? Once again I'm sorry if I didn't read the post correctly I'm pretty tired and am curious..

28-Feb-2014 00:59:05

Fassaz

Fassaz

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@disodo

Don't worry too much, they will know if you're a bot. Whoever is transferred to these worlds is thoroughly investigated. Also, you will be able to tell when you switch worlds :P If that happens, just log out and go back to training as normal."

@Elysian Dds

They will keep the items, I was actually playing on one of these worlds trying to kill bots. You keep everything as normal, and as long as you're a legit 'honest' player, you have nothing to worry about. =]

28-Feb-2014 03:32:13

Rune Anvil

Rune Anvil

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I don't think this is a bad idea. I think that the negative feedback is mostly from a lack of understanding how bots work and expecting a solution which is permanent and quickly implemented or not reading everything Mod Mat K said or not fully understanding the idea. (I sifted through all 33 pages and mainly read the replies Mod Mat K made. I read all of the posts Mod Mat K was responding to. I noticed that the same question was repeated many times after Mod Mat K had answered it, or he was misinterpreted and for some the question remained.)

One must understand the time it takes to develop an anti-botting software. As Mod Mat K has mentioned, it would take years to rewrite the Old School engine to be enough like the engine in RS3 that the RS3 anti-botting software would work. It would also change Old School more than this current solution does/will.

This solution will minimally impact the average player. Even if a legitimate player does get sent to a bot world they will notice the lack of population and recognize bot-like behavior in the players it does encounter.

Mod Mat K also said that a player will react differently when hopping back to a world that isn't a "Bot Watch" world. This would exclude a player from being sent back to a "Bot Watch" world until the software recognized him/her as a bot again.
If a bot is able to mimic the behavior of a legitimate player after hopping back to a "non-Bot Watch" world, they will in time be recognized as a bot and sent to a "Bot Watch" world. The bot would likely be recognized more quickly as a bot than a player would, since things that the software look for are bot-like activity (repetitive actions) and not the more variable actions of a player.
If a bot is unable to mimic the actions of a player, and it is set to hop to a "non-Bot Watch" world once inside of a "Bot Watch" world, it will be stuck in an infinite loop of hopping, which would probably result in a ban*

**;dr give new software a chance before condemning it.

28-Feb-2014 05:33:30

Jahangir

Jahangir

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I got so scared at first, until I met with one guy and he told me that "I was in a bot world" I didn't know until I confirmed it, world was empty and only bots were there. Catherby yew trees is filled with them.

I hope I don't get banned for playing about 11-12 hrs a day ( I am on Spring break so don't judge me -_-)

28-Feb-2014 06:46:54

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