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Are gameplay mods illegal?

Discussion in 'Modding Help' started by Blue_Tiger, Jun 15, 2014.

  1. Blue_Tiger

    Blue_Tiger Haxor Tester

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    I just want to say, I hate the KAG item-choice controls. You push F, sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. And it really isn't great to have this system in the middle of a battle, expecting to push F and get a water arrow, come out with a regular arrow, die, [rage, get kicked].

    So, I was wondering if it is illegal to get/make gameplay altering mods such as one to make it so when you push - you get:

    1 - Arrow
    2 - Water Arrow
    3 - Fire Arrow
    4 - Bomb Arrow

    Because I believe this should have been done a long, long time ago.
     
    Blue_Tiger, Jun 15, 2014
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  2. Kouji

    Kouji Cold, Uncaring, Sadistic, Evil and Cruel Meanie Administrator Global Moderator Forum Moderator Tester
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    Pretty sure you'd be allowed to do that as long as you aren't editing any .dll or .ini files since that would be considered hacking. It's basically just a macro in the end and if you just have to edit .as files, it'd be fine to do.
     
    Kouji, Jun 15, 2014
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  3. Geti

    Geti Please avoid PMing me (poke a mod instead) THD Team Administrator Global Moderator

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    Of course, editing the AS files to enable anything canonically considered a cheat is a fast track to getting flagged as a hacker :^)

    Tapping F always works if you have the next item available, but the order of arrow selecting is counter-intuitive for sure. It may or may not be dealt with in the future.

    We haven't used the number keys for this kind of thing because they're explicitly used for the emoticons, always have been and always will be, since they're very important for instant communication between languages and without voice chat.
     
    Geti, Jun 16, 2014
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  4. 101i

    101i Haxor Forum Moderator Tester

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    So setting up macros is allowed?
     
    101i, Jun 16, 2014
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  5. Geti

    Geti Please avoid PMing me (poke a mod instead) THD Team Administrator Global Moderator

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    Yes, you're just a pleb if you need them, clearly. @lavalord
     
    Geti, Jun 16, 2014
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  6. Blue_Tiger

    Blue_Tiger Haxor Tester

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    Easily fixed with two things:

    1) Able to turn off/on using numbers as emoticons
    2) having default keys for each arrow, and being able to change them (to number keys)

    P.S. I'm 100% sure when I pushed F, I was going to get a water arrow, but instead got a regular. I had them in my inventory, and switched from Arrow to Bomb before proceeding to Water. The only pleb here is someone getting owned whilst following a pretty bad control system (no offence to you :P).
     
    Blue_Tiger, Jun 16, 2014
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  7. kodysch

    kodysch Bison Rider Staff Alumni
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    kodysch, Jun 16, 2014
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  8. Geti

    Geti Please avoid PMing me (poke a mod instead) THD Team Administrator Global Moderator

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    Adding more keys requires syncronisation though, and adding ability to turn on/off emoticons requires options in the menu and a bunch of code for actually doing the selecting. If we were to add more keys to configure, the key configuration menu would be a nightmare - the current number of keys doesn't even fit.

    If you can provide a way to reliably reproduce the "won't select my arrows" bug I can fix it, but I haven't experienced it while playing archer (which I do quite regularly, and use a lot of spec arrows)
     
    Geti, Jun 17, 2014
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  9. Ej

    Ej I am the E of your J Staff Alumni Tester
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    this has to be fucking trolling
     
    Ej, Jun 17, 2014
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  10. lavalord

    lavalord Haxor Staff Alumni Donator Tester

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    Shh you. I only use macros to type your insanely long !commands.
     
    lavalord, Jun 20, 2014
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  11. Boea

    Boea Such Beta

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    Can we get the pie menu from back in Classic? Made everything simpler.
     
    Boea, Jun 20, 2014
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  12. 101i

    101i Haxor Forum Moderator Tester

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    Your mother was a hamster.
     
    101i, Jun 20, 2014
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  13. Boea

    Boea Such Beta

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    That is another pie menu we need back. The Taunt/Command Pie Menus.
     
    Boea, Jun 20, 2014
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