Macros..

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Aug 19 2005, 11:22 pm
A good feature would be the ability to turn off the macro's on the preferences tab. This would prevent people from "cheating" on games like seika. What do you think?
Aug 20 2005, 12:32 am
I think it is a bad thing. You cannot use them to cheat if the programmer does a few simple things in the code to disallow it.

It is not macroes directly that is the problem, and you will still be in a bad spot if you take them out; as now people who type faster will have an advantage. Besides, there are still ways around disabling macroes. The arrow keys are all a macro, and you cannot disable those without removing walking from the game, therefor I could change one of the movement keys to send a verb signal instead of a movement signal and get around your disabling system.

The way to do it is to make your verbs only usable a certain number of times per day.
mob/var/attacking = 0
mob/verb/attack()
    if(attacking) return
    attacking = 1
    //do attacking stuff here
    sleep(10)  //or however long you want
    attacking = 0

There are better examples on the forum that you can find using a forum search, including one I did using bit flags that has one byte keep track of all similar action data.
Aug 20 2005, 2:12 am
In response to Loduwijk
 
mob/verb/dis_click(T as command_text){set name=".click";return "ROFL LOSAR"}
mob/verb/dis_dblclick(T as command_text){set name=".dblclick";return "ROFL LOSAR"}
Aug 20 2005, 5:55 am
Or you can use Crashed's Macro Nullifer in a game.
Aug 20 2005, 6:49 am
In response to Loduwijk
I prefere a system where you slow the player down isntead of disabling macros, because I am a VERY keyboard oriented player. That may come from playing MUDs a lot, but I almost NEVER use the command or stat panels for my commands, as I just type things. (IE get/attack/equip).

The only time I use the .click macro was when I played BYOND Arena and was sick of constantly having to reach over to my mouse to click. Yeah, sounds lazy, but my mouse is not in a convenient place. :)
Aug 20 2005, 2:29 pm
In response to Tinari
Tinari wrote:
I prefere a system where you slow the player down isntead of disabling macros, because I am a VERY keyboard oriented player.

Agreed.

Also remember that BYOND, like any Windows program, can be macroed using third-party programs. So just disabling BYOND macros won't solve the problem; you need to enforce a delay between commands. Better still, implement features like auto-attacking where your attacking speed doesn't depend on your clicking speed; you click once to set your target, and your character automatically attacks as fast as it can. This has the additional benefit of lessening the impact of slow connections.