Talk:Macro

Could we have instructions on the most effective way to report a macro?
 * To me the challenge is to determine that a player actually is a bot. Would one dare to report a top 100 ranger even if the player has a number for a name and only the minimal stats to complete the quests to gain access to the Ogre dungeon, has extremely fast reflexes, a non-standard operational mode to collect the drops, does not respond to chat and wears an outfit unbecoming to a level 99 ranger? It gets a 98% certainty on my bot detection scale, but high level players can be a funny bunch. --Miw 13:19, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

A bot would never be a high-level player. Most are level 3. 22:02, 1 December 2007 (UTC)
 * There are Green Dragon bots, where their levels range between 60 - 110. -- 00:44, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

Human powered bots??
This is not using any macros, why are they here? That is not macroing, that's real world item trading. 09:04, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

I agree, that is pointless to be here since it is not automated.

More?
Does anyone else see more bots than ever? I spend quite a bit of time on F2P and the bots are rampant. Buying all the deaths, buying all the feathers, cutting all the high level trees. There are simple solutions out there, why isn't Jagex doing anything about it? Atlandy 22:52, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

No I don't but then again I was there for all the mass-bans.

Far too true. I've been in this game since the dragon quest was new and the sheer number of bots now is obscene. However, Jagex won't do anything about it because, if we don't pay, they don't care. -- 216.16.236.2 05:01, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

A partial solution to macros!
If people are despirate to get stuff like logs, coal, exc, exc, why doesnt runescape simply make npc's at certain spots who sell an UNLIMITED stock of those things(The price of those will be around the street price) That should hopfully get rid of most of the macroers!!!!--Pkthis 03:11, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Still, macroer's even mean auto-buyers that can still buy those with some coin and then sell it for real cash. Blankothe3rd
 * I think it'd be awesome if there was some option whereby any player could go up to another and perform some action (for example, "pwn X"). It'd check the account for a macro; if none exists the action is harmless, but if a macro is running, the player dies and it sends a notification to Jagex.  But that's just my random notion. -- 216.16.236.2 05:05, 29 June 2007 (UTC)
 * If only that was possible! -- 01:58, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Personally, I think Jagex should add a feature that recognizes binge actions. It's like being skulled for non-combat skills. If the macroer is skulled in this way, people should be allowed to attack them, and they lose all the items they have. What do ya think?
 * Awesome.

players should be able to hit hit somthing and check if a character is another player has a macro playing if it is a macro you should be able to PK them and take everything they got.. a few weeks of that and the macros would be gone

If it were possible to know with certainty whether someone was macroing with an automatic system, I would imagine they would just ban the player. Letting them be PKed is more fun, however. Skill 07:12, 4 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Free Fletching experience! I would kill so many yew log bots just for the fun of it. 02:44, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

Types of Macros Available
There are many types of macros, or \"SCAR Scripts\" available. Here is a small list of most of them.
 * 1) Air Running
 * 2) Tutorial Island running
 * 3) Attack scripts (can be set to fight just about anything, based on a specific color on the NPC)
 * 4) Flax picking/spinning/banking/any combo of picking/spinning/banking, or all 3.
 * 5) Bread cooking
 * 6) Random event completion scripts (usually written in conjunction with skill-based scripts)
 * Basically, if you can do something in RuneScape, you can make a script to do it. It basically consists of gathering color numbers for the scripts to find and identify, as well as X Y co-ords for where the mouse to go, and even inputting phrases to say, or things to type.
 * Writing a script is even easier, if you know what you\'re doing, for example, I took a crack at making a script that clicked a series of emotes, then walked to a specific location and back and it worked perfectly without flaw. It\'s not hard to do =\\ 67.159.50.130 06:30, 7 December 2007 (UTC)


 * Also, I know how Jagex inputs new content, I know how they code everything and I know the perfect coding sequences to put in to make the "if they're macroing, make it possible to kill them" code. It's long, it's intriquite (however you spell it) and it may cause some lag. However, it is very possible....or, if Jagex was smart, they could just do what my buddy did. My buddy creates RuneScape Private Servers and he made one exactly like RS in every way. all working quests and skills, etc, and alot of the people who played his server tried to macro, however, my buddy had a foolproof system in his server, that, whenever someone ran an Autoclicker or SCAR, the game would auto-detect it, boot the player and send a global message, such as " IS A MACROER!". From what he told me, it was simple to code in. 67.159.50.130 06:30, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Macros air run now? I never guessed. Either way, if you're a mem, why not tell Jagex this "script"? It could help quite a bit. -- 00:38, 8 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Although it is obsolete now, what was the percentage of false positives in the macro detection implemented by your brother? 23:58, 10 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Around 2.5% believe it or not. 69.156.179.180 12:43, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

go to the forrest
I saw some bots in the forrest running around like crazy so i yelled hey noobs! i then kep saying that then i finellay said talk Noobs!!! and no answer. go to the forrest by wizards tower then you will see themCowboy2 00:41, 14 December 2007 (UTC)cowboy2

umm.......this is to discuss about the article. If you want you can go to the forums to talk.00:42, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

ENd of macros?
plz take this off since there are tons that came back, they have found another way to transfer money, or they would have quit already 76.249.190.199 07:32, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
 * And what is that way that they transfer money? You don't expect them to disappear instantly, as some companies might not know that RWT is impossible now, so they'll continue for a little while longer until someone buys (and buying rs gold is rare now, so it may take some time), which is when they'll discover that they can't deliver and then stop. -- 09:53, 18 December 2007 (UTC)


 * I still don't understand why the update helped. Sure, the wilderness is smaller, but now because of that, there aren't any players to report the real-world traders. So bots can still wander freely in the Wildy, drop-trading and macroing. 22:52, 5 January 2008 (UTC)