Doctor Archive

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FFNogoodnik wrote:
Ok, sothe system can not determine where the command came from, be it a macro or an actual person at the keyboard. Thatcould be changed.Basically macros are similar to text files that get read in from a diskand get sent to the keyboard buffer and interpreted by the system as commands. If a syntax requirement was put on all macros, perhaps a $ in front of every command, the system would then be able to tell which commands came from a macro and which ones came from the keyboard.

If that can be established, then restrictions can be put on gaining xp and cash when you are afk or running a macro. Obviously we will have to work around legitimate methods of using macros. After all, we are really trying to get rid of AFK ents and docs not macros in general. We can put the restirctions on gaining entertainer xp and medical xp based on this method of being able to determine if the player is using a macro.If the player has not done anything at the keyboard (i.e. all commands have a $ in front) for 10 minutes, they are officiallyAFK and can not gain xp until they come back. They prove they are back by typing a command (as its from the keyboard they do not need to put the $ in front, hence no macro induced command) or by saying something.

Ok so we have gotten this far. There is one more problem to resolve, as far I can tell anyway. Players can put multiple commands on one line, so they could pause for 9:59, say something, then pause again. This would allow them to simulate being at the keyboard. I would suggest the macro syntax beused with multiple commands on a single line as well.

So, instead of typing:

/pause 3000; /tell frostbite take the kool aid out of the freeze before it becomes ice

I would type:

$/pause 3000; $/tell frostbite take the kool aid out of the freeze before it becomes ice

The maximum number of characters that can be put in a macroand the keyboard buffer can be expanded to accomodate the extra $ characters.

I believe I have thought this through pretty well but am also sureI missed something. Look it over and post what you think and any flaws you see.

Dr. Frostbite Nogoodnik

Tarquinas

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Minimal hassle to change existing macros, I like it.

So long as AFK can be controlled, I'm all for it.

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Mark603 wrote:

I arrive in Theed today on Bria, and what do I see? A former Entertainer buffbot now a Master Doc buffbot, spamming her "heal and buff for 5K " macro over and over again.Even with the lousy buffs we now have, one of the thingsI did NOT miss was theDoc buffbots of the Pre-CU game.Why do some people persist with finding ways to avoid actual play, but prefer to simply set up macros and do nothing???

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peeweeIoM wrote:

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Mark603 wrote:

I arrive in Theed today on Bria, and what do I see? A former Entertainer buffbot now a Master Doc buffbot, spamming her "heal and buff for 5K " macro over and over again.Even with the lousy buffs we now have, one of the thingsI did NOT miss was theDoc buffbots of the Pre-CU game.Why do some people persist with finding ways to avoid actual play, but prefer to simply set up macros and do nothing???

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good points, 5k for an ability, i just run an AFK macro all day in Mining Outpost for free.

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I don't think you understand what they were saying.

They weren't saying 5k is outrageous to charge.

They were saying "why do some people persist with finding ways to avoid actual play, but prefer to simply set up macros and do niothing?"

When you sit around and run a macro, a Doctor who's actually playing the game has no reason to fulfill the role you're filling while you're not even at your computer.