Black Sock Down: Helicopter<FE> crashes and burns cheating for FTE

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Originally Posted by Tanthallas [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

The difference is between holding the key down with your finger or having it held down for you.

Ahh but this points out just how flawed your argument really is.


Sure I can hold down a key here and have it repeat, lets try it now..

"4444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444 444444444444"

So we've established that holding 4 down in Google Chrome will auto-repeat the 4 key if it is held down.

However, if you go into Everquest and attempt to hold the 4 key down to activate a keyboard macro, it will not repeat!?

Oh my, why would this be?

Well, it's quite simple really- Everquest was written differently than Google Chrome was! In fact, Everquest waits for the operating system to send it a "KEY UP" event for the number 4 before it will reset the button and allow the macro (or item on the hotbar) to fire again!

You see, the developers at Verant/Sony very specifically wrote the client so that you couldn't just hold down a macro button to repeat the action. They intended (and forced through code) for hotbar items to be tapped, not held down and repeated.

What Helicopter was doing was using some sort of third party utility- be it hardware or software. That specifically faked the button being tapped instead of being held down, because as I established above. The Everquest client was not written in a manner that allows you to hold down a key on your keyboard and repeat a hotbar action.

Is this clear to you now? Or are you just going to start spewing again about things you know nothing about?