Is mapping multiple buttons to a gamepad chearing?

[Ikonoclastia]

Maybe they're not spelt out in black and white to avoid rule lawyering. If you think it "might" be chearing you up it prolly is.

[loramin]

The problem is, it's not about what I think. This isn't an "I want to press a million buttons with a single button press, can I?" post.

My interest comes from the fact that there is at least one guide in the wiki that advocates multi-button-mapping, and since the wiki is maintained by us, "the community", I wanted to ensure new players aren't being misled in to cheating. However, just because someone (me, you, or any other player) thinks something is cheating doesn't make it cheating; the GMs have to think it's cheating, which is why I was looking for some kind of official answer from them.

Honestly, if the GMs don't want us to do something, I think it's realistic to expect them to say as much. So if I really can't find any official answer at all, I think that means we're all just being overly cautious and multiple-button mapping really is allowed.

[Rhuma7]

Youre being dumb about this, mapping hotkeys can be done within eq itself. You think monks click their epic every 6 seconds? No.


Dont automate the key presses and youre fine.

[Supaskillz]

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

Maybe they're not spelt out in black and white to avoid rule lawyering. If you think it "might" be chearing you up it prolly is.

I suspect this. Broad and somewhat vague rules allow for better enforcement of the spirit of the rule. The obvious problem with this approach is that there is a gray area players are left to guess. The best suggestion in such a case is err on the side of caution if you are not prepared to face the consequences.

[Mac Drettj]

Chears m8

[Messianic]

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+5 internets

[loramin]

Originally Posted by Rhuma7 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Youre being dumb about this

Or maybe instead of looking for your personal opinion I'm trying to establish what the server rules actually are in an area that is clearly gray (as evidenced by the varied responses in this thread).

But thanks for chiming in.

[Ahldagor]

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[Rhuma7]

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

Or maybe instead of looking for your personal opinion I'm trying to establish what the server rules actually are in an area that is clearly gray (as evidenced by the varied responses in this thread).

But thanks for chiming in.

Right click a macro button, there are 5 seperate fields of command lines one may use for a single button press, you can also link each button to another button when pressed, theoretically you can do *10* key presses/messages/commands WITHOUT ever using a 3rd party tool like autokey.

It is not an opinion... DO NOT AUTOMATE and you WONT BE BANNED.
You also shouldn't have posted this in server chat if you didn't want peoples "opinions" on the matter, theres a petition forum for directly talking with staff, that you failed to do, which is posted in the guidebook for p99, that you most likely failed to read also.

Retard.

[kylok]

Originally Posted by Rhuma7 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Dont automate the key presses and youre fine.

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

The question is just whether mapping the "A" button in your gamepad software to "2,3" counts as a "program that provides an unintended advantage".

You do know that every single person on the red server has /who bound to a movement key, and that this can be done from inside the game itself right?