Recent banwave and Autohotkey

Question

DISCLAIMER: I've not been banned in recent banwave (or ever) for using 3rd party software in Tibia. This is not attempt to justify anything, but rather to ask for clarification. 
 

With the recent banwave I wanted to ask for some clarity. Has Cipsoft ever explicitly address what kind macros / botting is not allowed? The only thing I've found was here: https://www.tibia.com/support/?subtopic=tibiarules&rule=3b

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Using additional software to play the game:

Keep in mind that you are supposed to play the game yourself, not to have a tool or program play it for you. Doing so gives you an unfair advantage over players who invest time and effort to gain power. Using unofficial software such as a macro program or a so-called "tasker" or "bot" to automatically execute actions in Tibia for you may lead to a punishment. Thus, play fair.

Using additional software to play the game such as cheat programs is not only forbidden, but also poses a high hacking risk. These programs - especially if offered to you by other players - often contain a virus, trojan or some other sort of backdoor through which a hacker can access your computer and take over your account. It is highly recommended not to ever download and use such a cheat program.
 

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Generally everywhere I looked, whether its reddit, discords, streams or youtube, the same mantra is always being said by players which is something among "1 press key = 1 server side action" so something like:

```ahk

XButton1::F11

XButton2::F12

```
Where we remap mbutton5 to F11 and mbutton6 to F12 is fine (and that's what I used). 

But what about:

```ahk
WheelUp::F9
```
Technically still `1 press key = 1 server side action`, but now it's way more spammy and some people reported being banned using it. I never used that one, as scroll isn't pleasant to use for me. Is this legal or is it not?

The obvious ones that are not legal, are those which under one key send more than one input, e.g. F9 and F10 at once with whatever arbitrary sleep between, so that goes beyond that discussion.

TLDR:

1. Has Cipsoft ever explicitly address what kind macros / botting is not allowed? Please, provide source, as I couldn't find one.
2.  Are Mousewheel / MouseButtons remaps legal? Why are they not natively supported by tibia client then? 

Answer 1

According to the technical FAQ:

5e) Is it allowed to use the extra buttons on a gaming mouse/keyboard as hotkeys?

Yes, you can generally use the buttons of your gaming mouse or keyboard like hotkeys. However, please note that you may not bind more than one action to a button. For instance, it is acceptable to bind to a button the drinking of a mana potion. However, it would be illegal to assign to a button the drinking of a mana potion and then casting "exura". Thereby, it does not matter if the action is performed by pressing a combination of keys (e.g. CTRL+F1) or a single key (e.g. F1).

So technically, it is allowed to use the scroll wheel to perform a single action. I think it's unlikely that someone would get deleted just for "spamming" a hotkey.

And obviously, macros that do automated things are not allowed (auto-heal, auto-loot, auto-equip, etc.).

Comments

Wow! Great!! That is exactly what I was looking for! Thank you!