Re-Edit - You used a macro to have one account follow another. That is almost the definition of third-party software (even if you wrote it yourself) and is cheating. Omit the macro, and there is no problem.
Dont claim people are cheating with multiboxing when you have no idea what youre talking about. Youre embarrassing yourself.
Don't claim people are calling playing on multiple accounts without automation cheating, when you have no idea what youre talking about and you did not cared to read through the thread. You're embarrassing yourself.
All he's done is bind the inbuilt /follow command to a macro and bound that to a key, so he can activate the /follow command with a single keypress
Technically you are "manually" playing both characters (or 3 or 4) at the same time. Each client is running, each character is logged in. They are just all reading the same keystroke from the same keyboard.
It's not automated at all. It's just well multitasking. Instead of the "1" doing one thing on one client. It does the same thing on two (3, 4) clients. None of them will do anything unless you hit "1" and they will all do "1" when you hit "1".
Multiple puppets, one set of strings.
That doesn't make it allowed in every game and even the companies struggle sometimes where to draw the line with these kind of things so i have no idea what is the official stance in this game.
Multiboxing is forbidden in some mmo's like in Guild Wars 2. see example -
players are permitted to use macros as long as the macros are programmed with a 1 key for 1 function protocol.
This means that if you program a macro, it must require one keystroke per action. You may not program a single key to perform multiple functions.
Dual- or Multi-Boxing
You may use more than one account at the same time.
You may use more than one computer at the same time.
You must be actively playing on each account.
And as stated above, you may not program your keyboard to perform functions on more than one account at a time.
a. For example, if you press W on your keyboard to move forward, a single character on a single account should move forward. The keystroke or mouse click should not perform functions on more than one account.
I have no idea though what is the official truth about multiboxing is in ESO.
How is it unfair?look, straight up, multiboxing is unfair.
Dont claim people are cheating with multiboxing when you have no idea what youre talking about. Youre embarrassing yourself.
Actualy, if you would use those amazing observation skills of yours, you would see that NO ONE in that thread has anything against people having and using multiple accounts. THIS IS NOT A REAL MULTIBOXING. It's playing the game at two accounts. Nobody has a problem with that.
If you use software like hydra, autohotkey or other command copier to make ALL CHARACTERS YOU PLAY repeat the SAME COMMAND making it a bot train, that cheating, that's against TOS.
Let me use your own quote:Don't claim people are calling playing on multiple accounts without automation cheating, when you have no idea what youre talking about and you did not cared to read through the thread. You're embarrassing yourself.
You want to know limitations? Open 3 clients as you just did, now press ONE KEY ONCE to make ALL characters move forward AT THE SAME TIME. Does not work, does it? Same with addons, they can't bypass windows handling and process handling. There is NOTHING in the OP that allows you to copy commands to other windowed clients. THAT's the limitation. Windows pass I/O commands ONLY to the active process. Without 3rd party software you can't copy it, you have to alt tab - and THAT'S NOT a real multiboxing. Is that a bit clearer now?All he's done is bind the inbuilt /follow command to a macro and bound that to a key, so he can activate the /follow command with a single keypress
There are no /follow commands in ESO client side lua base. You can't make a bot through the macro/addon unless it's a stationary "target closest" bot. You can't make multibox follower with it.
ShadowKnight1987 wrote: ». Again, ive no issues with the players multiboxing for the sheer challenge of it, but just for farming and only farming is kind of exploiting the game.
Multi-boxing is not an exploit. Neither is botting. An exploit is taking advantage of something already in game that has broken mechanics and using it past what is intended by game design. You are exploiting a weakness within the game. Cheating is using outside programs to have an advantage. This is what botting is and Multi-Boxing can be. If you download a third party software and don't have to be physically at your computer to do things in game, you are cheating. You are not exploiting. This is really important distinction because many, wrongly, think they can do whatever they want in the game and it's fine because the game 'allows' it. That is not the case and misusing the world exploit only further complicates the matter and causes further confusion among the community.
For this issue specifically if the multi-boxer is controlling the characters separately, then it's not exploiting and nor is it cheating. If the multi-boxer is using another program to run all the characters (which is often the case,) then he/she is cheating. Regardless, they are not exploiting.
Now if the multi-boxer is constantly farming a node preventing another player from harvesting, but present at the computer - then that could be griefing. That would of course be a case by case basis and up to that specific games ToS and CS team to decide.
Try to relax there buddy. The U mad was rhetorical. You dont need to type in caps while misquoting my replies to other people and then arguing a point I never brought up with you only to draw a conclusion on something I wasnt even talking about.
While this has already been said many times in this thread, you seem to be willfully ignorant where the line is actually at.
That's nonsense. If you are so experienced, you probably saw PVP multiboxers in WoW. You saw 5x Ele shaman or 5x Hunters (in 19 twink range) trains in WoW. Those were not bots. I'm not talking about bots. I know the difference between bot and multibox (but it seems you don't, but I will show that in a moment). I'm against bots, and automated multiboxing. Tell me, did anyone called those WoW pvp stacks bots? Please.Automating them, is not multiboxing
What youre all mad about is bots, so just address them as they are, and call them bots.
And if you can propose a way to isolate your... craziness (I think you can agree, to the normal person that is quite insane) from the hundreds of others that do it to gain an unfair advantage by using software to clone actions onto other accounts, whether they be on the same computer or not, I am all ears.allwebjunkb16_ESO wrote: »
As previously mentioned I don't MB in ESO, I don't see the point. I did in EQ and in WoW. Two monitors, two PC's, Two Keyboards, one controlling a dps and one controlling a healer or CC. Keyboards on a tiered desk so I only have to move my hands slightly to interact with either keyboard, macro for /follow (ingame macro system) on the 'slave' when moving.
I know people that did this with 4-5 accounts/rigs with no external software back in the day, as no software existed. Here's an example of the setup that was required.
Edit - And for the record, I have no problem with what you showed. Your time, your life, as much as a disagree with people playing the game like that. One input, one output per character.
Re-Edit - You used a macro to have one account follow another. That is almost the definition of third-party software (even if you wrote it yourself) and is cheating. Omit the macro, and there is no problem.
While this has already been said many times in this thread, you seem to be willfully ignorant where the line is actually at.
and how my ignorance makes me not see the line between bots and multiboxers (and that, there are 2 kinds of them). And disregarding simple fact that multiboxing with a script is still multiboxing (one dos not breaks ToS and does, but that does not change what you've said a bit)Automating them, is not multiboxing
I understand the difference between botting and multiboxing, and I'd say multiboxing can be a form of grief play. When a single player is farming a scarce resource like a dungeon boss using multiple toons, it negatively affects other players directly, and can indirectly affect the game, e.g. by allowing a player to farm harder areas alone and amass large amounts of gold.
Arthur_Spoonfondle wrote: »Multi-boxing is for sad losers, with more money than sense and no friends.
Multiboxing is not an exploit.
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You are also a bit ignorant to call multiboxing with automation (bannable) same thing as botting. Bots, by the definition of botting itself don't require player input at all, as you know. They just follow a script. But there is also a middle ground called automated multiboxing where you use programs like autohotkey to duplicate commands, creating your own team, that moves and acts thank to 3rd party software multiplying inputs for all clients. It can't be called botting, but it should be also bannable. It's not botting though, it's a form of multiboxing, and please don't tell me you never saw a player with 4 ghosts mimicking his movements. So, they are all bannable apart from "manual" multiboxing, that is not against ToS - but there are 2 types of multiboxing and they are not the same. Calling it botting, is basicaly, an ignorance towards their mechanic.
ShadowKnight1987 wrote: »I have been trying to farm in Grathwood area with my character (at the lower-right side of map), but there are these 4-6
other players that are there 24/7 being controlled by 1 player, moving around in the exact same pattern as each other as if mirrored. I have reported this more than 4 times now with no reply or evidence that these account are being checked as it is clearly an exploit of the game.
IMO do you even know the TOS of the game we play ?
If I ran two accounts in ESO and used no third party automated program but just alt tabed and controlled like the good old days, then I am safe with zero issue.
If I ran two accounts in Eso and used third party programs to automate my second account then yes I would and should be banned.
So says the bloke playing on a outdated lower end rig.
I have read this thread, and people like the bloke I quoted are so ignorant, its a amazing. Multi boxing is not botting. Botting use third party programs and are not controlled by a human player, hence why you see 4-8 at a time going around.
I never once suggested that using multiple accounts by using third party programs was OK.
Do you really think starting tht sentence with "In my oppinion" does not make it really, really stupid?IMO do you even know the TOS of the game we play ?
IMO do you even know the TOS of the game we play ?
If I ran two accounts in ESO and used no third party automated program but just alt tabed and controlled like the good old days, then I am safe with zero issue.
If I ran two accounts in Eso and used third party programs to automate my second account then yes I would and should be banned.
That's exactly what I've said.So says the bloke playing on a outdated lower end rig.
What was that about being rude?I have read this thread, and people like the bloke I quoted are so ignorant, its a amazing. Multi boxing is not botting. Botting use third party programs and are not controlled by a human player, hence why you see 4-8 at a time going around.
Your common knowledge was missing an important thing, becasue as you see, you only used TWO possible ways of doing it, while actualy there are of course THREE. So, after you called someone ignorant, I decided to give you a lecture, to show you, that you are missing a crucial point yourself.I never once suggested that using multiple accounts by using third party programs was OK.
And I never said you did. You are pulling it up from the hat. I never said I don't agree with you, I've only said what you posted was lacking, yet you called another person ignorantDo you really think starting tht sentence with "In my oppinion" does not make it really, really stupid?IMO do you even know the TOS of the game we play ?