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► How not to get banned if you are using RSBOT or other macro programs

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After Jagex announced their macro detection update a lot of people were naturally concerned about the future of their account. This post aims to address these issues and provide information on staying safe.

It is not told what systems are used to detect macros in RuneScape. It is very common for computer games to use anti-cheat software like PunkBuster or NProtect. These work by scanning your files and running processes. In essence they are like trojan horse or rootkit viruses, but you legally agree to them when you install or sign-up to the game. World of Warcraft even uses a custom designed mechanism. Since this is an industry standard practice it is safe to assume Jagex also has these advanced and unavoidable checks in place for RuneScape.

Knowing this there is good reason to believe when they say "We have reviewed all the macro programs available, and there are none we cannot detect." This means every bot and macro is unsafe - iBot/Nexus, ****, **********, SRL SCAR, SeedBot, SconBot, RSBot and all private or lesser known ones. Here at RSBot we respect our users by being open and honest, if other cheating communities tell you their bot is undetectable they are lying.

Tips for staying unbanned

Most people agree that cheaters play a major role in the game economy as well as giving Jagex more membership sales. Provided you are a responsible and non-disruptive player there is no reason for your account to be banned, regardless of whether they know you use bots. Here is a helpful guideline:

* Limit yourself to botting for a maximum of 8 hours per day
* Only use reliable scripts that have been well tested, like the ones that come in the official download and SVN
* When trying a new script check back on your computer every few minutes to be sure it is working smoothly
* Play legit from time to time - do a quest, go on PVP worlds and make good posts in the official forums
* Do not start botting on more than one account, especially not low level skillers
* Buy membership with a credit card if you can
* Abide by the other game rules so you do not get black marks for offensive language, item scamming et al.


Frequently asked questions

* Loads of people are saying RSBot got their accounts banned, so is it really safe?
o There are people who have been using RSBot on their main accounts for many months without getting warned or banned. It all depends on how you use the bot - cutting Yews 24/7 is very likely to get you banned, using it responsibly as mentioned earlier will not. RSBot is a very powerful tool and it is easy to get carried away if you do not have self-control. Since we have a large community we have a large number of stupid kids that do not know this. If they got banned it was their fault, not the bots.

* RSBot uses BCEL, other bots use reflection. Which one is better?
o The short answer is BCEL. As explained earlier both methods can be detected by Jagex, so neither one provides advantages in terms of safety. However, reflection is a CPU and memory intensive process. This means most people will find that reflection bots heavily lag their computer. BCEL is a much cleaner method which modifies the low level core of the client, resulting in better performance and less CPU requirement.

* Is it a good idea to try out other bots and macros?
o If you have already used RSBot or another cheating program chances are you have already been flagged. Trying more bots will only add fuel to the fire. If anything you should be toning down your cheating activity, not increasing it. If you plan to move away from RSBot to other ones bear in mind you carry a great risk.

* Will RSBot ever die?
o The beauty of open source is that a project like this can never die. Since RSBot was created there have been contributions by over 20 experienced Java programmers and high quality scripts created by many talented people from the community. Despite the bad news from RuneScape our community continues to grow and has become the centre of RuneScape cheating. We won't go down without a fight :)