Re: Stance on Macros - Is this macro allowed?

Wut? How would you automate inventory management with a macro?

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@stevencloser wrote:

Wut? How would you automate inventory management with a macro?

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You know you can make aimbots with macros as well, right? They're very simplistic but it used to be common. Macros can do a lot if you're smart. They're just as bad and gamebreaking as any script or hack. Cheating is cheating no matter what.

Are we talking about the same kind of macro here? The macro I know is just a pre-recorded set of key presses that gets executed on a button press.

@stevencloser 
Are we talking about the same kind of macro here? The macro I know is just a pre-recorded set of key presses that gets executed on a button press.

That is exacly what aim macro or rapid fire macros are.
It's just a pre-recorded set of inputs that gets executed on a single button press. But it's still cheating as a code is executing mechanics for you, or in some cases it breaks the game mechanics - like Hemlock is either a single or burst fire weapon yet people have rapid fire macro where they full-auto with it due to macro repeating fire action for the duration of button press. Or Peacekeeper being used as a automatic-shotgun it's not supposed to be with animation-cancelling.

Normally you'd have to press LMB and re-align your aim again which makes it harder due to input lag and so forth - having it automated in a code of a macro negates it and gives you clear advantage over normal players in one button press.
And rapid-fire macro is not even intrusive... Auto-aim macro's, bhop macros, auto-dodge macros, etc.
Cheats are macro's itself, in form of external .bak file that have lots of more lines of code to bypass the anti-cheat systems in place.
But in reality they are the same thing.

Would using a fps dominator be considered bannable?

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@Mikeyb5656 wrote:

Would using a fps dominator be considered bannable?

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No idea what that is lol, clarify and I can tell ya for sure.

As for the macro situation, for any online FPS/fighting and a few other genres macro's are considered cheating. Also as previously stated that's all hacks are as well it configures different settings/button presses and binds them to a single tick or press. I'm pretty sure Respawn also mentioned macros when bhopping was around and even talked about binding shoot to mouse wheel for hemlock/p2020.

Unfortunately unless you stream or blatantly tell people there is no way to obviously tell people are doing any of these things (besides the macros/scripts for hacks) so you won't really get in any trouble for doing it anyway. Basically just becomes a moral thing and if you find nothing wrong with it then go ahead there is no way to stop you from binding macros to MB's or keyboard buttons.I personally don't care or mind people using macros as long as they are simplistic like the one you mentioned where it's something that can be done without fail by normal human means because it's more of a convenience thing and not a frame specific trick.

Also don't listen to the mortal kombat guy because in fighting games you simply can't macro a whole combo into a button press because macro's don't cancel out so it would have to input all those commands thus leaving you extremely vulnerable if you get blocked or they break. You can maybe get away with a basic combo string but to macro a 50 hit combo would just be completely stupid and you would lose. 

that's called a turbo button it's allowed in fighting games just not comp   

Alas, a third Necro. So sad.

Hello,

I was reading the rules of conduct and found this interesting:

"When you access or use an EA Service, you agree that you will not:

• Use... unauthorized software programs or tools (such as... "macro"...)...in an EA Service to gain unfair advantage."

Here is what that says, I paraphrase:

1. Anytime you use an airplane, you gain unfair advantage over those using the train.

2. Anytime you use train, you gain unfair advantage over those using public-bus.

3. Anytime you use a public-bus, you gain unfair advantage over those using a car.

4. Anytime you use a car/motor-bike, you gain unfair advantage over those using a bicycle.

5. Anytime you use a bicycle, you gain unfair advantage over those walking.

6. Anytime you walk, you gain unfair advantage over those using a cane.

7. Anytime you use a cane, you gain unfair advantage over those using a wheelchair.

8. Anytime you use a wheelchair, you gain unfair advantage over those that cannot use one.

9. If you cannot use a wheelchair, see 1 through 8.

In order not-to-cheat, don't move; thank you.