Logout macro EXPLAINED

Thanks op's explain. I hope to get ggg's comment

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johnmiltonn wrote:

This is a program, that interferes with the game executable directly.

a memory scanning/changing program, like GG or CE ot the likes?

It has nothing to the game exe. It closes connections opened by the application like you turned net cable jack out from the NIC or closed your PPPoE/VPN/Ethernet interface in the Network Settings or Device Manager.

*Space::
{
....if (!g_KeyState_Space)
....{
........g_KeyState_Space := true

........Critical, On
........RunWait, g:\Disconnect\cports.exe /close * * * * PathOfExile_x64.exe
....}

....return
}

G: is RAM disk and Disconnect folder contains all DLL imported by cports.exe... for faster executing ;)

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McClaritinD wrote:

But the best part is I get to read these scrubcore cope threads.

Haha, same. They mad on players which play different gamemode which they even don't play.

Granted, I don't play HC really anymore, but I did during Beyond League. My god I loved that league. Never ever used a log out macro and that was before lockstep was even a thing. All I can say is "you cowards". I kind of want to play hardcore this league again (with no logout macro), and I think I will. Man up (or woman? IDK) take the hand you are dealt, or play softcore.

Sadly even if they prevented instant logout people will just macro instant town portal. I think we should all cast shame, shame on all of them.

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Cantspel wrote:

or play softcore.

Logout macro != immortality. Period. If you think so - go and win 8000$. Ez to prove yourself.

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Droch_Rendger wrote:

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johnmiltonn wrote:

This is a program, that interferes with the game executable directly.

a memory scanning/changing program, like GG or CE ot the likes?

It has nothing to the game exe. It closes connections opened by the application like you turned net cable jack out from the NIC.

*Space::
{
....if (!g_KeyState_Space)
....{
........g_KeyState_Space := true

........Critical, On
........RunWait, g:\Disconnect\cports.exe /close * * * * PathOfExile_x64.exe
....}

....return
}

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McClaritinD wrote:

But the best part is I get to read these scrubcore cope threads.

Haha, same. They mad on players which play different gamemode which they even don't play.

GGG say that you can use macro as long as 1 button = 1 action.
If its like pluging out your cable jack then its few actions: stand up from your chair, go around your computer, catch the cable, plug out.
So in this term its illegal.

Now the second things is, how many actions does a program need to perform this simulation to close all the connections?
If there is special exe of cports.exe used inside the macro it means that its probably more than 1 command line, otherwise you wouldnt need the exe in first place.

Third "1 action = 1 button" is superb flexible term. For me alt+f4 is 2 actions since it require 2 button press. If you say its same as macro, then why do you use macro in the first place? If its faster it means is require less actions from you, otherwise it wouldnt be faster.

Additionaly I can find bounch of people which will say that pressing 5 flasks at one time is just 1 action for them.

And the last, most important. The exe in the file does something that you cannot manualy do in the game. Meaning that it introduce something new which is the biggest break of a TOS. You cannot close the game manualy by closing its connections first.

If Zizarian or whoever else I dont care about is using such macros, they should be banned, since its obvious program that gave them unfair adventage over other players.

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herflik wrote:

Third "1 action = 1 button" is superb flexible term. For me alt+f4 is 2 actions since it require 2 button press. If you say its same as macro, then why do you use macro in the first place? If its faster it means is require less actions from you, otherwise it wouldnt be faster.

Additionaly I can find bounch of people which will say that pressing 5 flasks at one time is just 1 action for them.

And the last, most important. The exe in the file does something that you cannot manualy do in the game. Meaning that it introduce something new which is the biggest break of a TOS. You cannot close the game manualy by closing its connections first.

If Zizarian or whoever else I dont care about is using such macros, they should be banned, since its obvious program that gave them unfair adventage over other players.

Alt+F4 is not used because it doesn't close the connections opened by the application. It makes this way very unreliable and slow (in terms of server responsibility on the losing connection). It has nothing to the key combination but reliability and the character stays in the game after closing the process with this way. Even using Esc->logut better than Alt+F4.

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The exe in the file does something that you cannot manualy do in the game.

I can do it with my router which stands right in front of me in 30-40 cm with a single key. But it'll take 10-15 seconds to restore connection after reset. Or use...firewall for this purpose (I prefer to use Jetico) but you can use COMODO for example. Oh wait! It's external programs!

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Droch_Rendger wrote:

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Cantspel wrote:

or play softcore.

Logout macro != immortality. Period. If you think so - go and win 8000$. Ez to prove yourself.

It's not about immortality, you are correct. It is about people not preparing, people doing the "gotta go fast" meta and shocked that sometimes you run face first into a whole lot of hurt. I'm not a racer (I have a day job that isn't streaming or youtube), but I'm still going to play hardcore. I will have to remake my character more than once no doubt, but I'm still going to enjoy the difficulty, and blaming only myself for screwing up instead of the game.

Word of advice, try dropping a portal before starting a boss fight (or smoke mines while clearing), you know just in case. At least at that point you are using the game mechanic to escape.

For racers it's a risk, always was. It's a random game, you hit random encounters, and if you full steam ahead without looking back you are taking a chance to randomly die. This isn't a "I Wanna Be The Boshy" speed run after all.

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herflik wrote:

GGG say that you can use macro as long as 1 button = 1 action.
If its like pluging out your cable jack then its few actions: stand up from your chair, go around your computer, catch the cable, plug out.
So in this term its illegal.

Server action.

Not client action.

Not computer action.

Not human action.

Server action.

That's what they've always said. If a macro would perform more than 1 server action, it's banned (for example, a flask macro).

If you don't understand what a server action is, you have no place in this discussion whatsoever.


That goes for OP too, but there are more things wrong with the OP than just not understanding what a server action is....

So you basically can make a macro that scans your hp and just runs this program once you get low since the scan is client side i think and it would only be 1 server action (they have these programs for MW to scan parts of peoples bodies)

GGG can not tell the difference between this and just logging off with said program because its client side and doesnt get logged other than your client closing

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Lynerus wrote:

So you basically can make a macro that scans your hp and just runs this program once you get low since the scan is client side i think and it would only be 1 server action (they have these programs for MW to scan parts of peoples bodies)

GGG can not tell the difference between this and just logging off with said program because its client side and doesnt get logged other than your client closing

If the program is constantly running and will auto-log you out once your health reaches a certain threshold, that's not a macro, it's just a regular script, which is differently banned (it's a special case of bannable scripts. Overlays don't count but any script that performs automatic game actions without button presses is bannable).

They actually can and do detect that in particular because if you always perfectly send logouts at the same time as you receive health info packets detailing less than X health, you must be using a script (it's just obvious when it keeps happening with inhuman precision).

If it's a button you manually press to scan your health and then log you out... I think that *would* be allowed, but it seems largely useless. (holding the button down would be equivalent to GGG as just running a background script)