Permanent closure of the plugin API and the removal of China/Asia realm support

[johnbl]

Based on your findings I have to redesign the way plugins work and probably all existing plugins must be rewritten in the future.
I am still investigating the impact of removing the whole plugin system once again and go back to a declarative syntaxt which does not have access to the data inside TurboHUD though.

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[Vern1701]

Security measure. Short of asking to join a Diablo team, or worse, getting the C&D letter, there isn't a lot that KJ can do.

[KillerJohn]

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I got notified about people are still gathering data from TurboHUD for fishy automation shit and they use the plugin system to achieve that.

[thewhatguy]

Is it worth ruining THUD for hundreds just to pursue the personal goal of making automation harder?
The only one who is actually actively annoyed is you.

Do not misunderstand! I appreciate your work for the community alot and am very grateful for all you have done.

[s4000]

The chinese hacked version also use Thud for automation, why not handle that issue as much more people do automation than the "notified" people using official Thud.

[Vern1701]

The chinese hacked version also use Thud for automation, why not handle that issue as much more people do automation than the "notified" people using official Thud.

If you know who hacked TH, send a PM to KJ.

[QianLei]

AFK d3 for a several months, and I'm back this season. Before reading this thread, I was wondering why PrtSc and paste in MSpaint shows a whole black picture.
Sorry for hearing those troubles.

And I have to say, some preventions like banning Asian or Chinese realm, it won't stop the few elite hackers, but only prevent normal users. and it may force them to use or even buy those hacked version instead, if they have no HUD to use.

I am a Chinese gamer. Beginning with Diablo 3 since 2015.
I strongly agree with ‘it won't stop the few elite hackers, but only prevent normal users’.
At present, players in China are buying the Chinese version of turboHUD. And the seller has its own server. All turboHUD updates and logins are made through the seller's Chinese server.
Sorry to say that banning Chinese realm cannot change anything.
（Hope that Diablo 4 will be released soon.）

[Ggod9012]

I have a "friend" who uses Turbohud for better loot management, and quicker clears of content - all done by my "friend" with zero r**-b** ever used. As long as whatever you are proposing will allow this "friend" of mine to continue to do this, then I am fully supportive of any changes those in charge would like to make.

[transbot]

totally agree, a normal user like me will be totally blocked by TurboHUD, and those "paying users" which we usually don't care still use their hacked version happily. so do the math.

AFK d3 for a several months, and I'm back this season. Before reading this thread, I was wondering why PrtSc and paste in MSpaint shows a whole black picture.
Sorry for hearing those troubles.

And I have to say, some preventions like banning Asian or Chinese realm, it won't stop the few elite hackers, but only prevent normal users. and it may force them to use or even buy those hacked version instead, if they have no HUD to use.