[Open Source] Lucky's Spacebot

[thecheatx]

I am wondering if this ban is more for someone else reporting you in WZ or something. The reason doesnt fit botting.

[scraper101]

I am wondering if this ban is more for someone else reporting you in WZ or something. The reason doesnt fit botting.

This is for botting, I challanged it on my band and got the following email...

Dear xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Account Name: xxxxxxxxx
Email address: xxxxxxxxxxxx

Thank you for contacting us regarding the suspension that has been applied to your account. The sanction on your account pertains to the following violation:

You may not use any of your own software or third-party software to modify the Service content to change game play. Your account was confirmed to have automated gameplay during a space combat mission.

Having completed a thorough investigation into your account and the complaint that you have made, we must advise that your account was sanctioned correctly, in full compliance with our policies and procedures.
Following our review into the actions taken on your account we wish to confirm that we shall not be removing this suspension from your account.

Once the suspension period has elapsed you will then be able to log back into Star Wars: The Old Republic.
Thank you for bringing this matter to our attention. As a valued customer, your feedback is very important to us.

Yours sincerely,

Hagen
Star Wars ™: The Old Republic™ Terms of Service
________________________________________

So yea it is this space bot. I don't get it either, I too noticed that I got the suspension just after my account renewed as well. And when I got the band, I had not used the bot for over three weeks. I don't know why it takes them so long to issue the band.

[thecheatx]

This is for botting, I challanged it on my band and got the following email...

Dear xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Account Name: xxxxxxxxx
Email address: xxxxxxxxxxxx

Thank you for contacting us regarding the suspension that has been applied to your account. The sanction on your account pertains to the following violation:

You may not use any of your own software or third-party software to modify the Service content to change game play. Your account was confirmed to have automated gameplay during a space combat mission.

Having completed a thorough investigation into your account and the complaint that you have made, we must advise that your account was sanctioned correctly, in full compliance with our policies and procedures.
Following our review into the actions taken on your account we wish to confirm that we shall not be removing this suspension from your account.

Once the suspension period has elapsed you will then be able to log back into Star Wars: The Old Republic.
Thank you for bringing this matter to our attention. As a valued customer, your feedback is very important to us.

Yours sincerely,

Hagen
Star Wars ™: The Old Republic™ Terms of Service
________________________________________

So yea it is this space bot. I don't get it either, I too noticed that I got the suspension just after my account renewed as well. And when I got the band, I had not used the bot for over three weeks. I don't know why it takes them so long to issue the band.

Interesting they said during A space mission "during a space combat mission.".. wonder if they can track this to a single instance, which would mean they have something to detect it.

[UseTheForce]

Interesting they said during A space mission "during a space combat mission.".. wonder if they can track this to a single instance, which would mean they have something to detect it.

no, they say that to tell you as little as possible

[scraper101]

Interesting they said during A space mission "during a space combat mission.".. wonder if they can track this to a single instance, which would mean they have something to detect it.

I was wondering the same thing myself. If so, maybe the programmers of this bot can find a way around it...

[Croxphire]

the only thing i can think of is that they checked my running processes and came across a weird .exe file that i renamed the bots into and *assumed* it was a hack program. i never sold credits, i didnt run kalee/aeten all the time (mostly used it to level lowbies), and i didnt used it on any char with a guild or talk about it in general chat, etc.

when i did use it, it was for a few hours at a time and usually monitored. i mostly played the game as intended. this just really irks me. whynot do the ban if they were going to do it a week ago, or 3 days, or hell, yesterday....no, they waited conveniently until today when my account resubbed, in which *should* have been the 16th but somehow got moved up that much. i feel like i just got robbed at knifepoint on the street. and i can't access my account page to unsub or anything.

That figures. I wonder what the ratio of credit card to game cards is for bans. Have only credit card users been banned/suspended? I only use game cards and haven't got banned yet. And believe me....I bot ALOT. Although I have been using the schedule feature with a variance but it does seem very suspicious that they would wait until after they charged your credit card to ban you.:confused:

[TMichael]

I was wondering the same thing myself. If so, maybe the programmers of this bot can find a way around it...

Well.

A few things to note:

• The BioWare security team keeps track of these threads, so any new information available to the community is also readily available to them.
• Lucky's isn't the only bot affected, which would imply that changes/randomizations in the programming might not help (not that I'm unwilling to try).
• The only constant I've observed in reading through these suspension/ban threads is that accounts with longer periods of "normal" play, and/or more high level characters, seem less likely to be targeted.

Be careful out there. Also, this:

Hide your wife, hide your kids, hide your illicitly botted virtual space ship, BioWare security is comin' for you!

[TMichael]

Update 5.35 R259

• Reset a few too many variables in revision 258, fixed

Update 5.35 R258

This is a just a small maintenance revision:

• Corrected an add session display error
• Timer and session variables will now properly reset upon [F2] stop or bot restart

The latest revision is up and available for download.

[cylak12]

3 accounts banned within a week, they can detect this somehow

[rawkaction]

I posted a while back about a problem I'm having at the moment.. The bot is completing one or two runs of a particular mission and then the cursor just moves in a triangle on the bridge my my ship..

Here's my sysinfo..

Luckys Spacebot v5.35 x86 (R257)

System details: X64 CPU, WIN_7(X64) Service Pack 1
RAM total:15 GB,free:11 GB, used:27 %
Desktop dimensions: 1440x900(32bpp, 61Hz)
Desktop theme: Aero using NormalSize, NormalColor, 96dpi

SWTOR Client is running with 1024x766
SWTOR Window:0,0 Win size:1040x804
Color scheme: Aero

On Target Time=50
Missile Delay=333
Timer Skew =50
IMG Tolerance=125
HD Status=1
Timing override=4
Mission bonus=4
PSX OTT enabled=1
PSX DBG enabled=4
Last mission=Jabiim Escort
Win / Loss 1 / 0


Also, the Nez Peron Sweep mission won't run along with the other dailies as the screen needs to be moved in order for the cursor to hit the correct spot on the map.. Any ideas who this could be fixed?

Cheers!

[scraper101]

If you have Origin installed on your computer I recommend you uninstall it now. This might be how they are finding this bot on our system. The user agreement gives EA the right to scan our entire computer whenever they want and use the data however they want. See the link provided...

EA’s Origin EULA Proves Even More Sinister | Rock, Paper, Shotgun

2. Consent to Collection and Use of Data.

You agree that EA may collect, use, store and transmit technical and related information that identifies your computer (including the Internet Protocol Address), operating system, Application usage (including but not limited to successful installation and/or removal), software, software usage and peripheral hardware, that may be gathered periodically to facilitate the provision of software updates, dynamically served content, product support and other services to you, including online services. EA may also use this information combined with personal information for marketing purposes and to improve our products and services. We may also share that data with our third party service providers in a form that does not personally identify you. IF YOU DO NOT WANT EA TO COLLECT, USE, STORE, TRANSMIT OR DISPLAY THE DATA DESCRIBED IN THIS SECTION, PLEASE DO NOT INSTALL OR USE THE APPLICATION. This and all other data provided to EA and/or collected by EA in connection with your installation and use of this Application is collected, used, stored and transmitted in accordance with EA’s Privacy Policy located at EA Games - Electronic Arts. To the extent that anything in this section conflicts with the terms of EA’s Privacy Policy, the terms of the Privacy Policy shall control.

[Breathofthedying]

If you have Origin installed on your computer I recommend you uninstall it now. This might be how they are finding this bot on our system. The user agreement gives EA the right to scan our entire computer whenever they want and use the data however they want. See the link provided...

EA’s Origin EULA Proves Even More Sinister | Rock, Paper, Shotgun

2. Consent to Collection and Use of Data.

You agree that EA may collect, use, store and transmit technical and related information that identifies your computer (including the Internet Protocol Address), operating system, Application usage (including but not limited to successful installation and/or removal), software, software usage and peripheral hardware, that may be gathered periodically to facilitate the provision of software updates, dynamically served content, product support and other services to you, including online services. EA may also use this information combined with personal information for marketing purposes and to improve our products and services. We may also share that data with our third party service providers in a form that does not personally identify you. IF YOU DO NOT WANT EA TO COLLECT, USE, STORE, TRANSMIT OR DISPLAY THE DATA DESCRIBED IN THIS SECTION, PLEASE DO NOT INSTALL OR USE THE APPLICATION. This and all other data provided to EA and/or collected by EA in connection with your installation and use of this Application is collected, used, stored and transmitted in accordance with EA’s Privacy Policy located at EA Games - Electronic Arts. To the extent that anything in this section conflicts with the terms of EA’s Privacy Policy, the terms of the Privacy Policy shall control.

This is old news, and the most unlikely scenario. Now cc payments is an interesting idea. I use time cards. Still running 3 accounts 14 50s almost 24/7.

The detects are as simple to see as picking an account and looking ... The bot/s are a dead giveaway and no amount of programming wil change reaction times to match or look human.
It is in no way a system process scan. In a community of 400k where 100-200k users are bot,ing ... Throw.a rock and look. After all what else do they have to do? Dev new content, fix bugs, With the intern staff only that is left in Austin.... Bot busting is the only job to do with their remaining staff . Go go f2p

[Breathofthedying]

FYI I surf and post from a completely different network then I run bots on. Tm hit it on the nose where he said bioware see all the posts you see here. Value was famous for community profiling and scanning... On the other hand.

[Croxphire]

Well.

A few things to note:

• The BioWare security team keeps track of these threads, so any new information available to the community is also readily available to them.
• Lucky's isn't the only bot affected, which would imply that changes/randomizations in the programming might not help (not that I'm unwilling to try).
  
• The only constant I've observed in reading through these suspension/ban threads is that accounts with longer periods of "normal" play, and/or more high level characters, seem less likely to be targeted.

Be careful out there. Also, this:

Hide your wife, hide your kids, hide your illicitly botted virtual space ship, BioWare security is comin' for you!

Maybe that's the key. As much as one may bot.....maybe keeping that "normal" play time high helps in some way. Id still like to know if anyone using game cards have been banned.

[swtorbot1138]

Maybe that's the key. As much as one may bot.....maybe keeping that "normal" play time high helps in some way. Id still like to know if anyone using game cards have been banned.

Doubt it. I was botting on a high "normal play" acct and got banned (1 week) earlier this year. never sold a credit, used it primarily as an afk leveling bot Looks like they are keying in on the credit farming space missions that are level 44+. No sense in BW spending time on the lower level ones. credit farmers arent going to be farming those.

I expect them to be using a flag of consecutive similar missions, do some low tech monitoring and then execute the ban. Being that BW is getting all sorts of pressure to keep subs up, i bet they are spending very little on detecting bots/credit farmers.

I think the key question is....What mission were you running when you got banned? i bet youll see a trend there.