[Addon] Jamba - An assistant for multiboxers. Old Thread

[Redbeard]

While a GM / dev hasnt commented on every Add on / piece of software out there, what they have made quite clear is situations in which they think automation is occurring. There are many many experienced boxers on here ( I myself am a newb ) who are very cautious and familiar with the TOS and that wouldnt be endorsing this add on unless it was kosher.

You can see some of the conversations in the stickies at the top of these forums.

Hope that was helpful.

[RogueLover]

I see Nightfall alert is in the works, that will be so great!

Also any kind of instant spell procs like Backlash, etc... I dualbox with a warlock as my slave and it's been hard to tell when his procs are going. That will be a very nice addition!

[Jafula]

[quote='Confuzius',index.php?page=Thread&postID=144 242#post144242]This has probably been brought up before, but does Jamba constitute "illegal automation"?[/quote][s]
Blizzard has made it so you cannot do "illegal automation" in [b]World of Warcraft Addons[/b] (addons have to behave according to Blizzard rules). Other software programs that are not addons need to be approached very carefully. [b]Jamba is a WoW addon.[/b] Using any WoW addon is fine and shouldn't get you into trouble.

Edit: If Blizzard want to stop certain addon behaviour, they usually change the wow api code that addons can call.[/s]

Edit: Well, apparently addons can be used for malicious purposes and it is up to Blizzard to decide what is unfair or not.

[url='http://www.dual-boxing.com/forums/index.php?page=Thread&postID=144606#post144606'][Addon] Jamba - An assistant for multiboxers. 7th Update - 0.3b released.[/url]

[Jafula]

I see Nightfall alert is in the works, that will be so great!

Also any kind of instant spell procs like Backlash, etc... I dualbox with a warlock as my slave and it's been hard to tell when his procs are going. That will be a very nice addition!

Yup, the plan is to add a new module to handle all that.

[Tasty]

Customer Service GM's have repeatedly stated that you can NOT be banned for using WoW addons

theres usually lots of posts in the CS forums like so

Title: Wrongly Banned
Post I was wrongly banned, maybe it was cause of addon X

GM Reply: We don't ban people for using addons.

Seriously do a search :P theres like millions of the things.

[Confuzius]

Cool, thanks for clearing things up. Now I've just got to figure out all the settings, then figure out how to explain them to my girlfriend...

[Tynk]

Threw a page up for Jamba-Target, it is rough right now but will try to refine it when I am not at work.
http://www.dual-boxing.com/wiki/index.php/Jamba:Target

[zha]

Is there any way to not follow when I'm drinking besides using the

/jamba-follow strobeoff all
/in 30 jamba-follow strobeon focus??
/use conjured mana bisket

Ah, zanthors follow strobing. I think you have the best way of doing what you want in that macro

Ok I fixed this real quick... It's dirty and my first lua script lol. I'm sure you can come up with a more elegant way to integrate this, but this solution works great and solves my slaves from moving when I start drinking.... The /in workaround causes a lot of bad side effects, especially when I'm trying to blaze through a dungeon fast.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- JambaFollow:FollowTarget
-- Follow the target specified.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
function JambaFollow:FollowTarget( target )

    -- Set the jamba set this flag toggle, so not to complain about follow broken after combat.
    if (self.db.autoFollowAfterCombat == true) or (self.followingStrobing == true) then
        self.jambaSetFollowTarget = true
    end

    -- Check if drinking   
    drinking = 0

     for i=1,40 do local name =UnitBuff("player",i,1);
         if name == "Drink" then 
            drinking = 1
        end 
    end
	
    -- Follow unit only works when in a party or raid for resolving against player names.
    -- Do not follow if drinking
    if drinking == 0 then
        FollowUnit( target )
    end
	
    -- Remember this unit as the current follow target.
    self.currentFollowTarget = target
	
     -- Update the character follow status to false for this leader character.
    self.comms:UpdateCharacterFollowStatus( self.currentFollowTarget, false )

end

[Ken]

This has probably been brought up before, but does Jamba constitute "illegal automation"?

Blizzard has made it so you cannot do "illegal automation" in World of Warcraft Addons (addons have to behave according to Blizzard rules). Other software programs that are not addons need to be approached very carefully. Jamba is a WoW addon. Using any WoW addon is fine and shouldn't get you into trouble.

Edit: If Blizzard want to stop certain addon behaviour, they usually change the wow api code that addons can call.

That's not true. There are many things that one could do with addons that are illegal. The scripting system is of course made in such a way that these possibilities are minimized, but you can definitely be creative enough to get yourself banned.

Some examples of addons that might get you a ban:
- An addon that spams players.
- An addon that gathers names of players (or other info) and saves it into settings files (just like the auctioneer tool saves its statistics). (datamining is illegal)
- An addon that is like the minimap but offers a complete command-center interface and automatically keeps sending messages to players with the directives that were decided by the raid leader. The raid leader could select people or groups of people and then click on the action they should be doing. This addon would track all the behavior and would tell people what to do (e.g. go to X) until they do it (e.g. when they are in a 10 yard range).

Customer Service GM's have repeatedly stated that you can NOT be banned for using WoW addons :)

theres usually lots of posts in the CS forums like so

Title: Wrongly Banned
Post I was wrongly banned, maybe it was cause of addon X

GM Reply: We don't ban people for using addons.

Seriously do a search :P theres like millions of the things.

Any GM that would state such a thing would be a liar. (assuming that he knows the Blizzard policies)
Let me quote from http://www.wow-europe.com/en/policy/exploitation.html

We definitely want people to create their own UIs utilizing custom menu configurations, graphics, and even sounds. Anything that can be coded to modify the style and the look of the UI is fair game, as long as the modifications are done to the sanctioned internal files of the game. However, anything done to the UI to gain any sort of an unfair advantage over other players is unacceptable.

If a player is found to have modified a UI so that they gain an unfair advantage in the game over others, he/she may:

* Be temporarily suspended from the game
* Have further action taken, up to and including account closure, based on the intent of the modification

UI modifications go through script, so this proves that you could script something that can get your account banned.
Of course what is "unfair" is completely decided by Blizzard.

[Jafula]

Thanks for clearing that up Ken. So I was wrong, and yes, using a wow addon (including Jamba) could potentially could get you banned. I guess it is up to each individual to decide for themselves whether or not they want to use a particular addon.