Nesox and other db devs, need your opinion on this - urgent matter, invisible dummy ?

[Bertrand]

Apparently there is some invisible object that spawns randomly in tower lvls and drops gold upon being attacked. User iAce just mentioned this and posted the full db log in chat. At the risk of looking extremely tinfoiled i believe this might be a method that blizzard uses to catch bots, as the entity is completely invisible to the human eye (probably 1 pixel large) thus making it detectable by bots only. Here is the full log user IAce posted:

Btw the ***** in lines 2,3 and 4 stands for p*r*0*x*y, that word is censored on this forums.



<iAce>: [15:16:21.044 N] [1E2290B0] Type: Player Name: Monk_Male-144 ActorSNO: 4721, Distance: 0
<iAce>: [15:16:21.083 N] [1E22DBC8] Type: Unit Name: Generic_*****-9850 ActorSNO: 4176, Distance: 0.4389608
<iAce>: [15:16:21.083 N] [1E22B63C] Type: Unit Name: Generic_*****-9852 ActorSNO: 4176, Distance: 0.4389608
<iAce>: [15:16:21.084 N] [1E22CB18] Type: Unit Name: Generic_*****-9848 ActorSNO: 4176, Distance: 5.267698
<iAce>: [15:16:21.084 N] [1E22E420] Type: Unit Name: Hireling_Scoundrel-153 ActorSNO: 52694, Distance: 6.264484
<iAce>: [15:16:21.084 N] [1E2386D4] Type: Item Name: GoldCoins-9782 ActorSNO: 209200
<iAce>: [15:16:21.085 N] [1E232F38] GizmoType: DestructibleLootContainer Name: a3dun_crater_BonePile-9402 ActorSNO: 192867 Distance: 45.72183 Position: <927.5, 1017.5, 11.00159> Barracade: False Radius: 7.055979
<iAce>: [15:16:21.086 N] [1E22EC78] GizmoType: Destructible Name: a3dun_crater_st_Demon_BloodContainer_A-9388 ActorSNO: 155255 Distance: 59.46445 Position: <933.7466, 1001.36, 10.86096> Barracade: False Radius: 13.75171
<iAce>: [15:16:21.087 N] [1E234C6C] GizmoType: LootContainer Name: a3dun_Crater_ST_Chest-9412 ActorSNO: 179865 Distance: 74.4607 Position: <872.5, 1042.5, 10.00002> Barracade: False Radius: 6.927623
<iAce>: [15:16:21.087 N] [1E238B00] GizmoType: Destructible Name: a3dun_crater_st_Demon_BloodContainer_A-9796 ActorSNO: 155255 Distance: 85.45238 Position: <870.8745, 1102.39, 10> Barracade: False Radius: 13.75171
<iAce>: [15:16:21.088 N] [1E232B0C] Type: ServerProp Name: MarkerLocation-9811 ActorSNO: 4675, Distance: 89.05821
<iAce>: [15:16:21.088 N] [1E230154] GizmoType: Destructible Name: a3dun_crater_st_Demon_BloodContainer_A-9392 ActorSNO: 155255 Distance: 102.7774 Position: <966.5059, 959.2733, 10.84796> Barracade: False Radius: 13.75171
<iAce>: [15:16:21.089 N] [1E234414] Type: Item Name: GoldSmall-9793 ActorSNO: 4313
<iAce>: [15:16:21.089 N] [1E230580] GizmoType: StartLocations Name: Start_Location_0-9812 ActorSNO: 5502 Distance: 110.643 Position: <857.902, 1124.709, 31.28788> Barracade: False Radius: 6.631498
<iAce>: [15:16:21.090 N] [1E22B210] Type: Item Name: GoldSmall-9792 ActorSNO: 4313
<iAce>: [15:16:21.091 N] [1E2369A0] GizmoType: Portal Name: g_Portal_ArchTall_Orange-9803 ActorSNO: 176001 Distance: 124.6635 Position: <844.4771, 1127.312, 39.86788> Barracade: False Radius: 24.65643
<iAce>: [15:16:21.091 N] [1E22C2C0] Type: Item Name: Bracers_norm_base_06-9788 ActorSNO: 56328
<iAce>: [15:16:21.091 N] [1E231A5C] Type: Item Name: GoldSmall-9741 ActorSNO: 4313
<iAce>: [15:16:21.092 N] [1E234840] Type: Item Name: GoldSmall-9767 ActorSNO: 4313
<iAce>: [15:16:21.092 N] [1E22D79C] GizmoType: Healthwell Name: HealthWell_Global-9785 ActorSNO: 138989 Distance: 161.7145 Position: <970, 900, 10.81092> Barracade: False Radius: 11.04366

 

[jiznadj]

So 4176 is the invisible unit? This is already in the blacklisted items/units

 

[Quadro.Tony]

OMG!!! blizz clever bitches!

 

[MonsterMMORPG]

OMG!!! blizz clever bitches!

actually they are really stupid for not doing something like this until now

 

[devious21]

I mentioned this in IRC, but i'll mention it here too.
That unit/monster/whatever has existed for some time now - It's been blacklisted as far back as trinity 1.6.2 (and probably farther, I just don't have any older copies to check).
The most likely problem is that with all the people editing trinity, some things are getting broken and people are experiencing issues (such as the bot ignoring the blacklist, perhaps?)

 

[LevelUpMaster]

But if I'm whirl-winding I would hit it anyways.

 

[Mookruiz]

But if I'm whirl-winding I would hit it anyways.

this

unless its immune to all aoe

 

[poosock]

Ur soo banned then!

 

[Harmacintyre]

Why not just update to the latest trinity from rrrix?

 

[and1mixtape]

cos its easier to make a new thread, before use the brain a little bit

 

[Mungam]

I can confirm that my bot got stuck on 4176 a few times
this seems more like a trinity plugin issue and not the program itself

edit:
or iAce for that matter

 

[tbgvtr]

I have seen the bot try and attack the worms that spawn in the craters before any visible evidence, these are real existant monsters, just hidden underground until they're ripe to attack; but some stay under longer and appear to be "traps" of the same nature. The worms should just be blacklisted IMHO.

 

[Gardettos]

Shakes head. Actorid 4176 is the green goo that comes out after you kill a Reviled. They are the quick monsters that you see in Act 3 Battlefield.