For those that want HB to open source it's code. Think of a game that was made like 5 years or 10 years ago, just because they won't do a sequal to that game, should they open source all their work just because of it ?
The coders behind HonorBuddy has put down nameless hours into their work, just because they won't continue with it why would they open source it ?
To make a bot isn't THAT hard if you know how to program, however to make a bot that isn't detected by Blizzard is a other question.
I've never done any disassemble so I have no idea how Blizzards anti cheat works, but making something that just do shit for you in game isn't that hard to code.
The problem is finding ways how to make it "safe" and to update the bot on every patch the get all the new adresses for every core function of the bot.
if its an offline game like the gothic series or zelda/mario/pokemon, idk what type of singleplayer game you would know, i think they totally should make it open source after 10 or 20 years (after the production stops, and they stop selling it themselves)
otherwise their work goes to waste....thast how i feel about it
lets take the original pokemon blue and red as an example. those games dont get sold anymore, i dont even think you can buy the old gameboys
you can only play those games as a rom on pc or if you have an old copy.
nintendo wont make any more money from the very first pokemon games, because they dont sell them anymore.
and idk if you know how many online recreations of those games there are (they are way better coded then the very first pokemon games, they play like smooth new generation pokemon games) but are made by third parties for online play.
i totally feel like nintendo should release the source code for the original pokemon red and blue, because they were also masterpieces of coding for that time (but the code itself has no value in todays world, other then nostalgic value)
almost the same goes for honorbuddy, their tool itself might still have the worth of lets call it a few million dollars (im very optimistic, its probably worth only a couple 100k if we are realistic) but lets say the source is still worth alot.
you will make a cent from that "value" if you can also fix the detection issues.
if honorbuddy stays as unsafe as it was in recent years, they wont make anything anymore, and even if the bot source is worth a million dollars or more, you cannot make any money with that value.
and i fully understand that if bossland wants update the sourcecode and make it safe again, or maybe sell it to somebody else so he can do so, he cannot release the source code to the public.
otherwise it becomes worthless and all the work is wasted (atleast the money you could get from it)
BUT if you plan is to leave it on some harddrive and let it get dusty, please please dont do that.
i dont think world of warcraft will be going another 15years, probably even 10years is a very optimistic.
and if you dont plan on brining it back, i would love to see you give the community the chance to make it safe and good again.
i honestly think you guys had big problem with detections ever since WoD , i have been banned back then alot and it seems like nothing has changed (and i honestly think blizzard didnt upgrade their methods, you are just getting fucked by them for years now, and finally gave up)
but maybe im wrong with that guess, but thats how it felt like to me, you seemed 24/7 detected in wod already....
i really think if you just invest some money and get some crazy talented kid to reverse warden, you would be safe again. but im also just guessing.....
competitors seem to be safe tho....
