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Are external programs that simply log the results of your game allowed?

ratcoffee
ratcoffee Member Posts: 1,644
edited February 2023 in Ask the Community

idk why it submitted without the text hold on let me type it in

I want to make a script that I can run in the background as I play. for most of the time, it does nothing, but when I press a hotkey it takes a screenshot of the screen, and if it sees post-game summary screen, it scans the screen for vital information (who was sacrificed and who survived, what perks/items/addons everyone had, if you personally survived as survivor, etc) and saves that info into a file. The script wouldn't play any element of the game and would only make it easier to keep track of game results.

Is this allowed? Obviously external scripts that affect gameplay (autodeadhard, any script that does skill checks, etc) is cheating, but this doesn't affect gameplay (it doesn't even do anything during the game).

Best Answer

  • Mooks
    Mooks Member Posts: 14,855
    Answer ✓

    If it doesn’t interact with the game or any game files at all then I would assume it’s pretty harmless and should not be a bannable offense.

    though I do not recall the exact wording in the EULA, but iirc third party software to gain any type of advantage is considered cheating/bannable/whatever - though the devs directly stated stuff like discord is not included. Also no one is gonna report you for this anyway and they don’t ban without evidence (eg report with video clip or through Easy Anti Cheat when it detects changed game files).


    in short: you should be fine but I can’t obviously give an official answer. Also if it does somehow interact with game files or smth and EAC bans you then the devs stated they won’t unban you (that’s the stand for stuff like changing profile/perk pics)