Flashlight Macro Legit or Banable?
I've had survivors post-game telling me this is legit and the devs were okay with this. I am not talking about the flashlight-bug where it crashes the game. talking about a macro for a flashlight so it flicks nonstop blinding the killer for the infinite duration unless he turns his camera around
I am asking this so I don't get banned when using this
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Infinite blind duration? Does that sound intended to you?
Exploits are bannable. You answered your own question.
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Most 3rd party program are supposedly not allowed in a game.
Tho some of them are "tolerated" as long as they're not used for grieffing/being able to do what you're not able to do normally.0 -
The gist I have gotten from mods(Peanits)....is that any and all things that alter/create game files are subject to scrutiny.
If you do such things and you break your game, get blocked, banned, or whatever....you did so at your own risk, and they WILL NOT HELP YOU.0 -
Macros have always been considered bannable. As far as I know.
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@Uberfish said:
Infinite blind duration? Does that sound intended to you?Exploits are bannable. You answered your own question.
Not sure if its intended, I looked everywhere and the devs said nothing on this
@ceridwen309 said:
The gist I have gotten from mods(Peanits)....is that any and all things that alter/create game files are subject to scrutiny.If you do such things and you break your game, get blocked, banned, or whatever....you did so at your own risk, and they WILL NOT HELP YOU.
Those survivors abusing this is still playing, so why are they not banned in this case?
The devs could have easily fixed this by limiting the input like they did with Wiggle so it has a max threshold, this wouldn't be hard to implement at all
@Outland said:
Macros have always been considered bannable. As far as I know.This was asked in Reddit with majority of people saying its not bannable and is a game mechanic
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@Someissues said:
@Uberfish said:
Infinite blind duration? Does that sound intended to you?Exploits are bannable. You answered your own question.
Not sure if its intended, I looked everywhere and the devs said nothing on this
@ceridwen309 said:
The gist I have gotten from mods(Peanits)....is that any and all things that alter/create game files are subject to scrutiny.If you do such things and you break your game, get blocked, banned, or whatever....you did so at your own risk, and they WILL NOT HELP YOU.
Those survivors abusing this is still playing, so why are they not banned in this case?
The devs could have easily fixed this by limiting the input like they did with Wiggle so it has a max threshold, this wouldn't be hard to implement at all
@Outland said:
Macros have always been considered bannable. As far as I know.This was asked in Reddit with majority of people saying its not bannable and is a game mechanic
Reddit is full of survivor mains tho. (Who would have guessed, with the majority deciding what goes up/down in a 4v1 game)
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It sounds to be an exploit of gameplay mechanics, especially so since it's done with a third-party program/modification. I've seen people perma-banned from other games for much less, but that's only if the devs see this as an exploit or simply assistance in doing something that's already allowed. Even if others are doing it, however, I wouldn't do it.
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People get banned for intentionally using landscape exploits (standing on rocks, the ledge in the Asylumn) to hold games hostage or to be unreachable by the killer.
So yes, using a third party system to also exploit mechanics is bannable.0 -
@Runiver said:
Reddit is full of survivor mains tho. (Who would have guessed, with the majority deciding what goes up/down in a 4v1 game)
Just sayin'Well I guess that's true
@Coriander said:
It sounds to be an exploit of gameplay mechanics, especially so since it's done with a third-party program/modification. I've seen people perma-banned from other games for much less, but that's only if the devs see this as an exploit or simply assistance in doing something that's already allowed. Even if others are doing it, however, I wouldn't do it.It would be nice if on the next Q&A someone put this on the thread so it can be answered by the devs. if it's not bannable I would definitely use it. It's very overpowered and you can flash-light a killer for an infinite amount of time unless he turns 180 the other way. Especially broken when the killer is trying to break a pellet, this will work 100% all the time
@GhostEuant said:
People get banned for intentionally using landscape exploits (standing on rocks, the ledge in the Asylumn) to hold games hostage or to be unreachable by the killer.The days when Infinite were in 80% if not the whole playerbase was not banned
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Let me clarify what I said. Flashlights are NOT supposed to be able to infinitely apply blind. If it you use something like this you will clearly open yourself up to a ban for exploiting. Macros and scripts for sure are not allowed. Even making a macro to tap space bar on the hook is forbidden. Don't risk your account.
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@Uberfish said:
Let me clarify what I said. Flashlights are NOT supposed to be able to infinitely apply blind. If it you use something like this you will clearly open yourself up to a ban for exploiting. Macros and scripts for sure are not allowed. Even making a macro to tap space bar on the hook is forbidden. Don't risk your account.Thats why i think someone should ask the devs on the Q&A, i won't use it until it's confirmed to be legit. since there are still people out there saying it's not bannable and is pure game mechanics. they also use reference on wiggle where macro is allowed to back up their claims
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I made a topic here asking for a dev to clarify whether going afk with Wraith/Freddy was ok.
It's been over a week and no dev has ever answered.
I'm just assuming it's fine at this point, as I made the effort to ask and no one bothered to answer.0