Category talk:Community scripts
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AutoHotKey scripts
I wonder if I could get your opinions on AutoHotKey scripts being included as part of the Community scripts. I'm not convinced they should be included because not everyone will know how to use the scripts or that AutoHotKey is even a separate application. I use AHK myself, it's invaluable for some macro shortcuts, but as it is a separate application (only available on Windows OS) and not part of HL2 it leaves me thinking they shouldn't be posted. After all, OpenGL hacks are considered cheats as they aren't an intrinsic part of the game (even if they just display useful information), so what is the difference between using these 3rd part applications and using something like AHK? There is a reason some commands aren't available unless sv_cheats is set to 1 (although I extensively used these commands in TFC and can't in TF2, I still adhere to Valves rules), by using another application to mimic these actions would still constitute cheating. Not that this has happened yet, the only AHK scripts posted are benign; but it would be possible to create scripts in AHK that would provide additional functionality that has been removed from HL scripting. If they were posted on here, would they not provide an unfair advantage for the Windows users who use AHK and TF2 Wiki be seen as condoning cheating? --Aurora 15:40, 14 January 2008 (CST)
- I don't use AHK scripts anymore. I found that what I was doing with AHK was possible with HL scripting. Irrelevant but a -1 for AHK? JESUS, I HATE WIKICODE. Actually, I might need AHK to have looping commands. Here's my take on it: Team Warfare League and Cyber Athletic League don't ban the use of scripts but they DO ban any modification to the look of the game so OpenGL would be banned but macros aren't. People can learn how scripts can be applied to things outside the game and things that the scripting language in-game can't behold. The game was made for Windows, so anyone who isn't using a Windows OS in the first place is not considered to have the same rights as a Windows OS user.
- We need to find what it is said about this in the Rules of Engagement or Terms of Service and then we can determine the verdict once and for all. --NiteCyper 17:41, 6 April 2008 (CDT)
