Macro manipulation using 3rd party scripts, is it botting?

[KisaiTenshi]

I mean yes, both those things are possible, but one would require them to install a program on your comp in the game files to look at what other programs you're using and honestly if they cared that much everyone using ACT would have be banned a long time ago; not to mention Synapse is the fucking driver software for most Razer hardware so you can't just ban people for having it on their computer. The other means they have to look at all of you're individual clicks and compare it across other synapse users then ban you which let's be honest, isn't going to happen.

They don't need to install anything, Macro's do not contain random timing information. When you activate a macro, it plays back everything at the speed it was told to. So if you see someone activating every skill 3 seconds apart (which is the speed you can pretty much use the internal macro at) they are using the internal macro's. If you see someone activating the same skills repeatedly, with the same timing, it's a bot.

The game client itself can check for macro software, it doesn't need a third party program. Likewise, purpose-built cheating software often intercepts the C runtime to hide itself from the game. EG, enumerate software running on the system into a hash list, send the hash list to the server, the server cross-checks the hashes against known bots, cheating tools, macro software, etc every time a zone changes or teleport happens and then if the player is ever reported for botting, instant-ban.

Right now it only does that when you run the launcher, and only looks at software installed, and software running at the time the launcher runs, not side-loaded (click config-system information.)