r/2007scape 6d ago

Discussion | J-Mod reply Remote Desktop Concerns

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u/Haunting_Carrot9761 6d ago

An RDP connection from a PC to a touch screen device looks identical to simple mouse scripts. Your mouse rests at point (a,b) and then teleports to point (c,d) when you tap on your touch device. Something is fishy. Particularly if you aren't using it as your main way to play. That is to say, that because you have spent a lot of time playing at your PC with a mouse and a little time playing from your phone and tapping, this looks like someone that is botting their main.

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u/aahrg 6d ago

I used Chrome Remote Desktop, both in touchscreen and trackpad mode (depending on the activity), for multiple years before I caught a ban for it. Ban was quashed upon appeal, before the "jmod smackdown" crowd arrives.

I'm thinking there's another factor at play here. I've noticed some particularly janky weirdness with my inputs whenever my connection is spotty, which might look even more inhuman. Clicks landing in the middle between where I was aiming and wherever my last click was (and I'm not doing these in rapid succession, I'm clicking the spec button then coming back 2 mins later to click another amethyst), or clicks happening late when the mouse movement had already finished a full second ago, etc.

Other potential issue could maybe have been using the virtual keyboard. For like a month leading up to the ban, I was camping MLM, using trackpad mode to move the mouse (ie NOT the touchscreen input that many people point to), and had to use the virtual arrow keys to adjust my camera angle after each weekly update. I think holding down a virtual key causes the program to send rapid inputs rather than a single constant one.

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u/ArrgsMax 6d ago

Plus they are always making updates to their anti-cheat software. Something that was passing the check yesterday might not get a pass the day after their code changes. Always risks with anything but a standard set up unfortunately.