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[OP] 127 views 0 replies Posted by Unknown 9 years ago Mar 29, 2:49 am forums.robertsspaceindustries.com
I'm currently developing a voice control script for Star Citizen using GlovePIE.

Once of the features I'm debating adding is "evasive maneuver patterns".

For example, if the person says "evade left", the script would proceed to active several key press sequences to evade left in a pseudo-random pattern.

I'm hesitant to include the evasive patterns though, as I'm not sure if it would be considered cheating or not.

On one hand, it's performing evasive maneuver actions faster and more precise than a human could.

On the other hand, in science fiction you do commonly see ships programmed with evasive maneuver patterns. Additionally, these are simply pre-programmed patterns, and not actually reactive to anything within the environment (unlike aimbots, which would automatically target an enemy).
See Star Trek examples here: http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Evasive_maneuvers

The relevant section of the terms of service is as follows:
"You violate the Terms of Service if you: ... Use or distribute “auto” software programs, “macro” software programs or other “cheat utility” software program or applications."

If I interpret the terms of service, "macro" software programs are prohibited. I'm a little concerned by this, because programs such as GlovePIE or Voice Attack could be considered "macro" software, since they allow multiple key sequences with a single key press (or voice command), and the use of those programs could be outright banned (which would make for some very sad gamers).

I believe the rule to follow will probably be "single voice command, single action". But that in itself could become problematic, since some voice control scripts out there already do stuff like "startup sequence" to assign weapons, energy, and shield settings upon starting a match. See http://www.reddit.com/r/starcitizen/comments/27fx5q/voice_attack_is_a_game_changer/

However, I'd love to hear others thoughts on this topic. If possible, CIG staff opinions on the issue would be very helpful.

Thanks!