Is XenoBot a good bot for scripters?

[nuub]

Apparently you have to support Nakuu's opinion to be mature.

[Stusse]

If XB doesn't have a feature that prevents sharing, how come both JX and 4Pan develop scripts that prevents their scripts from being shared?

Food for thought.

To reflect on @raiQi comment as well;

How 4Pan uses I have no experience from, all we believe is that the real and only encryption should be through XenoBot if it is available, which it is, at least for one service. Encrypting it externally would only make 4Pan decrypt our scripts and release them for free on his website as he did before.

JX uses the .xblua extension that is generated through XenoBot. Works as its own encryption, which is only available for their service. Although inactivity for almost two months responding to customers doesnt seem to affect em'.

Hope I answered your question
/Stusse

[shadowart]

I don't see why anyone being able to encrypt their script would be much of an issue. Yes, they can release bad code. But that's the same risk you take every single time you download any program from the internet. You simply have to take the the authors reputation in account before you make up your mind whether to buy or not.

[Elvang]

My person opinion:

Don't know enough about the topic to have any valid input.

[Y2Quakepc2]

I don't see why anyone being able to encrypt their script would be much of an issue. Yes, they can release bad code. But that's the same risk you take every single time you download any program from the internet. You simply have to take the the authors reputation in account before you make up your mind whether to buy or not.

if there was a reputation/point system i'd give you all my points

[draadloos]

I don't see why anyone being able to encrypt their script would be much of an issue. Yes, they can release bad code. But that's the same risk you take every single time you download any program from the internet. You simply have to take the the authors reputation in account before you make up your mind whether to buy or not.

agreed

[Wovimus]

I don't see why anyone being able to encrypt their script would be much of an issue. Yes, they can release bad code. But that's the same risk you take every single time you download any program from the internet. You simply have to take the the authors reputation in account before you make up your mind whether to buy or not.

I sign in your opinion and @Rydan 's one, also agree with mostly @Nakuu said.

I can not demand anything cause I've been semi-inactive for almost a year and my service is behind. But now I'm back and I'm trying to learn all the updates and new things in order to improve my scripts wich I'm already doing.

Participate in the built-in encryption would motivate me alot.

[ppgab]

My opinion on this has changed a couple of times, but the truth is, i think all scripts should be free and open source, the only business here is owned by darkstar.

[Apotheosis]

Signed.... You know I'll keep buying your scripts no matter what . Just keep the ek/rp scripts coming

[Syntax]

For the longest time JXScripts was using obfuscation to protect it's scripts using getUserName().
There was a major decline in script sharing when it was introduced, near none.
It's impossible to negate all sharing, even with encryption.

1. Read a fucking book.
2. Use getUserName().
3. Stop using the current piss poor obfuscation technique everyone is using and come up with your own.
4. Compile to bytecode and strip debug information

Yes, WindBot has functions that XenoBot doesn't have. Yes, they would be great to have. Yes, most of them you can make on your own in the meantime.
If you really can't live without the function and you can't make it, go to WindBot.
XenoBot has enough capabilities to make great scripts as long as you take the time to do it.
If you copy and paste community scripts together into a barely working pile of shit, then yes it won't work as great as you want.
I've seen your code, it's garbage, don't complain about something you barely know how to scratch the surface of.


Is Xenobot a good bot for experienced scripters?
Yes.

Is Xenobot a good bot for beginner scripters?
Somewhat. It's definitely a learning curve. http://www.lua.org/pil/contents.html

I don't see why anyone being able to encrypt their script would be much of an issue. Yes, they can release bad code. But that's the same risk you take every single time you download any program from the internet. You simply have to take the the authors reputation in account before you make up your mind whether to buy or not.

So there are programs out there with bad code and compiled so you can't tell, so you think scripts should be the same. How does that make sense.