The a flame has been rekindled for quite possibly one of the greatest RPG series ever created for the PC. The announcement for Diablo 3 was made today in Paris during the Blizzard Entertainment Worldwide Invitational and has spawned a great deal of excitement for fans of the best selling game.
I recently came across a relatively new MMORPG called Shaiya from Aeria Games. The first thing that came to my mind was, “I’ve got to build a bot for this game.” Instead of taking the long and grueling route of reverse engineering incoming/outgoing packets and having to deal with updated versions of the game (blah blah BLAH,) I’m taking the easier way out and building a bot using the AutoIt3 scripting language. With AutoIt, one could simulate keystrokes, mouse clicks, mouse movements, and various other naturally occurring Windows events. While tinkering with the game for a few days, I found a way to get a hold of the game’s textures. These can be used for any number of reasons but I’m going to use these for color tracking.
For those who just can’t wait for the upcoming critically hyped game Spore, the creature creator demo has been released for the public to download. Anyone can create their own unique creature with a wide range of different body parts, colors, behaviors, and your creation will be fully compatible with Spore when the full game is launched. Control your species as it evolves through the game; from a microbial life, to full-fledged technologically advanced civilizations. Unfortunately, this version does not include all of the features that will be present in the final creature creator. I suggest downloading it anyway so you can get a feel for how the system works.
