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To be perfectly honest, I think removing Moderators from the market is a silly move. Moderators around OSBot that regularly play Runescape (made up of mostly on Rare) they can then use their status and sell things easier on the marketplace. Given that, I think the moderators deserve that, they can be trusted and they can trade with people and the community will have a place they can always go for a service and not have to worry about being scammed, or ripped off. I seriously think moderators NEED to be a part of the market.

Hello, Seemingly people have been requesting me for my mythology for walking threw regions, without having the clients pathfinder break. The reason why it breaks it because your destination, is as close to your current region as you can get (Collision dependent) , and most likely you're right next to it, so you've reached the maximum 'farthest' position that your current region can support path finding to. So you're suck, because you must be right before the area were runescape will load your next region (bad luck), and thus restricts the client from being able to find a path for the next position (Which would be within a neighboring region). How my method works is by combing the reliability of a pre-build path, with the optimization and randomcy of a regional flood agent (Pathfinder). It'll use the pre-build tile path (I call it a spline), when path finding is impossible, or you're within the 'zone' of were runescape is about to load the next region, this is to avoid you're player from pausing, or breaking when runescape loads you're new region (more human). It uses the spline, as way points and hints to were it should work to get to next. It also allow you to break the walking, conditionally based (like while this is true, keep working, else stop.) Example of it in work: http://youtu.be/tvNGQB3m_UE What I use for my flood agent, is a shortest distance tree, which is optimized for speed, and does not require a heuristics function, unlike A*, you can use something different, it does not matter really. The drawback of this method is the spline must be FULLY WALKABLE from A to B, and to get from B to A you must reverse the spline. I clone and reverse the elements, since i'm lazy . Most preferably I use a map utility called OMU (Overload Map Utility), made for p****bot, under some dude, what it does it'll make a tile path from A to B, as compact as you want (1) (The less space within the 'spline' from neighbor to neighbor, the better; ex: Tile(1,1,0), Tile(1, 2, 0), Tile(1,3,0)). Example of a spline (note: not checked to ensure every position is walkable): Download link to jar (google if you don't true me): https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/58848692/OMU.jar What must be going through you're head is, 'I have to check every dam tile to be walkable...?'. But I have to say, have not fear, path finding is hear. Pathfinding is cool, because it if it can't find a path, then it's just not walkable (let's hope). So you can for loop it, like this: public boolean isRegional(Position position) { int baseX = position.getX() - client.getMapBaseX(); int baseY = position.getY() - client.getMapBaseY(); return baseX >= 16 && baseX <= 88 && baseY >= 16 && baseY <= 88; //I think runescape loads @ 16 and nulls collisions at the borders? } public void whatIsNotWalkableWithinMyRegion(Position[] mySpline) { for(Position node : mySpline) { if(!isRegional(node)) continue; //Can't truly verify if it's walkable, since we don't have the collision data for it. //So we would need make that position regional to correctly verify. if (pathfinder.findPath(myPosition(), node, false).length == 0) { System.out.println("Oww darn, this regional position is not walkable, plz fix: " + node); } } } Cool beans? Now for the googies? Please keep in mind this entire method was made to just work, and I'm sure there is methods to improve it's performances and structure, but the bellow code is all the methods I used in the above video. Take note of the TODO's for you'll have to do some housekeeping adjustments, mainly for randomcy. Also, I would split the sub classes for obvious reasons, I just did this so I don't have to post all 4 classes (so lazy right now ). Keep tuned for an exact replica of the videos use of this method. import org.osbot.script.mouse.MinimapTileDestination; import org.osbot.script.rs2.Client; import org.osbot.script.rs2.map.Position; import java.util.*; /** * @author Brainfree * It'll get the job done. */ public class PackedSplineWalk { public static final int BASE_LENGTH = 104; public static final int BASE_BOUNDARY = BASE_LENGTH - 1; public static final int WALL_NORTH_WEST = 0x1; public static final int WALL_NORTH = 0x2; public static final int WALL_NORTH_EAST = 0x4; public static final int WALL_EAST = 0x8; public static final int WALL_SOUTH_EAST = 0x10; public static final int WALL_SOUTH = 0x20; public static final int WALL_SOUTH_WEST = 0x40; public static final int WALL_WEST = 0x80; public static final int BLOCKED = 0x100; public interface Conditional { //All hail public boolean isActive(); } public abstract class FloodAgent { public int[][] flags; public int base_x, base_maxX, base_y, base_maxY, curr_plane; public final Client bot; public FloodAgent(Client bot) { this.bot = bot; } public void updateBase() { if (base_x != bot.getMapBaseX() || base_y != bot.getClient().getMapBaseY() || curr_plane != bot.getClient().getPlane()) { base_x = bot.getClient().getMapBaseX(); base_maxX = base_x + 104; base_y = bot.getClient().getMapBaseY(); base_maxY = base_y + 104; curr_plane = bot.getClient().getPlane(); flags = adjustCollisionFlags(bot.getClient().getClippingPlanes() [bot.getClient().getPlane()].getTileFlags()); } } private int[][] adjustCollisionFlags(final int[][] flags) { final int lx = flags.length - 1; final int lx_m = lx - 5; for (int x = 0; x <= lx; x++) { final int ly = flags[x].length - 1; final int ly_m = ly - 5; for (int y = 0; y <= ly; y++) { if (x <= 5 || y <= 5 || x >= lx_m || y >= ly_m) { flags[x][y] = -1; } } } return flags; } public abstract Position[] findPath(Position from, Position to, boolean fullFlood); } public enum DirectionalOrientation { NORTH_WEST(-1, 1, 135) { @Override public boolean walkable(int[][] flags, int f_x, int f_y, int here) { return (f_x > 0 && f_y < BASE_BOUNDARY && (here & (WALL_NORTH_WEST | WALL_NORTH | WALL_WEST)) == 0 && (flags[f_x - 1][f_y + 1] & BLOCKED) == 0 && (flags[f_x][f_y + 1] & (BLOCKED | WALL_WEST)) == 0 && (flags[f_x - 1][f_y] & (BLOCKED | WALL_NORTH)) == 0); } }, NORTH(0, 1, 90) { @Override public boolean walkable(int[][] flags, int f_x, int f_y, int here) { return (f_y < BASE_BOUNDARY && (here & WALL_NORTH) == 0 && (flags[f_x][f_y + 1] & BLOCKED) == 0); } }, NORTH_EAST(1, 1, 45) { @Override public boolean walkable(int[][] flags, int f_x, int f_y, int here) { return (f_x > 0 && f_y < BASE_BOUNDARY && (here & (WALL_NORTH_EAST | WALL_NORTH | WALL_EAST)) == 0 && (flags[f_x + 1][f_y + 1] & BLOCKED) == 0 && (flags[f_x][f_y + 1] & (BLOCKED | WALL_EAST)) == 0 && (flags[f_x + 1][f_y] & (BLOCKED | WALL_NORTH)) == 0); } ; }, EAST(1, 0, 0) { @Override public boolean walkable(int[][] flags, int f_x, int f_y, int here) { return (f_x < BASE_BOUNDARY && (here & WALL_EAST) == 0 && (flags[f_x + 1][f_y] & BLOCKED) == 0); } }, SOUTH_EAST(1, -1, 315) { @Override public boolean walkable(int[][] flags, int f_x, int f_y, int here) { return (f_x < BASE_BOUNDARY && f_y > 0 && (here & (WALL_SOUTH_EAST | WALL_SOUTH | WALL_EAST)) == 0 && (flags[f_x + 1][f_y - 1] & BLOCKED) == 0 && (flags[f_x][f_y - 1] & (BLOCKED | WALL_EAST)) == 0 && (flags[f_x + 1][f_y] & (BLOCKED | WALL_SOUTH)) == 0); } }, SOUTH(0, -1, 270) { @Override public boolean walkable(int[][] flags, int f_x, int f_y, int here) { return (f_y > 0 && (here & WALL_SOUTH) == 0 && (flags[f_x][f_y - 1] & BLOCKED) == 0); } }, SOUTH_WEST(-1, -1, 225) { @Override public boolean walkable(int[][] flags, int f_x, int f_y, int here) { return (f_x > 0 && f_y > 0 && (here & (WALL_SOUTH_WEST | WALL_SOUTH | WALL_WEST)) == 0 && (flags[f_x - 1][f_y - 1] & BLOCKED) == 0 && (flags[f_x][f_y - 1] & (BLOCKED | WALL_WEST)) == 0 && (flags[f_x - 1][f_y] & (BLOCKED | WALL_SOUTH)) == 0); } }, WEST(-1, 0, 180) { @Override public boolean walkable(int[][] flags, int f_x, int f_y, int here) { return (f_x > 0 && (here & WALL_WEST) == 0 && (flags[f_x - 1][f_y] & BLOCKED) == 0); } }; public abstract boolean walkable(int[][] flags, int f_x, int f_y, int here); public final int x_shift, y_shift, angle; DirectionalOrientation(int x_shift, int y_shift, int angle) { this.x_shift = x_shift; this.y_shift = y_shift; this.angle = angle; } } public class BitPathfinder extends FloodAgent { public static final int INFINITE_DISTANCE = Integer.MAX_VALUE; private static final int INITIAL_CAPACITY = 8; //what ever floats your boat private final Set<Integer> settledNodes; private final Map<Integer, Double> shortestDistances; private final double Cross = Math.sqrt(2); private final Comparator<Integer> shortestDistanceComparator = new Comparator<Integer>() { public int compare(Integer left, Integer right) { return Double.compare(getShortestDistance(left), getShortestDistance(right)); } }; private final PriorityQueue<Integer> unsettledNodes = new PriorityQueue<>( INITIAL_CAPACITY, shortestDistanceComparator ); private final Map<Integer, Integer> predecessors = new HashMap<>(); public BitPathfinder(Client client) { super(client); this.settledNodes = new HashSet<>(); this.shortestDistances = new HashMap<>(); } private void init(Integer start) { clear(); setShortestDistance(start, 0); unsettledNodes.add(start); } public void execute(Integer start, Integer destination, boolean fullFlood) { init(start); Integer u; while ((u = unsettledNodes.poll()) != null) { if (!fullFlood && u == destination) break; settledNodes.add(u); relaxNeighbors(u); } } //TODO so lazy, overkill bit shifting, does not matter tbh. public int makePositionHash(int x, int y, int z) { return (z << 28 | x << 14 | y); } public int[] getDestinations(int hash) { int x = (hash >> 14) & 0xFF; int y = hash & 0xFF; int[] nodes = new int[0]; for (DirectionalOrientation orientation : DirectionalOrientation.values()) { if (orientation.walkable(flags, x, y, flags[x][y])) { nodes = Arrays.copyOf(nodes, nodes.length + 1); //fk lists nodes[nodes.length - 1] = makePositionHash(x + orientation.x_shift, y + orientation.y_shift, curr_plane); } } return nodes; } private void relaxNeighbors(Integer u) { for (int v : getDestinations(u)) { if (isSettled(v)) continue; int x = (v >> 14) & 0xFF - (u >> 14) & 0xFF; int y = v & 0xFF - u & 0xFF; double shortDist = getShortestDistance(u) + ( (Math.abs(x) > 0 && Math.abs(y) > 0) ? Cross : 1); if (shortDist < getShortestDistance(v)) { setShortestDistance(v, shortDist); setPredecessor(v, u); } } } private boolean isSettled(Integer v) { return settledNodes.contains(v); } private void setShortestDistance(int node, double distance) { unsettledNodes.remove(node); shortestDistances.put(node, distance); unsettledNodes.add(node); } private Integer getPredecessor(int node) { return predecessors.get(node); } private void setPredecessor(int a, int b) { predecessors.put(a, b); } public double getShortestDistance(int node) { Double d = shortestDistances.get(node); return (d == null) ? INFINITE_DISTANCE : d; } public Integer[] extractPath(int destination) { ArrayDeque<Integer> holder = new ArrayDeque<>(); for (Integer node = destination; node != null; node = getPredecessor(node)) holder.add(node); Integer[] a = holder.toArray(new Integer[holder.size()]); reverseOrder(a); return a; } public Position[] findPath(Position start, Position end, boolean fullFlood) { updateBase(); int Start = makePositionHash(start.getX() - base_x, start.getY() - base_y, curr_plane); int End = makePositionHash(end.getX() - base_x, end.getY() - base_y, curr_plane); if (Start == End) return new Position[0]; execute(Start, End, fullFlood); return convert(extractPath(End)); } public Position[] convert(Integer[] nodes) { Position[] real = new Position[nodes.length]; for (int i = 0; i < nodes.length; i++) { int hash = nodes[i]; real[i] = new Position(((hash >> 14) & 0xFF) + base_x, (hash & 0xFF) + base_y, curr_plane); } return real; } public void clear() { settledNodes.clear(); unsettledNodes.clear(); shortestDistances.clear(); predecessors.clear(); } } public static <T> void reverseOrder(T[] nodes) { int l = nodes.length; for (int j = 0; j < l / 2; j++) { T temp = nodes[j]; nodes[j] = nodes[l - j - 1]; nodes[l - j - 1] = temp; } } public class Timer { private long end; private final long start; private final long period; public Timer(final long period) { this.period = period; start = System.currentTimeMillis(); end = start + period; } public boolean isRunning() { return System.currentTimeMillis() < end; } public void reset() { end = System.currentTimeMillis() + period; } } public class SplineWalk { private final Client client; int runningSessionEnableRunThresh; final int MINIMAL_RUN_ENERGY = 30; final int LOCAL_BASE_COMPRESS = 16; final int compressionIndex = 7; public SplineWalk(Client client) { this.client = client; } public int myX() { return client.getMyPlayer().getPosition().getX(); } public int myY() { return client.getMyPlayer().getPosition().getY(); } public Position myPosition() { return client.getMyPlayer().getPosition(); } public double positionDistance(Position A, Position B) { return Math.hypot(A.getX() - B.getX(), A.getY() - B.getY()); } public double distanceTo(Position position) { return positionDistance(client.getMyPlayer().getPosition(), position); } public Position getFarthest(Position[] path) { if (path == null || path.length == 0) return null; Position best = null; Position destination = path[path.length - 1]; double bd = Integer.MAX_VALUE, hold; int distance = (int) (9 + (3 * Math.random() + 1.5)); for (Position node : path) { if ((hold = Math.hypot( node.getX() - destination.getX(), node.getY() - destination.getY())) < bd && distanceTo(node) < distance) { best = node; bd = hold; } } return best; } public boolean withinPreLoadZone(int x, int y, final int baseX, final int baseY) { int realX = baseX + LOCAL_BASE_COMPRESS; int realY = baseY + LOCAL_BASE_COMPRESS; //could clean this up.. int with = 104 - (2 * LOCAL_BASE_COMPRESS); int realX0 = baseX + LOCAL_BASE_COMPRESS + compressionIndex; int realY0 = baseY + LOCAL_BASE_COMPRESS + compressionIndex; int with0 = 104 - (2 * (LOCAL_BASE_COMPRESS + compressionIndex)); return x >= realX && x <= realX + with && y >= realY && y <= realY + with && !(x >= realX0 && x <= realX0 + with0 && y >= realY0 && y <= realY0 + with0); } public boolean isRegional(Position position) { int baseX = position.getX() - client.getMapBaseX(); int baseY = position.getY() - client.getMapBaseY(); return baseX >= LOCAL_BASE_COMPRESS && baseX <= 104 - LOCAL_BASE_COMPRESS && baseY >= LOCAL_BASE_COMPRESS && baseY <= 104 - LOCAL_BASE_COMPRESS; } public Position getRegionalNext(Position[] spline) { //We want the last element of the path. //TODO you can randomize it! Position goal = spline[spline.length - 1], best = spline[0]; //worst double bd = Integer.MAX_VALUE, hold; for (Position step : spline) { if (isRegional(step) && (hold = Math.hypot( goal.getX() - step.getX(), goal.getY() - step.getY())) < bd) { bd = hold; best = step; } } return best; } public boolean canOperate() { return client.getGameState() == 10 && client.getLoginState() == 30; } public boolean checkGameState() throws InterruptedException { if (!canOperate()) { Timer timer = new Timer(5500); while (timer.isRunning() && !canOperate()) Thread.sleep(0, 1); if (!timer.isRunning()) ; //Stop the script.. else return true; } return false; } public boolean splineWalk( FloodAgent pathfinder, Conditional keepWalking, Position[] spline) throws InterruptedException { Position[] path = null; Position next; int regionX = 0, regionY = 0; MinimapTileDestination mouseDestination; runningSessionEnableRunThresh = MINIMAL_RUN_ENERGY; //TODO you can randomize this while (keepWalking.isActive()) { checkGameState(); if (!withinPreLoadZone(myX(), myY(), regionX, regionY)) { if (regionX != client.getMapBaseX() || regionY != client.getMapBaseY() || path == null || path.length == 0) { regionX = client.getMapBaseX(); regionY = client.getMapBaseY(); path = pathfinder.findPath(myPosition(), getRegionalNext(spline), Math.random() > 0.65); if (path.length <= 1) next = getFarthest(spline); else next = getFarthest(path); } else next = getFarthest(path); } else next = getFarthest(spline); if (next == null) { path = null; mouseDestination = new MinimapTileDestination(client.getBot(), (next = getFarthest(spline))); } else mouseDestination = new MinimapTileDestination(client.getBot(), next); if (client.moveMouse(mouseDestination, true)) { client.pressMouse(); int breakDist = (int) (3 * Math.random() + 1.5); Timer timeout = new Timer(1550); while (keepWalking.isActive() && distanceTo( client.getDestination()) > breakDist && timeout.isRunning() && Math.hypot( next.getX() - client.getDestination().getX(), next.getY() - client.getDestination().getY() ) < 4) { //TODO your set run method here if (client.getMyPlayer().isMoving() || checkGameState()) timeout.reset(); Thread.sleep(0, 1); } } } return !keepWalking.isActive(); } } } Whoa!? How do I use this monstrosity? Well here is an example: /** * * This class is from within the packed class, so I would split them, since they are not enclosing classes. */ public class SplineWalkExample extends Script { BitPathfinder pathfinder; SplineWalk splineWalk; public final Position[] splineFromBankToSawMill = new Position[]{ new Position(3252, 3425, 0), new Position(3252, 3426, 0), new Position(3252, 3427, 0), new Position(3252, 3428, 0), new Position(3253, 3428, 0), new Position(3254, 3428, 0), new Position(3255, 3428, 0), new Position(3256, 3428, 0), new Position(3256, 3429, 0), new Position(3257, 3429, 0), new Position(3258, 3429, 0), new Position(3259, 3429, 0), new Position(3260, 3429, 0), new Position(3261, 3429, 0), new Position(3261, 3428, 0), new Position(3262, 3428, 0), new Position(3263, 3428, 0), new Position(3264, 3428, 0), new Position(3265, 3428, 0), new Position(3266, 3428, 0), new Position(3267, 3428, 0), new Position(3268, 3428, 0), new Position(3269, 3428, 0), new Position(3270, 3428, 0), new Position(3271, 3428, 0), new Position(3272, 3428, 0), new Position(3273, 3428, 0), new Position(3274, 3428, 0), new Position(3275, 3428, 0), new Position(3276, 3428, 0), new Position(3277, 3428, 0), new Position(3278, 3428, 0), new Position(3278, 3429, 0), new Position(3279, 3429, 0), new Position(3280, 3429, 0), new Position(3281, 3429, 0), new Position(3282, 3429, 0), new Position(3282, 3430, 0), new Position(3283, 3430, 0), new Position(3283, 3431, 0), new Position(3284, 3431, 0), new Position(3284, 3432, 0), new Position(3285, 3432, 0), new Position(3285, 3433, 0), new Position(3285, 3434, 0), new Position(3285, 3435, 0), new Position(3285, 3436, 0), new Position(3285, 3437, 0), new Position(3285, 3438, 0), new Position(3285, 3439, 0), new Position(3285, 3440, 0), new Position(3285, 3441, 0), new Position(3285, 3442, 0), new Position(3285, 3443, 0), new Position(3285, 3444, 0), new Position(3285, 3445, 0), new Position(3285, 3446, 0), new Position(3285, 3447, 0), new Position(3285, 3448, 0), new Position(3285, 3449, 0), new Position(3285, 3450, 0), new Position(3285, 3451, 0), new Position(3285, 3452, 0), new Position(3285, 3453, 0), new Position(3285, 3454, 0), new Position(3285, 3455, 0), new Position(3285, 3456, 0), new Position(3285, 3457, 0), new Position(3285, 3458, 0), new Position(3285, 3459, 0), new Position(3285, 3460, 0), new Position(3285, 3461, 0), new Position(3286, 3461, 0), new Position(3286, 3462, 0), new Position(3287, 3462, 0), new Position(3288, 3462, 0), new Position(3288, 3463, 0), new Position(3289, 3463, 0), new Position(3290, 3463, 0), new Position(3291, 3463, 0), new Position(3291, 3464, 0), new Position(3292, 3464, 0), new Position(3296, 3464, 0), new Position(3293, 3465, 0), new Position(3294, 3465, 0), new Position(3294, 3466, 0), new Position(3294, 3467, 0), new Position(3295, 3467, 0), new Position(3295, 3468, 0), new Position(3295, 3469, 0), new Position(3296, 3469, 0), new Position(3296, 3470, 0), new Position(3296, 3471, 0), new Position(3297, 3472, 0), new Position(3297, 3473, 0), new Position(3297, 3474, 0), new Position(3297, 3475, 0), new Position(3297, 3476, 0), new Position(3298, 3476, 0), new Position(3298, 3477, 0), new Position(3298, 3480, 0), new Position(3298, 3480, 0), new Position(3298, 3480, 0), new Position(3298, 3481, 0), new Position(3298, 3482, 0), new Position(3298, 3483, 0), new Position(3298, 3484, 0), new Position(3298, 3485, 0), new Position(3298, 3486, 0), new Position(3299, 3490, 0), new Position(3299, 3491, 0), new Position(3299, 3489, 0), new Position(3299, 3490, 0) }; public Position[] splineFromSawToBank; final Conditional thisMustBeTrueToKeepWalking = new Conditional() { @Override public boolean isActive() { return !(myX() > 234234 && myZ() < 234234234); // while NOT between.. those.. bounds, keep chugging. } }; public void onStart() { pathfinder = new BitPathfinder(client); splineWalk = new SplineWalk(client); reverseOrder(splineFromSawToBank = splineFromBankToSawMill.clone()); } public int onLoop() { try { if(splineWalk.splineWalk(pathfinder, thisMustBeTrueToKeepWalking, splineFromBankToSawMill)) { System.out.println("My condition is not true anymore, and broken, so I have met it. that means," + "based on my condition im (myX() > 234234 && myZ() < 234234234)"); //Im here! lets do something } } catch (InterruptedException ignored) { // :'( } return 500; } } I hope this helps, sorry for the lack of depth, I'll try to fix it up tomorrow, but I'm running on fumes posting this.

Unfortunately due to an error in the SDN protocol, I was forced to make it so that every one must now use the newest version of OSBot. This version however has had a lot of bugfixes and should run way smoother than any older releases. An error on my part as well was that I released 1.6.8 without testing if the bugfix actually worked. If any scripts have been broken, now is the time for them to be updated. Sorry for your inconvenience, the newest download is at http://osbot.org Sincerely, Laz and the OSBot Team. EDIT: The good news is, OS Agility, a soon to be premium script was just released and should work on this release. It's in the SDN and is free while it is in BETA!

The current logo ( #4 ) looks very snazzy, works well with the website design.

I really like the depth in this image. The effects around the image really make it look like he's coming out, especially the light here: If you made this, it looks really good. Keep up the good work.

Halo fan? Looks pretty sick. Kind of loops like it is warping.

You're a cool guy. I think it'd be cool to see you around the forums a tad more. Can't really give any other feedback than that because I don't see you much. Adding on; I think you've done a wonderful job helping the community though. You've made countless helpful threads and well written rules, very nice job.

I can't help you with pathing as I haven't looked into it, but creating an area is pretty simple. At the beginning of the script where you declare your global variables: public static Area anArea = new Area(2519, 3578, 2522, 3581); Make sure you import Area. As for how to know when your player is or is not in that area: if (anArea.contains(this.client.getMyPlayer())) { //in area //code } else { //not in area //code } Here's a visual representation of the area which that code would create:

I understand your view. But I don't think it's a good idea to make an exception for one person without giving the same opportunity for others. If we do this, there will need to be some guidelines on it that allow other moderators to also enter the market.

Several members of the community were the first ones to suggest banning moderators from the market (this was a while ago). There have been numerous instances of moderators scamming people by using their position of trust. I do see where several of the mods are coming from though. From what I've gathered from this thread, @Rare was already trusted on the market before he became moderator. It will take time to consider this matter. If you have an opinion on this matter and explain your reasons, feel free to post and let us know.

admins pls EDIT I just want to say that one time when I was selling Rare 2M 07 RSGP, I gave him the money first. A few minutes later, it seemed as though there was a misunderstanding and he didn't have the sufficient funds at the time for paying me. Instead of holding on to my money and saying "I'll pay you back another time" I was given the RSGP within seconds of him discovering there wasn't enough money in the paypal account.

Granite there is always a chance of ANYONE scamming. It's still good to have that option to use someone with more trust than the average user. Regardless if they scam or not. What makes me different than a normal user? Beside the fact that I am a mod? I gained my trust before I became moderator. I earned my position.

In vBulletin, there's a modification called "Force Read Thread" which forces specific usergroups (i.e. registered users, sponsors, VIPs, etc) to view a thread before proceeding. We could redirect them to a FAQ thread that has the answers to all of their questions. I'm not sure if they have this for IP.B, but I also agree with the PM idea.

Cats are wonderful creatures, now aren't they? Honestly, you're a great moderator, keep it up.

Cool and friencldy guy, do his job as moderator and bear abuser!

You'd have to clarify that question.. BotState is an enum, a group of definitions/types. I could give botState parameters; integers, strings, whatever. I can then create an instance of BotState and set it equal to one of the types of BotState, and later check which it is. An easier example of an enum would be something like: private enum Planet { MARS(), JUPITER(), EARTH(), NEPTUNE(); } I could then assign values to them like distance from earth or mass and add getter methods to it private enum Planet { MARS(500, 20000), JUPITER(10000, 200000), EARTH(700, 100), NEPTUNE(100000, -500); private final double distance; private final double mass; public Planet(double distance, double mass){ this.distance = distance; this.mass = mass; } public double mass(){ return mass; } public double distance(){ return distance; } } This would allow me to make a variable currentPlanet, which I could set to any Planet that exists, earth, mars, whatever, and it would then contain that planets distance and mass, which I could check and use. I assume that's what you were asking. :p