Let me start off by saying OSBot has been my favorite bot client since starting with kbot and rsbots.net in 2010/2011.
I appreciate greatly the immense amount of effort that Patrick, Maxi, Zach, and all of the other devs put into keeping things running through countless updates, game changes, and curveballs that Jagex has thrown your way.
I've bought scripts from Token, Khal, Project, Czar, and Explv - who I know are all dedicated to providing quality scripts using OSBot's API. I don't expect OSBot 3.0 in its entirety to be released as described; quite frankly I don't think the majority of the community needs some of the features advertised. The point of this post is to ask you (staff, devs, etc.) to prioritize the features that will actually make OSBot competitive in the bot client market and motivate us to continue to use this platform to bot instead of the more recent options we have available.
AI is not needed and I'd argue it's counterproductive to introduce such a complex option for most botting. There are many more fundamental issues that OSBot's community experiences that, if fixed, would revitalize the enthusiasm around the client.
If I wrote this four months ago, I would've called out mirror mode CLI launching as something that OSBot lacks, but I want to recognize that this feature is truly appreciated. For the longest time, mirror mode has been an incredible aspect to OSBot that I believe has made a big impact in the success of my own botting and has made me not ever regret the money I spent on lifetime sponsor. OSBot does a lot of things that are very customer friendly such as no limit on instances and lifetime script authorizations. I feel there is a significant gap between the OSBot devs and their users, and what I want most is for OSBot to actually engage their community and take feedback on the most pressing issues with the client.
Below is a list of things I've noticed in the past 3+ years I've used OSBot, and I encourage anyone else to actually post candid feedback on what needs improvement. Please avoid talking about individual scripts made using the API.
- Mirror mode memory leak (assumed to be WebWalker-related); server-sided WebWalker would be incredible
- Mirror mode onMessage errors
- Lack of Runelite support
- Recently, mirror mode has clearly been a source of issues despite being the paid option
Finally wanted to call out the general lack of transparency. Don't want to speak for everyone, but I think a lot of us are understanding. Obviously botting is not a full time job for me, and I'd bet that that's the case for most of the OSBot devs. If there are legitimate issues that pop up during development, that's not something I'd hold against anyone. I think a lot of the community would appreciate candid updates even if it's just a subset of users. The radio silence we've seen since October 2020 with the OSbot 3.0 announcement just leaves us all in the dark and it's difficult to continue to stay faithful to this community without more updates.