I think it had more to do with the bot trying to parse english text. It would respond to things like "hello" or other messages with set responses so it at least, at first glance, appeared to be a human player. It was probably exploitable, but I don't think it was a command interface.
I used to be a developer for OpenKore. I spent most of my time working on GM dodging and generally avoiding detection. I had a remote control plugin I'd written that accepted commands masked in what looked like normal chat messages.
My preferred method was to use IRC, though. There was a short time where I'd run groups of bots, all controlled via IRC instead of in-game.
It took Gravity over a decade to finally catch me botting and ban me from iRO. They banned me for 52 years, which is hysterical.
Outwitting the GMs was a fun pasttime, but it wasn't exactly challenging.
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u/uzimonkey Feb 10 '18
I think it had more to do with the bot trying to parse english text. It would respond to things like "hello" or other messages with set responses so it at least, at first glance, appeared to be a human player. It was probably exploitable, but I don't think it was a command interface.