I'm looking to get into scripting, just a few questions

[forrestblade]

Hi all my name is forrestblade, I'm an experienced Javascript (NOT Java) developer and I'm a front-​

end engineer by trade. I've played RS most of my life on and off and I was always so fascinated by the automation that took place in the game. I am interested in getting into writing some scripts for OSRS and was curious if anyone can point me in the best direction.

I am also really curious to know if anyone has come across a pure Javascript botting platform or if it​

would even be possible for one to extract data and process it from the game using Javascript. I assume with the recent advances in the language and the emergence of NodeJS that it's possible on some level.

I'd love to collaborate with someone, so please feel free to hit me up and lets see what we can tear​

up haha!

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[John Devola]

I'm sure it is possible to interact with the game using javascript, possibly pulling values out of the actual game client via some sort of "Mirror Mode" that regular botting clients use, but honestly I am not sure at all and you would have to talk to someone much more advanced than me.

I would take a look at different botting communities and bots, most are in Java. If you work with Javascript then Java should be very similar for you to get a hold of

DreamBot - #1 OSRS® Bot for Runescape®

 

[Fast Coins]

Define botting platform.
Injection/ refl. based JS-based botting client? Never.
Making some autoclicker-style "scripts"? Sure. Check RobotJS for example: Syntax - RobotJS

 

[forrestblade]

Why do you say never? Can you expound on the technical reasons why this is not feasible or possible?

 

[Fast Coins]

Okay, "never" is a strong word Runescape botting clients are all written in Java and to my knowledge, there is no way of interacting with Java classes through Javascript.

 

[forrestblade]

Haha, okay that's interesting. So scripts are directly interacting with the Runescape classes? I mean what about fullstack applications where you have a Javascript front end engineered and you use Java as the API? Javascript interacts on some level with those Java classes and methods to send data back and forth to the back end.

 

[Fast Coins]

Botting clients are written in Java. They make an API available (set of methods) for a developer to use (for script development). All of that is done in Java programming language, and nothing else.

Javascript interacts on some level with those Java classes

Never directly. You mentioned web apps. Going with Java as the backend language, there's a servlet container, which handles requests. You can make requests from front end (with javascript), to back end. Then Java does its magic and sends back the response to frontend, for Javascript to handle. So in a sense, "on some level" it does interact with Java, but NEVER on class-level.

 

[forrestblade]

Okay right on, that makes sense. I suppose if we could figure out how to get Javascript to interact with Runescape's Java then we would be able to hack/manipulate the game, thus leaving botting to be completely irrelevant haha

 

[Fast Coins]

I don't understand, why Javascript tho? Why not straight use Java to inject code? And no, there's no way to change "money" variable like that There are tons of validations behind the scenes on Jagex's part (think backend). Remember, the client you play through does not contain the backend code, so you can access very limited functionality.

 

[forrestblade]

I just really like Javascript haha, it's the future if we're being frank.