[Tut] The very basics of SCAR

Macroing using SCAR

Lately I’ve been noticing that for a lot of people it is very difficult to get a decent SCAR script running. I myself found it hard in the beginning since there are so many Scar scripts out there that don’t work. A lot of things are for a casual computer user pretty hard to understand, or so I’ve seen. This tutorial is an effort to get you all up and macroing using SCAR in a decent, not-getting-banned-fashion.

Contents:

1. Basic Information

2. Downloading and setting up SCAR / SRL

3. Downloading / Setting up your first script

4. Using a VM (briefly)

5. Tips / Tricks

Basic Information

First of all I’d like to say that I take no credit whatsoever for Scripts mentioned in this tutorial. And if they are mentioned the name of the creator will be noted.

So and now that that is out of the way we can focus on the first question of this tutorial. What the hell is SCAR anyway?! SCAR (Shite Compared To Autorune) is a macro program created by Kaitnieks to automate certain actions pertaining to online games. SCAR was developed in Delphi and currently is not maintained by Kaitnieks. The newest version has been updated by Freddy1990. It is by far the most popular and effective way to macro in a game called Runescape. It can be set up using a big load of free scripts or pay script and can do nearly any gruesome task you would not want to do in Runescape ( Woodcutting, Fletching, Fighting ). The scripts are created by a dedicated bunch of scripters, these people bring out New scripts or update old ones. They are the backbone of the community, without them there would be no SCAR. They choose to publish scripts for free or asking a fee in RS gold or Cash. But don’t worry some of the free scripts are the nicest to be found.

Now that you know what SCAR is I am going to speak a little about a very important issue. By far the most errors I’ve seen people have with SCAR have one cause: They do not have SRL (Scar Recourse Library) . It is absolutely necessary that you have SRL! SRL is an include to SCAR which runs most of the things such as Antiban, Anti random, and another big bunch of procedures. It is being created by some of the best SCAR scripters around. Without SRL it is practically impossible to get any kind of good script running so we’re going to make sure that you get it (which has become increasingly easy since certain updates)

Downloading and setting up SCAR / SRL

Now when you want to Macro using scar you’re going to need SCAR (..duh). There are various places to download SCAR. Since scar is in the hands of Freddy1990 you will find the newest SCAR programs at http://www.freddy1990.com/ you’ll find it in the programs section and you should download the newest version. Install this and you’ll see something like this:


(a detailed description of the most important features will follow shortly)


As said before, you’ll also need SRL. Before version 3.0 you’d have to download this manually. Nowadays it is integrated within SCAR. Below you’ll see where to download SRL within SCAR. Also make sure you download the includes (beneath SRL download tab)



Now that that is that we can get to the essence of my story: Setting up and running your first SCAR script.

Downloading / Setting up your first script

Now that you’re done installing SCAR with Includes and SRL we can move on to the fun part of macroing, which is… macroing! Now you might have looked at SCAR and thought “0mfg h0w teH FhK w1l I understanddd!!1?!1“. Do not panic I will explain the basic features.



1. Stop button. Stops your scripts. The hotkey for it is CTRL+ALT+S
2. This, naturally, is the play button. It is used to compile and run your scripts. You will hear of this later. Hotkey for it is CTRL+ALT+R
3. This is the colour picker. Since SCAR is a colour clicker it is going to need colours to click with this button you can turn colours into numbers that SCAR can understand. Try it out if you like.
4. Open button. Speaks for itself but I decided to mention it nonetheless because its important to be able to open a script.
5. This is the crosshair, SCAR also clicks coordinates and with this crosshair which you will click and drag over the Runescape window will make sure that the coordinates are right.

Now that you understand the basic functions of SCAR we can get to the next item. Downloading and running a script. There are many places where you can download scripts, some better than others. I for one recommend two specific sites because a lot of the scripts they host are in working order. First off www.villu-reborn.com host a big bunch of useful scripts and it is in my opinion the best SCAR forum out there. Just make an account and you can download any free script on the site. Ranging from Woodcutters to Miners and so on. Another decent site for SCAR scripts is www.moparisthebest.com/smf they have a very decent section on SCAR scripts and also host a thread for pay scripts which you might want to buy later on.

Now for explanation of how to look at a script. I will use an existing script as an example. Because I can not explain how every single script works I’ll be explain a pretty standard one. Things can vary per script but if you understand the basics you can figure any script out.

Well here’s a few pictures of the script I’ll talk about (NOTE: Full credit goes to the writer of the script: The NERD)



First thing that should come to your attention in this picture is the Treecolor=…. This is where the colour picker usually comes in handy. For instance if you want to cut a tree you take the colour picker and click on the tree. This will give you a number which you can fill in in the script. Don’t go writing anything like “Green” in these boxes (Yes I’ve seen people do it)

The second red box shows another very important thing. You can use more than one player in a script. Using more than player is the primary key to avoid getting banned!!! This is very important many times I have read of mains getting banned because it was macro’ed to long upon. Avoid this by using a minimal of 5 players in any script. The rest of the variables are mainly preference bound.

As a note I should point out that you should always follow the directions in the green area but that should speak for itself, eh?



Here’s a picture of the form to set up your players. This is a standard one and present in most of the scripts. You just fill them out. Easy as that. One note though: when filling in your nickname ( 3-4 characters in your RS name) avoid uppercase letters, seeing the fact SCAR does not read them.

Now when you’re done filling it all out, open Runescape and drag the crosshair over the RS screen and hit the play button. If the script is in working order and you did what it said in the green area your script will be working!! It will keep running until you stop it or it runs out of players.

VMs or Virtual Machines

A Vm or Virtual machine is, basically a computer with a computer. It comes in very handy when you want to run SCAR and still want to be able to use your computer normally. The VM runs in a window and so you can minimize it to your system tray and use your computer like you’re used to. Alternatively you can set up multiple Vms and double your capacity of macro’s, if your computer specifications allow this. I have written another tutorial on how to set one up and it will be available on this very page.

Tips
1. ALWAYS use more than one player. I cannot point this out enough.

2. Try finding scripts that have a lot of antiban and anti random. This will make your scripts run longer.

3. Join a macroing forum. Here you can ask questions and maybe start to write some scripts yourself.

4. Know what your working with. Try to understand the basics of what is written in the scripts so you can alter them to your purpose.

5. NEVER use default characters. It’s no time at all to get your character form a default look to something else. You’ll get flagged for macroing WAY less

6. And last but not least, try to lvl up your macro characters combat a bit. Just 10 instead of 3 makes a big difference in being flagged for macroing.

A few decent sites for SCAR scripts are: www.villu-reborn.com, www.moparisthebest.com, www.sythe.org and www.fagex.net

 

[Edited due to big stupidity by Cr1mson]