I made a few UI mods that have no purpose except to script actions.
http://www.eq2interface.com/download...Scripting.html
http://www.eq2interface.com/download...Scripting.html
http://www.eq2interface.com/download...Scripting.html
Unlike traditional UI mods, their purpose had nothing to do with displaying information or making things pretty. They seem somewhat popular but have now seemingly raised some controversy. (Read some of the auto cure comments)
So... like the title asks... did I go too far? Did I break some rule in my attempts to be unique? Consciously I figured that since all of my actions were within the UI scripting engine so there shouldn't be any problems. I didn't think it could be considered 3rd party software either.
On the other hand, it is possible but not recommended to go AFK and the script would still sort of function. I could have implemented a dead-man's switch into the script but I didn't think of the need. I have heard that SoE grudgingly allows macroing programs as long as you are at the keyboard witnessing the actions. Personally I suffer mild RSI so I thought that was an enlightened stance to take. But apparently if you ask GMs they might not say anything like that.
So my scripts are not compiled 3rd party software, but if you think about it... a UI script is software of a sort not made by SoE. Of course that means that all UIs with any button event handlers would be against SoE's 3rd party policy if you took the idea of 3rd party software that far.
So how far do you take it to either match or be free of SoE's views of what is against their policy? One quote from a GM mentions they would be totally against something that automatically casts damaging spells. Obviously they don't know what I do with my G15 during Milyex Vioren. But the scripting techniques in my other mods could be used to do just that. I have in fact done just that... a script that casts 1-30 spells in rotating order either automatically or by a button press per cast. But would releasing it be going another step too far?
I obviously wasn't being intentionally malicious in releasing these mods. I think uploading them to a site like this displays that I didn't think what I was doing is wrong by making it public.