Bots, lets talk about them.

[FerrousToast]

A custom client its self is not cheating. Accessing game resources that is not listed in the free source code is.

wait.... are you saying... custom clients are fine, but the second that custom client does something the base client doesn't that is cheating? what? so the larger map in amber=cheating, showing the radiuses from your mine supports/troughs=cheating, hand slots so you don't have to have the character sheet permanently open=cheating???

if that is the case why don't you just say you don't agree with custom clients and think everyone should use the default?

[LadyV]

A custom client its self is not cheating. Accessing game resources that is not listed in the free source code is.

wait.... are you saying... custom clients are fine, but the second that custom client does something the base client doesn't that is cheating? what? so the larger map in amber=cheating, showing the radiuses from your mine supports/troughs=cheating, hand slots so you don't have to have the character sheet permanently open=cheating???

if that is the case why don't you just say you don't agree with custom clients and think everyone should use the default?

No, I'm not. The developers are. Read the link they put up that you didn't quote and find the passage on using game resources.

A custom client its self is not cheating. Accessing game resources that is not listed in the free source code is.

http://www.havenandhearth.com/portal/doc-src

[FerrousToast]

If they consider cheating then why haven't they just shut down the wizard tower?

[LadyV]

If they consider cheating then why haven't they just shut down the wizard tower?

Because in a good world information should be free and exchange and improvement a happy trade of information put forth. It's an honor code, in short. You are given this information to help you as long as you use it within the terms I have specified. Good and honorable people will tend to accept that. If someone has not read those terms then they may not know. I never realized they were there till last world. It is why this world I am only using the default client. I choose to honor their terms.

Agree or not it is their code and their rights.

[dageir]

I do not know, but the devs might have allowed custom clients in this phase of development to get ideas for their final game. Remember the game is in alpha.
It would make sense to allow the users/customers to help out in the process. Nontheless, widespread use of bots is most likely not part of this and adds little
in development.