Discussion on FB Pirates Helper | Userscripts.org

Archived Comments, replied by Sonar @ Wed, 06 Aug 2008 01:09:12 -0500

Sonar — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 01:09:12 -0500

any updates on this?

Archived Comments, replied by ubitsa @ Sat, 31 May 2008 21:39:36 -0500

ubitsa — Sat, 31 May 2008 21:39:36 -0500

Even without any of the automation the idea of putting links on the sidebar is still quite useful and time-saving for people with slower connections.

Archived Comments, replied by Edward Teach @ Thu, 06 Mar 2008 18:47:35 -0600

Edward Teach — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 18:47:35 -0600

I just updated the script so it installs in a "disabled" state. When it runs it issues a warning about being banned in a popup window. The warning text contains instructions for enabling the script in case you really want to risk it.

Archived Comments, replied by Edward Teach @ Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:14:48 -0600

Edward Teach — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:14:48 -0600

You will get banned for using this script :) As I pointed out below, it was only a matter of time for the game authors to figure out how to implement countermeasures.

Archived Comments, replied by ultrajoy @ Thu, 06 Mar 2008 13:32:22 -0600

ultrajoy — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 13:32:22 -0600

sonar, thanks, simple as that ;) but creating a new facebook account wont bring back old pirates account with all my levels, booty and mates, don't feel like starting all over again :(

Archived Comments, replied by Sonar @ Thu, 06 Mar 2008 13:21:49 -0600

Sonar — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 13:21:49 -0600

ultrajoy, create another account:)

Archived Comments, replied by ultrajoy @ Thu, 06 Mar 2008 12:19:34 -0600

ultrajoy — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 12:19:34 -0600

nice script but i got banned just for trying it for a sec, u should point that out here. what can i do do get un-banned?

Archived Comments, replied by Sonar @ Wed, 05 Mar 2008 00:22:18 -0600

Sonar — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 00:22:18 -0600

hmmm k, the account thats added me has never come online?

Archived Comments, replied by Edward Teach @ Tue, 19 Feb 2008 08:31:59 -0600

Edward Teach — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 08:31:59 -0600

Andy, please accept my compliments on your wonderful Pirate game - its so addictive that I couldn't help myself.

Sonar, I added you to my msn list on Saturday.

Archived Comments, replied by Sonar @ Mon, 18 Feb 2008 14:41:06 -0600

Sonar — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 14:41:06 -0600

some random person added me to msn haha theres also another script flying around the pirate airs thanks to that anonymous person reading this board :)

Archived Comments, replied by Sonar @ Mon, 18 Feb 2008 10:25:58 -0600

Sonar — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 10:25:58 -0600

Ha Ha Andy welcome to Userscripts, Welcome to our world of pirates.

Enjoy this script Andy :)

Getting banned from pirates isn't a big deal, we come back through a well configured proxy

As from now, There wont be any updates being given to the public hopefully :)

Ed, not sure if thats you added me to msn, can you confirm on here?

Archived Comments, replied by andyt @ Mon, 18 Feb 2008 09:47:45 -0600

andyt — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 09:47:45 -0600

Ahoy,
I appreciate how much you all like pirates and that you want to extend it, however this script interacting with the pirates game on Facebook is not a welcome addition. Any users who are caught using it or any other click automation techniques will be banned.

Andy
developer, Facebook Piratess

Archived Comments, replied by Sonar @ Sat, 16 Feb 2008 14:57:09 -0600

Sonar — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 14:57:09 -0600

if you have msn you could add me on

sonar2k19@msn.com

Archived Comments, replied by Edward Teach @ Fri, 15 Feb 2008 19:38:06 -0600

Edward Teach — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 19:38:06 -0600

Sonar, I'd like to establish direct email communication in order to work on the problems you have reported recently. The next time you get one of these errors, take a screen shot and also capture the HTML source (right-click, select 'View Page Source', in the resulting window press Ctrl-A and Ctrl-C, then paste the result into a document or text file). Attach the screen shot, html source, and send it to the following address.

stratocaster.5.6HSy72t3 at spamgourmet.com

Thanks,

-Ed

Archived Comments, replied by Sonar @ Fri, 15 Feb 2008 11:26:30 -0600

Sonar — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 11:26:30 -0600

Upgraded to Firefox 3.0 beta..

Script still seems to be working fine.
But still got the same errors.

Archived Comments, replied by Edward Teach @ Thu, 14 Feb 2008 08:45:34 -0600

Edward Teach — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 08:45:34 -0600

I've noticed that I need to restart Firefox occasionally in order to get the best performance out of this script. I have no idea what's going on with the other error you reported either. It puts quite a load on Firefox, so I'm not surprised or worried about occasional glitches.

Archived Comments, replied by Sonar @ Thu, 14 Feb 2008 07:56:06 -0600

Sonar — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 07:56:06 -0600

Heres another update...

The script seems to be stopping every now and again due to the adds..

Script stops / letting the adds load up.

Archived Comments, replied by Sonar @ Wed, 13 Feb 2008 03:34:07 -0600

Sonar — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 03:34:07 -0600

ok managed to get an error I had when I first started using the script...(Didn't think of it at the time and just clicked ok) here's a few bits...

Auto-mode paused for: FBML.Contexts
Rest of the code is something to do with Houses.

Some thing to do with Facebook? or the script?

This error can only be gotten rid of by task manager.

Archived Comments, replied by Sonar @ Wed, 13 Feb 2008 02:13:05 -0600

Sonar — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 02:13:05 -0600

Got it ty.

Ill not lose my coins now trying to upgrade my stuff :D

Archived Comments, replied by Edward Teach @ Wed, 13 Feb 2008 01:15:09 -0600

Edward Teach — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 01:15:09 -0600

This is an easy mod, but since these actions don't provide a
confirmation dialog I'm going to tell you how you can do it yourself.
From "Manage User Scripts..." select this script and click 'Edit'.
This should launch a text editor such as Notepad. If it doesn't,
check and modify the "greasemonkey.editor" value from the about:config
URL. Once the editor has launched, look for the comment that says
"// List of shortcuts placed in the sidebar" near line 266. Add at
the end of the line for 'Eat Ham' add a comma and then add the
following lines immediately after that:

'Upgrade Cannons', 'http://apps.facebook.com/pirates/buy.php?u=cannons',
'Upgrade Sails', 'http://apps.facebook.com/pirates/buy.php?u=sails',
'Upgrade Hull', 'http://apps.facebook.com/pirates/buy.php?u=hull',
'Upgrade Crew', 'http://apps.facebook.com/pirates/buy.php?u=crew'

Save the script. The links will appear the next time you refresh a Pirates page.

-Ed

Archived Comments, replied by Sonar @ Tue, 12 Feb 2008 22:27:56 -0600

Sonar — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 22:27:56 -0600

Would it be possible to add the shipyard links to the quick links menu at the side?

Due to when you buy anything from the shipyard you have to click back to buy another.

Archived Comments, replied by Edward Teach @ Tue, 12 Feb 2008 14:06:30 -0600

Edward Teach — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 14:06:30 -0600

Either you are really paranoid or if such people exist -- you know, the ones that are constantly refreshing your stats page -- then they need to get a life :)

My worry is about the developers of the game. Armed with this script and the server logs they could do some analysis and figure out who we really are.

Archived Comments, replied by Sonar @ Tue, 12 Feb 2008 02:25:20 -0600

Sonar — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 02:25:20 -0600

Busted? lol Hope not, I'm loving the cash build up :),

The random thing was just due to, "some one refreshing your stats page" as when they refresh the page on you, you will always show 50...100...400... as a default coin limit...

now if it was random like 100-200, u'll be showing odd and even numbers as if to say "your hitting the towns"

Archived Comments, replied by Edward Teach @ Mon, 11 Feb 2008 15:28:33 -0600

Edward Teach — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 15:28:33 -0600

Its an idea, but I'm not sure I agree. As a human I'd be entering the same value all the time, so randomizing the value would just make it more obvious IMO.

I figure its just a matter of time before we get busted anyway. The script source is publicly available and has been near the top of the Google search results for 'facebook pirates script' since about two days after its first post here. Or maybe the Pirate developers dont care -- take a look at the Leaderboard for Miles Traveled. How many people with that many miles in 3 days do you think have done it manually?

;-)

Archived Comments, replied by Sonar @ Mon, 11 Feb 2008 07:05:35 -0600

Sonar — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 07:05:35 -0600

Possible idea, Can the min coins be set to random coins?

its a bit suspicious always having a set coin like "200" (now if it was a random dig of your own choice no one would know its doing it for you)