Where is the best place to go to find programmers who still actively work on customizing Apps and Bots for CB? A lot of the more popular Apps appear to have authors who have moved on and no longer support their original work.
For some, I have seen they leave email for contact/questions. Maybe try there as a start, Even if they have moved on, if it's for a fee, they are most likely willing to do it for you.
I think you answered your own question.So really my question is where can I find some programmers who currently work in this area and have enough common sense to have contact information that works.
I think you answered your own question.
Honestly I don't think there that much money in script making. There isn't much demand. Anything you write is public, can be copied, and quickly iterated on.
Sure you can try to obfuscate your code, but that's not real protection.
From what I've seen, CB seems to be responsive against Script Abuse.If your worried about script abuse, don't use any script that has been obfuscated. You can do a quick glance through the code.
If a model thinks some one is/was abusing a script, they should stop using it. Report it, Let CB sort it out, That's much less time consuming for everyone. Giving as much detail to CB as what they think might be happening.
For CB it may be as simple as looking at their logs.
if I am paying someone to write a custom bot for a mode
I need to know a) how to look at the obfuscated code
if your paying for someone to write code, they should be giving you none obfuscated code. Make sure the contract states they wave all rites to the code. And you retain all rites to the code.
Post what you're wanting and/or what bot you wished could be modified, to enable it to do whatever it is you're after. I can take a look when bored...
I can't/won't promise anything as to do so would imply being paid for it - and frankly, I doubt people could afford the rates <_<
I have heard that they can even exploit this API to read private messages of the model, which to me sounds crazy.