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I am a starter in software testing. Just watched a video on youtube. I recorded few steps for gmail in selenium IDE and replayed it. all worked fine. Then I tried on runescape and suddenly selenium can't record a single step. I can't understand. It's web based and selenium should be able to record the steps and replay it. Can anybody explain me what is the difference between these two things I tried. Why selenium is not working on the game application? Can I assume that these automation tools wont work on these these type of MMORPG sites? or Is there any specific type of tool which works on these type of games?

narayanpatra
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  • You are totally misunderstanding it. Runescape uses Java, Selenium does not work with Java. If you are trying to create a bot for Runescape, Selenium is **NOT** the way to do it. – Arran Oct 26 '12 at 09:47
  • Than what is the ideal tool for that? – narayanpatra Oct 26 '12 at 09:52
  • I read in few places that the selenium can generate java codes. I may have misinterpreted it though. – narayanpatra Oct 26 '12 at 09:56
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    Yes you have. It generates Java/C# code so that the test developer can use it with a language of their choice, it does not mean that it can access Java applets. Runescape is a game running in a Java applet. iMacros is one product that can interact with Java applets. – Arran Oct 26 '12 at 09:59
  • Thanks Arran. So I should go for iMacros instead? or there are other options also to try? – narayanpatra Oct 26 '12 at 10:01
  • how to automate java applet: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10765682 – dokaspar Oct 26 '12 at 12:54

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While the discussion under the answer is correct, there is one more thing you should consider - its legal issues: As long as I know, most of MMORPG games actively refuse bots and/or scripting, because they care more about that live player plays against live player and not bot.

So before you continue with automated testing of MMORPG, you should do:

  • Check terms and conditions of that particular game if automation of players movement (actions ...) is allowed and if yes, to what level is it allowed)
  • Probably also check with site owner/admin/moderator and explain, what do you need to test and (maybe) arrange special account allowing such testing
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