Once in awhile I get "Auth Failed: Invalid Key"

[Advanced Bot]

So I'm getting this

and I have to retype my key in everytime this happens, what's the issue?

[Ad Bot]

[1337yeah]

This happened to me once, but I'm not sure how I fixed it, it was a long time ago.

I'm pretty sure you didn't give your key away... Let me think about it.

[Advanced Bot]

I never have, it started since yesterday.

[Xalos]

You're a scripter, just make a button that calls setKey(); with your key and then remember to never give everyone the entire contents of your add-ons folder. Done.


On an unrelated note, here's the entire contents of my add-ons folder: [REDACTED]

[Zeblote]

You're a scripter, just make a button that calls setKey(); with your key and then remember to never give everyone the entire contents of your add-ons folder. Done.

Client add-ons aren't executed if authentication fails.

[Xalos]

Client add-ons aren't executed if authentication fails.

I think you're (wrongly) thinking this because RTB didn't allow un-authenticated players to use Connect Chat / Mod Manager / etc.
Client-sided add-ons are loaded before the request for auth verification is even sent. That's why the black screen on startup gets longer and longer the more client mods you have.