Command-able Bots

[Angelox]

I started a Perl-Bot some time ago. Played with it and it worked pretty well considering the resources. If you made an EVENT_TELL , this would make a great difference - no EVENT_TELL was a big reason why that idea is idle for me ATM.
The Bot I made does work, and will buff and heal a melee type. Great for playing solo on your home server.

[narcberry]

What about EQOffline? Isn't it up and running right now?

[mcox05]

haha Thanks fathernitwit. Appreciate the praise but my goal is to achieve controllable remote Box (PC) players. Which would be really fun because then I can play on ANYONE's server with my bots.

just log on two different characters and use tells to pass commands across.
This can be all done client-side through third-party software ONLY by using packet sniffing ... there is no other way to get the tells out of the EQ client besides altering the original source code for the server.

Unfortunately I am no pro net-worker and know relatively nothing about packet decoding to grab the Tells out of the EQ client. Once I can finally understand the EQ packets then I can write a piece of software to intercept them and translate them.

Thus, you now have a client-side command interface the rest is just simply a matter of writing a bot program to execute the commands and the remote PC where the character is logged-in.

Until I figure this out or until I can find someone interesting in teaming up that has the knowledge about packet decryption that I lack ... it is just a idea.

[mcox05]

Also the reason I want to make it the bots actually characters that are logged into everquest (remote pc players) is because then issues of how the bot's level, stats, armor, spells, etc... are not an issue ... they are IN FACT player characters so you have to upgarde their gear, spells, etc..

Once I do have this idea up and running then I can expand on a more complex command interface to support all sorts of actions from looting, equiping items, to ... whatever is allowable.

[Theeper]

Like Dralanna said, it sounds like you're trying to recreate MacroQuest. I don't think sorting through packets would be an efficient way to handle tells between clients if it was totally client-side though. Accessing the game client memory directly would prolly be the way to go.

[mcox05]

Ive never done anything with low-level memory when it comes to accessing it from another process. how would i find it .. and how could I figure out which memory contains the chat that Im looking for?

[bushman77]

well what your tryinmg to do is log on to a serve that has eqofflinf binaries. billion times easier to do and yiou can have as many bots to make up a full out raid. cleric will heal youi when you need it shammy will buff as required and well all fo this is auto so need i say more