Bot spells...?

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I believe the bot lists are hardcoded (?!) to use certain spell list IDs in the 700's. Correct me if i'm wrong though, I haven't touched that code in forever.

It should be in latest PEQ as Bot Enchanter Spell List for example, under npc_spells.

You should be able to add more to the hardcoded lists and they will pick it up. Bots are only coded to know what to do on certain spelltypes though. You'll have to code any custom spelltypes into bots. Their logic is similar, though a bit advanced to NPC Spell logic, and it should be fairly easy to port some stuff into the bot AI logic that isn't present from NPC AI logic.

Also, I didn't bother putting a debugger on them but there's a ton of bot crashes still. I would advise you don't use them unless you are an advanced developer who can fix the bots. Either that or if you are feeling brave, make them a friend class of client.

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It also seems like a lot of the mezzing spells are hardcoded, I assume the same for Enduring Breath spells, etc.

Take this example code for mezzing an NPC:

bool Bot::MesmerizeTarget(Mob* target) {
	bool Result = false;

	if(target) {
		int mezid = 0;
		int mezlevel = GetLevel();

		if(mezlevel >= 69) {
			mezid = 5520;
		}
		else if(mezlevel == 68) {
			mezid = 8035;
		}
		else if(mezlevel == 67) {
			mezid = 5503;
		}
		else if(mezlevel >= 64) {
			mezid = 3358;
		}
		else if(mezlevel == 63) {
			mezid = 3354;
		}
		else if(mezlevel >= 61) {
			mezid = 3341;
		}
		else if(mezlevel == 60) {
			mezid = 2120;
		}
		else if(mezlevel == 59) {
			mezid = 1692;
		}
		else if(mezlevel >= 54) {
			mezid = 1691;
		}
		else if(mezlevel >= 47) {
			mezid = 190;
		}
		else if(mezlevel >= 30) {
			mezid = 188;
		}
		else if(mezlevel >= 13) {
			mezid = 187;
		}
		else if(mezlevel >= 2) {
			mezid = 292;
		}
		if(mezid > 0) {
			int32 DontRootMeBeforeTime = 0;
			CastSpell(mezid, target->GetID(), 1, -1, -1, &DontRootMeBeforeTime);
			target->SetDontRootMeBefore(DontRootMeBeforeTime);
			Result = true;
		}
	}

	return Result;
}

So yeah, it is level-dependant and somewhat hardcoded as I thought. The spell lists only apply to the AI logic, not a bot command.

What it seems like is that you are going to have to either: Check the spell array on zone bootup, load the bots' spells into memory that is the best spell for them for each level, then just reference the memory every time you cast a spell.

Or: Change the hardcoded spells. Not as flexible but it works.