EQoffline, bots and more..

[Congdar]

I'm wondering if the client adds something to the calcs. Specifically, ATK looks wacked in the code. It seems to benefit the defender if the attackers ATK is higher than theirs. Maybe the client does something with the ATK value?

I'm all for making the bots as close to a pc as possible, but nothing is super obvious as far as the code goes. I've tried to copy the attack/damage methods between the pc code and the bot code as closely as possible. Maybe i've missed something somewhere... I'll keep looking.

[macvaliant7]

I installed the 1129 update pack and the latest EQOffline binaries/dll the problem i have is even though the warrior bot taunts and attacks a mob, it will attack the closest PC regardless if they damaged the mob. Is there a way to stop this default switch to a PC over an NPC? thanks

-Mac

[kajika]

Originally Posted by macvaliant7

I installed the 1129 update pack and the latest EQOffline binaries/dll the problem i have is even though the warrior bot taunts and attacks a mob, it will attack the closest PC regardless if they damaged the mob. Is there a way to stop this default switch to a PC over an NPC? thanks

-Mac

I use this patch.

diff -r -c -N ./1129Bots/zone/hate_list.cpp ./1129Bots-changed/zone/hate_list.cpp
*** ./1129Bots/zone/hate_list.cpp 2008-06-19 05:49:00.000000000 +0900
--- ./1129Bots-changed/zone/hate_list.cpp 2008-09-05 14:33:16.000000000 +0900
***************
*** 240,246 ****

sint32 currentHate = cur->hate;

! if(cur->ent->IsClient()){

if(cur->ent->CastToClient()->IsSitting()){
aggroMod += RuleI(Aggro, SittingAggroMod);
--- 240,246 ----

sint32 currentHate = cur->hate;

! if(cur->ent->IsClient() || cur->ent->IsBot()){

if(cur->ent->CastToClient()->IsSitting()){
aggroMod += RuleI(Aggro, SittingAggroMod);
***************
*** 292,298 ****
iterator.Advance();
}

! if(topClientInRange != NULL && top != NULL && !top->IsClient())
return topClientInRange;
else
return top;
--- 292,298 ----
iterator.Advance();
}

! if(topClientInRange != NULL && top != NULL && !top->IsClient() && !top->IsBot())
return topClientInRange;
else
return top;

[macvaliant7]

I can edit the cpp file easily but i can't get them to compile(make a new zone.exe) with the makefile (shared memory error: shm_r and shm_w undeclared). Could i get the updated zone.exe somewhere?

Thanks,
-Mac

[Angelox]

I think that's the way the game works - stand away from the fight and the mob stays on the tank. Also, if a caster heals or DDs, he gets aggro.
And finally, The bots are rooting - a rooted mob will attack the one nearest.

[gygelly]

the problem arises if you are using a PC monk or rogue with a bot tank.
the way I always understood it working, with player characters, when a mob is rooted, was that the npc would attack whichever PC was closest.

So I figure the problem is that the bot tank always stands at the maximum melee range. We need the bot tank to move up close to a mob, like a pc tank, so that monks and rogues can stay at maximum melee range and not get attacked.

[Congdar]

try changing your server rule Aggro:SmartAggroList = false
this works best for the bots

[hayward6]

I spent a little time today setting this up with all the newest source and I don't seem to have the commands available when I log in... I know the commands aren't in the database, but maybe they aren't supposed to be? basicaly I just get "command unrecognized" when I try and do any #bot commands.

[Congdar]

you need to add EQBOTS to the preprocessor in Zone. It's different for linux and windows on how you set it, and both are already covered in this thread somewhere.

[hayward6]

Originally Posted by Congdar

you need to add EQBOTS to the preprocessor in Zone. It's different for linux and windows on how you set it, and both are already covered in this thread somewhere.

Thanks, I'll start digging through this thread when I have more time. I better pack a lunch