LAN problems--dont understand, game doesnt crash but turns off Options

[Spitfire3297]

Host_Error: Couldn't get DLL API from !

i dont think its a bot problem, but its still a problem and i dont understand whats wrong with it
can someone help me out here

<Windows, Natural Selection B5, Steam>

[Spitfire3297]

plugin: im not sure if this is the right file because i saw .ini nowhere near it, but its labeled plugins

#

# $Id: plugins.ini,v 1.3 2003/05/19 06:55:08 clamatius Exp $



win32 addons/whichbot/dlls/whichbot.dll

linux addons/whichbot/dlls/libwhichbot.so


win32 ../rcbot/dlls/rcbot/rcbot_mm.dll


liblist:

////////////////////////////
// Natural Selection //
// by Charlie Cleveland //
////////////////////////////
game "Natural Selection (beta 5)"
url_info "www.natural-selection.org"
url_dl "http://www.natural-selection.org/";
version "v3.0"
size "165000000"
svonly "0"
secure "0"
cldll "cl_dlls\client.dll"
hlversion "1110"
// How to allow training but disable "New game"?
type "multiplayer_only"
// Don't show models in browser
nomodels "1"
nohimodel "1"
// Only show NS-compliant maps
mpentity "info_mapinfo"
// Using HPB_bot support for now
//gamedll "dlls\ns.dll"
//gamedll_linux "dlls/ns_i386.so"
gamedll "addons\metamod\dlls\metamod.dll"
// Training map
//trainmap "ns_training"


that thread you posted was the one i mentioned in the first post when i said i read the guide