[TF2] IBotManager::CreateBot() ? Options

[Tauphi]

Hi all and Hi Cheeseh,

I am currently playing with the IBotManager interface of the Orange Box SDK, but my plugins always crash, when I call the CreateBot() function.

The rcbot does work with the current TF2 version or?
May I ask how you get it to work to add and control a bot with the "broken" IBotManager interface?

Or did you find a workaround for it?
Thanks in advance for tips and help!

regards
Andi

[Cheeseh]

Hi Andi

I'm using a complete workaround. The only workaround that I could think of is by adding a normal (braindead) TF2 bot. i.e. by using "bot" command. I do this automatically by using

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engine->ServerCommand("bot");

but u might want to give the bot a name, so i do this

somewhere global make a new bot name like..

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char *newbotname;

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newbotname = YourGetBotNameFunction();

char cmd[256];

sprintf(cmd,"bot -name %s",botname);

engine->ServerCommand(cmd);

When the bot is added to the server, I get the EDICT from the ClientPutInServer (plugin function) but to do this u need to know that it is the bot you just added to the server, so when u call the bot add command u might want a variable like ..

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bool ControlNextPlayer = false;

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ControlNextPlayer = true;
engine->ServerCommand("bot");

Check that the player connected is the bot by doing this.

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void YOURPLUGIN::ClientPutInServer( edict_t *pEntity, char const *playername )
{
    if ( ControlNextPlayer )
       {
        ControlNextPlayer = false;
                // ADD THIS pEntity TO YOUR BOT LIST HERE          
       }
    CClients::clientConnected(pEntity);
}

Although this causes probalems because you can't get a IplayerInfo from the player at this point. So What I do is add the pEntity to a QUEUE at that point.

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#include <queue>
using namespace std;

queue<edict_t *> ControlBotQueue;

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void YOURPLUGIN::ClientPutInServer( edict_t *pEntity, char const *playername )
{
    if ( ControlNextPlayer )
       {
        ControlNextPlayer = false;
                ControlBotQueue.push(pEntity);
       }
    CClients::clientConnected(pEntity);
}

In GameFrame check if the ControlBotQueue has any players in it

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void YOURPLUGIN::GameFrame( bool simulating )
{
    if ( simulating )
    {
            if ( !ControlBotQueue.empty() ) // got a  player to control
            {
                edict_t *pPlayer = ControlBotQueue.front();

                
        IPlayerInfo *p = playerinfomanager->GetPlayerInfo(pPlayer );
               // PlayerInfo now valid
        if ( p )
        {
            m_ControlQueue.pop(); // remove this guy

                      // use this guy as a bot (put it in your list of bots and set it up)
            m_Bots[engine->IndexOfEdict(pPlayer ) - 1]->createBotFromEdict(pEdict,m_pNextProfile);
        }
            }
             // ... YOU BOT CODE AND STUFF ...
        }
}

hope it helps.