Ah. Was wondering why there wasn't a "heads up" yet, lol.

Well when you think it's ready, let us know. :)

If anyone is eager to test the new bot system, you can go ahead and download r814 from the bot branch in the community repository I created. Please note that as of r814, I have not integrated bot raids or bot groupraids so don't even bother trying and don't report any errors associated with them. You can however make bots and group with bots and get experience from kills with bots. Go ahead and focus testing on bots and grouping with bots. I do know about the issue that bots proc WAY TOO much, but if you find any other issues, please report them here.

Awesome! Thanks for the heads up! :)

Can't get the zone to compile in rev 818. 439 Errors, heh.

Anyone with a bit more experience using g++ and make able to create a makefile for the linux servers for this?

Wow, totally spaced out when doing this post. I was actually wanting someone to make a makefile for the eqemu login server.

I am about halfway though the community beta period I am conducting for the new bot code and so far no one has reported any issues. I am planning on merging the new bot system into trunk on Tuesday August 4th, which will remove the existing EQBOTS code from the repository. Again, if you haven't tried to use the new source code in the bots branch, even if you do not use the BOTS configuration, please do so. The new code that is in branch does have the potential to impact even non-BOTS servers so it is in the whole communities interest to try this code to identify any potential issues ahead of merging those code to trunk.

I would, but I can't get the bots migrated over to the new system. =(

I've been sitting on my hands for the past week trying to figure it out when I can. I even spent the majority of the day working on the wikki page because I can't get the bots switched over, lol.

rename your existing bot tables to other names and source thew bots script I provided in the repository and you can begin testing with new bots.

Awesome! Thanks so much, WildcardX! :D