EQoffline, bots and more..

[tranquiltwist]

Magoth,

I seem to be having some serious issues getting this up and running on my server. I downloaded your beta binaries and put them in my EQEMU folder, and then ran the http://eqoffline.free.fr/README.txt steps in mySQL. everything went by fine- and then I loaded into my server only to find that "command 'bot' is not recognized."

this is my first undertaking with a server or even with mySQL.. so would it be possible for you or somebody else to write a step by step guide for dummies? It would be really appreciated, as I got super hyped when I read this.

Thank you, Mag. You've given the community something amazing!

-ttw

[John Adams]

I don't know if you've put any effort into the linux/makefiles, but I thought I'd post for you an error I am getting compiling the source under FC4, with gcc 4.0.2:

npc.o(.text+0x9d1): In function `NPC::Process()':
/home/eqemu/build/EQEmu-EQOffline/zone/npc.cpp:563: undefined reference to `Mob::BOT_Process()'
npc.o(.text+0xa0d):/home/eqemu/build/EQEmu-EQOffline/zone/npc.cpp:565: undefined reference to `Mob::PET_Process()'
npc.o(.gnu.linkonce.r._ZTV3NPC[vtable for NPC]+0x16c): undefined reference to `NPC::Bot_AI_IdleCastCheck()'
npc.o(.gnu.linkonce.r._ZTV3NPC[vtable for NPC]+0x170): undefined reference to `NPC::Bot_AI_EngagedCastCheck()'
pets.o(.gnu.linkonce.r._ZTV3Pet[vtable for Pet]+0x16c): undefined reference to `NPC::Bot_AI_IdleCastCheck()'
pets.o(.gnu.linkonce.r._ZTV3Pet[vtable for Pet]+0x170): undefined reference to `NPC::Bot_AI_EngagedCastCheck()'
horse.o(.gnu.linkonce.r._ZTV5Horse[vtable for Horse]+0x16c): undefined reference to `NPC::Bot_AI_IdleCastCheck()'
horse.o(.gnu.linkonce.r._ZTV5Horse[vtable for Horse]+0x170): undefined reference to `NPC::Bot_AI_EngagedCastCheck()'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make[1]: *** [zone] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/eqemu/build/EQEmu-EQOffline/zone'
make: *** [all] Error 2

I don't know enough C to read what this means, except that something appears to be missing. Like a dependency on the new .cpp file(s) maybe? If you can advise, I'd love to check this out. No hurries. My vacation is over, back to work F/T+ for me! sigh...

[Magoth78]

tranquiltwist> You have to launch worlddebug.exe then zonedebug.exe

John Adams> I didn't try to compile the code under Linux but it seems that you need to add botAI.cpp and petAI.cpp to your project.

Mag

[cavedude]

This is an excellent project, and I can even see a very good use for it in the normal EQ code. One of the biggest problems PEQ has is the players have to multi box to get to the higher content (some players multi box 6 clients at once... how they do it is my question) This code could help with that problem a bit. I have a couple of questions though.

1. Could you tie this system into the rules system so the server op can control how many bots a player can have at once? By level (1-15, 16-35, 36-55, 56-75, just examples) would be wonderful.

2. Could you diff your changes so they can be integrated into the ever changing EQEmu code easily?

Great work, I am impressed with how fast this project became a reality.

[tranquiltwist]

on top of the original world and zone exes? or... alone?

if I run JUST worlddebug and zonedebug I can't zone once i get into the game... and if I run them on top worlddebug.exe crashes.

sorta confused :(

[it says "this zone is not ready to receive visitors yet.. please try again in a few moments."]

I've tried any combo of them... i either get bots and can't zone or i get to zone and no bots. o_O

[Zard]

Originally Posted by tranquiltwist

on top of the original world and zone exes? or... alone?

if I run JUST worlddebug and zonedebug I can't zone once i get into the game... and if I run them on top worlddebug.exe crashes.

sorta confused :(

[it says "this zone is not ready to receive visitors yet.. please try again in a few moments."]

I've tried any combo of them... i either get bots and can't zone or i get to zone and no bots. o_O

Just double click on zonedebugperl.exe again, each window = a second, third..ect. available zone.

[dudeman123]

I am having a problem with zonedebugperl.exe. I get this error after i select a character.

AppName: zonedebugperl.exe	 AppVer: 0.0.0.0	 ModName: zonedebugperl.exe
ModVer: 0.0.0.0	 Offset: 0002034e

I am using
# Fresh Titanium install
# MySQL 4.0.23.
# ActiveState Perl 5.8
# EQEmulator Map Files
# cavedude's ServerPack 3.6
# MySQLCC
-- I added Magoth's exe's to my eq directory... and added those queries from the readme.
My eqemu server works normally. I start with minilogin.exe, then world.exe, then zone.exe. But when I use Magoth's exe's i cant get past the character select screen. I even tried using minilogin.exe with worlddebug.exe and the ZONE.exe and it worked. I tried using minilogin.exe, world.exe and zonedebugperl.exe but zonedebugperl.exe crashed.

>I did not know what logs to include in this post, but if you need more information or logs i will gladly supply them.

[gernblan]

Originally Posted by cavedude

This is an excellent project, and I can even see a very good use for it in the normal EQ code. One of the biggest problems PEQ has is the players have to multi box to get to the higher content (some players multi box 6 clients at once... how they do it is my question) This code could help with that problem a bit. I have a couple of questions though.

1. Could you tie this system into the rules system so the server op can control how many bots a player can have at once? By level (1-15, 16-35, 36-55, 56-75, just examples) would be wonderful.

2. Could you diff your changes so they can be integrated into the ever changing EQEmu code easily?

Great work, I am impressed with how fast this project became a reality.

I could not agree more, and I believe that this is TOO good not to be folded into the regular emu source as an optional feature on live servers.

[Magoth78]

Thanks.

In the actual state, it would be really difficult to plug the eqoffline code into the last emu sources because of all the changes. And my code isn't clear.

That's why I'm actually rewriting everything related to bots, based on the last official emu sources. I want to make it a "separate" project that you just could add or not into the official sources easily, just like the Guildwars code.
That's not very hard to do but it takes a lot of time as a lot of functions need to be customized for bots.

Mag

[John Adams]

Meh, not to blow my own horn, but I am not a c++ coder and I got the bots working in 1031 (I think) with little effort, just hours of time comparing things with windiff. =)

You never did get back to me that my port worked to your standards, but I understand you are re-writing anyway - so that's why I hadn't bothered you with it. I am very anxious to use Bots in a multi-player custom server. Hopefully that's the direction this is going.

[gernblan]

Originally Posted by Magoth78

Thanks.

In the actual state, it would be really difficult to plug the eqoffline code into the last emu sources because of all the changes. And my code isn't clear.

That's why I'm actually rewriting everything related to bots, based on the last official emu sources. I want to make it a "separate" project that you just could add or not into the official sources easily, just like the Guildwars code.
That's not very hard to do but it takes a lot of time as a lot of functions need to be customized for bots.

Mag

I understand that completely, but at the same time, as this project picks up more and more steam, I would like to recommend folding it into the eqemu code (so that it can keep up with the main source tree more easily), as a long-term goal.

I would imagine that if it was planned properly and the eqemu dev community was on board, that it could be done using includes so as to not turn the main code base into spaghetti. Then perhaps a global environment variable can be added that will either compile in the bot code or not.

[John Adams]

Originally Posted by Magoth78

John Adams> I didn't try to compile the code under Linux but it seems that you need to add botAI.cpp and petAI.cpp to your project.

Thanks Mag, I'll check into it and let you know how Linux goes.