EQoffline, bots and more..

[cavedude]

Actually, you should be able to use the newest Ykesha db with the older 992 build. Columns and tables were added but not deleted or changed. The server will simply ignore that extra data.

I am not sure how the bots will handle PoP with the flagging system and such. My instincts say the bots are probably just treated as NPCs so they shouldn't need flags, allowing you to progress normally. However, due to the fact that the bot code is based on an older 992 build much of PoP may be buggy and/or completely unplayable. A lot has changed in the code since then that has allowed PoP to function correctly. Though, to answer your question, if you use the Ykesha db the PoK books will be there and PoK at the least will be fully usable.

[John Adams]

As previously stated, I already ported the 992 bot work to a much newer release, but poor Magoth didn't have the time to really check my work. I would be happy to re-post it (I think my last port was to 1035 or so). The reason I hadn't bothered to do it to current is mostly because Mag was considering making it more "modular", and it made no sense to keep bumping the bot code every core release.

Cavedude, if you want my code, let me know. It worked, but I haven't been able to really give it a good test. Might be a good place to start. But lots has changed since 1035. Might be worth starting from scratch.

[cavedude]

JA, I'd love to take a look at your code. My hope is we can get it current as this system is really nifty and I'd hate to lose it due to it being in an obsolete build.

[burnme]

Hey there. Did anyone ever finish typing up full custom npc_spells_entries for the bots so they cast the right spells at the right levels?

I've been using the bots and messing around with customizing them for a while now, and I'm frustrated by their casting (often very) incorrect spells. It's pretty bad at the mid-high level ranges, with level 65 magicians not even using their latest pets!

Anyway, just thought I'd ask here if whoever said they were going to do it was finished yet, and also to make a request to Magoth or anyone else who might be able to do it: Could the bots or whatever's necessary be tweaked so that pet-centric classes heal and haste their pets?

Thanks.