EQEmu Bots question...

[Iobn]

This is a very interesting idea, I've been working with MQ on and off and have my toons on live so they can do some basic playing.

I wanted to combine that with EQEmu and see if I can't create a script that would take a character from creation to level 50.

I would like to create a domain specific language that could be used to define a new toons aspirations.

So you'd use the DSL to define what your toon wants out of life, and perhaps some attitude or factions of their personality, then turn them loose.

But I know what a HUGE task what I described is, so here is to small steps...

* Get my EQEmu Server up and running
* Get a version of MQ that works with the Titanium Client
* Get my toon and a basic macro that can level from 1 to 3 in start zone
* Abstract why or what the toon is hunting and to what end
* Start to define simple aspiration language

[Richardo]

I could see this working like the following.


Every zone could have several several grids that would have level ranges per grid. For example, there would be a grid that would patrol throughout Crushbone for levels 1 - 5 in the entrance. Then, another grid in Crushbone that the bot would switch to once they've leveled beyond 5 specifically set for his level. Once he's maxed out for that zone, he'd move on to another zone.

You're looking at a crap load of work.... :p You'd have to maybe add new fields in the grids table that specified level range - minlvl - maxlvl - for bots. This way, bots could reason which grid to jump on.

Basically, to my knowledge you want a way to make a bot community... Yeah, you're looking at a major project. But it is possible..

Originally Posted by Davood

anyone remember "Alice" the chat program from the commodore 64 era.. well it's been re-written and ported so many times. i was thinking of putting it into eq for bots

It's funny that you mentioned that. Back in Dark Horizons, we ported the Alice bot onto one of our NPCs. God, I wish I had a backu p of the quests we had for DH. I lost it all. :(

[Yeormom]

You can also implement roaming bots without writing new grids using advanced perl scripting, as it has been done on a server or two.