Bot spells...?

[bad_captain]

A lot of the bot commands have hard coded spells that they use depending on level, etc. The bots usually don't have those same spells in their spell lists (or they would try to cast them when they shouldn't). Check in bots.cpp to find the commands for mez, resist buffs, cures, etc. For mez, specifically, the command calls Bot::MesmerizeTarget(Mob* target) which has the spell ids for the mez spells.

[lich2594]

Yeah, I did a little more digging last night and see that it loads spells in order by level and mana consumption, directly from the... That's as far as I could see, from the functions. What I want to know is if it is loading spells from the spells_new table, npc_spells, or a bot table?

It's a lot of code to back track through to find what I am looking for, but I may just have to do that. I was just hoping that someone already knew.

My logic is that, if it is loading directly from the spells_new table, then why is their spell sets for the bots? Is the list just obsolete now? Also, if it is loading spells directly from the spells table, shouldn't it automatically use the newest spells that I have created? It just leads me on to more and more questions.

Thanks for your input.

[Secrets]

I believe the bot lists are hardcoded (?!) to use certain spell list IDs in the 700's. Correct me if i'm wrong though, I haven't touched that code in forever.

It should be in latest PEQ as Bot Enchanter Spell List for example, under npc_spells.

You should be able to add more to the hardcoded lists and they will pick it up. Bots are only coded to know what to do on certain spelltypes though. You'll have to code any custom spelltypes into bots. Their logic is similar, though a bit advanced to NPC Spell logic, and it should be fairly easy to port some stuff into the bot AI logic that isn't present from NPC AI logic.

Also, I didn't bother putting a debugger on them but there's a ton of bot crashes still. I would advise you don't use them unless you are an advanced developer who can fix the bots. Either that or if you are feeling brave, make them a friend class of client.

[Secrets]

It also seems like a lot of the mezzing spells are hardcoded, I assume the same for Enduring Breath spells, etc.

Take this example code for mezzing an NPC:

bool Bot::MesmerizeTarget(Mob* target) {
	bool Result = false;

	if(target) {
		int mezid = 0;
		int mezlevel = GetLevel();

		if(mezlevel >= 69) {
			mezid = 5520;
		}
		else if(mezlevel == 68) {
			mezid = 8035;
		}
		else if(mezlevel == 67) {
			mezid = 5503;
		}
		else if(mezlevel >= 64) {
			mezid = 3358;
		}
		else if(mezlevel == 63) {
			mezid = 3354;
		}
		else if(mezlevel >= 61) {
			mezid = 3341;
		}
		else if(mezlevel == 60) {
			mezid = 2120;
		}
		else if(mezlevel == 59) {
			mezid = 1692;
		}
		else if(mezlevel >= 54) {
			mezid = 1691;
		}
		else if(mezlevel >= 47) {
			mezid = 190;
		}
		else if(mezlevel >= 30) {
			mezid = 188;
		}
		else if(mezlevel >= 13) {
			mezid = 187;
		}
		else if(mezlevel >= 2) {
			mezid = 292;
		}
		if(mezid > 0) {
			int32 DontRootMeBeforeTime = 0;
			CastSpell(mezid, target->GetID(), 1, -1, -1, &DontRootMeBeforeTime);
			target->SetDontRootMeBefore(DontRootMeBeforeTime);
			Result = true;
		}
	}

	return Result;
}

So yeah, it is level-dependant and somewhat hardcoded as I thought. The spell lists only apply to the AI logic, not a bot command.

What it seems like is that you are going to have to either: Check the spell array on zone bootup, load the bots' spells into memory that is the best spell for them for each level, then just reference the memory every time you cast a spell.

Or: Change the hardcoded spells. Not as flexible but it works.