More questions on Bots

**hayward6** · #1 10-23-2008, 08:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Angelox

Where did you get your source from?

Iv'e allways used the source from the front page and updated when there was a new version... But for this I took the source from the BOTS release thread.

Angelox · #2 10-23-2008, 09:21 PM

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Originally Posted by hayward6

Iv'e allways used the source from the front page and updated when there was a new version... But for this I took the source from the BOTS release thread.

You're going to the wrong place, read Cavedudes post here. He has links there for the new source which has tons of updates, and also includes the Bot code.
You will need to install and learn the 'svn' command, it will get you the source. You also need to update your SQL Database for this source to work with you. The updates are in an SQL directory with the source.

**hayward6** · #3 10-24-2008, 06:45 AM

so ... the release thread is the wrong place to get the latest BOT release? heh we do have a bunch of loose ends don't we? I went there last night, but all I see is binaries listed. Well off to work, i'll have to take a look tomorrow. Thanks for working through this with me.

Angelox · #4 10-24-2008, 09:43 AM

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Originally Posted by hayward6

so ... the release thread is the wrong place to get the latest BOT release? heh we do have a bunch of loose ends don't we? I went there last night, but all I see is binaries listed. Well off to work, i'll have to take a look tomorrow. Thanks for working through this with me.

Well, you got me there - I made a post in that thread so people will know where to go.
It's not really a loose end, just we thought people would be looking not just at the Bot threads, but at all the new posts. The new SVN has been headline-news for me since it started, Don't know how you missed all that.

Ikeren · #5 10-24-2008, 12:13 PM

Regarding Exp Rates with Bots:

If you are running a full raid (which, 60+, you often are, as you clear your way into a raid zone) you can gain Exp quite fast, to the tune of an AA every 20 minutes or so.

If you run a single group, I believe it is about on par with a regular Exp group, except you get all the exp. Bots don't plan offtaking well, don't plan healing well (I play a cleric and the druid always jumps the gun on heals), don't mez, won't back away from rooted mobs, won't position at all. Rather then healing the most injured party member, if more then one person needs a heal, they go down the group list (really noticable when the fighter at 60% gets hit with a heal, and then 4-5 seconds later, the enchanter at 20% gets hit with a heal)

That being said, I think the point of playing with bots isn't about leveling, or leveling fast, but instead raids; that's why they exist. Even when I max AA's, I'll keep playing if I haven't managed to destroy the toughest raid-encounters, done the quests I want, collected the clickies I want.

**hayward6** · #6 10-24-2008, 05:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Angelox

The new SVN has been headline-news for me since it started, Don't know how you missed all that.

I didn't miss it

but there's no source there, just binaries... please help me clear this up, we keep talking about the same thing, and i'm still not following you.

Andrew80k · #7 10-24-2008, 05:06 PM

There are both source and binaries. You should browse the site a bit and look at all the good stuff that's over there. I love the SVN.

**hayward6** · #8 10-24-2008, 10:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Andrew80k

There are both source and binaries. You should browse the site a bit and look at all the good stuff that's over there. I love the SVN.

Ill need some hand holding then... everything I have seen over there are binaries.