How to use bots in your title packs

[TMarc]

ok

[xbx]

another question though:

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Users_CreateFake(Text, Integer);

works but fails always on my end
the fake players gets created successfully and is working, but the script crashes instantly with the following error
http://www.pictures.esc-clan.net/upload/createfake.jpg

and a request:
it would be great if fake players wouldn't be part of the Players array but included in the BotPlayers array

So....
I checked:
* there's a bug in the error check Users_CreateFake(), doh... so the function completes successfully but still send an error... (fixed in next update)
* the parameter of Users_CreateFake() is a nickname, the login is internally generated.

Actually If you want to create BotPlayers , you should use :

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CreateBotPlayer(NullId, 0, 200, Spawn, 0)

instead.

Users_xxx() are inteded to mimic the connection of actual users for the ease of debbuging (like filling score tables & such), so that's why they're not added to the botplayers.
(and maybe at some point in the future also move and shoot around as fake adversaries with scores and all)

[Kak0]

Saunter_AnchorPoint doesn't exist

My bad, should be in the next update. It only means that for the moment the bot wanders around its spawn point, this variable will allow you to make it wander in another zone.

For the Users_CreateFake problem, you can also use this :

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Users_SetNbFakeUsers(Integer _NbClan1, Integer _NbClan2)

This one should work.

[steeffeen]

thanks for your responses
yeah i had already managed to get bots working quite well actually
they are rocking the scores, i have to play very seriously if i don't want to lose against my bots (see InstaDM)

thanks for this feature!

[TMarc]

Well done, for the findings and the fixing
steeffeen, you're becoming script-bug hunter #1

[steeffeen]

Users_xxx() are inteded to mimic the connection of actual users for the ease of debbuging (like filling score tables & such), so that's why they're not added to the botplayers.
(and maybe at some point in the future also move and shoot around as fake adversaries with scores and all)

actually i'm fine with that by now, it was just weird at the beginning

other things:

1. if you set a number of fake players with Users_SetNbFakePlayers() and restart the script the fake users stay, their number isn't defaulted back to 0, is that intended?
2. after you've set a number of fake players and create one with Users_CreateFake(), is one of the other fake players supposed to be replaced? how do these methods work together? it's quite a puzzle
3. if you try to destroy a fake player with Users_DestroyFake() it says "can't destroy fake" or something like that, is that because the fake user that you want to destroy has to be created by the Users_CreateFake() method or is that a bug?

regards

[Kak0]

1. if you set a number of fake players with Users_SetNbFakePlayers() and restart the script the fake users stay, their number isn't defaulted back to 0, is that intended?

I don't understand. If you restart the script, the fake players are unspawned, then when the script restarts Users_SetNbFakeUsers() is called again (unless you commented/deleted the line where it was called), so fake players are spawned again... Where is the problem ? Do you mean that you spawned fake players with Users_SetNbFakeUsers(), then deleted the call to this function in your script, restarted, and the fake players were not unspawned ?

2. after you've set a number of fake players and create one with Users_CreateFake(), is one of the other fake players supposed to be replaced? how do these methods work together? it's quite a puzzle

Users_SetNbFakeUsers(X, Y) makes sure there are X fake players in one clan and Y in the other, destroying fake players if there are more than this number, creating them if there aren't enough. Users_CreateFake() just creates a bot, no matter what. So, if you call Users_CreateFake() before Users_SetNbFakeUsers() there might be some conflicts (calling it after should do what it is meant to, though I don't see the point in using these functions together).

[xbx]

1. if you set a number of fake players with Users_SetNbFakePlayers() and restart the script the fake users stay, their number isn't defaulted back to 0, is that intended?

yes. (in the sense that it mimics a real user: when you restart the script, the people aren't juste kicked away from the server... )

2. after you've set a number of fake players and create one with Users_CreateFake(), is one of the other fake players supposed to be replaced? how do these methods work together? it's quite a puzzle

Users_SetNbFakeUsers() is just a helper / convience function that just calls Users_DestroyFake()/ Users_CreateFake()

3. if you try to destroy a fake player with Users_DestroyFake() it says "can't destroy fake" or something like that, is that because the fake user that you want to destroy has to be created by the Users_CreateFake() method or is that a bug?

mmm not quite sure here.
I guess you're talking of DestroyBotPlayer() ?
so yeah Users_DestroyFake() can only be called for players from Users_CreateFake() (and Users_SetNbFakeUsers() )
and DestroyBotPlayer() only for CreateBotPlayer(), you cannot cross them.
symmetry!

[steeffeen]

let's see...

Where is the problem ? Do you mean that you spawned fake players with Users_SetNbFakeUsers(), then deleted the call to this function in your script, restarted, and the fake players were not unspawned ?

yep, after deleting the function call the bots are still "on the server"

yes. (in the sense that it mimics a real user: when you restart the script, the people aren't juste kicked away from the server... )

alrighty!

Users_SetNbFakeUsers(X, Y) makes sure there are X fake players in one clan and Y in the other, destroying fake players if there are more than this number, creating them if there aren't enough. Users_CreateFake() just creates a bot, no matter what. So, if you call Users_CreateFake() before Users_SetNbFakeUsers() there might be some conflicts (calling it after should do what it is meant to, though I don't see the point in using these functions together)

Users_SetNbFakeUsers() is just a helper / convience function that just calls Users_DestroyFake()/ Users_CreateFake()

yeah that's what i expected, i just wanted to clarify this because i couldn't test it yet (Users_CreateFake() is bugged as you know^^)
i won't use them together knowing that but with this information you could think that the "overall" number of fake users is 0 if you don't set it with Users_SetNb... and your fake user create with CreateFake() will be destroyed instantly

mmm not quite sure here.
I guess you're talking of DestroyBotPlayer() ?
so yeah Users_DestroyFake() can only be called for players from Users_CreateFake() (and Users_SetNbFakeUsers() )
and DestroyBotPlayer() only for CreateBotPlayer(), you cannot cross them.
symmetry!

i didn't talk about bot players, everything was concerning fake users
example:
- Users_SetNbFakeUsers(3, 0);
- 3 fake users on the server
- Users_SetNbFakeUsers(2, 0);
- 2 fake users on the server and the third one is still in the scores and in the user list (disconnected status)
- now i want to get rid of the disconnected fake user, i tried DestroyFake() him but it doesn't work, i will post a screenshot later
- i was able to get him out of the scoreboard by Reset()ing his score but that way it's not 100% clean

maybe you can't really destroy a user object and the method will only "disconnect" the user? it's just that i expected that the whole user object will be destroyed and removed out of the Users list.. oh well that's probably the point.. after you've said that Users_SetNbFakePlayers() calls CreateFake() and DestroyFake() and these fake users aren't removed out of the Users list
i see, i see, fake users are only there to simulate a normal (player) user and i'm just abusing them for my needs

//Edit: okay i couldn't reproduce the issue with DestroyFake(), i will post about that as soon as it happens again

[TGYoshi]

Latest patch (a few minutes ago) messed bots up. They go idle after setting their mode from Turret back to Patrol. If I set it to Turret after Patrol again it'll act like a turret as expected, but it won't resume it's Patrol behaviour.
The initial Patrol at spawn does work correctly, tho.