Wizard wars...

[zeus9860]

So i decided to play this mod again, i know its dead and i know it has bots... but i'm having a couple of issues with the bots.

I have 2 versions of wizard wars, full 1.2.7 version and 1.3.0 beta, the full version when i add bots in it, they go straight to the spectator team and the beta version actually adds bots like it was meant to but they leave after ~10 seconds playing which is annoying. Anyone got any clues on what could be wrong here?

 

[Stoned]

I had the same problem, maybe Thothie can shed some light on the situation, he WAS the dev-head at some point in time.

 

[Thothie]

I'd be guessing they're crashing due to one of the many updates to the Steam protocol since the ancient era in which they were forged. I'd have to look at it when I get the chance.

 

[Thothie]

Try changing your HPB_Bot.cfg as follows: (copy/pasta)

# This is the HPB_bot.cfg file (for Team Fortress 1.5)
#
# Any line begining with '#' in the first column is a comment line
#
# The following commands are supported in the bot.cfg file:
#
# addbot - will add a bot using a random team, random class, and the
#      default bot skill level.
# addbot <team> - will add a bot to the specified team (1 or 2) using
#      a random class and the default bot skill level.
# addbot <team> <class> - will add a bot using the specified team,
#      the specified class number (1 - 10) and the default bot
#      skill level.
# addbot <team> <class> <name> - will add a bot using the specified team,
#      specified class, and specified player name, with the default bot
#      skill level.
# addbot <team> <class> <name> <skill> - will add a bot using the
#      specified team, specified class, specified player name, and the
#      specified bot skill level.
#
# The team number MUST be 1 or 2.
# The class number MUST be 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, or 10.
# The player name can be any valid player name (without spaces or quotes).
# The bot skill level can be 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 (1 being the best skilled
#      and 5 being the worst skilled).
#
# For example, "addbot 2 5 Mojo 4" (without the quotes) adds a bot
# to team 2 (Red team), using class 5 (medic), with a player named
# "Mojo" using skill level 4.
#
# botskill <skill> - change the default botskill level (1 to 5).
#                    skill level 1 is the best, skill level 5 is the worst.
#
# observer <value> - change the observer mode setting, 1=on, 0=off.
#
# botdontshoot <value> - change the botdontshoot setting, 1=on, 0=off.
#
# pause <timeout> - pause for the specified number of seconds before
#      continuing with the commands in the bot.cfg file.
#
# min_bots <value> - configure the minimum number of bots that will run
#      on this dedicated server.
#
# max_bots <value> - configure the maximum number of bots that will run
#      on this dedicated server.
#
# bot_strafe_percent <value> - sets the percent of time bot will strafe
#      left and right while running.  Allowed values are 0 - 100.  The
#      default value is 20.  Note: a higher straffing percentage causes
#      the bots to fall off of narrow walkways and causes them problems
#      getting through doorways.
#
# bot_chat_percent <value> - sets the percent of time bot will use the
#      "say" command to send a bot_chat (checked every 30 seconds)
#      Allowed values are 0 - 100.  The default value is 10.
#
# bot_taunt_percent <value> - sets the percent of time bot will use the
#      "say" command to send a bot_taunt message after killing another
#      player.  Allowed values are 0 - 100.  The default value is 20.
#
# bot_whine_percent <value> - sets the percent of time bot will use the
#      "say" command to send a bot_whine message after being killed.
#      Allowed values are 0 - 100.  The default value is 10.
#
# bot_chat_tag_percent <value> - sets the percent of time bots will remove
#      clan tags from player names.  The default value is 80.
#
# bot_chat_drop_percent <value> - sets the percent of time bots will drop
#      characters from chat messages.  The default value is 10.
#
# bot_chat_swap_percent <value> - sets the percent of time bots will swap
#      characters in chat messages.  The default value is 10.
#
# bot_chat_lower_percent <value> - sets the percent of time bots will
#      convert chat messages to all lowercase.  The default is 50.
#
# bot_grenade_time <value> - sets the minimun number of seconds that must
#      elapse after bot has thrown a grenade before bot will throw another
#      grenade (prevents grenade spamming).  Allowed values are 0 - 60.
#      The default value is 15.  Note: setting bot_grenade_time to 0 does
#      NOT guarantee that the bots will throw one grenade right after the
#      other.  The bots will randomly decide when to throw a grenade but
#      won't throw one unless bot_grenade_time seconds has elapsed since
#      the previous grenade (i.e. you can't force the bots to grenade spam).
#
# bot_logo_percent <value> - sets the percent of time the bot will attempt
#      to spray a custom spray logo after killing an opponent.  The default
#      value is 40.
#
# bot_reaction_time <value> - sets the reaction time delay of the bots.
#      When the bots see a new enemy they will delay slightly before firing
#      to simulate a human reaction time delay.  The reaction time delay is
#      also based on the bot skill setting for that bot.  High skilled bots
#      (with skill level of 1 or 2) will have shorter reaction time delays
#      than lower skilled bots (with skill level 3, 4, or 5).  The delay
#      value can be...
#      0 - disables the bot reaction time.
#      1 - very short reaction time delay. (between 0.01 and 0.10 seconds)
#      2 - moderate reaction time delay.
#      3 - fairly long reaction time delay. (between 0.10 and 0.30 seconds)
#      The default value is 2.
#
# Any other commands in the bot.cfg file will be treated as server
# commands.  For example, you can use "map mapname" (without the quotes)
# to select a specific map, or you can use "mp_forcerespawn 1" to turn
# on force respawn, or "kick # 1" to automatically kick player number 1.
#

# wait for 3 seconds
pause 1

# change default bot skill level to 2
botskill 2

# Remove the comments on the 2 lines below to support a minimum and maximum
# number of bots running on a dedicated server.  Bots will be added to the
# server until the total number of players (bots and humans) reaches the
# max_bots value.  Each time a new player joins the server, a bot will be
# kicked from the server unless there are only min_bots number of bots
# currently on the server.  After players disconnect from the server, bots
# will be automatically added back to the server until the total number
# of players reaches max_bots again.  You should make max_bots be AT LEAST
# one less than the maxplayers value (otherwise no one will be able to join
# your server).

min_bots 0
max_bots 8

bot_chat_percent 1
bot_taunt_percent 10
bot_whine_percent 1

bot_chat_tag_percent 0
bot_chat_drop_percent 0
bot_chat_swap_percent 0
bot_chat_lower_percent 0

bot_logo_percent 0
bot_reaction_time 1

# add 6 bots using the default skill level (a random skin will be chosen)

bot_strafe_percent 10
bot_grenade_time 20
addbot
addbot

bot_strafe_percent 15
addbot
addbot

bot_strafe_percent 20
bot_grenade_time 30
addbot
addbot

That's really just a guess based on what's in my old ww host's server.cfg though. I can't rest it from here.

 

[zeus9860]

Works without issues now, thanks.