On a quest for the elusive Botmods

Recently I poseted a thread over at Atari [see link] regarding a few bot mods that used to be available in UT2003. Rumor has it that they have been recompiled in 2004.

I know this post isnt appropriate for this particular thread but ProAsm figured Id find out more in this neighborhood.


Thanks in advance

I got your file (serverbots) and will test it out as soon as possible. THanks for the quick response... If anyone has a copy of BullSh*t....let me know. For the life of me I cannot find that mod anywhere online..

thanks all

Thanks much, I really appreciate it

Shall I post test results (of severbots) here Pro or would you prefer another location/direct mail?

Fair enough! I hope the following gives you a clear picture...

[What I did]
1)Started a normal server and logged on
2) played for a while - everything seemed normal
3) added serverbots mut from Webadmin consol, restarted level
4) several bots appeared to join the level with me

[Problem]
The game began as normal but immediately acted as though I had lost my connection.
1)The guns blasted but no bullets marked the wall.
2) I could swan dive off the map but never die after falling
3) lifts, pickups, and other action items seemed to ignore me
4) bots were no where to be seen
5) Using WEBADMIN - I switched maps... the server and webadmin showed the map switch, but my character just stood there in the old map... no disconnect notice... no sign of life from the server whatsoever

I tested several maps, all with the same results.

See next post for serverlog (it wouldnt allow me to attach it to this message)

Let me know if you need me to check anything....id be happy to help!

Executing Class Engine.ServerCommandlet
Browse: DM-Junkyard?Name=Player?Class=Engine.Pawn?Character=Jakob?team=255?game=
XGame.xDeathMatch?AdminName=XXXXXXXXX?ADMINPASSWORD=XXXXX
Collecting garbage
Purging garbage
Garbage: objects: 28605->28599; refs: 374901
Game class is 'xDeathMatch'
Bringing Level DM-Junkyard.myLevel up for play (20) appSeconds: 12.624000...
(Karma): Autodetecting CPU for SSE
(Karma): Using SSE Optimizations
SetAdminFromURL called
GameInfo::InitGame : bEnableStatLogging True
MasterServerGameStats initializing
UdpServerQuery(crt): Port 7787 successfully bound.
Resolving master0.gamespy.com...
Defaulting to false
Defaulting to false
Resolving ut2004master1.epicgames.com...
Loading Available Maps
Loading Game Types
xWebAdmin.UTServerAdmin Initialized on port 69
MasterServerUplink: Resolved ut2004master1.epicgames.com as 207.135.145.6.
Resolved master0.gamespy.com (207.38.11.34)
UdpGameSpyUplink: Master Server is master0.gamespy.com:27900
UdpGameSpyUplink: Port 7788 successfully bound.
MasterServerUplink: Connection to ut2004master1.epicgames.com established.
Approval APPROVED
Master server requests heartbeat 0 with code 8264
Master server requests heartbeat 1 with code 8264
Master server requests heartbeat 2 with code 8264
Master server assigned our MatchID: 17333176
Open myLevel 11/21/05 22:23:23 192.168.1.1:4772
Client netspeed is 10000
New Player -=NexXxus=- id=d4b638f3691a18aeccbb38e95963ca79
START MATCH
Missing IntProperty IntProperty Engine.PlayerReplicationInfo.Ping
ProcessServerTravel: DM-Junkyard?Game=XGame.xDeathMatch?Mutator=ServerBots.Serve
rBots
PreClientTravel
Server switch level: DM-Junkyard?Game=XGame.xDeathMatch?Mutator=ServerBots.Serve
rBots
Browse: DM-Junkyard?Name=Player?Class=Engine.Pawn?Character=Jakob?team=255?Game=
XGame.xDeathMatch?AdminName=XXXXXXXX?ADMINPASSWORD=XXXXX?Mutator=ServerBots.Ser
verBots
Close TcpipConnection 192.168.1.1:4772 11/21/05 22:29:24
Socket shut down
(Karma): Level Karma Terminated.
Collecting garbage
Purging garbage
Garbage: objects: 36898->34132; refs: 440849
Game class is 'xDeathMatch'
Bringing Level DM-Junkyard.myLevel up for play (20) appSeconds: 410.837000...
(Karma): Autodetecting CPU for SSE
(Karma): Using SSE Optimizations
SetAdminFromURL called
Mutators ServerBots.ServerBots
Missing IntProperty IntProperty Engine.PlayerReplicationInfo.Ping
--------------- Starting ServerBots --------------
GameInfo::InitGame : bEnableStatLogging True
MasterServerGameStats initializing
UdpServerQuery(crt): Port 7787 successfully bound.
Resolving master0.gamespy.com...
Defaulting to false
Defaulting to false
Resolving ut2004master1.epicgames.com...
Loading Available Maps
Loading Game Types
xWebAdmin.UTServerAdmin Initialized on port 69
Open myLevel 11/21/05 22:29:30 192.168.1.1:4776
MasterServerUplink: Resolved ut2004master1.epicgames.com as 207.135.145.6.
Resolved master0.gamespy.com (207.38.11.34)
UdpGameSpyUplink: Master Server is master0.gamespy.com:27900
UdpGameSpyUplink: Port 7788 successfully bound.
Client netspeed is 10000
MasterServerUplink: Connection to ut2004master1.epicgames.com established.
Open myLevel 11/21/05 22:29:30 192.168.1.1:4772
Approval APPROVED
Master server requests heartbeat 0 with code 2164
New Player -=NexXxus=- id=d4b638f3691a18aeccbb38e95963ca79
Master server requests heartbeat 1 with code 2164
Master server requests heartbeat 2 with code 2164
Master server assigned our MatchID: 17333269
START MATCH
UObject:rocessEvent
(ServerBots DM-Junkyard.ServerBots, Function ServerBots.ServerBots.Tick)
AActor::Tick
TickAllActors
ULevel::Tick
(NetMode=1)
TickLevel
UGameEngine::Tick
Level The Junkyard
UpdateWorld
UServerCommandlet::Main
Executing UObject::StaticShutdownAfterError
General protection fault!

History: UObject:rocessEvent <- (ServerBots DM-Junkyard.ServerBots, Function S
erverBots.ServerBots.Tick) <- AActor::Tick <- TickAllActors <- ULevel::Tick <- (
NetMode=1) <- TickLevel <- UGameEngine::Tick <- Level The Junkyard <- UpdateWorl
d <- UServerCommandlet::Main

Exiting due to error
Exiting.
FileManager: Reading 0 GByte 59 MByte 284 KByte 203 Bytes from HD took 1.678995
seconds (1.165998 reading, 0.512997 seeking).
FileManager: 0.527997 seconds spent with misc. duties
Name subsystem shut down
The system cannot find the file specified.
Executing Class Engine.ServerCommandlet
Browse: DM-Junkyard?Name=Player?Class=Engine.Pawn?Character=Jakob?team=255?game=
XGame.xDeathMatch?AdminName=XXXXXXXXXXXXX?ADMINPASSWORD=XXXXX
Collecting garbage
Purging garbage
Garbage: objects: 28605->28599; refs: 374901
Game class is 'xDeathMatch'
Bringing Level DM-Junkyard.myLevel up for play (20) appSeconds: 12.906000...
(Karma): Autodetecting CPU for SSE
(Karma): Using SSE Optimizations
SetAdminFromURL called
GameInfo::InitGame : bEnableStatLogging True
MasterServerGameStats initializing
UdpServerQuery(crt): Port 7787 successfully bound.
Resolving master0.gamespy.com...
Defaulting to false
Defaulting to false
Resolving ut2004master1.epicgames.com...
Loading Available Maps
Loading Game Types
xWebAdmin.UTServerAdmin Initialized on port 69
Open myLevel 11/21/05 22:29:58 192.168.1.1:4776
MasterServerUplink: Resolved ut2004master1.epicgames.com as 207.135.145.6.
Resolved master0.gamespy.com (207.38.11.34)
UdpGameSpyUplink: Master Server is master0.gamespy.com:27900
UdpGameSpyUplink: Port 7788 successfully bound.
MasterServerUplink: Connection to ut2004master1.epicgames.com established.
Approval APPROVED
Master server requests heartbeat 0 with code 7492
Master server requests heartbeat 1 with code 7492
Master server requests heartbeat 2 with code 7492
Master server assigned our MatchID: 17333274

Hey Shov!..long time!....thanks for the file

Wow pro...105? and still gaming in your old age eh?

Okay I setup shov's recompiled version of "sbots" and gave it a good testing. For the most part, things look pretty good. I have questions about the following though:
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With the settings :
StartGame=True
StartDelay=1
The map never starts, at least not until someone joins. Shouldnt it auto start a match with the bot(s) specified?
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When the map is running, and one customized 'sbot' is running around waiting for players to join... the serverbrowser shows the server as empty. It would be nice if it showed the custom bot as a "single player"; [so as to prevent being filtered out as an "empty server"]
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with the setting:
EntryTime=1
The bot joins immediately after the match starts [a dead give away that a bot joined] Shouldnt this setting allow about 1 minute to pass before the bot joins the match?
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A few times when the bot won a match, its skin would change to another skin [in the final 3rd person score-screen]. Hard to reproduce that one though
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Bot setting Ping=3... reality throughout the match: 130 (slight fluctuation)


Like I said, all in all it works pretty well. Just are just a few quirks I noticed.