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Developed by Wei Mingzhi

 

Table of Contents:

1.        What is PODSteam ?

2.        Installation for PingOfDeath Bot (POD-Bot)

3.        Installation for Other Bots

4.        How to use with Metamod ?

5.        Creadits

6.        Software License Agreement

 

 

1.  What is PODSteam ?

There are a lot of excellent old bots for Counter-Strike, such as PODBot v2.5, TEAMBot 1.2, NNBot, SWATBot, AndroidBot and so on. However, VALVe changed minor things, and make all old bots incompatible with latest Counter-Strike version, and those old bots are never updated for Counter-Strike 1.6. So Wei Mingzhi write this little fix to bring those bots to life again.

 

The PODSteam is designed for PODBot v2.5, but it should also be used with other counter-strike bots.

The PODSteam program should work ok, only in counter-strike 1.6.

 

This software contains code from botman’s High Ping Bastard Bot. So credits for a lot of basic HL game-to-engine hooking goes to him.

 

 

2. Installation for PODBot

1.        Install PODBot normally.

2.     Copy release\podsteam.dll, to your cstrike\dlls folder.

3.     Open liblist.gam file with the Notepad, and change the line:

gamedll “PODBot\PODBot.dll”

to:

gamedll “dlls\podsteam.dll”

        4.     Save file and close Notepad.

 

NOTE: Unlike original PODSteam program, modified version already contains Pierre-Marie Baty’s PODFix & BotAim plugins integrated into PODSteam. So there is no requirement to install it. (botaim2 in incompatible with PODBot, so I integrate version 1.5 instead) . (integrated podfix plugin only fix errors that can crash POD, and don’t allow you disable or enable bot radio communication, that is standard feature of original podfix plugin). PODFix program is automatically disables if you trying to launch bot other than PODBot.

 

 

3. Installation for Other Bots

WARNING: PODSteam in NOT fully tested with other bots such as SWATBot or TEAMBot

 

        1.     Install Bot Normally

        2.     Copy release\podsteam.dll to your cstrike\dlls folder.

        3.    Open liblist.gam file with Notepad,  and change the line:

                 gamedll “<bot DLL filename >”

                to:

                 gamedll “dlls\podsteam.dll”

        4.     Add a line at the bottom of liblist.gam:

                botdll “<bot DLL filename>” (example: botdll “..\teambot\teambot.dll”).

        5.     Save file and close Notepad.

 

 

4. How to use with Metamod ?

        1.      Install Bot Normally

        2.      Install Metamod Normally too (create all subdirectories in cstrike/addons, and create plugins.ini file)

        3.        Copy release\podsteam.dll to your cstrike\dlls folder.

        4.      Now create shortcut (in any place you want), add command line to executable:

                 +localinfo mm_gamedll dlls/podsteam.dll

        5.      Save shortcut.

        6.      If your bot = PODBot, you’re ready to start game.

        7.      If you use other bots process Installation for Other Bots (but skip step 3).

 

 

5. Credits

Original version of PODSteamWei Mingzhi

 

PODSteam integrates two metamod plugins (BotAim & PodFix), that was originally developed by Pierre-Marie Baty, and modified to suit PODSteam needs…

 

BotAim © 2003 by Pierre-Marie Baty

PodFix © 2003 by Pierre-Marie Baty & AustinBotServer

 

 

6. Software License Agreement

BSD License

 

Redistribution and use in source and binary forms with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:

 

Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.

 

Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.

 

Redistributions in source or binary form must reproduce the following sentence: THIS SOFTWARE CONTAINS CODE FROM PODSTEAM BY WEI MINGZHI (http://yapb.bots-united.com)

 

Neither the name of this project nor the names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission.

 

THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY WEI MINGZHI "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.