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sPlOrYgOn

05-07-2004 08:05

msec and slow bots

when I went searching around the web for HL stuff I found somewhere saying the msec value to pass to pfnRunPlayerMove() should be "gpGlobals->frametime * 1000"..
I started logging my gpGlobals->frametime and found that mine was almost always 0.010000
so I decided to see how TheFatal calculated it and I found my value would almost always be 9, but if I did it the other way it would almost always be 10..
So I decided to do it the other way and see what happens..
The bots seemed to get a sudden boost in speed..
I remembered someone asking why he saw the bots running slower with a knife out than he did when he had his knife out..
I tried it and doing "gpGlobals->frametime * 1000" made bots run at the same speed I did..
I tried changing the 450.0 / msecnum; to 500.0 / msecnum; and it worked just like "gpGlobals->frametime * 1000".
Why do we use TheFatal's method when we can just put "gpGlobals->frametime * 1000" there?

bomberman

05-07-2004 08:40

Re: msec and slow bots

Code:

   // TheFatal - START from Advanced Bot Framework (Thanks Rich!)



   // adjust the millisecond delay based on the frame rate interval...

   if (pBot->msecdel <= gpGlobals->time)

   {

      pBot->msecdel = gpGlobals->time + 0.5;

      if (pBot->msecnum > 0)

         pBot->msecval = 450.0/pBot->msecnum;

      pBot->msecnum = 0;

   }

   else

      pBot->msecnum++;



   if (pBot->msecval < 1)    // don't allow msec to be less than 1...

      pBot->msecval = 1;



   if (pBot->msecval > 100)  // ...or greater than 100

      pBot->msecval = 100;



// TheFatal - END



   pBot->f_frame_time = pBot->msecval / 1000;  // calculate frame time

Do you mean these stuff ?

sPlOrYgOn

05-07-2004 08:43

Re: msec and slow bots

yea that!

bomberman

05-07-2004 08:50

Re: msec and slow bots

I did found that too , but I fix the problem , but there is another biiiig problem , after a mapchange , my bot move extremely slow ! :P

sPlOrYgOn

05-07-2004 08:56

Re: msec and slow bots

PMB found out that you have to set all the msec variables to 0 in ServerActivate()
so that they get reset each map.

bomberman

05-07-2004 09:02

Re: msec and slow bots

Code:

void ServerActivate( edict_t *pEdictList, int edictCount, int clientMax )

{

   (*other_gFunctionTable.pfnServerActivate)(pEdictList, edictCount, clientMax);

}

I think you mean this stuff ? my knowledge is not good

sPlOrYgOn

05-07-2004 09:05

Re: msec and slow bots

yes that

bomberman

05-07-2004 09:06

Re: msec and slow bots

Code:

pBot->msecdel = 0;

pBot->msecval = 0;

pBot->msecnum = 0;

Are something like this ?

sPlOrYgOn

05-07-2004 09:08

Re: msec and slow bots

yea but why are your msec values different for each bot?
why not use the same ones for all bots?

bomberman

05-07-2004 09:15

Re: msec and slow bots

you rock ! the problem fixed ! thanks very much !

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