[Bert]

I'm still new to HL coding and c++ in general (I'm a java guy :]), so my method might not by the best way to handle things.
I started by reading Botman's most excellent readme, downloaded his HPBbot source, messed around with that, got it to work with another mod (SI), continued tweaking and expanding on that, got annoyed by the C style programming so I started almost completely from scratch leaving just the "engine interfacing" code and the waypoint code. My bot is now nicely OO thus making the code alot easier to read and maintain. My bot is structured as followed:
-a global botmanager that adds/removes/updates bots
-the bot class
- a task class
- a bot weapon class (this is just Botman's struct really, but turned in a class)
- a team class

I was planning on doing a complete overhaul of Botman's code, but as I just want a new version out, I'll just modify botman's combat and navigation code.
Getting feedback is always a great way to get you motivated, so don't go for a perfect bot for each version, just release something you're fairly happy with.
I'm staying away from navigation for now, as I really have to read up on that stuff to improve on it. Just start small, it might not be the best way to handle things, but by the time you realise you're going at it the wrong way, you'll have learned quite a few new things.