Bullets of podbot mm not registering was described here a bit (You should read a bit more before You post, at leats before You start think it's podbot bug...).
http://forums.bots-united.com/showthread.php?t=4345
Just update Your AMX X to the newest version (currently 1.60). The All-in-One installer doesn't support linux system anymore, since author of it doesn't have any PC with linux to test his installer on it.
Yeah - they jump too much - known issue. Every obstacle they hit - they try to over-jump - that's why they jump.