RealBot and MS Visual Studio.NET

Hello!

I've recently tried to compile the RealBot sources with Microsoft Visual C++ .NET and everything worked fine - the realbot_mm.dll is created.

But - when I start Counterstrike 1.6 via STEAM, Metamod says "BADF LOAD" when I use "meta list" and the bot is not started.

Any clues what could be wrong?

Thanks in advance...
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Michael Wohlers (http://www.michaelwohlers.de)

[MusicMan]

did you make sure that the path in your plugins.ini is 100% correct?

[Whistler]

You need to create the .def file. You can borrow one from the HPB-bot source code.

I have just replaced realbot_mm.dll from the WIP #10 made by Stefan with the new compiled one from me...

Originally Posted by Whistler

You need to create the .def file. You can borrow one from the HPB-bot source code.

What .def file do you mean?

Thanks...
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Michael Wohlers (http://www.michaelwohlers.de)

[stefanhendriks]

do you use metamod 1.17.1?

a badf error means either that the plugin is not valid (its not a dll file) or its not existing. Try to verify this plz

[dstruct2k]

....or a badf error could mean you compiled it for metamod 1.17.... Plugins aren't cross-compatible, as far as my experience goes.

Hello Stefan!

Originally Posted by stefanhendriks

do you use metamod 1.17.1?

a badf error means either that the plugin is not valid (its not a dll file) or its not existing. Try to verify this plz

I am using Metamod 1.17.1, yes. But, indeed, the hint from Whistler was the right one. I created a file named "realbot_plugin.def" with the following content:

 LIBRARY realbot_mm
 EXPORTS
 	GiveFnptrsToDll			@1
 SECTIONS
 	.data READ WRITE

And - voilà - it worked!

The bot runs now, but very slow and with massive CPU usage. And, furthermore, the bots ain't learning as it seems, because they do not leave their spawned positions and hang around... I could not motivate them to move!

Thanks for your help...
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Michael Wohlers (http://www.michaelwohlers.de)

[stefanhendriks]

I wonder if you ran around the map to create node connections to every spawn point. You do know how the wip version works in that sense ?

Hello Stefan!

Originally Posted by stefanhendriks

I wonder if you ran around the map to create node connections to every spawn point. You do know how the wip version works in that sense ?

Well, I tried to take the bots "with me" and wandered around the map - but the bots did not follow me at all! The WIP 9 and 10 bots behaved totally different and needed just a bit help in the beginning, then started to wander around.

The heavy CPU usage worries me, too. Does this come from the MSVC++ or from recent changes in the code base!?

Best regards...

[stefanhendriks]

I will rebuild my entire dll and then add bots on a map that has no nodes. Then i will simply walk around (bots shooting off)...

what kind of computer do you have in CPU terms? I have a P4 2.5 Ghz