crowbars and botman's "bot 10"

Lord_Draco · **crowbars and botman's "bot 10" -** 02-01-2005

Hi, I haven't got a clue about bots but I have put the bot code from botman's "bot 10" in my MOD. I need to make the bots use the crowbar across all skill levels(the 3 lowest ones dont use it at all) but can't figure out how to make it do that. I think it's in this part of bot_combat.cpp

Code:

  // if bot is carrying the crowbar...
      if (pev->weapons & (1<
      {
 	// if close to enemy, and skill level is 1, 2 or 3, use the crowbar
 	if (((distance <= 40) && (weapon_choice == 0)) ||
 	(weapon_choice == WEAPON_CROWBAR))
 	{
 		 new_weapon = weapon_ptr[WEAPON_CROWBAR];
   
 		 // check if the bot isn't already using this item...
 		 if (m_pActiveItem != new_weapon)
 			 SelectItem("weapon_crowbar");  // select the crowbar
   
 		 pev->button |= IN_ATTACK;  // use primary attack (whack! whack!)
   
 		 // set next time to "shoot"
 		 f_shoot_time = gpGlobals->time + 0.3 + 
 		 RANDOM_FLOAT(primary_fire_delay[WEAPON_CROWBAR][bot_skill][0],
 		 primary_fire_delay[WEAPON_CROWBAR][bot_skill][1]);
 		 return TRUE;
  	}   
      }

what I don't understand is, where is the skill checked?

botman · **Re: crowbars and botman's "bot 10" -** 02-01-2005

The code you posted doesn't contain anything that checks the skill level. Here is the original code from bot10 in bot_combat.cpp...

Code:

  // if close to enemy, and skill level is 1, 2 or 3, use the crowbar
  if (((distance <= 40) && (bot_skill <= 2) && (weapon_choice == 0)) ||
  	(weapon_choice == WEAPON_CROWBAR))
  {

The check for (bot_skilll <= 2) restricts this weapon to bots with skill=0, 1, or 2, removing this check...

Code:

  // if close to enemy, use the crowbar
   if (((distance <= 40) && (weapon_choice == 0)) ||
   	(weapon_choice == WEAPON_CROWBAR))
   {

...would allow any skill level bot to use the crowbar.

botman

Lord_Draco · **Re: crowbars and botman's "bot 10" -** 03-01-2005

Strange, that change is alrready in the code and it seems that all skill levels don't use crowbar. Because my MOD spawns players with only the crowbar I am just going to make them ignore targets untill they find a crowbar. Thanks for your reply Botman