Bots do not respawn

When I create a game, the bots spawn but after each change of map the console write it:

dropped namofthebot

dropping fakeclient on change level

Please help me!!!!!!!!!!

speedman222@hotmail.com

[Pierre-Marie Baty]

This is normal! the bots can't survive a mapchange, that's why we need to disconnect them all before changing maps. But normally, as soon as the new map is running, the bots should join the game within a few seconds. So it's not a problem, or is it ?

That's the problem .......the bot do not join the game after the map change.....its weird cause I've 3 computers and that's working for theses who are not the server. On 2 of my computers the bots are joinning after a changelevel!!!!!!

But you said that I need to desactivated the bot before a level changing? Explain please.

I use hpb_bot 4, metamod ,amx

[Pierre-Marie Baty]

no, this is done automatically... by saying "we need to" I meant "we developers need to"

Try removing all the other metamod plugins except the HPB_bot to see the one which might cause the problem.

[botman]

Don't use the 'map' command to change maps, use the 'changelevel' command instead. Using the 'map' command will cause bots to not be reconnected when the new map loads.

botman

[Eddy Hassle]

Ok, seems the crashing is now fixed. But i seem to know have the problem this person has posted.
Bots loaded when first started the server, none joined on mapchange.
When i tried (rcon HPB_bot "addbot"), it told me this:
[metamod: command 'HPB_bot' unavailable; plugin unloaded]
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Here's a bit of detail:
My Current Metamod "plugins.ini":
win32 addons/adminmod/dlls/admin_mm.dll
win32 addons/playerlog_plugin/playerlog_mm.dll
win32 addons/hookmod/dlls/hookmod_mm.dll
win32 addons/logd/logd_mm.dll
win32 addons/HPB_bot/HPB_bot_mm.dll
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I read above that you recomend dropping everything & trying only HPB_bot_mm.dll .. Will try that!
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Ahhh, i see something that i didn't see before:
L 03/04/2004 - 11:02:43: [META] ini: Begin re-reading plugins list: c:/hlserver2/tfc/addons/metamod/plugins.ini
L 03/04/2004 - 11:02:43: [META] ini: Read plugin config for: Adminmod
L 03/04/2004 - 11:02:43: [META] ini: Read plugin config for: PlayerLog
L 03/04/2004 - 11:02:43: [META] ini: Read plugin config for: Hook Mod
L 03/04/2004 - 11:02:43: [META] ini: Read plugin config for: LogDaemon
L 03/04/2004 - 11:02:43: [META] ini: Read plugin config for: HPB_Bot
L 03/04/2004 - 11:02:43: [META] ini: Finished reading plugins list: c:/hlserver2/tfc/addons/metamod/plugins.ini; Found 5 plugins
L 03/04/2004 - 11:02:43: [META] dll: Updating plugins...
L 03/04/2004 - 11:02:43: [META] ERROR: dll: Not unloading plugin 'HPB_Bot'; already unloaded (status=opened)
L 03/04/2004 - 11:02:43: [META] ERROR: dll: Failed to unload plugin 'HPB_Bot' for reloading
L 03/04/2004 - 11:02:43: [META] dll: Finished updating 5 plugins; kept 4,
loaded 0, unloaded 0, reloaded 0, delayed 0
L 03/04/2004 - 11:02:43: Log file closed
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Here's what Meta List says:

] meta list
Currently loaded plugins:
description stat pend file vers src load unlod
[ 1] Adminmod RUN - admin_mm.dll v2.50.59 ini Start Start
[ 2] PlayerLog RUN - playerlog_mm.dll v1.12 ini Chlvl ANY
[ 3] Hook Mod RUN - hookmod_mm.dll v3 ini Start Start
[ 4] LogDaemon RUN - logd_mm.dll v1.00.5 ini ANY Pause
[ 5] HPB_Bot open relo hpb_bot_mm.dll v4.0.3 ini Start ANY
5 plugins, 4 running
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I currently have No map specific files that would deny bots from joining.
In my HPB_bot.cfg i have this:
pause 3
min_bots 2
max_bots 10
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The server has cycled twice now & no bots.
Meta List still tells me the same.
So what i'll do now is drop everything, and try with just HPB_bot_mm.dll ...

Thanks for fixing the crashing!!

The bots do not reconnect even I use changelevel or map command.

Yes, the problem is when i create a game, the bots are here but after a changelevel, there no more bots

HELLO? Botman......that is not working again....???? Are you working at this problem??

[Pierre-Marie Baty]

Botman has stopped working on the HPB_bot. He has no more time for that. It's us at Bots United who are maintaining the bot for him.

I can't reproduce this problem on my development machine, hence I don't know how to fix it. My bots do come back after a map change.