YaPB2 Updates

[jeefo]

Originally Posted by RoboCop

This appears to occur on every CS 1.6 maps including de_dust. The version is YAPB v2.7.1.4323 on MM v1.21p37 for Linux HLDS SteamPipe.

I tried using rcon "yb_autovacate 1" but it instantly goes back to 0

With default install of hlds & bot, still can't reproduce.

[RoboCop]

Still cant reproduce, comrade?

Hmm why not look at my conf/yapb.cfg and maybe compare those variables and test it from that cfg?

// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
// This file is part of Yet Another Ping Of Death Bot Configuration Files.
// Copyright (c) 2003-2015, by YaPB Development Team.
//
// Please check out the documentation, before altering config files.
// ------------------------------------------------------------------------

//
// Display's additional debug information about bot, when you spectating him.
//
// Default: 0
//
yb_debug "0"

//
// Forces all bots to move to specified here goal.
//
// Default: -1
//
yb_debug_goal "-1"

//
// Chance that bot will autofollow human-commander in start of each round.
//
// Default: 20
//
yb_user_follow_percent "20"

//
// Maximum number of bots, that can follow human-commander each round.
//
// Default: 1
//
yb_user_max_followers "1"

//
// Forces all bot's to play only with knives.
//
// Default: 0
//
yb_jasonmode "0"

//
// Select's bot's radio-chatter-communication types.
//
// Allowed values:
//   0 - Radio & Chatter Disabled.
//   1 - Only Radio Enabled.
//   2 - Chatter & Radio Enabled.
//
// Default: 2
yb_communication_type "2"

//
// Enables bot's economics rounds. See general.cfg for more info.
//
// Default: 1
//
yb_economics_rounds "1"

//
// Enables or disables bot's ability to move silently, if they hears enemy.
//
// Default: 1
//
yb_walking_allowed "1"

//
// Forces bot to punish teammate, that shooting him. This also forces bots to vote for kick against his tk'ing teammate.
//
// Default "1"
//
yb_tkpunish "1"

//
// Bot's do nothings, and stays at spawn.
//
// Default: 0
//
yb_freeze_bots "0"

//
// Allows or disallows bot's to do spraypaints.
//
// Default: 1
//
yb_spraypaints "0"

//
// Allows or disallows bots ability to buy weapons.
//
// Default: 1
//
yb_botbuy "1"


//
// Path to chatter, by default points to chatter from Official CSBot
//
// Default: sound/radio/bot
//
yb_chatter_path "sound/radio/bot"

//
// Weapons that bot unable to buy in any situations. Priority of this cvar higher, than the data specified in general.cfg
//
// Default: 
//
yb_restricted_weapons ""

//
// Allows or disallows bot's shooting through walls at enemies.
//
// Default: 2
//
yb_shoots_thru_walls "2"

//
// When enabled, bot's will ignore any enemies on the way, but will do their goals.
//
// Default: 0
//
yb_ignore_enemies "0"


//
// Only used with CSDM mod, and selects whether CSDM is active. This cvar automatically configured by bot.
// No need to edit manually in most cases.
//
// Available values:
//  0 - Disabled CSDM.
//  1 - CSDM Active.
//  2 - CSDM Active with FFA mode.
//
yb_csdm_mode "0"

//
// Kick bots to automatically make room for human players.
//
// Default: 1
//
yb_autovacate "1"

//
// Adds this number of bots per human users.
//
// Default: 0
//
yb_quota_match "10"

//
// Total maximum bots can be added by yb_quota_match, only effective when yb_quota_match non-zero.
//
// Default: 0
//
yb_quota_match_max "10"

//
// Bot's will join the game, only one alive human already joined team.
//
// Default: 0
//
yb_join_after_player "0"

//
// Forces bot's to join specific team.
//
// Available values:
//   any - Bot's will join both teams.
//   ct - Bot's will join only CT team.
//   te - Bot's will join only T team.
//
// Default: any
//
yb_join_team "any"

//
// Specifies bot "clan" tag, that displayed before his name.
//
// Default: ""
//
yb_name_prefix "[APG-BOT]"


//
// Controls what latency will be shown in scoreboard for bots.
// 
// Available values:
//  0 - Nothing is displayed.
//  1 - "BOT" latency is displayed.
//  2 - Simulating human latency.
//
yb_latency_display "1"

//
// Allows or disallows bots text-chat.
//
// Default: 1
//
yb_chat "0"

//
// Controls the password to access bot command and menus, when connected to server running yapb.
//
// Default: thebot
//
// Notes: Change this, if you going to run bots on dedicated server.
//
yb_password "pissoffbot"

//
// Setinfo password key, that holds yb_password on client, to access bot commands and menus, when connected to server
// running yapb.
//
// Default: _ybpw
//
// Usage:
//   setinfo _ybpw thebot  - You will be able to access bot's menu in commands remotely.
//
yb_password_key "_ybwp"

//
// Small welcome message on first round, showing version and build of the bot.
//
// Default: 1
//
yb_listenserver_welcome "1"

//
// Specifies host, that contains dozen of waypoint files. Host must contain subdirectory /wpdb/ which contains all the waypoints.
//
// Default; yapb.jeefo.net
//
yb_waypoint_autodl_host "yapb.jeefo.net"

//
// Allows or disallows bot to download waypoints from autodl_host.
//
// Default: 1
//
// Notes: This may freeze game loading process for a few seconds, as download done in main thread.
//
yb_waypoint_autodl_enable "1"

//
// Language that used to display menus and messages from bot dll.
//
// Default: en
//
yb_language "en"

//
// Bot difficulty. As it-is.
//
// Default: 4
//
yb_difficulty "3"

//
// Amount of bots to add. Adding many bots will use more cpu. Start with a few bots, then add more if needed.
//
// Default: 9
//
yb_quota "10"

//
// Binds "=" key to open bot's main menu
//
bind "=" "yb menu"

[jeefo]

Try latest build. https://yapb.jeefo.net/drop/releases..._latest.tar.xz

[RoboCop]

OK the bot quota seems to be working fine. Except the autovacate when I join the server with the same yapb config and despite using rcon yb_autovacate 0 that automatically made yb_autovacate 0 stay on. And the quota doesnt reduce when I join to reserve the slots for human players e.g. 10 human players vacates all 10 bots from the bot quota.

Also the server floods with yb_quota 0 and yb_quota 10 every second, on a map that doesn't have waypoints on a particular map so you may want to fix that.

[jeefo]

Originally Posted by RoboCop

OK the bot quota seems to be working fine. Except the autovacate when I join the server with the same yapb config and despite using rcon yb_autovacate 0 that automatically made yb_autovacate 0 stay on. And the quota doesnt reduce when I join to reserve the slots for human players e.g. 10 human players vacates all 10 bots from the bot quota.

Also the server floods with yb_quota 0 and yb_quota 10 every second, on a map that doesn't have waypoints on a particular map so you may want to fix that.

Autovacate is disabled when quota_match/quota_match_max is used.

Will fix spam in next commit.

[jeefo]

Originally Posted by jeefo

Autovacate is disabled when quota_match/quota_match_max is used.

Will fix spam in next commit.

Should be fixed now.

[jeefo]

Tested YaPB vs Podbot in terms of CPU usage. Podbot is a truly monster.

Here the sampling data from Visual Studio:

300 seconds, de_aztec, 32bots, latest hlds. i7-3517U

both bots running under metamod-p.

podbot_mm v22c:


yapb 2.7.1 (latest commit):


yapb currently runs ~2 times faster than podbot_mm. i'm happy

[ViBE@]

i'm a bit new here so i have some questions now. i have some servers and i decided to change PB on my CSDM server to something new. around 2004-2005 was the last time when i met with all the well known bots so i have no clue what's changed in the last ~11 years. that was pretty far and what i only know well is PB.

the main reason of the change is what you posted above: CPU usage. i dunno how bot modules works but i guess poorly made waypoints with wrong paths and flags really kicks the server's ass. and i guess till Valve updated the engine PB getting more unstable. KWo is a cool guy but he is not too active so i think YaPB2 would be a better choice for me now.

so i have a CSDM on a v6027 Linux server with latest Metamod-P and AMXX 1.8.2. this forum is really crowded and it's hard to find exact answers for my questions so sorry if i'm dumb:

1.) is YaPB2 support CSDM well?
2.) is YaPB2 better than PB (performance, functions)?
3.) does YaPB2 know the same what PB know?
4.) can YaPB2 handle already existing and newly created PB waypoints?
5.) where can i find a detailed tutorial for installation/configuration/usage?
6.) i know how to make waypoints but don't know how to optimise. where can i find any guide?
7.) could you link me the base language file? i would add hungarian language support.
8.) can i make some requests?

[jeefo]

Originally Posted by ViBE@

i'm a bit new here so i have some questions now. i have some servers and i decided to change PB on my CSDM server to something new. around 2004-2005 was the last time when i met with all the well known bots so i have no clue what's changed in the last ~11 years. that was pretty far and what i only know well is PB.

the main reason of the change is what you posted above: CPU usage. i dunno how bot modules works but i guess poorly made waypoints with wrong paths and flags really kicks the server's ass. and i guess till Valve updated the engine PB getting more unstable. KWo is a cool guy but he is not too active so i think YaPB2 would be a better choice for me now.

so i have a CSDM on a v6027 Linux server with latest Metamod-P and AMXX 1.8.2. this forum is really crowded and it's hard to find exact answers for my questions so sorry if i'm dumb:

1.) is YaPB2 support CSDM well?
2.) is YaPB2 better than PB (performance, functions)?
3.) does YaPB2 know the same what PB know?
4.) can YaPB2 handle already existing and newly created PB waypoints?
5.) where can i find a detailed tutorial for installation/configuration/usage?
6.) i know how to make waypoints but don't know how to optimise. where can i find any guide?
7.) could you link me the base language file? i would add hungarian language support.

Hello and welcome!

1) Yes, including FFA mode.
2) Well they somewhat equal. Perfomance better than pb. Functions? Well the same, except that YAPB not affected by darkness.
3) Mostly yes.
4) Yes.
5) Old docs is not complete, new is not yet written. Installation: Extract linux package, add linux addons/yapb/bin/yapb.so to plugins.ini.
6) If yb waypoint save works, waypoints are pretty good, for CSDM it doesn't matter at all
7) https://yapb.jeefo.net/drop/releases/ addons/yapb/conf/lang/

[ViBE@]

Originally Posted by jeefo

Hello and welcome!

1) Yes, including FFA mode.
2) Well they somewhat equal. Perfomance better than pb. Functions? Well the same, except that YAPB not affected by darkness.
3) Mostly yes.
4) Yes.
5) Old docs is not complete, new is not yet written. Installation: Extract linux package, add linux addons/yapb/bin/yapb.so to plugins.ini.
6) If yb waypoint save works, waypoints are pretty good, for CSDM it doesn't matter at all
7) https://yapb.jeefo.net/drop/releases/ addons/yapb/conf/lang/

thanks!
1.) what CSDM mode exactly do? is it just tell the bots to ignore goals? cause i have a request and maybe this already exist.
5.) please link me those tutorials if still useful.
7.) i mean there is no "en_lang.cfg" file in the package.