Problem with kicking bots

botmeister · **Problem with kicking bots -** 22-10-2004

I've loaded up PODBot-R2.44-Linux and I don't know if ths is a bug or a feature, if I kick a bot using the dedicated server console, a new bot is auto generated to take its place.

If I use the pb remove command the kicked bots won't be replaced, which is good but I cannot use this command because I want to be able to specify which bot to kick out by userid.

Is there a way to turn the bot auto replace feature off without modifying the source code?

sPlOrYgOn · **Re: Problem with kicking bots -** 22-10-2004

see KWo another complaint

well we've already decided to change the auto-join thing back to how it was supposed to be in 2.5...
so you'll be able to kick a bot without it rejoining unless you have max_bots set to something..
and maybe I can add a way to kick a specific bot using pb remove...

KWo · **Re: Problem with kicking bots -** 22-10-2004

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Originally Posted by sPlOrYgOn

see KWo another complaint

CSBot does the same...And this issue isn't a fault of my auto add/kick bot specyfication , but it's because You can't recognize (catch) kick command.

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Originally Posted by sPlOrYgOn

well we've already decided to change the auto-join thing back to how it was supposed to be in 2.5...

..to how YOU think it was supposed to be, exactly.

I decided nothing - only suggested to do this in both ways - by cvar - if somebody wants control number of bots by max_bots variable or like is until now.

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Originally Posted by sPlOrYgOn

so you'll be able to kick a bot without it rejoining unless you have max_bots set to something..

And we will be back to the empty server problem. All my effort to prevent this seems be losed.

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Originally Posted by sPlOrYgOn

and maybe I can add a way to kick a specific bot using pb remove...

You need to add nothing - it IS working currently. Yesterday I've tried - in both ways You can kick a specyfic bot:

pb remove #bot_id
or
pb remove bot_name

If bot has detainames on and/or has some space in its name - You need to use quotes - for example:
pb remove "[POD]Mr Bean (100)"

BTW - why even Council can't start a thread in the correct place? :'(

sPlOrYgOn · **Re: Problem with kicking bots -** 23-10-2004

...
empty server...
It won't happen...
it'll never happen..
I won't let it..

and that pb remove parameter is actually the [team]...

botmeister · **Re: Problem with kicking bots -** 23-10-2004

pb remove #bot_id

That's all I needed to know - thanks!

FYI: I did not see this written in the manual.

I figured the regeneration behaviour was a feature rather than a bug.

I suggest that you leave the regeneration behaviour in place to prevent a server from going empty, but add a cvar to turn the feature on and off (defaulted to on).

As for where to post a thread in here, this forum has subforums and a main forum, so I got confused. It may be a good idea to get rid of the main forum threads and move the existing ones to the correct subforums.

sPlOrYgOn · **Re: Problem with kicking bots -** 23-10-2004

what's going on here???
do you guys completely ignore me??
KWo.. the server will not be empty..
I had it so that it wouldn't be empty but then you came up with your specification...
it was working fine..
and it's not pb remove #bot_id.. I just checked.. it's still pb remove #bot_team...
why am I being ignored??

KWo · **Re: Problem with kicking bots -** 23-10-2004

Yeah - I've tried again - this pb remove #bot_id doesn't work like I thought before. It was accidently the first time I've tried 2 bots I've kicked out this way and there really were kicked out these bots I wanted. Today I've tried again - and really - it doesn't work like I thought before. About differences between Your and mine conception to auto add/kick bots - in both cases if somebody setup the max_bots value - there will be the problem with the kick command - untill You will find the way to catch it - so this botmeister's complaining changes exactly nothing in this topic.

sPlOrYgOn · **Re: Problem with kicking bots -** 24-10-2004

read the original podbot.cfg in podbot 2.5..
it says set it if it's a DS and if you want bots to auto join and auto leave...
so if someone would actually read it then there wouldn't be a problem...

botmeister · **Re: Problem with kicking bots -** 24-10-2004

Guys, pb remove #bot_team does not work with Podbot-r2.44-linux-so. All it does is kick the first bot in the index list and it ignores the argument.

What I need is either the ability to kick a specific bot, or the ability to kick a bot off of a specific team without it being regenerated. I prefer to be able to specify the bot by userid.

Can I do this, and if so then how?

Pierre-Marie Baty · **Re: Problem with kicking bots -** 24-10-2004

hey botmeister, don't be so hurried up lad, and take the time to read what they post before posting your replies