DemonsGold Report post Posted March 10, 2006 no, i'm not kidding, what are they for? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Torg Report post Posted March 10, 2006 (edited) no, i'm not kidding, what are they for? Bots are automated characters. The can do anything that you can do in the client, just with more restrictions to stop cheating. They can be trade bots (you give them stuff, they sell it), or they can be information bots (Trinitybot, iknow) or they can just be fun bots (Wanderingfool, and to some extent the ants). Basically, you write a program that talks to the server (has to be thoroughly tested on the test server first) and acts on messages recieved from the server. What they *can't* do is help you. You can't benefit from a bot (other than have it handle a sale for you). /edit: Added some more info. Edited March 10, 2006 by Torg Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dns_server Report post Posted March 10, 2006 Bots are applications which act somewhat like the el client with most of the code removed. They generally are applications that process messages from the server they generally process pm messages and some process local messages, channel messages and #gm messages, they process these and return messages to the client. There are some trade bots which you can buy from and sell stuff to. but there are quite a fiew bots that will chat with you and you can ask some questions. I run 'iknow' he is a bot that processes the pages like http://eternal-lands.solexine.fr/~radu/online_players.htm which say what people are logged in and http://eternal-lands.solexine.fr/~radu/vie...er.php?user=dns which shows players stats in a more convenient way than going to the web site. Torg runs 'trinitybot' which contains a database of prices of items, pm him 'pc efe' she would look in the database and return an aproximate price like 'The price for Enriched Fire Essences is 3-4k gc each.' some bots like 'UobeyUok' just sit on a channel (12345) and send messages. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DemonsGold Report post Posted March 10, 2006 ok, thanks. what are the ants for? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Torg Report post Posted March 10, 2006 ok, thanks. what are the ants for? They are basically bots written by Learner as an experiment into better movement around maps, and general interaction with the environment. They have the aim of providing ideas and testing for moving NPC's, and possibly some more advanced creatures (ones that can map change, and group together etc). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
emtor Report post Posted March 13, 2006 They are basically bots written by Learner as an experiment into better movement around maps, and general interaction with the environment. They have the aim of providing ideas and testing for moving NPC's, and possibly some more advanced creatures (ones that can map change, and group together etc). didn't even know they were for testing I tought they were just emptying bags so the map cannot have to much of them. thanks for the info, sounds pretty interesting. That can lead to auto Invasions WOW pretty sweet Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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