[REL] SlothBot an AI fighting Bot for MTA

[Xierra]

Okay, I'll see what's next.

I have a suggestion: Driveby support.

Can you give me the example of scripting with this resource? Cause I'm still a noob

[karlis]

slothman, better return bot element if bot is spawned, then its posible for scripters to integrate own features

document that spawnBot will return bot element, not bool

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ped nametags from peds resurce(credits to 50p)

addEventHandler( "onClientRender", getRootElement(),function()
for k, myPed in pairs( myPeds ) do
local x, y, z = getElementPosition( myPed )
if isElementOnScreen( myPed ) then
local X, Y = getScreenFromWorldPosition( x, y, z )
if X then
dxDrawRectangle( X - 30, Y - 20, 60, 10, tocolor( 0, 0, 0, 120), 10 )
local health = getElementHealth( myPed )
local lineLength = 56 * ( health / 100 )
dxDrawRectangle( X - 28, Y - 18, lineLength, 6, tocolor( 255, 0, 0, 100 ), 6 );
end
end
end
end)

Edited April 12, 2010 by Guest

[]-[ippy]

This looks nice, maybe you can have an EDF where you can place bot spawnpoints and in their properties, you can set their skin, team ( Which will have the default team colour ), name and so on.

Justnow, I think you have to script bots into maps and since I don't have a clue on much scripting, it might be a bit hard for me to script bots into a load of maps.

Anyways, it looks good so far, keep up the good work.

[Slothman]

for those interested in seeing what a bot can do, heres a gamemode that uses bots to create a squad of bots at the command of players. the gamemode was written by dragon and ts based on a game from team fortress. really shows off what the bots are capable of.

https://community.multitheftauto.com/index.php?p=resources&s=details&id=682

[Xierra]

Yeah that really rocked the bot system, SA-MP can't do that yet!

Bot scripting Capabilities score graph (not that perfect ):

5|      - 
4|      -
3|      -               -
2|      -               -
1|      -               - 
   MTA Bots       SA-MP bots

Hey actually I sucessfully created a bot already. Thanks Sid the Sloth(man)! You rock!

[karlis]

i dont agree

5|      - 
4|      -
3|      -               
2|      -               
1|      -               -     
MTA Bots       SA-MP bots

samp has ability to JUST record a bot and kick it, it dont worth 3/5 mark

[Slothman]

honestly ive never seen the samp bot in action, i hear conflicting stories about what it's capable of. I've really focused on the fighting aspect of the bot so far, but im sure other capabilities wouldnt be hard to add (ie: driving)

[karlis]

you didnt loose anything, they just have record possibility(good sync tough) and possibility to force bot join/quit and just play record.thats all.

[Xierra]

Hmm okay then.

Since MTA bots are 3x better (+shooting and targeting capability), I'm sure SA-MP bots are knocked out for good.

To all newbies:

Here's the simple example of creating a bot which will chase and kill the creator of the bot (bots can also shoot each other too sometimes) with a command "spawnbot"

bot.lua (Server-side):

function Spawnbot1 (source)
local x,y,z = getElementPosition (source)
local rot= 90
local skin=220
local interior=0
local dimension= 0
local team=false
local weapon=26
local mode= "chasing"
local modesubject=source
call (getResourceFromName("slothbot"), "spawnBot", x, y+5, z, rot, skin, interior, dimension, team, weapon, mode, modesubject)
call (getResourceFromName("slothbot"), "spawnBot", x, y+7, z, rot, skin-9, interior, dimension, team, weapon+2, mode, modesubject)
end
addCommandHandler("spawnbot", Spawnbot1)

call is a function to take functions from other resources. Slothbot uses one of these. Wiki: https://wiki.multitheftauto.com/wiki/Call

And don't forget about the Meta.xml that you need to export the function!

<meta>
<info type="script" author="XX3" Version="1.0" name="Simple bot script" />
<script src="bot.lua" type="server" /> -- The bot script file
<export function="spawnBot" type="server"/> --This is the function you want to export
meta>

[Dark Dragon]

you don't need to export functions you use. exporting is needed if you want other resources to be able to access your functions.

[Slothman]

that's right, i already exported the functions fom my end. all scripters need to do is use the call function.

[karlis]

i think thats not 100% right

exports.resName:functionName(args)

is much more common and i think it should be showed to LUA newbies, as its easier to understand

[Dark Dragon]

some use exports.resName:functionName(args) others use call(resource,functionName,[...args...]), that doesn't matter much but you don't ever need to put the function you want to call in your meta.xml

[Taalasmaa]

Very nice job Slothman.. I'm building survive mode and this will be more than pérfect for it

[Slothman]

any gamemode creators who need help implementing the bots, or any questions on modifying the script, don't hesitate to ask me. I check the forum and irc religiously, and i really would like to see this bot used (just to prove to myself it wasnt a waste of time)

[Xierra]

Sure man. I wanted to edit TDM or BaseMode to implement bots, to fell like you're playing with friends, but actually only one person, like CS bots. Maybe when I have free time I could do it. , I just need to learn more, that's all!

[Taalasmaa]

any gamemode creators who need help implementing the bots, or any questions on modifying the script, don't hesitate to ask me. I check the forum and irc religiously, and i really would like to see this bot used (just to prove to myself it wasnt a waste of time)

I tried to contact you with the pm, but you don't response.

[AeroXbird]

This script smells, Awesome.

Very very nice, also usefull if you want to play stealth mode, but your all alone

[doobe]

So... Looks like I can't create bus driver npc within this.. Right?

[Slothman]

this bot is designed for war, not domestic use. would you let a T-1000 babysit your infant?

[TheDynho]

hello everyone, i'm having trouble to istall the slothbot, if someone can tell me step by step..

i download the slothbot..

go to mta folder,mta resources and replace sbtest, then, i create a server and use the command spawnbot? is it?

can someone help me?

grateful.

[ahmedkhaled]

guys i am having trouble setting bot as my teammate can some please help me

function Spawnbot1 (source)

local x,y,z = getElementPosition (source)

local rot= 90

local skin=285

local interior=0

local dimension= 0

local team="BotTeam"

local weapon=21

local mode= "following"

local modesubject=source

call (getResourceFromName("slothbot"), "spawnBot", x, y+5, z, rot, skin, interior, dimension, team, weapon, mode, modesubject)

call (getResourceFromName("slothbot"), "spawnBot", x, y+7, z, rot, skin-9, interior, dimension, team, weapon+2, mode, modesubject)

end

addCommandHandler("spawnbot", Spawnbot1)

as u can see it's team BotTeam i made that botteam too in my server with panel adn put mysellf in it but bots follow me adn kill me why they kill me? it said it follows a teammate if it's following on wiki slothman resource can somone plz help adn nice resource btw slothman

[Dark Dragon]

the function probably expects you to pass the team element, not the team name. use getTeamFromName("BotTeam")

[Slothman]

exactly, its one of the hardest things to remember is to not use the team name as the team element, even when i was scripting it i forrgot that fact and had to go back and revice it.

TheDynho : the new slothbot resource isnt the same as sbtest. that was an older script i made with an early version of the slothbot. in order to use the slothbot now, you need to actually script something to spawn a bot. a cmmand to spawn a bot would be simple, the above script that ahmedkhaled posted is a good example of that. but you could also write a script that spawns bots in a gamemode automatically, or even make something like a marker ingame that when you walk into it, it'll spawn a gang member for you

[hotpotatoe]

Hi

I would find it great, if someone could make a gui for freeroam, where you can set skin, weapon, team, mode etc.

greets