New Bot Code Released

[hallucination]

As you might have noticed, I have released new bot code to all 4v4 arenas. Fixes:

• FullSub Crash: Fixed.
• Actions after dying out (e.g. the Ozn Ban situation): To prevent anyone from affecting the game after they have died their third time, the player is now immediately spec'd upon the death. This will prevent a situation like the Ozn Ban situation from every occurring again.
• Sendto: The !sendto command is updated for the new zone IP (finally!)
• Spam: Fixed an apparently long standing bug in !spam (yes in !spam!)
• Fixed a bug that could crash the bot with some types of games
• Fixed a bug in .pracstats cmd (again, apparently long standing)
  

I expect to see a few more bugs - please ?msg me if you see anything out of the ordinary. Thx.

--hallu

[Tunahead]

(11-18-2014, 03:22 AM)hallucination Wrote:  As you might have noticed, I have released new bot code to all 4v4 arenas. Fixes:

• Actions after dying out (e.g. the Ozn Ban situation): To prevent anyone from affecting the game after they have died their third time, the player is now immediately spec'd upon the death. This will prevent a situation like the Ozn Ban situation from every occurring again.
  

Sika had a valid point in questioning this change yesterday, as it many times eliminates the possibility of a trade-off kill as the bullets and bombs disappear when the player is being put into spectator mode. In this light it seems like the original delay was rather a feature than a fault.

[hallucination]

That is correct - the delay in spec'ing the person was to allow existing ordinance to possibly do its damage - yes, a feature. The brouhaha surrounding the Ozn banning was pretty extreme though - not a good situation at all for anyone and one that we do not want to see again.

That said, I think I just thought of a way to get both things (weapons exist for a few seconds, plus the dead-and-out person not able to influence the action with new ship toys). Let me look into it.

--hallu

[Bargeld]

Stick em at A1 for a sec.

[Street]

A1 is not for people who die out!

[Nude For Satan]

Hehe he means outside the map, doesn't have to be A1. T20, A20, T1 would all work as well.

That might actually be possible though. The only bit I haven't seen done before ime is a specific period of time left at that new location :
- create a little spawning box at some location outside playing arena, surrounded by thuffler tiles - possible
- sent to a specific location upon 3rd death - possible
- given a certain 2 or 3 or whatever seconds it is before then specced - unsure
- then specced altogether - possible

Not my arena of expertise at all but at least worth examining to see if possible.