Getting the Q2 Bot Core to Work (simple programming question)

[Greenwood]

Hi,

I'm interested in programming, having done a bit of C++ for a few months, so I thought I'd try and see what it takes to do something really simple in Quake 2.

Basically I saw this page that explains how to compile a simple client side bot, and then get it join a dedicated server that's running on my computer. But for some reason, it doesn't work.

The page is this one:

http://ai-depot.com/GameAI/Bot-ClientSide.html

and the bot is the one in the second paragraph here:

http://www.telefragged.com/Q2BotCore/

I loaded up the workspace that comes with the bot, and it compiled the bot_test.exe properly, but for some reason it won't join my dedicated server. It gives me the message "Usage:\n  bot_test <hostname>\n". I figure that means I need to tell it what to connect to, so I tried running it like this "bot_test.exe +connect 127.0.0.1", but it still didn't connect to my dedicated server.

Does anyone understand what's going wrong with this?

I know I'm probably 10 years late for starting to mod Quake 2 but I figured I might as well start trying to program games somewhere.

Thanks.

[reaper]

You tried from the command prompt running "bot_test.exe 127.0.0.1", that's what the usage says.  The +connect looks like a parameter the q2.exe understands.  So you run the server, and then start the bot.  It looks like you don't need to authenicate with rcon or anything to the server, I guess all that is in the tutorial if it's needed.


Just a guess, never messed with this stuff..

[Greenwood]

Yeah, that worked. Thanks mate!

When I ran the dedicated server thing, it slowed my system up a bit, and everything went jerky. So I tried loading up Quake 2 and starting a new server, then having the bot join that. That was smoother, and I found the bot and ran up to it and watched it pissing around, but the weird thing was, my own player started moving around in random directions/ shooting randomly.

You know what's going on with that?

It's supposed to only run for 200 frames, but I changed it to run for 2000. You think that could have made a difference? Anyway thanks for your help, it's pretty awesome to have compiled a Quake 2 bot! It's been a long time coming. I've been wanting to mess around with this stuff for like a decade.

[[BTF] Reflex]

Q2 is ten years young