BOT: Potential Upgrades

[XDOOM]

After looking through all of the posts, there are several BOT ideas that haven't been done yet that I think may work in the zone:

 

1. Trivia

2. Event Points - another statistic we could display on website

3. Keeping track of player's most used ships/weapons/etc

4. Buy Additions:

a) square - create square of bricks around player (not going to do it)

bubble - no damage to a ship for a period of time - but slowdown side effects and such

c) freq - lets somebody buy a private freq for themself (done)

Edited November 25, 2007 by XDOOM

[JDS]

trivia is trivial

 

what are event points? do you get a point each time you win an event? this would be very cool

 

 

 

is bubble and square possible with out ASSS?

[XDOOM]

is bubble and square possible with out ASSS?

 

I think I can figure out something for bubble - I can do something like basically make the person invincible by flooding them with recharge so they basically have unlimted health and weapons for a few seconds -> but greatly reduce their speeds.

 

Square might be harder unless theres a way to choose the coordinates a brick falls.

[»SOS]

1) Yes, possible. If done properly, it could work.

2 and 3) Very good ideas. You should also stick the data!@#$%^&* plugin back in (maybe upgrade it to MSSQL instead of using !@#$%^&*SQL, too). That's the one that records where the weapons are fired. It's also the one that does the automatic creditreset (yes, it was very stupid of me to stick it in there). The current no-creditresets-ever system sucks.

4) FOR THE LOVE OF OG NO! There are already way too many buyable items. MORE != BETTER! I even think it could do with a few less. Or maybe a rotation - different 6 every month (week?) or suchlike. I think right now, either keep current or keep less. Rotation might work if the zone becomes more stable. Definitely do not add any buyables.

Edited October 23, 2007 by SOS

[XDOOM]

1) Yes, possible. If done properly, it could work.

 

Agreed

 

2 and 3) Very good ideas. You should also stick the data!@#$%^&* plugin back in (maybe upgrade it to MSSQL instead of using !@#$%^&*SQL, too). That's the one that records where the weapons are fired. It's also the one that does the automatic creditreset (yes, it was very stupid of me to stick it in there). The current no-creditresets-ever system sucks.

 

I'll get the credit-reset stuff out of that plugin and put it with the buy stuff

I'd like the plugin that shows where weapons are fired back too - but that will be something I do after I get ur game bot fixed and ur credit system modfied to my liking.

 

4) FOR THE LOVE OF OG NO! There are already way too many buyable items. MORE != BETTER! I even think it could do with a few less. Or maybe a rotation - different 6 every month (week?) or suchlike. I think right now, either keep current or keep less. Rotation might work if the zone becomes more stable. Definitely do not add any buyables.

 

I think why you are saying this is because there are so many displaying on the screen.

I think we can have more - but we need to display less at a time.

 

Here is my idea:

!buy - only show the items a person can afford/or the 5 most popular ones (or have a seperate flag for most popular)

!buy -showall -> add a flag so all can be displayed if somebody wants to see them all.

 

For most people this should make the list much smaller.

 

A rotation strategy is a possiblity. I am adding a .ini file for the credit system (this is where most of my modifications are coming from) such that the buy costs are no longer hard-coded - and the x/y coords for the basewarp plugin are not hard-coded since maps change.

What I can also add to it is another set up options that gives you to the ability to enable/disable it.

This way, all tm has to do is access the ftp, change the ini, restart the bot, and bam, only the options we wants to see on the buy list are there.

[Gibbit]

trivia: unless if has a TONNE of questions.... trivia is to be done by mods since they can have new questions each time

event points sounds awsome

stats are cool

I like your idea for the buyables, but I don't like the buyables you wanna add I think you should keep it simple, make shields buyable.

 

 

 

I'll describe the koth plugin for you here

 

make it randomly choose a small part of the map every few minutes, this will be the hill.

now it has to be able to tell which freq has control of the hill. (inside the random area)

 

if members of both freqs are inside the hill, it turns neutral (nobody gets points/countdown is stopped)

so it has to be only one freq inside the hill for it to do anything.

 

 

the next bit I'm not sure of. Halo has it so you have to control the hill for 60 seconds to get the preset prize. EG has it so the hill prizes a few 'ring points' constantly, so if your inside their hill your getting points.

 

maybe we could make it so it prizes creds after the time limit? or multiplies any points you gain while inside the hill?

Edited October 23, 2007 by Gibbit

[JDS]

im 100% for 'bubble' buyable and the .buy list would only show what you can afford

 

 

also

 

i would ask most nicely to either A: get rid of red totally or b: make red last a-lot SHORTER

 

 

bubble could just consist of shields with a simple lvz around the ship that looks like a bubble

[XDOOM]

I'm about done the improvement to only see things you can afford in the buy list with the added option of doing !buylist to see the full list.

 

I also made red last 10 minutes instead of 15, but I am probably going to drop it down to 5 minutes. 10 even sounds too long for me since most other buyables dont last longer then 2-3 minutes.

[No_Remorse]

This is ridiculous, red is getting !@#$%^&*-!@#$%^&*ed by a bunch of whining babies. >mumblemumble!@#$%^&*!@#$%^&*mumble< If the time gets dropped I can't see why the price doesn't get dropped.

 

10 mins - 20 mill

5 mins - 10 mill

 

But !@#$%^&* it, get rid of the thing before dumb!@#$%^&*es get their pussies in a knot.

[XDOOM]

This is ridiculous, red is getting !@#$%^&*-!@#$%^&*ed by a bunch of whining babies. >mumblemumble!@#$%^&*!@#$%^&*mumble< If the time gets dropped I can't see why the price doesn't get dropped.

 

10 mins - 20 mill

5 mins - 10 mill

 

But !@#$%^&* it, get rid of the thing before dumb!@#$%^&*es get their pussies in a knot.

 

Dropping the price is a reasonable suggestion. I'll drop it to 15 mil, from the 30 mil.

[No_Remorse]

15 mill for the 10 mins, or?

 

afk sleep

[rootbear75]

fyi: i think there is already a private freq plugin on mervbot.com

[Gibbit]

I like red should only be like 1-5 minutes long :/ cause ppl like tm barely survive when its bought

and the price would then be adjusted accordingly

Edited November 17, 2007 by Gibbit

[XDOOM]

5 minutes = 15 mil

 

I think thats a reasonable price.

 

I'm going to write my own plugins instead of using plugins at mervbot.com because I like to have the ability to customize if required.

[rootbear75]

I'm going to write my own plugins instead of using plugins at mervbot.com because I like to have the ability to customize if required.

what exactly can you customize for the private freq plugin?

[JDS]

The posibliities are endless, rootbear, ASSS just better if you do it yourself

 

 

and why is red steadily going down from 15-10-5-1???

 

5 for 15mill is fine.. but !@#$%^&* dont drop it anymore than that

[No_Remorse]

......

 

Should probably be 10 mill if it was originally 30 mill for 15 minutes if you go by the same formula.

[ra$ta420]

thanks Xdoom for making the door command on bot .

[XDOOM]

The !buy freq # has also been implemented.

[rootbear75]

The !buy freq # has also been implemented.

please tell me its free

 

and also tell me you included commands such as

• !kick - Kicks player off of the freq
  
• !setfreqp!@#$%^&* - Sets a freq password
  
• !freqgrant - Grants freq ownership to specified player
  
• !joinfreq #:

  - Joins freq number # with the password of

  
  

maybe even add an:

• !invite - Sends an invite to a player
  
• !accept - Accepts invitation, and joins freq instantly
  

Edited November 19, 2007 by rootbear75

[Hakaku]

" .how to play " is broken... (and yes, I know .howtoplay works, but it's ugly comparatively)

And even though I'll never use any of the gadjillion commands the bot has, kudos to the additions.

[ra$ta420]

The !buy freq # has also been implemented.

please tell me its free

 

and also tell me you included commands such as

• !kick - Kicks player off of the freq
  
• !setfreqp!@#$%^&* - Sets a freq password
  
• !freqgrant - Grants freq ownership to specified player
  
• !joinfreq #:

  - Joins freq number # with the password of

  
  

maybe even add an:

• !invite - Sends an invite to a player
  
• !accept - Accepts invitation, and joins freq instantly
  

 

 

thats how it should be root,buying the freq is ok,but none can join unless they buy in,which is !@#$%^&*.

[XDOOM]

The !buy freq # was meant to be a simple additon so you can buy into a freq.

 

I'm not advancing it any further for the time being since there is no point.

 

Freqs are private, so the odds of somebody you dont wan't on it guessing the freq is low.

 

 

 

" .how to play " is broken... (and yes, I know .howtoplay works, but it's ugly comparatively)

And even though I'll never use any of the gadjillion commands the bot has, kudos to the additions.

 

Its .howtoplay not .how to play. having spaces in a command is stupid, you should never do that and I dont know why SOS did for many things.

 

Oh, and !buy red now still costs the same, but makes bombs red too for added fun.

 

It makes bombs basically useless, which is a good thing to get past bomb lines and stuff, so use it wisely in those tight bases!

[XDOOM]

Anybody have any suggestions about how to do the trivia bot?

[Gibbit]

I suggest not doing a trivia bot, since it'd be hard to have original questions for each trivia.