HvMechBot

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Filename: HvMechBot.zip
Size: 648.7 KB (listed 648.7KB)
Type: ZIP
Version: 0.096 (from readme)
Author: Mr. X (Special thanks & most of the credit (from readme)
Date: 2000-05-08 (newest file inside)
theexiled upload: Jun 07, 2008 - 02:16
Format: Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compression method=deflate

Readme — _HvMechBot_Readme.txt (from the archive itself)

_hvMechBot_Readme.txt

Ported WITH PERMISSION from House Vagaroth and the Spoonbot Dev team.


QUICK START INSTRUCTIONS:
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1)	*** READ "QUICK NOTES" BELOW ***
2)	Unzip the archive to your DYNAMIX\TRIBES folder WITH PATHNAMES.
3)	Go to DOS and the tribes directory and type

	hvMechBot
	-OR-
	hvMechLite
(depending on the power of your CPU - hvMechLite for less powerful CPU's...)

4)	Host a game.
5)	You will find new mission types.  They are optimized for use with bots!!!

- OR -

1)	*** READ "QUICK NOTES" BELOW ***
2)	Unzip the archive to your DYNAMIX\TRIBES folder WITH PATHNAMES.
3)	For a dedicated server go to DOS and the tribes directory and type

	hvMechBot_dedicated
	-OR-
	hvMechLite_dedicated
(depending on the power of your CPU - hvMechLite for less powerful CPU's...)

4)	Start tribes normally & join your server.
5)	You will find new mission types.  They are optimized for use with bots!!!

(Dedicated servers tend to run better.  Start the dedicated server, then fire tribes & connect to your own machine...)

QUICK NOTES:
=========

-There is a LOT of good stuff in this readme.  READ IT BEFORE you complain.
-This is still beta schtuff - some stuff won't work perfectly!
-10-20 seconds of LAG at EACH map start is NORMAL - this is the bots firing up.
-Run a dedicated server if you can - it performs better.
-The bots intelligence is set very high in Dynamix\Tribes\config\hvMechBot*.cs - if they are too 
	accurate for you, find the $Spoonbot::IQ line, and lower the number it is set to!
-CTF bots TRY to get the flag - they DO get stuck.  Play Raindance or Snowblind, & they might cap!!!
-You'll see new maps in your map menu - use them - theyre modified for MAXIMUM compatibility with bots...
-Do yourself a favor, & download the [CoD] maps:  http://hox.dhs.org/tribes/SpoonMaps.zip

Below you'll find lots of info, modified from the original Spoonbot & hvMechWarrior-V1 mod readme's, modified for 
hvMechBot.  Some of the text is pilfered/plagarized/stolen from the original mods, but I had permission & I hate 
writing readme's!!!
			-Mr. X


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Name: hvMechBot Mod
Version: 0.096
Date: 23-April-2000
Author:Mr. X (Special thanks & most of the credit to hvPalantirion, hvHelplessTarget, [CoD]HoMiCiDe, and Josef Jahn!!!)
Email: [email redacted]
URL : Available at http://www.tribalwar.com/goat/
Purpose: hvMechWarrior using enhanced bot AI with "hunt and kill" capability and extended armor/weapon handling.
Requirements: TRIBES v1.7 or higher


Notes:   This Mod was ported with permission of the makers of BOTH hvMechWarrior and Spoonbot!
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 Who writes hvMechBot?
----------------------

Hello, My name is Mr. X!  I did all of the integration between hvMechWarrior and Spoonbot.  My intentions were to
remain as true to the original hvMechWarrior Mod as possible, while making extensive changes (improvements?)
to the spoonbot code...

As for the original mods:

From the original Spoonbot:
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Werewolf ([email redacted]) is the one to blame for bugs and stuff. He, I mean, I created this bot.
Wicked69 ([email redacted]) wrote the whole tree code (that's the path navigation) thus he coded about 50% of the bot!!
Sam Wilson ([email redacted]) optimized the tree calculation routine so it takes minutes instead of hours!!! Thanks!!
EMO1313 ([email redacted]) made the BotGear code, many bug reports, and the SHIFTER mod.
Savage ([email redacted]) shared the code of his bot, especially the mortar code. Thanks Savage!


Many thanks go to Weirdo, Nollykin, [CYA]WoLf, XXX_Quitch, Mr. X, Balkatori, Cyberdachshund, Storm, Kerusso, Stephen East and all the
countless people on the Spoonbot Development Board, who were loyal Spoonbot-testers and contributors for almost a year now.

Special Thanks to [CoD]h0micide (http://www.codx.com) for his CTF code improvements and his gorgeous spoonbot map pack!!!

From the original hvMechWarrior-V1:
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 hvPALANTIRION and hvHelplessTarget (authors)

With credits to:

- IX_Savage: Whose scripting brilliance allowed me to learn the OnFire 
function as well as the peculiarities of designing guided missiles. His 
code also helped me with the SpawnProjectile function.

- hvHelplessTarget: Whose efforts in co-designing this mod allowed me to 
learn time delay and loop structures in Tribes. You can see examples of 
these in the Auto Cannon and LRM weapons, among others. He is also 
responsible for a great deal of miscelaneous feedback that has 
dramatically increased the hvMechwarrior's playability.

- [hvC]NaTeDoGG: It was his Client::TakeControl function that has allowed 
the use of both Command Stations and the C3 Computer. He taught me the 
technique of weapon addition, that allowed me to add differentiating 
items to the Mechs. He is also solely responsible for the ArrowIV's 
"player-pilot" guidance, a truely ingenious piece of coding that everyone 
should take a look at in his HaVoC-v1.5 mod. Speaking of which, there are 
some other items in the HaVoC mod that are truely astounding, but you'll 
have to wait until it's release to see them :)  (Follow the link above to 
view his great site) He has also helped me with the upcoming multiple 
grenade and multiple mine selection functions.

- The makers of the original Battletech comic book and model series, who 
inspired this whole "mechanized warfare" genra.

- The makers of the Macross, the Movie and Robotech, the television show, 
who brought the concept of Japanese animation to America.

- FASA Corporation: Who developed the Battletech RPG, based on the 
forementioned comic book and TV series.

- Activision: Who managed to turn a great RPG into a great series of video 
games with Mechwarr

Inventory-station loadout (113 items)

What a player could pull from this mod's inventory station — each item by the name it shipped under (not the CamelCase slot), grouped by the buy-menu tab (its heading); items with no heading aren't in the buy menu. Each row links to that piece's 3D model + fork history.

Aerotech Fighters3

CorsairItemData CorsairVehicle2 RieverItemData RieverVehicle2 StingrayItemData StingrayVehicle2

Mechs10

ArcherItemData ArcherArmor2 AtlasItemData AtlasArmor2 BattleMasterItemData BattleMasterArmor2 CenturionItemData CenturionArmor3 CommandoItemData CommandoArmor3 DM Panther ArmorItemData DeathMatchArmor2 DriverItemData DriverArmor HellBringerItemData HellBringerArmor3 HunchbackItemData HunchbackArmor2 PantherItemData PantherArmor3

Dropships2

Leopard ClassItemData LeopardVehicle2 Union ClassItemData UnionVehicle2

Laser Systems5

Large ER LaserItemData LrgLas2 Large Pulse LaserItemData LrgPLas2 Medium ER LaserItemData MedLas2 Medium Pulse LaserItemData MedPLas2 Targeting LaserItemData TargetingLaser299

Auto Cannons6

LBX-AC10ItemData AC102 LBX-AC20ItemData AC202 LBX-AC5ItemData AC52 Ultra-AC10ItemData Ultra102 Ultra-AC20ItemData Ultra202 Ultra-AC5ItemData Ultra52

Deployables2

Tree Point Route visItemData TreePointRoute18 Tree point visItemData TreePoint18

Missile Systems6

Arrow IVItemData ArrowIV2 LRM-10 Missile LauncherItemData LRM102 LRM-15 Missile LauncherItemData LRM202 LRM-5 Missile LauncherItemData LRM52 STR-2 Missile LauncherItemData STR22 STR-6 Missile LauncherItemData STR62

Other Weapons7

FlamerItemData Flamer104 Gauss RifleItemData GaussRifle4 Machine GunItemData MachineGun2 PPCItemData Blaster283 PPCItemData PPC2 Smoke LauncherItemData SmokeLauncher3 Sniper CannonItemData SniperCannon2

Sundries15

aItemData a2 bItemData b2 BeaconItemData Beacon314 cItemData c2 dItemData d2 eItemData e2 fItemData F5 FCCItemData FCC2 GrenadeItemData Grenade314 Inferno GrenadeItemData InfernoGrenade2 MineItemData MineAmmo314 PentaglycerineItemData NukeGrenade4 Repair KitItemData RepairKit314 Repair PatchItemData RepairPatch307 Smoke GrenadeItemData SmokeHandGrenade2

Deployable Stations2

Mobile Mech BayItemData DeployableMechBay2 Mobile Munitions BayItemData DeployableMunitionsPack2

Deployable Sensors4

Beagle Active ProbeItemData BeagleActiveProbe2 CameraItemData CameraPack291 Portable ECM PodItemData DeployableECMPod2 Portable Radar DishItemData RadarPack3

Deployable Turrets8

ER Laser TurretItemData MedLasPack2 Flamer TurretItemData FlamerPack3 Long Tom ArtilleryItemData LongTomPack2 PPC TurretItemData PPCPack2 Pulse Laser TurretItemData MedPLasPack2 Streak TurretItemData LRM5Pack2 Streak TurretItemData STR2Pack2 Ultra-AC20 TurretItemData Ultra20Pack2

Ammunition13

Arrow IV MissileItemData ArrowIVAmmo2 Gauss Rifle SlugItemData GaussGunAmmo2 LBX-AC10 ClipItemData AC10Ammo2 LBX-AC20 ClipItemData AC20Ammo2 LBX-AC5 ClipItemData AC5Ammo2 LRM AmmoItemData LRMAmmo2 Machine Gun AmmoItemData MachineGunAmmo2 Smoke CannisterItemData SmokeAmmo5 Sniper Cannon BulletItemData SniperGunAmmo2 Streak AmmoItemData STRAmmo2 Ultra-AC10 ShellsItemData Ultra10Ammo2 Ultra-AC20 ShellsItemData Ultra20Ammo2 Ultra-AC5 ShellsItemData Ultra5Ammo2

Not in the buy menu7

AmmoItemData Ammo314 BackpackItemData Backpack317 FlagItemData Flag320 Race FlagItemData RaceFlag312 ToolItemData Tool314 WeaponItemData Weapon319 Welding TorchItemData RepairGun305

All game entities this mod declares (586) — lineage

Every named datablock parsed from the scripts inside this archive (the loadout above is just the buy-menu ItemData). 584 are also shipped by other mods — the number on each chip is how many carry that name; click to see who forked it.