botman's bots  (Linux Dedicated Server version)

Start the Half-Life Dedicated Server using "hlds_l -game bot" (without the
quotes).  The bot.cfg file will be used to automatically create bots.  I have
created a script called "hlds_bot" in the parent directory which can be used
to start a dedicated server on a LAN network.  You may want to use this script
to run a dedicated server (although you will probably want to edit the script
to change the max number of players or the starting map before you run it).

Once the server is running you can add bots, change the default skill level,
turn bot shooting on or off using the cvar "bot".  Setting this cvar to
various values will cause the commands to be executed in the same way the
Win32 version of the MOD executes client commands.  For example, to add
additional bots to the game use "bot addbot" (without the quotes).  This
will add a bot with a random model and the default skill level.  To change
the default skill level use...

bot "botskill 4"

...replacing the 4 with the skill level from 1 (best) to 5 (worst), that
you wish to use.  Note the double quotes in the above command.  The quotes
are REQUIRED for any command that takes parameters.  If you wish to add
a bot with a specified model, name and skill level you would use...

bot "addbot robo Robbie 2"

...To enable or disable the bots shooting, you can use the following to
turn off bot shooting...

bot "botdontshoot 1"

...and you can use the following to turn bot shooting back on...

bot "botdontshoot 0"

...You can get the current setting for the "botskill" or "botdontshoot"
variable by using the following commands...

bot botskill
bot botdontshoot

...Note that since these commands didn't take any arguments, no double
quotes were required.

If you wish to remove bots from the server just use the server command
"kick" followed by the bot name.  For example to remove the bot named
"Barney" you would use the following command...

kick "Barney"


This bot MOD was built using RedHat Linux version 6.1 with a standard
installation (no patches) on a Pentium 166Mhz machine.

If you have questions on running this bot MOD on your Linux machine please
contact me at the following e-mail address: botman@mailandnews.com

