SkBot v1.70 Update 08/08/2009

devestator · Jan 4, 2009

Ok here it is, my initial release of my sk bot. This is very much BETA! For one thing, my sk is only level 65, so if something dosn't work for higher levels I'll need to know about it. I'm gonna make a few posts below this one to explain the bot and to hopefully have a little bit of a help getting started area for it (I didn't do this with my mageBot and kind of regret not having it there).

SkBot V1.5 - 02/08/2009 Initial Release Notes

Required Files
skbot.mac
skbotsettings.ini
devCommon.inc v1.7
devMovement.inc v1.5
MQ2Cast_Spell_Routines.inc

Required Plugins
MQ2Debuff
MQ2Cast
MQ2Exchange

Notes
-This bot is meant solely to be run in a group, although you can run it afk with a healer merc or other afk bots. It does not have a pull routine, I may consider adding one later but not right now. In main tank mode, it will attack any mob not on the ignore list that gets in it's range.
-The main purpose of this bot is to tank, it has three modes, maintank, offtank, and dps. Offtank was one of the harder things to code so this may very well be a bit buggy.
-A lot of routines in this bot are brought over from my magebot. Thus the creation of devCommon.inc. You are welcome to use this include in your own bots if you like, but I do not have a write up for the subroutines in it yet.
-The way I decided to make taunt work in this bot, is it uses it sparingly. Only when it goes to a new target, or it detects a new add. You can however make it use taunt continously if you want in the ini (see the ini post below for details.)

Known Problems
-None as of yet, let me know when you find them!

Future Additions
-Working on a way to make it cast on mobs before it moves to them to melee engage. So that it isn't always running far away in order to intercept a mob.

Download Notes
The devCommon.inc download seperate from the rar file is the newest version. Please make sure you download this inc if you are experiencing any of the problems listed in the patch notes.

Other Notes
See update notes post below for details on version updates. I will included the supported devCommon.inc and devMovement.inc in the update notes. Future versions of these files should be backwards compatabile unless I release an update for the bot specifically stating updated for devCommon.inc.

If you run more than one bot of mine, this can get confusing, but the easiest thing to do will be to make sure all bots you are using have the same devCommon.inc and devMovement.inc supported versions.

Also for now the supported version of the inc files should be included in the rar. I may end up changing this and having the incs download seperately.

Note on example ini. I am now naming the example ini included in the rar skBotSettings_example.ini This is to avoid someone accidentally overwritting their default ini with the example. You must save it as skBotSettings.ini when modifying it, to use it as your default ini.

Downloads
SkBot v1.70

devestator · Jan 4, 2009

skBot v1.70 Update Notes

Files Changed
skBot.mac
devCommon.inc v1.80

Bug Fixes
-None

New Additions
-Updated for devCommon.inc v1.80

INI Changes
-None

Please visit the devCommon.inc download to see full updates for it.

devestator · Jan 4, 2009

INI Setup Instructions

I'm going to go through each section of the example ini included in the download and explain each setting.

Code:

[General]
SpellCoolDown=15s  *The amount of time between each spell cast.  Aggro spells ignore this.
OutOfCombatSit=true  *Whether or not you sit when not in combat.
MobRadius=60  *The radius to detect mobs and adds
MeleeRadius=60 *The radius to run out to melee range of new mobs
ResistTries=2  *The number of times total to attempt casting a spell in case of interrupts or resists.
ReplyToTells=false *Will reply to /tell commands (will never reply to an unsafepc, but keep in mind anyone in your group is now considered a safepc).
LootCorpses=tru  *Whether or not to loot corpses
HealPotName=Distillate of Celestial Healing IX  *If you wish to use heal pots this is the name of the ones to use.  Leave null if you do not wish to use them
HealPotHPs=40  *The PctHPs to use a healpot.
FDSpell=Death Peace  *Your FDSpell name, it will FD even as main tank if you have it set up to do so, if you leave the next setting 0 then it will not FD.
FDHps=0  *The PctHPs at which to FD.

I think the above is pretty straight forward. Just to elaborate a little as stated above spells flagged as aggro spells will ignore the SpellCoolDown setting. Also make sure to note that if you set it to FD at above 0% HPs it will do so no matter what the situation is.

Code:

[PullSettings]
Pulling=false   | sets the initial pulling mode
PullPath=default | the path name to load (default is Zone.ShortName which is what pathrecord.mac records it as by default.)
PullReturnToCamp=true | specifies wether it pulls back to camp or fights it where it pulls it at.
PullPathRest=5m | If it walks the entire path and finds no mobs it will rest for this period of time.
PullRange=85 | The distance away to pull a mob
MinRestTime=10s | The minimum amount of time between pulls (started after combat ends)
MinLevel=1 | The minimum mob level to pull
MaxLevel=85 | The max mob level to pull
PullSpell=Siphon Strength | The spell to use to pull (can use an item clicky but currently does not support using a ranged weapon)
PullSlot=gem6 | The slot to mem the spell if it is not memmed, set to item if it is an item
MinCasterMana=60  | Min amount of mana for casters in the group to have before pulling
MinCasterHealth=60 | min amount of health for casters
MinHealerMana=70 | min mana for healer types
MinHealerHealth=60 | min health for healer types
MinSkMana=40 | Min mana on the sk
MinSkHealth=75 | Min health on the sk
MinOtherHealth=50 | Min health for any other type classes

This is very much in its beta stage but I have used it some and found it to serve it's purpose. A little bit about it, it does not attempt to split mobs or anything fancy, it simply walks a prerecorded path, finds a mob, and brings it back to camp. Or you have the option of it fighting it where it pulled it at, see the ini changes for full details on that.

In order to use this you will need to use my pathrecord.mac (now included in the rar) to create a path that the sk will walk to find mobs. You must start the macro near the first location in the path or pulling will not be available. If the sk finds himself to be stuck he will reset his home location to where he is stuck and discontinue pulling.

Code:

[TankSettings]
GroupRole=maintank  *Your role in the group, can be maintank, offtank, dps.  Will explain these roles a little more below this section
MainAssist=Null  *The name of the main assist.  Must be set for offtank and dps modes, in maintank mode if it is not set it will target what it pleases.
MainTank=Null  *The main tank, if set as maintank grouprole it will ignore anything here, otherwise in offtank mode it will not attempt to pull mobs off this person.
AssistPct=95  *The pct to assist when running in dps mode or offtank mode, this value is ignore in maintank mode.
AggroCheckTimer=10s  *How often to check mob aggro.  See my notes below this section for further details.

Here is a little bit more explanation on the roles.
Maintank - Will attempt to pick up all mobs detected inside of mobRadius. If a main assist is set, it will assist them after getting aggro on any new adds or any mobs that it lost aggro on.
Offtank - Will assist main assist unless there is a new add or a mob detected that is not on it or the main tank. If there is a new add it will attempt to get aggro unless the main tank is already attempting so.
DPS - In this mode it always assist the main assist for it's target. It does not try to aquire one of it's own. It never taunts and never uses aggro spells int his mode.

Now a little more about the AggroCheckTimer setting. There are two types of mob detection in this bot. One is a simple add detection that happens continously while in combat. The second is an aggro detection, what this does is it cycles through all the targets it's in combat with and checks what they are attacking. If it finds one that is not attacking the maintank or the sk, then it will attempt to get aggro on it. (Note aggro detection is not used at all in dps mode). I could've made the leadership aa target of target required and used that instead, but I decided I didn't want to require that (mostly cause I dont have it on my test characters! hehe) So you don't want this setting to be to high, or something may aggro your healer and the bot would never know, but at the same time you dont want it be set to low or it will constantly be cycling through targets. I recommend a setting between 10 and 20 seconds, but play with it and find what setting you prefer.

Code:

[PetSettings]
SummonAtStart=true  *If set to true will summon the specified pet at the start of running the macro if you do not have a pet.  Set it to false if you do not want to use a pet.
PetSpellName=Invoke Death  *The name of the pet summoning spell
PetSlot=gem2  *The slot to mem the pet spells into
PetHasteName=Augmentation of Death  *The name of the pet haste buff spell if you have one, set to null to not cast this.
PetHasteText=Augmentation of Death  *The display text on your pet for the haste buff.

Code:

[SelfBuffs]
MinBuffCheckTimer=1m  *How often it checks it's buffs (also checks the pets on this timer).  It will never check buffs while in combat
Value=4  *The number of self buffs to load
SelfBuffName1=Cloak of the Akheva  *The spell name of the buff (If casting a buff from an item this should be the name of the item)
SelfBuffName2=Breastplate of Emblazoned Souls
SelfBuffName3=Voice of Thule
SelfBuffName4=Pact of Hate
SelfBuffText1=Cloak of the Akheva  *The text on the buff icon
SelfBuffText2=Black Shroud
SelfBuffText3=Voice of Thule
SelfBuffText4=Pact of Hate
SelfBuffSlot1=gem2  *The slot to mem the buff to, use item if it is an item buff, or alt if its an alt ability.
SelfBuffSlot2=item
SelfBuffSlot3=gem2
SelfBuffSlot4=gem2

Code:

[SafePCs]
UnsafePCAction=continue  *What to do if a pc is detected that is not in your list, see below for full options.
Value=0  *The number of PCNames in your list
PCName1=Null  *The name of the pc to add to your safe list

UnsafePCAction options
pause - Will pause not do anything else until it does not detect any unsafe pcs.
continue - Will ignore unsafe pcs
stop - Will end the macro
gate - Not applicable for an SK but it is an option, if you set it to this it would simply try to camp
camp - Will camp

*Note* If it detects an unsafepc while in combat, it will attempt to finish combat before taking any actions if it is not set to continue.

Code:

[LeaveLoot]  *Items in this section are left on the corpse
LootNoDrop=true  *Allow the bot to loot no drop items for all sections (will not loot no drop items that are set to be left though)
LeaveUnknown=false *Leaves any loot without a setting on the corpse (will take priority over DestroyUnknown)
Value=0  *The number of items in this loot section
LootItem1=  *The name of the item, it can be a partial name (example: uncut for Uncut Jacinth)
LootAlert1= *See the alerts section below for notes on this but will play the specified file if this item is encountered
[WantedLoot]  *Items in this section are kept
Value=0
LootItem1=
LootAlert1=
[DestroyLoot]  *Items in this section are destroyed
DestroyUnknown=false  *If set to true, it will destroy any item that does not have a setting in one of these sections.
Value=0
LootItem1=
LootAlert1=

Code:

[IgnoreMobs]
Value=0  *The number of mobs on the ignore list
MobName1=  *The name of the mob to ignore, it can be partial match

The bot should never under any circumstances attack a mob on this list. If it does please let me know how (if it was an add etc), where, and who (the mob name).

Code:

[CombatAbilities]
Value=1  *The number of combat abilities in this section
AbilityName1=Bash  *The name of the ability
AbilityRecastDelay1=5s  *How often you want to use the ability

This is the section that if you want it to use taunt continously it can. Just add it here with a low reuse time and it will use it whenever it is up. In order for combat abilities to work, you have to have a button for them in the actions window.

Code:

[Combat]
Value=6  *The number of spells in this section
SpellName1=Festering Darkness  *The name of the spell
SpellSlot1=gem8  *The slot to mem it in, can be item if it's an item or alt if it's an alternate ability
SpellMaxMobs1=100  *The maximum number of mobs in the area to cast the spell
SpellMinMobs1=1  *The minimum number of mobs in the area to cast the spell
SpellMaxMobHPs1=100  *The max hitpoints on the mob to cast the spell
SpellMinMobHPs1=5  *The minimum hitpoints on the mob to cast the spell
SpellMinMana1=10  *The minmum amount of mana to have to cast the spell
SpellMaxHPs1=100  *The maximum of amount of hitpoints to have to cast the spell (mostly used for lifetaps)
SpellRecastDelay1=1m  *How often you want to recast this spell.
SpellCondition1=Null  *Any conditions for this spell (see below this section)
SpellType1=Aggro  *The type of spell.  Can be aggro, lifetap, or dps.  See below this section for details.

SpellName2=Terror of Thule
SpellSlot2=gem5
SpellMaxMobs2=100
SpellMinMobs2=1
SpellMaxMobHPs2=100
SpellMinMobHPs2=5
SpellMinMana2=10
SpellMaxHPs2=100
SpellRecastDelay2=45s
SpellCondition2=Null
SpellType2=Aggro

SpellName3=Touch of Innoruuk
SpellSlot3=gem1
SpellMaxMobs3=100
SpellMinMobs3=1
SpellMaxMobHPs3=100
SpellMinMobHPs3=5
SpellMinMana3=20
SpellMaxHPs3=70
SpellRecastDelay3=30s
SpellCondition3=Null
SpellType3=lifetap

SpellName4=Zevfeer's Bite
SpellSlot4=gem7
SpellMaxMobs4=100
SpellMinMobs4=1
SpellMaxMobHPs4=95
SpellMinMobHPs4=20
SpellMinMana4=40
SpellMaxHPs4=95
SpellRecastDelay4=2m
SpellCondition4=Null
SpellType4=lifetap

SpellName5=Ignite Blood
SpellSlot5=gem4
SpellMaxMobs5=100
SpellMinMobs5=1
SpellMaxMobHPs5=95
SpellMinMobHPs5=40
SpellMinMana5=40
SpellMaxHPs5=100
SpellRecastDelay5=3m
SpellCondition5=Null
SpellType5=dps

SpellName6=Blood of Hate
SpellSlot6=gem3
SpellMaxMobs6=100
SpellMinMobs6=1
SpellMaxMobHPs6=95
SpellMinMobHPs6=40
SpellMinMana6=40
SpellMaxHPs6=100
SpellRecastDelay6=3m
SpellCondition6=Null
SpellType6=dps

SpellConditions - I dont know if SKs have any spells that work better under certain conditions but I included it in the skbot just in case. You could use things like Target.CleanName.Equal[a giant rat]. Just about any thing you could use that would evaluate to true or false in code. Just do not include any ${} in it, you can put ! in front of it for false evaluations. Also they must be one variable true false evaluations, math evalutaions (<>=) cannot be read and will most likely cause the spell to never cast.

SpellTypes
Aggro - These spells are only used when trying to get aggro on a mob. They ignore the globalcooldown setting in order to get aggro as fast as possible. Their timers are reset any time there is a new add detected or lost aggro on a mob.
Lifetap - These spells are pretty much what they say. Your lifetap spells. I'll get to the importance of differentiating these in a second.
DPS - These spells again are what they say. Your dps spells.

The importance of the spell types beyond aggro is the priority they are given. Aggro are given first priority, lifetaps second, and dps last.

Also just as an example. If you wanted to use the alt ability LeechTouch when you were about to die, you could do this.

Code:

SpellName3=Leech Touch
SpellSlot3=alt
SpellMaxMobs3=100
SpellMinMobs3=1
SpellMaxMobHPs3=100
SpellMinMobHPs3=20
SpellMinMana3=0
SpellMaxHPs3=5
SpellRecastDelay3=36m
SpellCondition3=Null
SpellType3=lifetap

You could do the same with harm touch if you wanted and any other mob targeted alt abilities.

Code:

[Alerts]
AlertDeathAudioFile=null  *Path and name of audio file to play in case of death (example C:\music.mp3)
AlertUnsafePC=null *Path and name of audio file to play if an unsafe pc is detected.
Value=1  *The number of mob alerts in this section
AlertMobName1=null  *The name of the mob to play the audio file for, can be a partial name
AlertAudioFile1=null  *The path and name of the audio file to play

This is something else that probably will not have much use in this bot since it is not meant to be an afk bot. But I included it just in case. Will play the specified file upon death, or upon encountering a listed mob.

Hopefully I explained everything sufficiently here, if you have any questions or need help with something please let mek now.

devestator · Jan 4, 2009

Once you have your ini set up it's time to run the bot!

Usage
The command line usage is as follows:

/macro skbot <iniName> <groupRole>

As with my magebot you can have custom ini names, so that you can make one for all roles, different zones or whatever you may want. Custom INI names are named like this skbotsettings_CustomName.ini If no ini name is supplied or if default is used skbotsettings.ini will be loaded by default.

Also you can change your grouprole on the command line if you want. This will take over whatever is set in the ini file. If you want to load the default ini and use a different role simply use /macro skbot default <group Role>. Again as stated above, the group roles are: maintank, offtank, dps.

When you first start the bot, it creates an anchor point and the location where it is standing. This will be used for a central camp location to work from.

Add Detection
It will detect mobs within a radius around the bot of mobRadius setting in the ini (unless running in dps mode where it only assist the mainassist). Once a mob is detected it will engage it and move into melee range and proceed to kill it based on its role. One thing to note, it will detect adds from its location, so if it moves off the anchor point to attack a mob, it may detect something further away from camp as an add. To prevent this from getting to bad, I added a leash effect where if it gets twice the distance of mobRadius from the anchor point it will return back to the anchor point. Also it will not attack any mobs beyond twice the mobRadius that it may already be in combat with. When not in combat it will leash back to the anchor point if it is half of mobRadius away.

Also, the add detection does not only happen from the sk, it will check each person in the group for adds within mobRadius. The same rules apply as above, it will not attacking anything further than twice the mob radius from the sk (note I said sk here, if he is not at the anchor point he'll go help a group member up to twice mobRadius from him). Just keep in mind it is possible under very bad circumstances to cause the Sk to get a good distance away from it's anchor point.

Moving around
I've added detection to try to prevent from getting stuck. But in the case where it does detect that it is stuck, it will reset its anchor point to where it is stuck at to prevent it from continously running around. If the sk is summoned and is more than four times the mobRadius from the anchor point he will reset his home location to the point where he was summoned to instead of trying to get back.

Death
In the event that the sk dies, the bot will continue to run in a loop waiting for a rez. Currently it will do this either until you rez it or you end the macro. I will most likely change this to have a time out after so long of waiting but for now it will wait indefinately.

Pulling and setting up a path
To begin the first thing you want to do to set up pulling is record a path. To do this run my pathrecord.mac using /macro pathrecord.mac <pathname> The <pathname> is option and if omitted it will use Zone.ShortName as the pathname. If you set Default on the path in the ini it will use Zone.ShortName as well.

Once you start the pathrecord.mac just walk around in the path that you would like the sk to walk to find mobs. (I suggest using stealth while doing this or making sure there aren't any mobs up to aggro you). Once you finish just end the macro.

Set your ini settings the way you would like them and thats it, enable pull mode while near the starting location of the and the sk should go out and pull.

Other notes
One thing to note on gating mobs, it will attempt to detect this (not by the gate spell but by the mob suddenly being far away). If a mob does gate and does not summon the sk, he will continue to fight anything in camp. Once everything in camp is dead, he will wait up to 30 seconds for the mob that gated to return, if it does not he will clear it from his aggro list.

And finally if you do find a bug (which I'm sure there are plenty of in this version) please report it. I can't correct it if I do not know about it. If you have a feature you would like to see added, please post here or pm me and let me know. Like my magebot this bot logs most of it's actions, so I may ask you to provide me with your log file. If I ask for this it is located in your MQ2\Logs folder. Now this file can contain character names and such in it, so it is up to you if you want to look through the log and remove those before sending it to me. I do not recommend posting any logs in a public location.
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I think that pretty much covers most of the important stuff. I'll update these posts as needed. If something is not clear to you please let me know!

eqisdead · Jan 4, 2009

This looks very interesting Devestator I haven't played eq in months but if this works good maybe I could come back and try it out

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eqisdead

Foni · Jan 4, 2009

nice will try it out soon, a little busy right now getting all the AA I can while the getting is good

You couldn't have picked 2 better bots haha, I box a SK and a mage.

Shank · Jan 4, 2009

so far it works great. handled up to 8 adds at once so far with no problems. I have only been using this in the maintank role. I do have a couple questions though. Is it possible to setup something to use the Vilify spell line when you have a few adds in camp? I added the spell in to the INI as an aggro spell so it gets cast every time now, but was hoping to get it reserved for adds only. Is there any epic 1.5 or 2.0 support planned for this or should I just add the clicky in to the ini? and lastly is it possible to add in some sort of bandolier support for clickies that are in the secondary slot? I usually use zbot for my tanks and there is a problem with that clicky also. Seems the Muramite's Shield of Legend is a pain in the arse clicky =p skbot.mac says it cant find the shield and then skips it unless I have a 1hander and a shield equiped. any type of 2 hander and it causes problems and skips the clicky.

All in all I gotta say you did a F'ing awsome job on this macro and it is quickly becoming one of my favorites as I learn more about it. Have to wait for my friend to log on before I can test out the offtank role, sadly both my tanks are on the same account.

devestator · Jan 4, 2009

Shank said:
so far it works great. handled up to 8 adds at once so far with no problems. I have only been using this in the maintank role. I do have a couple questions though. Is it possible to setup something to use the Vilify spell line when you have a few adds in camp? I added the spell in to the INI as an aggro spell so it gets cast every time now, but was hoping to get it reserved for adds only.

For the Vilify, from what I'm reading on alla, it's just an ae aggro spell correct? You can increase your min number of mobs on the spell entry in the ini (SpellMinMobs setting) to 2 (or however many you want in camp before you use it). That should prevent it from being cast if you only have one mob in the camp. If I'm misunderstanding how you want to use it, let me know. As I said my sk is only 65 so I have no experience with that spell to know the best way to use it.

Shank said:
Is there any epic 1.5 or 2.0 support planned for this or should I just add the clicky in to the ini?

The epics you should be able to the INI as self buffs. Just put the name as the epic, and the bufftext as whatever the buff icon shows when it's on you. Here again, I'm assuming by what I'm reading on alla that the sk epic clickes are just buffs. If it's like the monk 1.5 and a short duration buff that you'd want to use only in certian cirumstances I'd have to look into it more.

Shank said:
and lastly is it possible to add in some sort of bandolier support for clickies that are in the secondary slot? I usually use zbot for my tanks and there is a problem with that clicky also. Seems the Muramite's Shield of Legend is a pain in the arse clicky =p skbot.mac says it cant find the shield and then skips it unless I have a 1hander and a shield equiped. any type of 2 hander and it causes problems and skips the clicky.

Hmm, looking at the shield on alla I can see where that would be a problem if your using a 2hander. The way MQ2Cast (which is what I use to cast spells and clickies) works if it has to equip the item to cast it just swaps it in and clicks it then swaps it back out. I will have to add special coding for something like this to check what is equipped and if there is suffucient free inventory space etc. The same problem would happen if you had a sword and board on and needed to equip a 2hander for a clicky, it wouldn't know how to do it. I'll add it to my future additions and see what I can come up with for it, it's not impossible, just tricky hehe

Shank said:
All in all I gotta say you did a F'ing awsome job on this macro and it is quickly becoming one of my favorites as I learn more about it. Have to wait for my friend to log on before I can test out the offtank role, sadly both my tanks are on the same account.

Thanks! Feel free to post your results with the offtank role when you test it out, as I said it was one of the harder things to code, so I expect it will be one of the buggier modes.

devestator · Jan 5, 2009

SkBot V1.1 - 01/04/2009 Updates

Files Changed
skBot.mac
devCommon.inc v1.1
devMovement.inc v1.1

Bug Fixes
-Fixed a bug with spell casting priority that coudl cause a lifetap and dps spell to cast back to back ignoring spellcooldown setting.

New Additions
-Updated for devCommon.inc v1.1 changes.

Shank · Jan 5, 2009

You got the Vilify right, I am just retarted for not completely reading that walk through you posted. Adjusted the minmob option and it works perfectly.

I will add the epic in to the aggro spell line so it casts at the right time and see if it works.

dps mode works perfect although I dont use the dots.

still waiting to test offtank mode. Currently in the wrong zone to accurately test that one. Way to hard to keep track when i am training my group =)

Shank · Jan 5, 2009

actually dps mode seems to have a range issue. I am pulling multiple mobs and it starts out fine but after a couple mobs the sk is out of range to melee and wont move up.
[MQ2] >> We are in combat, but cannot find a target. is also something that pops up and the SK wont target anything but himself.

devestator · Jan 5, 2009

When you say the sk wont move up after a few mobs, is he standing at his anchor point (the spot where you started the bot), or somewhere else?

The cannot find target message, was that in dps mode?

If you could pm me your log file of one of the times when having these problems it most likely could help me track down the cause a little. I have an idea on the first one that I'm going to look into in the meantime.

Shank · Jan 5, 2009

I start the mac in dps mode, then go pull a train with my monk. When I get back to camp with about 8-10 mobs the tank (not boxed) gets aggro on all the mobs. The SK will assist from his anchor point for a couple mobs then if a mob is too close he backs up and assists again, after that he just stands there getting "too far away" msg's.

The MQ2 msg was in dps mode. I didn't notice it in maintank mode but then again I wasn't really looking for it.

Let me look up where you said the log files were in that walk through and I will edit out the names and PM it to you when I get home from work. (around 3pm pacific)

imgregrice · Jan 5, 2009

Shank said:
I start the mac in dps mode, then go pull a train with my monk. When I get back to camp with about 8-10 mobs the tank (not boxed) gets aggro on all the mobs. The SK will assist from his anchor point for a couple mobs then if a mob is too close he backs up and assists again, after that he just stands there getting "too far away" msg's.

The MQ2 msg was in dps mode. I didn't notice it in maintank mode but then again I wasn't really looking for it.

Let me look up where you said the log files were in that walk through and I will edit out the names and PM it to you when I get home from work. (around 3pm pacific)

fantastic post I cant wait to try this

maxine2 · Jan 5, 2009

this works realy realy well.

Great post, i will try it for a few days, and give you a little feedback )

modified it for my 85 sk, it works like a charm

/maxine

Shank · Jan 5, 2009

Offtank mode tested.

As long as your main tank grabs a target at the start it works beautifully. If your main tank is afk or slacking (I used a real player as main tank to test this) the SK will just sit there doing nothing. I tried this with both OutOfCombatSit=false and OutOfCombatSit=true. Same results for both, mobs will beat on your group while the SK stands / sits there watching until the main tank targets a mob.

I am still encountering the out of melee range, with both dps and offtank modes. However I didn't get the MQ2 error msg in offtank mode. I am still trying to duplicate the MQ2 error msg in dps mode but I haven't had any luck.

I am PMing you my log again now, hope it helps

devestator · Jan 6, 2009

Ok, I'll look into getting fixes out for this stuff in the next patch. Hopefully will have it up tomorrow night.

I know exactly what the problem is with it not attacking in offtank mode until the main tank gets a target, I honestly didn't even think about people slacking off lol. The way I coded it for dps and off tank mode it dosn't even start to look for adds until it assists and finds a target from the main assist. It's an easy fix though for that.

devestator · Jan 7, 2009

SkBot V1.2 - 01/07/2009 Updates

Files Changed
skBot.mac
devCommon.inc v1.2
devMovement.inc v1.2

Bug Fixes
-Added a check for too far away message and made the bot move close if it gets it.

New Additions
-Offtank mode should now immediately engage any mobs in the camp if the main tank does not have them targeted yet, incase they are afk. If the main tank does have them targeted when they come into camp then the sk should not attack until the assist pct, as long as it is only one mob. It will continue to pick up adds as before.

Additional notes
If you are using v2.5 of my mageBot, devCommon 1.2 and devMovement 1.2 should work fine with it until I get v2.6 of the mageBot released with the fixes to the stuck detection problem in 2.5.

Shank · Jan 7, 2009

Maintank mode, Sk backs up when it gets the target and ignores the "too far away" msg's. only holds agro with spells now.

Doesn't do it every time but does it fairly often. If you move the SK up in to range it will just back up again and stand there casting, almost killed my over zealous wizard bot lol.

Also what am I doing wrong here?

SpellName3=Innoruuk's Dark Blessing
SpellSlot3=item
SpellMaxMobs3=100
SpellMinMobs3=1
SpellMaxMobHPs3=100
SpellMinMobHPs3=5
SpellMinMana3=20
SpellMaxHPs3=70
SpellRecastDelay3=5m
SpellCondition3=Null
SpellType3=aggro

I can't get the SK to click the 2.0. I have tried different SpellType (aggro, lifetap, dps) all with no luck

devestator · Jan 7, 2009

Hrmm what mobs are you fighting with that small of a hitbox lol.. If it gets the to far away message it should move within a range of 15... if it gets closer than 7 it backs up a tad to make sure it dosn't get to close or in case of being summoned under the mob.

Do me a favor and when it's standing there with too far away spamming do a /echo ${Target.Distance} and tell me what it returns. Also whats your mobRadius set to in your ini?

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