Everything you ever wanted to know about bots

[grimthold]

Here is a quick guide to the bots system.

First of all you need to unlock bots, go speack with any adventurer liaison in starting cities and talk to it to unlock the bot feature, the first bot will cost you 1 plat and can be unlocked at lvl 1.
More info there : classictwist.proboards.com/thread/31/bots

Bot reacts to commands in the form of ^(command)

To create a new bot you have to enter its name, class, race and genre in the command : ^botcreate [Name with capital letter] [Class number] [Race number] [Gender number]

Ie : If I enter the command ^botcreate Bill 1 1 0

I will create a new bot named Bill who is a Warrior (classe number 1) of the Human race (number 1) and male gender (0 number)

To help you create bots you can enter the following command : ^botcreate help

A window will pop in with the different Race/Class/gender combinations.

To make your bots battle with you you have to enter the command : ^botspawn [name of your bot], after that you can target it and invite it to your group.

You can have a maximum of 5 bots at a time.

You can also use ^botlist to have a display of all your bots, you can then click on the bot name to spawn it.

I personaly suggest you make a hotkey with those commands : ^botspawn [Name] /pause 2 /invite [botname] that will save you ton of time.

[grimthold]

General knowledge about bots :

-bots level and delevel with you, they will always be the same lvl as you.

-when bots level they automaticaly gets new spells, AA's and skills maxed (that make them very powerful after lvl 50)

-bots are AI...so they are generaly dumb (melees will stay in front of mobs, casters will try to cast a blocked spell on yourself forever ie : a mana regen on war/ber/rog that you previously blocked...)

-a shaman bot will not cast sow unless asked to do so...

-if you set up yourself as main assist bots will tend to follow it pretty good (chanters are sometime touched with grace and mez adds...sometimes...)

-ornamentation items (like weapon ornaments) don't works with bots (if you give an auged weapon it will show its original model)

-if you camp (ctrl+x) all your bots will immediatly log out

-buffs from bots are group wide.

Some usefull commands :

^togglehelm [on]/[off] : the selected bot will display/hide equiped helm (may need to camp/repop it to take effect)

^followd set [number] : to set the following distance for the selected bot

^botstopmeleelevel [number] : to set the lvl at which a bot stop meleeing (can be useful to prevent casters/buffer from going melee; by default it should be set to lvl 13)

^inventorylist : shows a targeted bot inventory in the form of a listing with clickable link

^inventorygive : give the item on your cursor to the selected bot (you can give them no trade items that way, item still need to be compatible with your bot race/class)

^botsummon [name]/[all] : summon either the named bot or all your summoned bots to you (can be useful for placement)

^camp : force the targeted bot to "log out"

^delete : destroys your bot (forever)

^size [shrink]/[grow] : orders a capable bot to change your size (usefull for big races)

^port [zonename]/list: orders a capable bot to tp you to the zone or shows a listing of possible tp locations for your bot

^sow : orders a capable bot to cast sow on you

^pacify : orders a capable bot to pacify your target

^stance : change the stance of your bot and its behavior in combat

^mez : orders a capable bot to mez your target

^bothelp : list you all the available commands for bots.

[peppermint]

I was hoping to get a little clarity on the "buffs from bots are group wide" statement. I have a Druid 'bot and I have to tell it specifically to SoW every member of the group, otherwise it will only SoW whom I ask it to.

I haven't discovered it from the master list, but is there a command to have the 'bot SoW everyone? I figure a multi-line command may be the best I can come up with for this.

Thanks, great server!