DP SV BOTCLIENT

Constants:

float CLIENTTYPE_DISCONNECTED = 0;
float CLIENTTYPE_REAL = 1;
float CLIENTTYPE_BOT = 2;
float CLIENTTYPE_NOTACLIENT = 3;

Builtin definitions:

entity() spawnclient = #454; // like spawn but for client slots (also calls relevant connect/spawn functions), returns world if no clients available
float(entity clent) clienttype = #455; // returns one of the CLIENTTYPE_* constants

Spawns a client with no network connection, to allow bots to use client slots with no hacks.

How to use:

	// to spawn a bot
	local entity oldself;
	oldself = self;
	self = spawnclient();
	if (!self)
	{
		bprint("Can not add bot, server full.\
");
		self = oldself;
		return;
	}
	self.netname = "Yoyobot";
	self.clientcolors = 12 * 16 + 4; // yellow (12) shirt and red (4) pants
	ClientConnect();
	PutClientInServer();
	self = oldself;

	// to remove all bots
	local entity head;
	head = find(world, classname, "player");
	while (head)
	{
		if (clienttype(head) == CLIENTTYPE_BOT)
			dropclient(head);
		head = find(head, classname, "player");
	}

	// to identify if a client is a bot (for example in PlayerPreThink)
	if (clienttype(self) == CLIENTTYPE_BOT)
		botthink();

See also DP_SV_CLIENTCOLORS DP_SV_CLIENTNAME DP_SV_DROPCLIENT

How it works:
Creates a new client, calls SetNewParms and stores the parms, and returns the client. //this intentionally does not call SV_SendServerinfo to allow the QuakeC a chance to set the netname and clientcolors fields before actually spawning the bot by calling ClientConnect and PutClientInServer manually on level change ClientConnect and PutClientInServer are called by the engine to spawn in the bot (this is why clienttype() exists to tell you on the next level what type of client this is).

parms work the same on bot clients as they do on real clients, and do carry from level to level