Frikbots & Skins

I'm sort of confused but I'll give it the old college try.
Thanks guys.

I tried it. The bots are all black :(
Please take a look at the code, see if you can help. Thanks.

// FIXME: do teams properly
// note this has no effect on infokey
WriteByte(2, 92 ); // \
WriteByte(2, 115); // s
WriteByte(2, 107); // k
WriteByte(2, 105); // i
WriteByte(2, 110); // n
WriteByte(2, 92); // \

if (self.b_num == 0)
{
WriteByte(2, 98); // b
WriteByte(2, 97); // a
WriteByte(2, 115); // s
WriteByte(2, 101); // e
}
else if (self.b_num == 1)
{
WriteByte(2, 102); // f
WriteByte(2, 111); // o
WriteByte(2, 111); // o
}
else if (self.b_num == 2)
{
WriteByte(2, 98); // b
WriteByte(2, 97); // a
WriteByte(2, 114); // r
}

WriteByte(2, 92); // \
WriteString( 2, who.netname);
};

BTW I did make the skin files foo.pcx, bar.pcx and put them in the QW/skins folder.

[FrikaC]

1. that's only 3 out of 16 bot templates, look at bot_misc.qc's BotName function to see which b_num corresponds to which name/colors.

2. b_num has no 0, it's 1 thru 16, so you've only got 1 and 2 really implemented, that's 2 out of 16 bots.

3. It's actually who.b_num not self.b_num, I didn't convert it to the context of the function. (Gleaned from looking at the who.netname line)

Ok, I'll try it. Thanks.

Theres more than one way to skin a cat...

he.. ..frikbot.

Still all black, also I noticed the bots names do not appear in the scoreboard anymore. Anyway, here's what the code looks like now:

// FIXME: do teams properly
// note this has no effect on infokey
WriteByte(2, 92 ); // \
WriteByte(2, 115); // s
WriteByte(2, 107); // k
WriteByte(2, 105); // i
WriteByte(2, 110); // n
WriteByte(2, 92); // \

if (who.b_num == 1)
{
WriteByte(2, 98); // b
WriteByte(2, 97); // a
WriteByte(2, 115); // s
WriteByte(2, 101); // e
}
else if (who.b_num == 2)
{
WriteByte(2, 102); // f
WriteByte(2, 111); // o
WriteByte(2, 111); // o
}
else if (who.b_num == 3)
{
WriteByte(2, 98); // b
WriteByte(2, 97); // a
WriteByte(2, 114); // r
}
else if (who.b_num == 4)
{
WriteByte(2, 102); // f
WriteByte(2, 111); // o
WriteByte(2, 111); // o
}
else if (who.b_num == 5)
{
WriteByte(2, 98); // b
WriteByte(2, 97); // a
WriteByte(2, 114); // r
}
else if (who.b_num == 6)
{
WriteByte(2, 98); // b
WriteByte(2, 97); // a
WriteByte(2, 114); // r
}
else if (who.b_num == 7)
{
WriteByte(2, 102); // f
WriteByte(2, 111); // o
WriteByte(2, 111); // o
}
else if (who.b_num == 8)
{
WriteByte(2, 98); // b
WriteByte(2, 97); // a
WriteByte(2, 114); // r
}
else if (who.b_num == 9)
{
WriteByte(2, 102); // f
WriteByte(2, 111); // o
WriteByte(2, 111); // o
}
else if (who.b_num == 10)
{
WriteByte(2, 98); // b
WriteByte(2, 97); // a
WriteByte(2, 114); // r
}
else if (who.b_num == 11)
{
WriteByte(2, 102); // f
WriteByte(2, 111); // o
WriteByte(2, 111); // o
}
else if (who.b_num == 12)
{
WriteByte(2, 98); // b
WriteByte(2, 97); // a
WriteByte(2, 114); // r
}
else if (who.b_num == 13)
{
WriteByte(2, 98); // b
WriteByte(2, 97); // a
WriteByte(2, 114); // r
}
else if (who.b_num == 14)
{
WriteByte(2, 102); // f
WriteByte(2, 111); // o
WriteByte(2, 111); // o
}
else if (who.b_num == 15)
{
WriteByte(2, 98); // b
WriteByte(2, 97); // a
WriteByte(2, 114); // r
}
else if (who.b_num == 16)
{
WriteByte(2, 98); // b
WriteByte(2, 97); // a
WriteByte(2, 114); // r
}
WriteByte(2, 92); // \
WriteString( 2, who.netname);
};

Bueller? Bueller? Bueller?......

[Error]

I hated that damn movie

That was a classic!

So, can anyone help me with this???

[FrikaC]

That should work. Are you sure those foo and bar pcx files you have are right size & format?

Yeah, the skins are good I've used them before. I just re-named them to foo, and bar.
Did you happen to test it yourself?

Weird.
I've been using FuhQuake as my client.
When I decided to try the regular Quakeworld client walla! It worked!
I had put the skin files in both C:\Fuhquake\QW\skins and C:\Quakeworld\QW\skins folders.
Shouldn't it work using the Fuhquake client as well?
Thanks for all the help.

Another problem:
When clients connect to the server, they can't download the skins. Even when they try to force it by typing "skins" at the console?
They keep seeing the "base" skin. What gives?