Is it possible to make a bot that will join a game (like a winbot) and sit there like an actual player -- even more, is it STILL possible to make this bot do things like "say" or dare I think, make it do player functions, like mine/attack/ally/unally?

What are possibiltys here, if any?
What are the limits?

I guess this topic is discuss bots in games and what they can or cannot do.

As far as im aware it's possible to play the entire game provided you do the relevent packet research and know the contents of outgoing and incoming UDP(assuming sc/bw) packets.

Although tbh playing an entire game would be a lot of work but it's still possible if you put the work in :)

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Is it possible to make a bot that will join a game (like a winbot) and sit there like an actual player -- even more, is it STILL possible to make this bot do things like "say" or dare I think, make it do player functions, like mine/attack/ally/unally?

What are possibiltys here, if any?
What are the limits?

I guess this topic is discuss bots in games and what they can or cannot do.
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It's possible, but; difficult. If the Starcraft client can mine/attack/ally/unally, then a gamebot can mine/attack/ally/unally. The only limits would be what the Blizzard client can do, and most likely a little more.

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[quote author=Snake link=board=17;threadid=7822;start=0#msg71918 date=1090527039]
Is it possible to make a bot that will join a game (like a winbot) and sit there like an actual player -- even more, is it STILL possible to make this bot do things like "say" or dare I think, make it do player functions, like mine/attack/ally/unally?

What are possibiltys here, if any?
What are the limits?

I guess this topic is discuss bots in games and what they can or cannot do.
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It's possible, but; difficult. If the Starcraft client can mine/attack/ally/unally, then a gamebot can mine/attack/ally/unally. The only limits would be what the Blizzard client can do, and most likely a little more.
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Would it not then be interesting or neat if somebody where to program a "gamebot"? I would really like to see this happen, I'd like to see a bot that would open a game and sit there. The use of this would be for someone like me who makes maps, I'd tell a couple bots to make a game and sit there to let others download it. I would say this bot would be HIGHLY popular in the map making community.

A map distributing bot could be easily made. I think Skywing has virtually all the necessary code written already. He created an improved (faster) file transfer/map download system for Starcraft games.

That would be great if he did make one, not to be a pest though.

Barumonk was working one a few months ago.

Im actually trying to join a game and be able to chat in the game lobby then join a game and just sit there maybe send a few messages once in a while nothing special . I want to add full game support to my Bot . I know it may be alot of work but eh Im bored and need something to help me get up in the morning. :) I might be in way over my head here but it still will be neat to try and see how far I get even if I dont acomplish it.

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Im actually trying to join a game
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Nice idea. There are others working on it too. Make sure you help each other. Read the threads where other people have asked about game details.

Im doing my homework on all of this searching multiple forums , Packetlogging all that good stuff. I got Game Creation and Game Listing last night and Im starting to packetlog Chatting in the Lobby and such .