RealBot - by Stefan Hendriks

A server-side computer opponent (AI) for Counter-Strike 1.6

Install it as server admin, or on your own (listened) server to practice.

How to get RealBot up and running (to play)

Install Metamod

Download metamod from: http://www.metamod.org

Instructions are for Windows, but are almost the same for Linux/Mac. Look into this guide for more information.

Assuming your HL_HOME is Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-life\

Go to HL_HOME:

• go to cstrike sub dir
• create dir addons (if already exists, skip this)
• go into addons dir
• create dir metamod, and go into it
• create dir dlls.

You should have something like:

HL_HOME\cstrike\addons\metamod\dlls\

• If you haven't yet, download the metamod DLL (windows binary), and unpack it into the dlls dir:

HL_HOME\cstrike\addons\metamod\dlls\metamod.dll

Within the metamod dir (not dlls!), create a file plugins.ini if it does not exist.

HL_HOME\cstrike\addons\metamod\plugins.ini

Make sure Metamod is used by counter-strike

Go to HL_HOME and go into sub-dir cstrike.

Find, and open, the file liblist.gam. Then go to, the part saying gamedll and change it into:

gamedll "addons/metamod/dlls/metamod.dll"

Install RealBot as metamod plugin

Simply download the latest RealBot version from Bots-United. Then, unpack it into the HL_HOME folder. This gives you:

HL_HOME\realbot, which is on the same level as cstrike and valve.

Then in the plugins.ini within the metamod folder (see above where), simply add this line:

win32 ../realbot/dll/realbot_mm.dll

How to get RealBot to compile

Fairly easy. The required dependencies are delivered in the repo.

dependencies

• Metamod 1.19
• Half-Life 1 SDK - Multiplayer

Both are delivered in the repo already.

general steps

• git clone this project
• open up the realbot_mm visual studio solution
• make sure your include paths are pointing to the correct source folder. They should point into your realbot project folder; instead of some arbitrary path you may find. You can find any source of the dependencies in folder dependencies

Include directories needed are:

• hlsdk\multiplayer source\dlls
• hlsdk\multiplayer source\common
• hlsdk\multiplayer source\pm_shared
• hlsdk\multiplayer source\engine
• metamod 1.19\metamod

Be sure you have it in this order and have the Windows include directory be AFTER this order.

• make sure the post-build step (which copies realbot_mm.dll file into the Realbot folder as mentioned above) works - or remove it and copy by hand yourself