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[CaptainSandvich]

@johndrinkwater @LArrowHead ## Here are some bots that are around:

Bots that will leave and rejoin the game constantly and also spam voice chat

Bots that will stuff in console resulting in: "No such variable "$C0_X" for material "dev/halo_add_to_screen"

And Sniper+Heavy bots

And Bots putting something in console resulting in "SOLID_VPHYSICS static prop with no vphysics model

Also: Cannot figure out which search path sound\physics\metal\metal_popcan_impact_hard2.wav came from. Not playing.

Cannot figure out which search path sound\items\powerup_pickup_warlock.wav came from. Not playing. Cannot figure out which search path sound\weapons\shotgun_cock.wav came from. Not playing. Cannot figure out which search path sound\weapons\airstrike_fail.wav came from. Not playing.

SOLID_VPHYSICS static prop with no vphysics model! (models/props_mvm/office_window_vent.mdl) SOLID_VPHYSICS static prop with no vphysics model! (models/props_mvm/mvm_museum_rope001.mdl)

Attemped to precache unknown particle system "blood_impact_red

Cannot figure out which search path sound\physics\metal\metal_popcan_impact_hard2.wav came from. Not Playing

Cannot figure out which search path sound\items\powerup_pickup_warlock.wav came from. Not playing. Cannot figure out which search path sound\weapons\shotgun_cock.wav came from. Not playing. Cannot figure out which search path sound\weapons\airstrike_fail.wav came from. Not playing.

AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, A BOT THAT SAYS YOUR IP ADDRESS IN CHAT

[JoriKos]

This seems like it's reporting a lot of different issues at the same time.

Also, a lot of these errors don't seem like bots but just regular errors. I get the dev/add_halo_to_screen one all the time.

[CaptainSandvich]

This seems like it's reporting a lot of different issues at the same time.

Also, a lot of these errors don't seem like bots but just regular errors. I get the dev/add_halo_to_screen one all the time.

What does it mean then? If you know whats happening, inform me

[JoriKos]

What does it mean then? If you know whats happening, inform me

Game being unable to find files or not being able to find VPhysics stuff. Has nothing to do with bots, issues should also be contained to just a single bug per post.

[treacherousfiend]

None of these console errors are bot related, and they're all completely harmless

• the VPhysics error just means that the map creator left a prop's collision enabled even though the model itself doesn't support it, so it won't have collision. Its just a message for the map creator so they can fix the issue (if they even need to)
• the "Cannot figure out which search path X came from" is just saying that the game was told to find a sound and it didn't exist, in this case because Valve forgot to remove an unused sound from their list of sounds after they removed the actual audio file
• "No such variable "$C0_X"" error just means that the material tried to call a variable that didn't exist. Once again a simply mistake by Valve, but completely harmless
• the "Attempted to precache unknown particle system" error is essentially the same as the sound one, the game tried to load a load a particle that didn't exist.

Also, why the heck did you just tag random people on this github issue? I don't even think those people work for Valve, and even if they did, Valve reads this issue repo pretty often, you don't need to try and grab their attention.

[VanillaSylv]

Just please close this "issue" as this is nothing more than associating a completely random error to something completely else...

[ethanholt1]

Wow, that's a word salad. Let's unpack this one line at a time

Bots that will leave and rejoin the game constantly and also spam voice chat

These are actually bots. This particular issue is being tracked at #3477.

Bots that will stuff in console resulting in: "No such variable "$C0_X" for material "dev/halo_add_to_screen"

As Jori mentioned, this is one of several warns/errors that are regularly put in the TF2 console. These are nothing to worry about.

And Sniper+Heavy bots

Ditto two above.

And Bots putting something in console resulting in "SOLID_VPHYSICS static prop with no vphysics model

Another one of the regular warns that TF2 spits out.

Also: Cannot figure out which search path sound\physics\metal\metal_popcan_impact_hard2.wav came from. Not playing.

Ditto.

Cannot figure out which search path sound\items\powerup_pickup_warlock.wav came from. Not playing. Cannot figure out which search path sound\weapons\shotgun_cock.wav came from. Not playing. Cannot figure out which search path sound\weapons\airstrike_fail.wav came from. Not playing.

Ditto.

SOLID_VPHYSICS static prop with no vphysics model! (models/props_mvm/office_window_vent.mdl) SOLID_VPHYSICS static prop with no vphysics model! (models/props_mvm/mvm_museum_rope001.mdl)

Server side issue (at least from what I remember in my various scraps with the closer to the metal parts of the Source Engine.)

AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, A BOT THAT SAYS YOUR IP ADDRESS IN CHAT

This should be impossible. You may be referring to some networking info in the console as something the bot says. The bots do not connect to you, they connect to the server. That means that unless the server is directly cooperating with the bots, they should never be able to have your IP address.

[NULLYUKI]

@kisak-valve This issue can be closed by now.