
  ********************************
  *  Enhanced Ping-of-Death Bot  *
  *      for Counter-Strike      *
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Contents
========

1. Credits & Contact
2. License
3. System Requirements
4. Installation
5. Uninstallation
6. Configuration
7. How To Use E[POD]bot
8. What's new? / Version history
9. Known Problems/Bugs
10. Acknowledgements

1. Credits & Contact
====================

The Enhanced Ping-Of-Death Bot was created using Count Floyd's PODBOT 2.6 
sourcecode (http://podbot.nuclearbox.com). Don't  forget about this, because 
most of the work was done by him.

LightNinja started the development of the Enhanced Ping-Of-Death Bot.

THE STORM continued his work and was supported by Markus Heiden after some 
time.

Web site:      http://epodbot.bots-united.com/
THE STORM:     epodbot@bots-united.com
Markus Heiden: markus@bots-united.com

2. License
==========

The bot may only be distributed if this file and all the other files that came 
with it are included in the redistribution, and no money is charged for the 
product being distributed. This excludes such things as video game magazines 
which include a CD and things such as that, which are permitted to include 
this bot (provided they meet the requirements above) as long as they notify me 
before doing so and get my permission through e-mail or any other way.

Software under this agreement is under no kind of warranty. Software under this 
agreement is provided as is, and the Bot author isn't responsible for any 
problems this software could cause. Use this software at your own risk !

3. System Requirements
======================

- You need Counter-Strike 1.5 and above or Condition Zero to get this bot 
  running.
- This bot runs standalone or as metamod plugin.
- This bot is available as a windows and as a linux library for dedicated servers.

4. Installation
===============

This installation instructions covers Counter-Strike 1.6 (Steam) only.
For installation with Counter-Strike 1.5 or Condition Zero you have to adapt
this instructions yourself.

- Extract the bot to your base half-life installation folder  (not to the 
  cstrike folder!). This will create an EPODbot folder in your cstrike folder.
  
  The Counter-Strike base folder on windows Steam clients is 
  C:/program files/Steam/Steamapps/<steam account>/counter-strike/
  if Steam has beend installed to C:/program files. Replace <steam account> 
  by your steam account name.
  
  The Counter-Strike base folder on dedicated linux servers is 
  /home/game/hlds_l/
  if Steam has been installed to /home/game.

- To enable the bot you need to register the bot with metamod. Add the 
  following lines to your cstrike/addons/metamod/plugins.ini:
    win23 EPODbot/EPB_i686.dll
    linux EPODbot/EPB_i686.so
- An alternative way to register your bot is to editing the cstrike/liblist.gam.
  Change the lines beginning with gamedll and gamedll_linux to:
    gamedll "EPODbot\EPB_i686.dll"
    gamedll_linux "EPODbot\EPB_i686.so"

- The bot needs localized messages. To install them, open the apropriate file 
  from the cstrike/EPODbot/Titles folder and add the content to the end of the 
  cstrike/titles.txt.

5. Uninstallation
=================

- Remove the added lines from cstrike/addons/metamod/plugins.ini.
- Change the modified lines in the cstrike/liblist.gam back to:
    gamedll "dlls\mp.dll"
    gamedll_linux "dlls\cs_3686.so"
- Delete the cstrike/EPODbot folder.

6. Configuration
================

- Adapt the settings (number of bots etc.) to your wishes by editing the 
  cstrike/EPODbot/EPB.cfg. All settings are described there.

- If you have additional waypoint files, add them to the folder 
  cstrike/EPODbot/wptEPB.  

7. How To Use E[POD]bot
=======================

They just should work fine without you having to do anything ;-).

Some commands are available in the PODBot-Menu. By default it's bound to the 
"P" key (you can change it in cstrike/EPODbot/EPB.cfg). You can also give the 
bots some radio commands such as "Follow Me" or "Taking Fire...Need Assistance."

If you have problems look into the other files in the cstrike/EPODbot/Docs 
folder or post in the E[POD]bot forum at http://forum.bots-united.com/.

8. What's new? / Version history
================================

Take a look at the cstrike/EPODbot/Docs/changelog.txt.

9. Known Problems/Bugs
======================

- Bots have no clue about what a button will do.
- Bots aren't affected by darkness
- Bots don't drive Vehicles
- Bots can see through func_illusionaries (e.g. curtains in cs_747, doors in 
  cs_backalley)
- Bots do not switch to pistol if clip is empty.
- You cannot edit waypoints properly (and SHOULDN'T!!) while bots are in the 
  game

10. Acknowledgements
==================

We wish to thank...

- Valve for creating the excellent game Half-Life.
- Gooseman, cliffe, SAS and all the other guys who created Counter-Strike and 
  worked on it for years to make it better.
- CountFloyd who created PODBot and everyone who supported him in doing this. 
- botman for creating HPB-bot, without it's source PODBot our bot wouldn't exist.
- The members of Nukebox Forums for keeping the community alive and helping us 
  and other people with stupid questions.
- ecKo (small e) who provides the kewl n00b Installer for PODBot-plugins.
- Someone who doesn't want to be mentioned, but without his work I would have 
  cancelled E[POD]bot before the first public release.
- MarD for helping with waypoints.
- Kain for inspirations and beta-testing
- judas for beta-testing and disputes about "bots getting stuck all the time"
- The Internet service providers for their much too high costs.
- Boardmaster, EcKo (capital E), Kruemelmonster, Ghean, ac!d and all the other 
  friends of mine who showed me at LAN how it feels to be a looser, so that I 
  got interested in reconfiguring PODBot and later on enhancing the sourcecode 
  to have better training.
- www.counter-strike.de and other sites which provide CS Tactic Guides.
- The Coca-Cola Company for selling the tasty caffein-drink.
- Millions of CS-players worldwide for playing CS and using HPB-Bot and PODBOT 
  (and I hope E[POD]bot, too) and making them that successful.

... and everybody else we missed in this list.
