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Links June 4, 1997 $1.50 Sundays

Other Web Sites Discovered

[ May 11, 1997, mikeBot press ] Only weeks after leaving central Alberta, the mikeBot Project Scout ship discovered other Web sites also containing information about client-side quake bots near Busang.

"We are very excited about the discovery," said project leader Mike, "this is perhaps the biggest Site discovery this century." There are no plans

at present to go public, Mike said, despite wild speculation the the Project may issue shares soon.

See the sidebar below for the list of sites already discovered, found in a leaked report from mikeBot Project Headquarters.

other client-bots

Llama Bot
Looks like this bot will be the most advanced client-side bot around, when it's released.

Itchy Bot
This bot is probably the most advanced cleint-side bot I've come accross (besides mikeBot, of course ;) ). It has prediction, allows many observers, avoids lava, doesn't shoot walls and can aim (limited) with the GL. The navigation is still limited to running straight at things avoiding lava (AFAIK).

QuakeSockBot
Another bot made entirely from scratch. Still very early in development; it doesn't send movement packets yet.

JavaBot
The first (and only) client-side bot done in Java. Nicely done homepage, check it out...also, sees walls and keeps track of all objects.

Stooge Bot
The best "cyborg" (human / computer hybrid) quake-bot out there.

QuakeBot C/S
Another mikeBot-like project; Jim Rorie is also attempting to make an autonomous quake-bot, also in C++, but concentrating on Windows. Side order of C++ source available.

Terminator
An autonomous quake-bot, which can also function in proxy mode (ala stooge bot, except that it was released long before), written in C. Comes with source, for unix and windows (please specify).

AEsir Clan Playmate
One of the first client-bots made; fairly simple-minded. No binary or source available.

LoefBot
Heavily based on the Terminator source, LoefBot is very stooge-like (i.e. only runs in proxy mode). Binary for windows only.

ZaphBot
A windows95 bot based on quakeBot C/S code which can also record demos.

Mystery Bot
another bot based on QuakeBot C/S code. Havn't looked at it very closely yet, so no big comment :)
If you have/know of a (client-side) bot not listed here, please tell me
useful resources
Bot Author's Guild
A central repository for Bot standards, links and resources.

Lair of the Quakebot
One of my other sites, containing general informaiton on quakebots. Soon to have a quakebot FAQ.

sockets FAQ
An invaluable resource for people who understand little about socket programming under unix (like me before I started mikeBot).

Quake Network Protocol
Describes how the quake clients comunicate with the servers.

Quake Specifications
dEngine's complete quake specs : .BSP, .MDL, .PAK etc.

Quake Map specs
Specs on the quake .MAP specifications. These are read by qbsp to make a partial .BSP file

QuakeSpecs
Nice handbook covering most issues in (early) bot development by QuakeBot C/S author.

.DEM format specifications
Although .DEM files are demos, they are also the same as client-server messages...check it out, well written and easy to follow.

.QWD format specifications
QuakeWorld demo (.QWD) file format description. (Is also the server-client portion of the QuakeWorld network protocol.) Very nice!
nifty quake sites
FAQ-proxy
A very cool proxy allowing you to record demos of deathmatchs, and also allows up to 30 (yes, thirty) clients to connect and watch what you're doing and chat with each other and you...very well done, binaries available for aix, linux, win95, sunOS, solaris and others...check it out. They now also have a QuakeWorld proxy, too.

The Void
Another news site.

Blues News
The only source for quake news; the best.

Quakeweek
The Newsweek of the Quake world. Very funny.

Planet Quake
The Planet is another fine quake news site, concentrating on bigger, more in-depth stories, as well as hosting a plethora of quake sites (including this one) and many resources, such as the Quake Newbie Guide, Who's Who and the Quake Encyclopedia.

Slipgate Central
The best quake link repository; searchable, too. Well-designed.
other exciting pages
The Temple of Mike
My main page.

AI, ALife, GA, GP links
Game AI Page
An excellent page dealing with games (past, present and furutre) which use cool AI.

The Genetic Algorithms Archive
A plentitude of information regarding Genetic Algorithms (GAs), and links to lots of source code. Very nice.

Genetic Java!
A Java applet demonstrating a GA in action. Very nicely done; if you are confused about my description of mikeBot's GA, go here.

Nova Genetica
Billed as the number one source for GA information, this site does in fact have tons of GA info. Check it out.

think your site is good
enough for a link? mail me
and maybe i'll check it out...

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