Code Snippet: PlaceBot

Code Snippet by Avarax

function PlaceBot(botname: string; team: byte; X,Y: single): byte;
var i,n,tempType: byte;
    spawn: array of byte;
    tempX,tempY: single;
begin

  //DEACTIVATE ALL SPAWNS OF CHOSEN TEAM
  SetArrayLength(spawn,0);
  n:=0;
  for i:=1 to 254 do
    If GetSpawnStat(i,'Active') = true then
      If GetSpawnStat(i,'Style') = team then begin
        n:=n + 1;
        SetArrayLength(spawn,n);
        spawn[n-1]:=i;
        SetSpawnStat(i,'Active',false);
      end;

  //FIND AN UNUSED SPAWN AND SET IT TO SPECIFIED X/Y AND TEAM
  for i:=1 to 254 do
    If GetSpawnStat(i,'Active') = false then begin
      SetSpawnStat(i,'Active',true);
      tempType:=GetSpawnStat(i,'Style');
      tempX:=GetSpawnStat(i,'X');
      tempY:=GetSpawnStat(i,'Y');
      SetSpawnStat(i,'Style',team);
      SetSpawnStat(i,'X',X);
      SetSpawnStat(i,'Y',Y);
      break;
    end;

  //ADD THE BOT
  result:=Command('/addbot' + inttostr(team) + ' ' + botname);

  //RESET THE USED SPAWN TO ITS PREVIOUS STATE
  SetSpawnStat(i,'Active',false);
  SetSpawnStat(i,'Style',tempType);
  SetSpawnStat(i,'X',tempX);
  SetSpawnStat(i,'Y',tempY);

  //ENABLE ALL PREVIOUSLY DISABLED SPAWNS
  If n > 0 then
    for i:=0 to n-1 do
      SetSpawnStat(spawn[i],'Active',true);
end;

You can spawn bots at any position with this. Very useful, since you can not use MovePlayer on bots. Example of usage