Author Topic: Backup Bot.? (Read 2425 times)

penpushers · « **on:** January 10, 2010, 08:36:51 pm »

Hi,

I wonder if a program exists, to check if Bot-A is logged in, if not could trigger Bot-B to log into game.

Kind of like on a mailserver, where you have MX matrix records. You start of with a 5 route being the primary route and then say a 10 route, which would take over if the 5 route failed.

The reason I ask this is, I want to set up a backup bot, on a seperate connection, that will kick in if the primary connection goes down.

Please let me know if this is possible.?

I'm sure others would like a similar program

Wolfbiter · « **Reply #1 on:** January 11, 2010, 08:15:20 am »

It's possible, I wrote something like it a few years ago (don't have anything left from it now).

Just need to either make bot b check if bot a is online in all send_* commands, or a var that's set true/false if bot a logs on/off.
If bot a is online, send_* is halted, if it's offline, it'll proceed. Everything else can be identical between the bots, that way both bots are updated on any commands and such.