LazyRaider - User Controlled Raiding+Heroics+RAF

[bobby53]

LazyRaider v2.0.2
by Bobby53, for use with Honorbuddy

[ !!!NOTE!!! ]
Do not use this download unless you read this entire post first! I will only be responding to posts about issues, questions, or constructive criticism if a good narrative description along with a complete debug log file is attached.

[ Abilities ]
This is a Bot to run Raids, Instances, Heroics, Battlegrounds, and Arenas where you (the user) control the movement, select and initial target, and initiate combat. The Bot will take over and invokes the Custom Class you selected for your Character and it handles combat, healing, etc. This provides a Manual Assisted Botting experience, allowing you do move whereever you want while bringing HonorBuddy to the fight. So you focus on the movement, positioning, and targeting let the bot focus on the rapid spell selection. In other words, you pick the fight and let HonorBuddy + LazyRaider + CC finish them off.

1. Option Dialog to select the Tank
   
   
2. All Enemy Targeting controlled by player when soloing or initiating group combat. In group with Tank selected and Auto Target option active, LazyRaider will automatically target Tank's target
   
   
3. Optional full movement control or can enable tank following (only while out of combat.)
   
   

This Bot works for all classes and does not require any additional plug-ins. You may need to disable movement in your CC if it does not auto-detect LazyRaider.


[ Feature Overview ]
o Option to disable all non-combat movement
o Option to specify follow distance
o Option to select Tank from list of group members
o Option to Auto Target tanks target (/assist)
o Automatically loads Blank profile
o Works with all party / raid sizes
o Options saved in Settings folder XML
o Mounts / Dismounts as needed if following Tank
o Control over FPS, Plugins, and other performance values



[ Known Issues ]
o Only disables Out of Combat movement. You must configure your CC to disable movement unless it automatically detects LazyRaider.
o If Tank following is enabled, does not follow Tank jumping off wall
o Does not target. This is because it is designed for Raids / Arena where the group leader will assign you targets based upon the strategy, so targeting is left to you.

[ Installation ]
Extract the .ZIP attached to this post to the Bots folder of your HonorBuddy installation. The successful installation will match:

Folder:

HonorBuddy\Bots\LazyRaider

Contents:

LazyRaider.cs
LazyRaider.Config.cs
LazyRaider.Config.Designer.cs
LazyRaider.Settings.cs

[ User Support ]
This Bot is derived from Nesox's Combat / Heal Bot included with HB. It adds support for Tank selection as well as options to control following the Tank or disabling non-combat movement.

[ Donations ]
I support the solicitation of donations by other Developers and Profile Authors. It takes countless hours to create and adequately support something of this complexity and you can acknowledge them by a small monetary donation.

This particular project is simply a pastime or hobby for me personally, so no donations are permitted. You can show your support in the following ways:

• Click the star at the bottom of this post and give +rep to this project
• When posting issues provide clear detailed descriptions with full debug logs attached. The time you save me by providing this is more valuable to me than monetary contributions.

[ Notices ]
1. Read my posts and documentation on the forum before posting a question.

2. I will try to respond to your posts quickly, but I do this in my spare time. If you don’t get a response, see #1 above.

3. Disclaimer: Use of 3rd party programs are against Blizzard's terms of use and license. This Bot is not intended for use on live Blizzard Entertainment World of Warcraft realms. Any use on Blizzard realms is at your own risk and not supported per this statement.

o READ THIS POST BEFORE DOWNLOADING

[bobby53]

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LazyRaider Usage [CLICK HERE]

[bobby53]

Hi Bobby,

Would it be possible to add an option to follow a user defined member of a party other than the tank? The reason I ask is I would like to use this with my pally healer or shaman healer while I manually play my hunter. If it could follow me instead of the tank I could try to keep it out of fire and what not while running heroics. I may be able to use the party bot for this but in the past i have found it kind of slow and I never could get it to work the way I wanted it to. Any advice would be great.

Saif

Edit: I know I could just select someone else as the tank in the bot options and it would follow that member of the party however for my pally healer this would be undesirable because the Beacon of Light spell would then be put on my hunter.

Saif, I'll give that some thought for a future release. For now, I would just flip it around the other way and play the Healer manually and have the Hunter follow the healer. That way you get the shorter queue times from the healer and eliminate the issue of Beacon of Light or Earth Shield being put on your hunter instead of the Tank. Thanks, Bobby53

[bobby53]

A few fixes for nagging issues you have all been living with for awhile. Download the update from the first post in this thread.

Change History

07/04/2011 Version 1.0.3

- fixed: issue with selecting party members as tank that are currently out of range

- fixed: issue with selecting party members as tank with special characters in name

- fixed: issue with in group list where number appeared instead of role

- fixed: issue with CC combat behavior being invoked when dead

- fixed: will no longer auto-select self as Tank (player you follow.)  

- fixed: intermittent issue with moving to Tank when more than 100 yards away

Please advise if you are still encountering issues with LazyRaider being borked after Tank death. As always, post a complete debug log with any issues encountered.

[bobby53]

hi
first time using it when he start the fight I try to move from aoe dosn't he stand on back of boss and the tank is not moving and I can't move him keep huging the boss .
how i can move him and he dose dps only when I do target mob for him and he keep targeting tank , some times i need to kill adds.
it is not follow on tank.

u12e12a,

In general, LazyRaider makes YOU responsible for moving the character. Here are the two elements in HonorBuddy that will cause your Shaman to move automatically without your help when using the LazyRaider Bot:

1. Out of Combat - LazyRaider will keep you within ## yards of the Tank if you have enabled that Option. You mentioned this option was turned off in your case.

2. In Combat - Your CC is in control. Some automatically disable movement when they detect LazyRaider and others provide an option you have to set to disable movement. Either way, you'll need to check the thread your CC was downloaded from for details on how to do that.

If I understand the issue correctly, your CC was still moving your character while In Combat towards the rear of the boss which prevented you from moving out of AoE. To fix that, you need to turn off movement in your CC. The steps to do that are different for each CC. Please consult your CC's documentation or the thread you downloaded it from.

If this doesn't resolve all your questions, please be sure to *attach* a complete debug log file with your post.

Thanks for the post,
Bobby53

[bobby53]

This plugin is great! Thanx for the great work Bobby. 1 Question though, I know in 1.02 the following the tank sometimes or the bot moving by itself was supposed to be fixed but it still happens to me even with the disable all movement option on true and follow tank not checked. I have the latest version of HB and and version 1.02 of LR . I started a priest and use singular and It keeps screwing me up in dungeons when a member is far away from the group and is taking damage, the bot tries to run to them and heal em even if they're on the opposite side of the map. Plus it always follows the tank still. Any suggestions? Am I doing something wrong? With DPS toons its not that bad its just follows the tank but thats not too bad for dps. Thanx in advance ^^

There were reports awhile back regarding the Disable Movement option in Singular not working, which would seem to correlate with what you are describing during Combat. Out of Combat I am not sure what the problem would be as the problem with disabling tank following in LazyRaider was fixed in 1.01. Please attach a complete log file if you continue to experience the problem and I'll try to resolve. Thanks and good luck, Bobby53

[bobby53]

Can someone please tell me if theres a way to like push a button so it will stop attacking and you can move the character. There are a lot of times I need to get to a spot but cant becasue the dang thing wont stop trying to attack the boss. I am a ret paladin. thanks if anyone can please help me with this. I been trying stop button on the hb but it usually ends up crashing my wow and its not fast enough for me to press stop and get back on wow and move my character then press start again.

Densdale, Combat movement is handled by the CC you are using, not LazyRaider (which only handles movement when out of combat.) Typically you will want to configure your CC to disable movement leaving you responsible for all movement once combat begins. Each CC is configured differently, so you will want to check the options and/or documentation for the one you are using. Thanks and good luck, Bobby53

[bobby53]

I have problem with RAF, i launched 4 shammies (your CC) they are in group, i selected tank, they are following him all the time with no problemo, but when i start fight - they just stand there doin nothing. Some advise ? Thanx

supersonic, You would want to use either Party bot or InstanceBuddy for what you are doing. LazyRaider currently requires you to target the enemy you want to DPS. This is intentional as it is primarily designed for Raids where depending on the encounter you will be required to select a different target then the tank or to switch targets at certain times. I will look at adding an auto tank/leader assist targeting option in the next release which should allow you to use LazyRaider for this purpose as well in environments where you don't have to jump off a cliff/ledge. Thanks and good luck with your Shaman, Bobby53

[bobby53]

Thank you for the answer. I dont use this pluggins I only use set the leader with lazy raider bot that's all, does anyone use this bot with loot manually?

LazyRaider does not contain any support for looting (since you have to be at the keyboard to use it anyway), so any support for enabling (or disabling if its occurring) automatic rolling or looting would be in AutoEquip2 or another plugin you have installed. Thanks for the post, Bobby53