Featured Looting Bots 1.1.4 (AKI 3.7.1)

Thank you so much!!

Thanks for the update! BIG UP!

Yaaay. So good to see your lovely piece of work and dedication has resurfaced on the mods page! Appreciate your work!

Thanks for the work you do! This is definitely a mod that was sorely missed.

nice , thanks bro, this works with AKI 3.7.0 or is only 3.7.1 ?

Working through some issues with the current beta build so this is not a priority for me right now. I'll create a new branch for 3.7.2 after the next beta update

Appreciate the update bud! If you need any assistance feel free to DM me.

Wait, does the last version of LootingBots is have some compability issues with the 3.7.2 version of the Aki? It seem to work fine, but to think of it, the fps dips are quite harder than before on the 3.7.1 version, but im not sure.

I believe after testing all over the weekend that QuestingBots and/or LootingBots is causing me to freeze and crash when the timer hits zero going in to a raid. The FPS dips tend to be the AI spawning in the raid, maybe lessen or lower the amount of AI and you should see some FPS gains. Are you using 3.7.1 or 3.7.2?

Edit: and CombatStances as well. I think it's conflicting with other mods, no biggie just have to be patient until they eventually get updated.

You should be seeing backpack loot. Make sure no discard limits is last in you’re load order

About to test it out, I'll let you know if this helped! Thank you for replying

Can it be anything in KMC mod that I enabled that interfere with the mod?

Maybe disregard? Removed SWAG DONUTS & they are now traveling the entire maps again. Must be some conflict there. I was only running Big Brain, Waypoints, SAIN, Amands, & SWAG DONUTS. Removing SWAG fixed it. Weird.

Hmm that usually means that the client mod did not load. This usually happens if the BigBrain dependency is not installed or if you are using a version of SPT-AKI not supported by the mod.

Double-check the LootingBots plugin exists in your BepInEx/plugins folder, you can also check the Logs directory for the error logs. Also double check you downloaded the correct version of the mod for your installed version of SPT-AKI

I am going to do a fresh install and see if that works

Yeah thats a totally valid issue that I have noticed as well and have kind of left it in there because of that behavior where it lets bots kind of wander outside of their normal zones a little more. I do like this suggestion though, and now that there are even more AI mods being made I think its fair that the issue be addressed. If the "wandering" behavior is still desired, I could always keep it as a menu option off by default.

I'll open an issue on github!

Sounds good! Thanks!

Hmm no, the only issues ive ever had with reports of performance loss was back in the first couple of versions. There were no significant changes from 3.6 to 3.7 that should have affected performance either. Perhaps there is some sort of conflict and theres a lot of errors/messages being written to the logs?

I was having some plugin issues I tied back to other mods, but uninstalling them and reinstalling looting bots produced another one, so I'm sure its a mod conflict with something else. So I figure on a fresh install with just SAIN, its pre-reqs and this mod I should eliminate the issue I'm having. I'll give it a shot and if I remember to update this I will. Thanks boss.

Edit: Yup, it was something on my end. Looting bots working perfectly fine.

Not that this answers your question. However i thought i might point out how you can regain stamina by either crouching or lying when over encumbered (stamina not regenerating when walking or standing). Thus not having to take your backpack off. For instance, when i am 50kg plus and i run out of stamina i will often turn into a little slug slithering along ultimately regaining stamina subsequently springing back up to continue running like the pack mule I am only to rinse and repeat. This way I am constantly on the move!

So I mean this scenario is technically possible, but the logic is not "hey this guy dropped his bag lets go straight for it". During a bot's normal patrol logic they will search for the closest item/container/body to loot, if this item just so happens to be your backpack then the bot will start pathing towards it. They can still be interrupted if they see/hear another enemy (literally any other ai logic that takes priority over patrol), stopping the looting behavior until the bot is back on patrol. They will then repeat the scan process and the cycle continues.

Also it should not be possible for more than one bot to path to a single lootable at a time. If this is happening, then its a bug. No two bots should be trying to loot the same object at the same time

@Skwizzy Alright, thank you for the explanation! If I encounter more than 1 NPC pathing towards my backpack (Dunno if this is also the same case for groups) I will let you know

(Of course only when I get valid proof, which does not mistakenly include other behavior patterns)

@Aluv91 True, that's a valid strategy for it too :p

It should be compatible, looking through the mod page they have options related to despawning loot as the raid progresses so I would probably recommend disabling those options if you are going to be using Looting Bots. I have not tested compatibility between the two personally but I dont see a reason why they would conflict

Thanks! Ah yeah not at the moment, I only have options for a minimum loot value threshold and not one for a maximum. I can adjust the loot threshold logic to be a range instead of just a minimum value, thats pretty straight forward

I dont think I want to be in the business of managing an item blacklist, as that would likely rely on users having to look up each item ID. If enough people express interest in a blacklist then I can add this as an enhancement

A range would be great! And yeah i completely understand not wanting to manage the blacklist, thanks for the response!

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Bots will loot airdrops already with this mod, it is treated as a normal lootable container that can be found during a loot scan. At the moment there is no logic for the bots to prioritize looting airdrops vs other containers. This feature has been suggested, and I have added it as a possible enhancement for the future

Ok cool.
Yes I agree that some priority chance increasing bots interest in airdrop would be cool to see in the future.

I have not tested this recently, but it was compatible in previous versions

That's great. Thanks for the quick response and thank you for putting in the time to make this mod

@Heiz are you playing on SPT 3.7.0/1 ?

IMO AI limit should not be any issue for such mod. Drom 1 bot limit to 20 bots should be perfectly the same.

I see that update is taking some time for Skwizzy so I wonder if this mod work with 3.7.1 so if you are on that version, let us know if this makes bots go to loot places.

Seems to work fine on 3.7.1 using the BETA version. However, there seems to be an issue with AI running back and forth as if they can't decide which loot spot to run to first. It might be another mod causing this though, I couldn't say for certain. I'm running SAIN, Waypoints, DONUT, and this MOD, along with AI limit. Apart from that, the mod works great.

I forget exactly how AI Limit works, but it may be that a bot is trying to navigate to some loot that is outside the bots "activation range" and so the AI Limit logic deactivates the bot as it moves to the loot? This would cause the bot to patrol back to its zone, re entering the activation range and enabling the bot again. I think I remember seeing similar behavior when I had tested compatibility a few releases ago but I dont think there is a good way to avoid this behavior

3.7.0 will be released alongside 3.7.1 after some issues have been fixed in the current beta build

Yeah ive been slowly building towards that point, the swap logic can be a little finicky and Ive been mainly trying to iron out some recurring issues before taking that on as the next new feature

Thanks for opening the issue, responded in both discord and github

Says on questing bots homepage that this mod is recommended so yes.

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Yup doesn't work unfortunately, we shall have to wait a bit longer mainly the discarding limit that breaks the server with a red error

You could check the F12 settings, i remember that the default was something like 60-100m, i changed it down to like 25m or something. That way they would loot the body only if it was within 25m of them

Waheed writes the right solution. 25 meters might not be enough. Maybe 50-60 Ether would be good.

I did two things - set the looting interval check to 30s instead of 15s and also lowered the radius for bodies too 40m. This made it a lot more reasonable. At least I don't get omegaswarmed anymore after dropping someone, but if bots kill each other in a firefight then most of the time they still are close enough to loot.

I think the container radius needs to be significantly increased though, because on some maps otherwise the bots never cross the map. E.g. Customs, where they will not cross the river no matter what.

Did anyone try to increase it from the default of 75m?

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Take your time, just nice of you that you took out time to let us know you are updating at one point in the future.

appreciate it, much better than sitting there guessing if the creator gave up or not just to never see the creator come online again.

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take ur time!

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If only there was a bright red "3.6.1" label directly under the mod name that indicates this mod is currently only available for 3.6.1. A shame we don't have the technology for such a thing

yes it is as other mods say 3.6.1 in bright red and work fine, that too is directly under the mod name, that indicates it is not compatible with 3.7 so no support will be given (not it dont work). good thing we have technology for that, called spec savers.....LMAO ...... have 18 mods on spt and all but 2 work (ones that mess with bots behaviour).... Awesome mod dude makes it so much more immersive, which is why i thought id mention it.... nope not 2 ....3 dont work (pause)

ie gilded key storage - 3.6.0 so in red but works fine with 3.7

You being a smartass about specsavers doesn't help your argument, because you're still talking about a mod that isn't the same kind as Looting Bots. I wonder why the mods that you seem to have mentioned don't work... Bot behavior (you're most likely on about SAIN and Waypoints) and Pause are all client mods.

However; Gilded Key Storage is a server mod which, by more margin, has a chance of working across client patches? This is a client mod you're commenting on, and client mods were specifically broken by BSG's changes with 3.7. Server mods may break depending on what they do, but Gilded Key Storage has nothing pointing to being a client mod.

There is usually a reason the version label for a previous-version mod is red. Red is a common color for the word stop, which means don't continue past this point.

glad i didnt see it as stop as all the mods i use are red.... from what ive seen as soon as the mod is a different version it goes red and doesnt mean stop. and just looked unless its 3.7 they are all red as its the incorrect version, dont mean it dont work just no support will be given if theres problems. all i did was point out it wasnt working and replied with a "smart ass comment" to a smart ass comment. just because the version goes red does not mean it wont work

Bro, his comment is based off of the update the devs recently released. If you actually read it, then you would've seen:

Mod compatibility

• Server mods made for 3.6.x have not been tested for compatibility
• No client mods made for 3.6.x are compatible

There are two specified types of mods: client and server.

Client mods that are 3.6.1 are not compatible with 3.70, which means that client mods will not work with 3.7.0.

Server mods that are 3.6.1 have NOT been tested for compatibility, which means that there is a chance of working, but may cause issues.

The reason why versions are highlighted red does not mean support isn't provided, it means that either it might not be compatible or it will not work at all, and the last thing you want is to cause issues with your game version.

Please refrain from making smart ass comments and actually take responsibility to do research before making a comment.

Didn't 13.5 pretty much add this to the game? IIRC bots loot corpses and take weapons, rigs, and backpacks, and they'll drop their current rig if the looted one is better.

yeea i thought the same, thanks for remind.

You do it.

Thats what I tought too, but I'm not sure because I didn't read the live patchnotes and how this works. So... someone has information how this feature works exactly? Does it the same like this mod? If yes, also for PMCs?

must have as was playing last night came across random rigs laying around