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## Summary - restrict `reputation all` to a curated list of WotLK/BC/Classic faction IDs (filtered by team) - reuse a shared formatter for reputation lines - add an `emblems` chat command to report emblem counts ### Multibot will need a update <img width="420" height="131" alt="image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/bedf9dd8-e8de-465f-96d0-f9c2f1dacfc1" /> <img width="601" height="623" alt="image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/1edde264-baed-4cfb-a401-208bea189139" /> <img width="670" height="661" alt="image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/a70e2174-dd1d-4e14-b6e4-2938c26ccb29" /> <img width="650" height="48" alt="image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/241e332a-23ce-4d81-be53-4d83e10d246a" /> --------- Co-authored-by: Keleborn <22352763+Celandriel@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: bash <hermensb@gmail.com> Co-authored-by: Revision <tkn963@gmail.com> Co-authored-by: kadeshar <kadeshar@gmail.com>
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Every action and decision executes PER BOT AND PER TRIGGER. Small
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## Pull Request Description
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The current strategy for Onyxia causes bots to get hit by her breath
attack relatively consistently during phase 2.
The problem was that the safe zone coordinates always use the bot's
z-coordinate. If the bots are standing at the lower altitude part of the
arena, `SearchForBestPath` inside `MoveTo` causes `INVALID_HEIGHT`,
resulting in the bot not moving at all and getting hit by the breath
attack.
This PR fixes this behavior by using the actual terrain z-coordinates
for the predefined safe zones instead of always using the bot's
z-coordinate. These values are chosen to ensure valid pathfinding
regardless of the bot's current elevation.
Additionally, bots now interrupt their spells if they are not inside a
safe zone during the breath. This causes the bots to immediately start
running instead of finishing their casts first.
## Feature Evaluation
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Replaced the use of `bot->GetPositionZ()` in `GetSafeZonesForBreath`
with predefined safe zone z-coordinates to ensure valid pathfinding.
Added `AttackStop` and `InterruptNonMeleeSpells` to guarantee immediate
movement when outside safe zones.
No additional condition checks or branching logic were introduced.
- Describe the **processing cost** when this logic executes across many
bots.
Minimal. The logic only runs within the Onyxia encounter script and
calling `AttackStop` and `InterruptNonMeleeSpells` should be negligible.
## How to Test the Changes
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Enter Onyxia's Lair (10, 25 or 40 (mod-individual-progression)) and
engage Onyxia with the appropriate number of bots.
During phase 2 (Onyxia takes off), check if the bots move to the safe
zones during the breath attack.
Tip: Mark Onyxia as moon (RTI), so that phase 2 doesn't end too quickly.
## Impact Assessment
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tick) can help you here. -->
- Does this change increase per-bot/per-tick processing or risk scaling
poorly with thousands of bots?
- - [ ] No, not at all
- - [x] Minimal impact (**explain below**)
- - [ ] Moderate impact (**explain below**)
The calls of `AttackStop` and `InterruptNonMeleeSpells` cause minimal
overhead compared to the original strategy. This should be negligible.
- Does this change modify default bot behavior?
- - [ ] No
- - [x] Yes (**explain why**)
Yes (encounter-specific). Bots will now interrupt casts earlier during
Onyxia phase 2 to prioritize movement to safe zones.
- Does this change add new decision branches or increase maintenance
complexity?
- - [x] No
- - [ ] Yes (**explain below**)
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needs to have English as the default fallback,
while the full translations need to be in an SQL update file. The
languages in the file are the nine language
options supported by AzerothCore: English, Korean, French, German,
Chinese, Taiwanese, Spanish, Spanish Mexico, and
Russian. See
data/sql/playerbots/updates/2025_12_27_ai_playerbot_fishing_text.sql as
an example of a translation SQL
update, whose content are called within the codebase at
src/strategy/actions/FishingAction.cpp
-->
## Final Checklist
- - [x] Stability is not compromised.
- - [x] Performance impact is understood, tested, and acceptable.
- - [x] Added logic complexity is justified and explained.
- - [x] Any new bot dialogue lines are translated.
- - [x] Documentation updated if needed (Conf comments, WiKi commands).
## Notes for Reviewers
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The strategy for Onyxia might need additional work:
For example, the Onyxian Lair Guards are completely ignored while whelps
are alive and their Blast Nova doesn't get handled at all.
This PR focuses on fixing the Deep Breath behavior. Handling of Onyxian
Lair Guards is not included and should be implemented in a separate PR.
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Every action and decision executes PER BOT AND PER TRIGGER. Small
increases in logic complexity scale
poorly across thousands of bots and negatively affect all. We prioritize
a stable system over a smarter
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Default behavior must be cheap in processing; expensive behavior must be
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## Pull Request Description
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Clean up values that were incorrectly translated from the sql search
into the dbc search.
Refactors structure for cities in TravelMgr to try to resolve some
duplication issues.
Change to position based search, so that bots dont get stuck if they
fail to resolve the flightmaster game object when it hasnt spawned.
TravelFlight state now stores flight master entry + world position
instead of ObjectGuid, so the bot can move back into range and
re-resolve the NPC locally via FindNearestCreature
Bundles reliability cleanup in NewRpgTravelFlightAction: uses
info.ChangeToIdle() consistently and adds the missing return true after
a failed taxi path
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No expected shanges.
## How to Test the Changes
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Run the server and check if zones are getting populated well.
## Impact Assessment
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tick) can help you here. -->
- Does this change increase per-bot/per-tick processing or risk scaling
poorly with thousands of bots?
- - [x] No, not at all
- - [ ] Minimal impact (**explain below**)
- - [ ] Moderate impact (**explain below**)
Run with 4k bots, no issues.
- Does this change modify default bot behavior?
- - [ ] No
- - [x] Yes (**explain why**)
It should correctly send bots to the areas appropriate for their level
in an equally weighted manner.
- Does this change add new decision branches or increase maintenance
complexity?
- - [x] No
- - [ ] Yes (**explain below**)
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Refactoring the data structure based on my instruction.
All parts reviewed.
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Anything new that the bots say in chat must be in a translatable format.
This is done using GetBotTextOrDefault,
which you can search for in the codebase to find examples. Your code
needs to have English as the default fallback,
while the full translations need to be in an SQL update file. The
languages in the file are the nine language
options supported by AzerothCore: English, Korean, French, German,
Chinese, Taiwanese, Spanish, Spanish Mexico, and
Russian. See
data/sql/playerbots/updates/2025_12_27_ai_playerbot_fishing_text.sql as
an example of a translation SQL
update, whose content are called within the codebase at
src/strategy/actions/FishingAction.cpp
-->
## Final Checklist
- - [x] Stability is not compromised.
- - [x] Performance impact is understood, tested, and acceptable.
- - [x] Added logic complexity is justified and explained.
- - [x] Any new bot dialogue lines are translated.
- - [x] Documentation updated if needed (Conf comments, WiKi commands).
## Notes for Reviewers
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…aders (#2347) <!-- Thank you for contributing to mod-playerbots, please make sure that you... 1. Submit your PR to the test-staging branch, not master. 2. Read the guidelines below before submitting. 3. Don't delete parts of this template. DESIGN PHILOSOPHY: We prioritize STABILITY, PERFORMANCE, AND PREDICTABILITY over behavioral realism. Every action and decision executes PER BOT AND PER TRIGGER. Small increases in logic complexity scale poorly across thousands of bots and negatively affect all. We prioritize a stable system over a smarter one. Bots don't need to behave perfectly; believable behavior is the goal, not human simulation. Default behavior must be cheap in processing; expensive behavior must be opt-in. Before submitting, make sure your changes aligns with these principles. --> ## Pull Request Description <!-- Describe what this change does and why it is needed --> This PR trims redundant includes from raid Strategy.h and TriggerContext.h headers. I noticed a consistent pattern of including Multiplier.h when it was not needed in Strategy.h and including AiObjectContext.h in TriggerContext.h when only the narrower NamedObjectContext.h is needed (both of which I was guilty of also). Since we make new raid strategies based on existing raid strategies, I figure let's go for the low-hanging fruit and just fix this so we stop doing it wrong going forward. While I was at it, I removed other unnecessary includes but in those two files only (across dungeon and raid strategies). Edit: Made a couple of other minor code cleanups I'd been intending to do. Notably, we shouldn't be including a .cpp in PlayerbotAI.cpp. ## Feature Evaluation <!-- If your PR is very minimal (comment typo, wrong ID reference, etc), and it is very obvious it will not have any impact on performance, you may skip these question. If necessary, a maintainer may ask you for them later. --> <!-- Please answer the following: --> - Describe the **minimum logic** required to achieve the intended behavior. - Describe the **processing cost** when this logic executes across many bots. ## How to Test the Changes <!-- - Step-by-step instructions to test the change. - Any required setup (e.g. multiple players, number of bots, specific configuration). - Expected behavior and how to verify it. --> ## Impact Assessment <!-- As a generic test, before and after measure of pmon (playerbot pmon tick) can help you here. --> - Does this change increase per-bot/per-tick processing or risk scaling poorly with thousands of bots? - - [x] No, not at all - - [ ] Minimal impact (**explain below**) - - [ ] Moderate impact (**explain below**) - Does this change modify default bot behavior? - - [x] No - - [ ] Yes (**explain why**) - Does this change add new decision branches or increase maintenance complexity? - - [x] No - - [ ] Yes (**explain below**) ## AI Assistance <!-- AI assistance is allowed, but all submitted code must be fully understood, reviewed, and owned by the contributor. We expect contributors to be honest about what they do and do not understand. --> Was AI assistance used while working on this change? - - [ ] No - - [x] Yes (**explain below**) <!-- If yes, please specify: - Purpose of usage (e.g. brainstorming, refactoring, documentation, code generation). - Which parts of the change were influenced or generated, and whether it was thoroughly reviewed. --> I had GPT-5.4 do the actual work because doing it myself file-by-file would've been such a snoozefest. <!-- TRANSLATIONS: Anything new that the bots say in chat must be in a translatable format. This is done using GetBotTextOrDefault, which you can search for in the codebase to find examples. Your code needs to have English as the default fallback, while the full translations need to be in an SQL update file. The languages in the file are the nine language options supported by AzerothCore: English, Korean, French, German, Chinese, Taiwanese, Spanish, Spanish Mexico, and Russian. See data/sql/playerbots/updates/2025_12_27_ai_playerbot_fishing_text.sql as an example of a translation SQL update, whose content are called within the codebase at src/strategy/actions/FishingAction.cpp --> ## Final Checklist - - [x] Stability is not compromised. - - [x] Performance impact is understood, tested, and acceptable. - - [x] Added logic complexity is justified and explained. - - [x] Any new bot dialogue lines are translated. - - [x] Documentation updated if needed (Conf comments, WiKi commands). ## Notes for Reviewers <!-- Anything else that's helpful to review or test your pull request. -->
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poorly across thousands of bots and negatively affect all. We prioritize
a stable system over a smarter
one. Bots don't need to behave perfectly; believable behavior is the
goal, not human simulation.
Default behavior must be cheap in processing; expensive behavior must be
opt-in.
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## Pull Request Description
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Fix an issue where bots would eventually have pvp set by reset. THis
ensures bot pvp states are consistent with realm type.
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- Does this change modify default bot behavior?
- - [ ] No
- - [x] Yes (**explain why**)
Corrects behavior to match server intent.
- Does this change add new decision branches or increase maintenance
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- - [x] No
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Anything new that the bots say in chat must be in a translatable format.
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which you can search for in the codebase to find examples. Your code
needs to have English as the default fallback,
while the full translations need to be in an SQL update file. The
languages in the file are the nine language
options supported by AzerothCore: English, Korean, French, German,
Chinese, Taiwanese, Spanish, Spanish Mexico, and
Russian. See
data/sql/playerbots/updates/2025_12_27_ai_playerbot_fishing_text.sql as
an example of a translation SQL
update, whose content are called within the codebase at
src/strategy/actions/FishingAction.cpp
-->
## Final Checklist
- - [x] Stability is not compromised.
- - [x] Performance impact is understood, tested, and acceptable.
- - [x] Added logic complexity is justified and explained.
- - [x] Any new bot dialogue lines are translated.
- - [x] Documentation updated if needed (Conf comments, WiKi commands).
## Notes for Reviewers
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Test staging
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Before submitting, make sure your changes aligns with these principles. --> ### Contingent on #2295 ## Pull Request Description <!-- Describe what this change does and why it is needed --> This PR implements raid strategies for all bosses in everybody's favorite TBC instance, the Battle for Mount Hyjal. As before, I have designed these all to work with IP with 50% damage and healing. I also did not merge the 1.88x buff to Vanilla & TBC healing items that IP recently implemented. The next post will outline all implemented strategies. Note: Set to draft for now as I may tweak Archimonde some more, but I generally consider Hyjal complete, subject to comments. ## Feature Evaluation <!-- If your PR is very minimal (comment typo, wrong ID reference, etc), and it is very obvious it will not have any impact on performance, you may skip these question. If necessary, a maintainer may ask you for them later. --> <!-- Please answer the following: --> - Describe the **minimum logic** required to achieve the intended behavior. - Describe the **processing cost** when this logic executes across many bots. As with previous strategies, I've worked within the existing context of actions/multipliers/triggers. This strategy does implement new spell hooks, but I don't think that is problematic for performance, and I'll explain why they are necessary in the next post. ## How to Test the Changes <!-- - Step-by-step instructions to test the change. - Any required setup (e.g. multiple players, number of bots, specific configuration). - Expected behavior and how to verify it. --> ## Impact Assessment <!-- As a generic test, before and after measure of pmon (playerbot pmon tick) can help you here. --> - Does this change increase per-bot/per-tick processing or risk scaling poorly with thousands of bots? - - [ ] No, not at all - - [x] Minimal impact (**explain below**) - - [ ] Moderate impact (**explain below**) There are many new triggers, multipliers, and actions, but they will be evaluated only if the "hyjal" strategy is added. Additionally, I've attempted to order and implement checks in a manner to limit performance impact and have tested with .pmon active. In general, I consider performance to be highly important so am always working on ways to limit the impact (e.g., trying to use the most targeted grid searches available when needed). - Does this change modify default bot behavior? - - [ ] No - - [x] Yes (**explain why**) Only in the Hyjal instance, for obvious reasons. - Does this change add new decision branches or increase maintenance complexity? - - [ ] No - - [x] Yes (**explain below**) New decision branches apply only in the new Hyjal instance, for obvious reasons. Maintenance complexity should not be increased as code outside of the new Hyjal files is not impacted, except to the extent needed to register and implement the strategy in the same manner as all existing strategies. Exception: As noted, I did add new spell hooks, but if they become problematic, they can easily be removed. ## Messages to Translate <!-- Bot messages have to be translatable, but you don't need to do the translations here. You only need to make sure the message is in a translatable format, and list in the table the message_key and the default English message. Search for GetBotTextOrDefault in the codebase for examples. --> - Does this change add bot messages to translate? - - [x] No - - [ ] Yes (**list messages in the table**) | Message key | Default message | | --------------- | ------------------ | | | | | | | ## AI Assistance <!-- AI assistance is allowed, but all submitted code must be fully understood, reviewed, and owned by the contributor. 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Caveat: The full impact of implementing the spell hooks on a broad scale is beyond my knowledge to evaluate. - - [x] Added logic complexity is justified and explained. - - [x] Documentation updated if needed (Conf comments, WiKi commands). ## Notes for Reviewers <!-- Anything else that's helpful to review or test your pull request. --> --------- Co-authored-by: Keleborn <22352763+Celandriel@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: bash <hermensb@gmail.com> Co-authored-by: Revision <tkn963@gmail.com> Co-authored-by: kadeshar <kadeshar@gmail.com>
## Pull Request Description This PR adds a config parameter `AiPlayerbot.EnableAutoTradeOnItemMention` that controls whether trade dialogues and inventory listings will be triggered for messages that contain keywords anywhere in their text (for example "got some food?"). The default value is `1/true`, so for existing installs there will be no change. This is useful for other mods that could utilise game chats for other purposes, specifically my [mod-playerbots-characters](https://github.com/deseven/mod-playerbots-characters) and @DustinHendrickson 's [mod-ollama-chat](https://github.com/DustinHendrickson/mod-ollama-chat). Individual users might also benefit from the ability to disable this functionality. ## Feature Evaluation N/A ## How to Test the Changes 1. Start the server with default config and join the game. 2. Get into a party with one or more bots. 3. Write `got some food?` to the party chat. 4. A trade dialogue along with the whispers from the bots should pop up. 5. Stop the server, change `AiPlayerbot.EnableAutoTradeOnItemMention` to `0`. 6. Start the server, join the game. 7. Get into a party with one or more bots. 8. Write `got some food?` to the party chat. 9. Nothing should happen. > [!NOTE] > In both cases the commands `t something` and `c something` should still work. ## Impact Assessment - Does this change increase per-bot/per-tick processing or risk scaling poorly with thousands of bots? - - [x] No, not at all - - [ ] Minimal impact (**explain below**) - - [ ] Moderate impact (**explain below**) - Does this change modify default bot behavior? - - [x] No - - [ ] Yes (**explain why**) - Does this change add new decision branches or increase maintenance complexity? - - [x] No - - [ ] Yes (**explain below**) ## AI Assistance Was AI assistance used while working on this change? - - [x] No - - [ ] Yes (**explain below**) ## Final Checklist - - [x] Stability is not compromised. - - [x] Performance impact is understood, tested, and acceptable. - - [x] Added logic complexity is justified and explained. - - [x] Any new bot dialogue lines are translated. - - [x] Documentation updated if needed (Conf comments, WiKi commands). ## Notes for Reviewers N/A
## Pull Request Description
This adds checks to prevent bots from logging out when the master isn't
actually logging out, respecting the `PreventAFKLogout` setting in
`worldserver.conf`. Otherwise, returning to the game after a long pause
means your bots are offline and you have to re-add them, which is
annoying.
## Feature Evaluation
N/A
## How to Test the Changes
1. Set `PreventAFKLogout` to 1 or 2 in `worldserver.conf`.
2. Start the server, log in, add some bots to your party.
3. Go to a sanctuary if you set `PreventAFKLogout` to 1 or just start
idling anywhere otherwise.
4. Both you and the bots will stay in-game no matter how much time has
passed.
## Impact Assessment
- Does this change increase per-bot/per-tick processing or risk scaling
poorly with thousands of bots?
- - [x] No, not at all
- - [ ] Minimal impact (**explain below**)
- - [ ] Moderate impact (**explain below**)
- Does this change modify default bot behavior?
- - [x] No
- - [ ] Yes (**explain why**)
- Does this change add new decision branches or increase maintenance
complexity?
- - [x] No
- - [ ] Yes (**explain below**)
## AI Assistance
Was AI assistance used while working on this change?
- - [ ] No
- - [x] Yes (**explain below**)
Researching the issue and determining what checks need to be
implemented.
## Final Checklist
- - [x] Stability is not compromised.
- - [x] Performance impact is understood, tested, and acceptable.
- - [x] Added logic complexity is justified and explained.
- - [x] Any new bot dialogue lines are translated.
- - [x] Documentation updated if needed (Conf comments, WiKi commands).
## Notes for Reviewers
N/A
…hant Spellcasting (#2345) <!-- Thank you for contributing to mod-playerbots, please make sure that you... 1. Submit your PR to the test-staging branch, not master. 2. Read the guidelines below before submitting. 3. Don't delete parts of this template. DESIGN PHILOSOPHY: We prioritize STABILITY, PERFORMANCE, AND PREDICTABILITY over behavioral realism. Every action and decision executes PER BOT AND PER TRIGGER. Small increases in logic complexity scale poorly across thousands of bots and negatively affect all. We prioritize a stable system over a smarter one. Bots don't need to behave perfectly; believable behavior is the goal, not human simulation. Default behavior must be cheap in processing; expensive behavior must be opt-in. Before submitting, make sure your changes aligns with these principles. --> ## Pull Request Description <!-- Describe what this change does and why it is needed --> Fix for issue #2343 I excluded the MISC and FISHING POLE weapon subclasses from weapon enchants. MISC includes the entry profession "weapons" (skinning knife, mining pick, blacksmithing hammer, arclight spanner) and some other crap that I suspect is not enchantable, but even if it is there's no good reason to do so (like Brewfest steins). The subclass doesn't include weapons that can be used for professions but you might actually want to use for fighting (like Finkle's Skinner). To clean things up overall, I removed the intermediate class CastEnchantItemAction between CastSpellAction and CastEnchantItemMainHandAction and CastEnchantItemOffHandAction. CastEnchantItemAction is not doing anything helpful that can't easily be replicated in the MH/OH classes, and I can't think of any future reason for keeping CastEnchantItemAction. I also brought the CanCastSpell check into the MH/OH classes--previously it just wasn't run for the weapon enchant spells, and I can't think of any good reason why it shouldn't be. I also added Execute functions to both CastEnchantItemMainHandAction and CastEnchantItemOffHandAction so they actually directly cast the enchant on the specified hand instead of running through CastSpellAction's Execute (and thus going through item for spell). I wasn't having problems with the wrong hand being applied under the prior approach, but this is a more direct and better approach anyway. Other changes are just formatting. ## Feature Evaluation <!-- If your PR is very minimal (comment typo, wrong ID reference, etc), and it is very obvious it will not have any impact on performance, you may skip these question. If necessary, a maintainer may ask you for them later. --> <!-- Please answer the following: --> - Describe the **minimum logic** required to achieve the intended behavior. - Describe the **processing cost** when this logic executes across many bots. The new path is very similar to the old one but just adds a check that is common to all spells and early returns to avoid invalid results. ## How to Test the Changes <!-- - Step-by-step instructions to test the change. - Any required setup (e.g. multiple players, number of bots, specific configuration). - Expected behavior and how to verify it. --> 1. Log into a Shaman and activate selfbot 2. Check to make sure the correct enchantments are applied (e.g., MH Windfury and OH Flametongue for a dual-wielding Enhancement Shaman) 3. Equip a profession weapon such as a skinning knife and make sure the Shaman does not attempt to enchant it ## Impact Assessment <!-- As a generic test, before and after measure of pmon (playerbot pmon tick) can help you here. --> - Does this change increase per-bot/per-tick processing or risk scaling poorly with thousands of bots? - - [x] No, not at all - - [ ] Minimal impact (**explain below**) - - [ ] Moderate impact (**explain below**) - Does this change modify default bot behavior? - - [ ] No - - [x] Yes (**explain why**) This just stops Shamans from trying to enchant stuff that they can't. - Does this change add new decision branches or increase maintenance complexity? - - [x] No - - [ ] Yes (**explain below**) ## AI Assistance <!-- AI assistance is allowed, but all submitted code must be fully understood, reviewed, and owned by the contributor. We expect contributors to be honest about what they do and do not understand. --> Was AI assistance used while working on this change? - - [ ] No - - [x] Yes (**explain below**) <!-- If yes, please specify: - Purpose of usage (e.g. brainstorming, refactoring, documentation, code generation). - Which parts of the change were influenced or generated, and whether it was thoroughly reviewed. --> I kicked around some ideas with GPT-5.4 with respect to the refactoring aspect of the PR after I had fixed the bug. <!-- TRANSLATIONS: Anything new that the bots say in chat must be in a translatable format. This is done using GetBotTextOrDefault, which you can search for in the codebase to find examples. Your code needs to have English as the default fallback, while the full translations need to be in an SQL update file. The languages in the file are the nine language options supported by AzerothCore: English, Korean, French, German, Chinese, Taiwanese, Spanish, Spanish Mexico, and Russian. See data/sql/playerbots/updates/2025_12_27_ai_playerbot_fishing_text.sql as an example of a translation SQL update, whose content are called within the codebase at src/strategy/actions/FishingAction.cpp --> ## Final Checklist - - [x] Stability is not compromised. - - [x] Performance impact is understood, tested, and acceptable. - - [x] Added logic complexity is justified and explained. - - [x] Any new bot dialogue lines are translated. - - [x] Documentation updated if needed (Conf comments, WiKi commands). ## Notes for Reviewers <!-- Anything else that's helpful to review or test your pull request. -->
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Every action and decision executes PER BOT AND PER TRIGGER. Small
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poorly across thousands of bots and negatively affect all. We prioritize
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Default behavior must be cheap in processing; expensive behavior must be
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## Pull Request Description
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This PR does a few things.
1. Enable Selfbots to mount up. Because they have masters, but are their
own masters, they would never mount up because their master never
mounted.
2. Fix flag state handling after processing the aura change.
3. Add in the Dismount packet handler. This is intended to implement
fall animations and have bots touch the ground when dismounting instead
of floating off the ground. (It was cleared anyway after the first move,
but this should make it more seamless.)
## Feature Evaluation
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bots.
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self bot should mount up, and select area appropriate mounts.
Bots in your team should mount up, and on your dismount properly snap to
the ground.
should test at low Z (<1.0 off the ground) and higher z (> 1.0 off the
ground)
## Impact Assessment
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tick) can help you here. -->
- Does this change increase per-bot/per-tick processing or risk scaling
poorly with thousands of bots?
- - [ ] No, not at all
- - [x] Minimal impact (**explain below**)
- - [ ] Moderate impact (**explain below**)
The processing of a fall path has some impact, but I dont think itll be
too much.
- Does this change modify default bot behavior?
- - [ ] No
- - [x] Yes (**explain why**)
Add natural falling when dismounting. May incurr fall damange....
- Does this change add new decision branches or increase maintenance
complexity?
- - [x] No
- - [ ] Yes (**explain below**)
## AI Assistance
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Comparison of code bases, searching for flags, adding diagnostic
logging, and processing of said logging.
iterating and brainstorming.
Code was also written, but fully reviewed by me, and fixed where
appropriate.
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This is done using GetBotTextOrDefault,
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while the full translations need to be in an SQL update file. The
languages in the file are the nine language
options supported by AzerothCore: English, Korean, French, German,
Chinese, Taiwanese, Spanish, Spanish Mexico, and
Russian. See
data/sql/playerbots/updates/2025_12_27_ai_playerbot_fishing_text.sql as
an example of a translation SQL
update, whose content are called within the codebase at
src/strategy/actions/FishingAction.cpp
-->
## Final Checklist
- - [x] Stability is not compromised.
- - [x] Performance impact is understood, tested, and acceptable.
- - [x] Added logic complexity is justified and explained.
- - [x] Any new bot dialogue lines are translated.
- - [x] Documentation updated if needed (Conf comments, WiKi commands).
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---------
Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
## Pull Request Description
This change fixes two cases of broken bot text with respect to inventory
items.
1. Reserved inventory qualifiers such as "mount," "food," "drink," etc.
no longer also trigger generic item name matching. I first noticed this
problem when my resto Shaman who had the "Mounting Vengeance" weapon in
her inventory would repeatedly give error messages of failing to use it
while mounting (because mounting also causes bots to use items that fit
the reserved "mount," which due to this bug, also caused bots to try to
use any item with "mount" in its name).
2. Custom cast output text no longer reports an inferred bag item as the
spell target for normal unit-targeted casts such as "cast chain heal on
Keleborn." There was a bug where the action would first parse the actual
target and then parse the spell text and then try to match the last word
of the string to a bag item (so the bot would say it was casting chain
heal on a healing potion, even though the heal was in fact cast
correctly on a player).
## Feature Evaluation
- Describe the **minimum logic** required to achieve the intended
behavior.
- Add a reserved-qualifier check in InventoryAction::parseItems() so
reserved selectors do not also run through FindNamedItemVisitor.
- In custom cast output text, choose the displayed target based on the
actual target type already resolved for the cast.
- It does not change mount selection behavior itself.
- It does not add new spell-target parsing rules.
- Describe the **processing cost** when this logic executes across many
bots.
- None.
## How to Test the Changes
Reserved qualifiers:
1. Give a bot in your party the "Mounting Vengeance" weapon.
2. Mount up, and the bot should mount too without saying anything
(before the fix, the bot would say it is using the weapon and that the
item was not found).
Spell cast text:
1. Give a bot an inventory item whose name overlaps with part of a spell
name, such as a healing potion.
2. Command a bot to cast some heal on a player.
3. The bot should cast the spell on the intended player (as was the case
previously), and the status text names the player instead of the
inventory item.
## Impact Assessment
- Does this change increase per-bot/per-tick processing or risk scaling
poorly with thousands of bots?
- [x] No, not at all
- [ ] Minimal impact (**explain below**)
- Does this change modify default bot behavior?
- [x] No
- [ ] Yes (**explain why**)
- Does this change add new decision branches or increase maintenance
complexity?
- [ ] No
- [x] Yes (**explain below**)
Very minor changes. InventoryAction gets one explicit reserved-qualifier
guard. Custom cast text selection becomes more explicit about which
target type should be displayed.
## AI Assistance
Was AI assistance used while working on this change?
- [ ] No
- [x] Yes (**explain below**)
GPT-5.4 was used to trace the relevant code paths for the errors and
propose the changes.
## Final Checklist
- [x] Stability is not compromised.
- [x] Performance impact is understood, tested, and acceptable.
- [x] Added logic complexity is justified and explained.
- [x] Any new bot dialogue lines are translated.
- [x] Documentation updated if needed (Conf comments, WiKi commands).
## Notes for Reviewers
---------
Co-authored-by: Keleborn <22352763+Celandriel@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: bash <hermensb@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Revision <tkn963@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: kadeshar <kadeshar@gmail.com>
#2361) <!-- Thank you for contributing to mod-playerbots, please make sure that you... 1. Submit your PR to the test-staging branch, not master. 2. Read the guidelines below before submitting. 3. Don't delete parts of this template. DESIGN PHILOSOPHY: We prioritize STABILITY, PERFORMANCE, AND PREDICTABILITY over behavioral realism. Every action and decision executes PER BOT AND PER TRIGGER. Small increases in logic complexity scale poorly across thousands of bots and negatively affect all. We prioritize a stable system over a smarter one. Bots don't need to behave perfectly; believable behavior is the goal, not human simulation. Default behavior must be cheap in processing; expensive behavior must be opt-in. Before submitting, make sure your changes aligns with these principles. --> ## Pull Request Description The previous logic contained two contradictory guards back-to-back: ``` // First check: passes only if IsRealPlayer() == true if (!leader || !GET_PLAYERBOT_AI(leader) || !GET_PLAYERBOT_AI(leader)->IsRealPlayer()) return false; // Second check: returns false if IsRealPlayer() == true PlayerbotAI* leaderBotAI = GET_PLAYERBOT_AI(leader); if (!leaderBotAI || leaderBotAI->IsRealPlayer()) return false; ``` The first guard (due to the erroneous `!` before `IsRealPlayer()`) only passes when the leader **is** a real player. The second guard then immediately returns `false` for the same reason, making the function incapable of ever returning `true`. ## Feature Evaluation <!-- If your PR is very minimal (comment typo, wrong ID reference, etc), and it is very obvious it will not have any impact on performance, you may skip these question. If necessary, a maintainer may ask you for them later. --> <!-- Please answer the following: --> - Describe the **minimum logic** required to achieve the intended behavior. - Describe the **processing cost** when this logic executes across many bots. ## How to Test the Changes <!-- - Step-by-step instructions to test the change. - Any required setup (e.g. multiple players, number of bots, specific configuration). - Expected behavior and how to verify it. --> ## Impact Assessment <!-- As a generic test, before and after measure of pmon (playerbot pmon tick) can help you here. --> - Does this change increase per-bot/per-tick processing or risk scaling poorly with thousands of bots? - - [x] No, not at all - - [ ] Minimal impact (**explain below**) - - [ ] Moderate impact (**explain below**) - Does this change modify default bot behavior? - - [x] No - - [ ] Yes (**explain why**) - Does this change add new decision branches or increase maintenance complexity? - - [x] No - - [ ] Yes (**explain below**) ## AI Assistance <!-- AI assistance is allowed, but all submitted code must be fully understood, reviewed, and owned by the contributor. We expect contributors to be honest about what they do and do not understand. --> Was AI assistance used while working on this change? - - [x] No - - [ ] Yes (**explain below**) <!-- If yes, please specify: - Purpose of usage (e.g. brainstorming, refactoring, documentation, code generation). - Which parts of the change were influenced or generated, and whether it was thoroughly reviewed. --> <!-- TRANSLATIONS: Anything new that the bots say in chat must be in a translatable format. This is done using GetBotTextOrDefault, which you can search for in the codebase to find examples. Your code needs to have English as the default fallback, while the full translations need to be in an SQL update file. The languages in the file are the nine language options supported by AzerothCore: English, Korean, French, German, Chinese, Taiwanese, Spanish, Spanish Mexico, and Russian. See data/sql/playerbots/updates/2025_12_27_ai_playerbot_fishing_text.sql as an example of a translation SQL update, whose content are called within the codebase at src/strategy/actions/FishingAction.cpp --> ## Final Checklist - - [x] Stability is not compromised. - - [x] Performance impact is understood, tested, and acceptable. - - [x] Added logic complexity is justified and explained. - - [x] Any new bot dialogue lines are translated. - - [x] Documentation updated if needed (Conf comments, WiKi commands). ## Notes for Reviewers <!-- Anything else that's helpful to review or test your pull request. -->
…2365) <!-- Thank you for contributing to mod-playerbots, please make sure that you... 1. Submit your PR to the test-staging branch, not master. 2. Read the guidelines below before submitting. 3. Don't delete parts of this template. DESIGN PHILOSOPHY: We prioritize STABILITY, PERFORMANCE, AND PREDICTABILITY over behavioral realism. Every action and decision executes PER BOT AND PER TRIGGER. Small increases in logic complexity scale poorly across thousands of bots and negatively affect all. We prioritize a stable system over a smarter one. Bots don't need to behave perfectly; believable behavior is the goal, not human simulation. Default behavior must be cheap in processing; expensive behavior must be opt-in. Before submitting, make sure your changes aligns with these principles. --> ## Pull Request Description <!-- Describe what this change does and why it is needed --> Adds the commands `co !` and `nc !`, which would reset either the combat or non-combat strategies of a follower bot, without affecting the other strategies or any other values. Also ChangeStrategyAction.cpp was refactored for duplicate code by introducing the helper function `HandleStrategyCommon`, that gets called by `ChangeCombatStrategyAction` and `ChangeNonCombatStrategyAction` ## Feature Evaluation <!-- If your PR is very minimal (comment typo, wrong ID reference, etc), and it is very obvious it will not have any impact on performance, you may skip these question. If necessary, a maintainer may ask you for them later. --> <!-- Please answer the following: --> - Describe the **minimum logic** required to achieve the intended behavior. - Describe the **processing cost** when this logic executes across many bots. `reset botAI` already resets strategies back to default, but it resets ALL strategies and wipes values such as formations, stances, and everything else under the `value` key in playerbots_db_store>value. The new commands don't run across many bots, only on the bot the command is run on. ## How to Test the Changes <!-- - Step-by-step instructions to test the change. - Any required setup (e.g. multiple players, number of bots, specific configuration). - Expected behavior and how to verify it. --> 1. Run either `co ?` and `nc ?` to see current list of combat and non-combat strategies the bot has. 2. Add and remove strategies to both `co` and `nc`. 3. Confirm your changes with `co ?` and `nc ?`. 4. Run `co !` only. 5. Run `co ?` to confirm combat strategies have been reset to default, and `nc ?` to confirm it has not been affected. Then run `nc !` to reset it as well. 6. Do another test [inside an instance](https://github.com/mod-playerbots/mod-playerbots/wiki/Playerbot-Commands#raid-specific-strategies). Remove a bunch of `nc` strategies, including the strategy for the raid itself. 7. Run `nc !` and check that the defaults have been reset, but that the instance strategy has been re-added as well. ## Impact Assessment <!-- As a generic test, before and after measure of pmon (playerbot pmon tick) can help you here. --> - Does this change increase per-bot/per-tick processing or risk scaling poorly with thousands of bots? - - [x] No, not at all - - [ ] Minimal impact (**explain below**) - - [ ] Moderate impact (**explain below**) - Does this change modify default bot behavior? - - [x] No - - [ ] Yes (**explain why**) - Does this change add new decision branches or increase maintenance complexity? - - [ ] No - - [x] Yes (**explain below**) Technically it adds a new case to ChangeCombatStrategyAction, but it's straightforward. ## AI Assistance <!-- AI assistance is allowed, but all submitted code must be fully understood, reviewed, and owned by the contributor. 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See data/sql/playerbots/updates/2025_12_27_ai_playerbot_fishing_text.sql as an example of a translation SQL update, whose content are called within the codebase at src/strategy/actions/FishingAction.cpp --> ## Final Checklist - - [x] Stability is not compromised. - - [x] Performance impact is understood, tested, and acceptable. - - [x] Added logic complexity is justified and explained. - - [x] Any new bot dialogue lines are translated. - - [x] Documentation updated if needed (Conf comments, WiKi commands). ## Notes for Reviewers <!-- Anything else that's helpful to review or test your pull request. --> [Commands wiki](https://github.com/mod-playerbots/mod-playerbots/wiki/Playerbot-Commands#strategies) need to be modified to read: --- You can query the bot to report what strategies are currently being used: ``` co ? nc ? ``` You can reset either of the bot's strategies back to defaults: ``` co ! nc ! ``` --- Tangentially I also recommend [this section](https://github.com/mod-playerbots/mod-playerbots/wiki/Playerbot-Commands#non-combat-strategies) to be edit to this for more accuracy: --- General strategy | description :---|:--- ``food`` | enable bot's ability to eat/drink ``pvp`` | enable bot's ability to engage in PVP combat. Note: PVP mode wouldn't appear active until the bot starts combat ``loot`` | enable bot's ability to loot. Note: adding or removing that strategy for randombots requires GM level
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## Pull Request Description
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Incorrect var types when I refactored away from SQL lookup.
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src/strategy/actions/FishingAction.cpp
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a stable system over a smarter
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Default behavior must be cheap in processing; expensive behavior must be
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Some of the specs needed improvement.
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languages in the file are the nine language
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Chinese, Taiwanese, Spanish, Spanish Mexico, and
Russian. See
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an example of a translation SQL
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## Final Checklist
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---------
Co-authored-by: Keleborn <22352763+Celandriel@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: bash <hermensb@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Revision <tkn963@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: kadeshar <kadeshar@gmail.com>
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## Pull Request Description
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Removed duplicate and dead trigger-action mappings in
ChatCommandHandlerStrategy. Noticed while reviewing the recent edits to
test-staging. Also when trigger name == action name, that belongs to
supported in supported, so `wipe` and `roll` were moved there.
Beyond that, `InitTriggers` commands were changed to be in a single
line. Really it's easier to read that way, except multi-action lines,
where I gave each action a line of its own.
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Logic has been further minimized to eliminate redundancies.
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Test the affected commands. They should work same as before.
Removed duplicates from `InitTriggers` that are already in `supported`:
1. open items
2. unlock items
3. unlock traded item
4. tame
5. glyphs
6. glyph equip
7. pet
8. pet attack
9. emblems
Dead entries that were in `supported` but already worked through
`InitTriggers`:
1. qi
2. focus heal
Triggers that were moved from `InitTriggers` to `supported`:
1. wipe
2. roll
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- - [x] No, not at all
- - [ ] Minimal impact (**explain below**)
- - [ ] Moderate impact (**explain below**)
- Does this change modify default bot behavior?
- - [x] No
- - [ ] Yes (**explain why**)
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needs to have English as the default fallback,
while the full translations need to be in an SQL update file. The
languages in the file are the nine language
options supported by AzerothCore: English, Korean, French, German,
Chinese, Taiwanese, Spanish, Spanish Mexico, and
Russian. See
data/sql/playerbots/updates/2025_12_27_ai_playerbot_fishing_text.sql as
an example of a translation SQL
update, whose content are called within the codebase at
src/strategy/actions/FishingAction.cpp
-->
## Final Checklist
- - [x] Stability is not compromised.
- - [x] Performance impact is understood, tested, and acceptable.
- - [x] Added logic complexity is justified and explained.
- - [x] Any new bot dialogue lines are translated.
- - [x] Documentation updated if needed (Conf comments, WiKi commands).
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PREDICTABILITY over behavioral realism.
Every action and decision executes PER BOT AND PER TRIGGER. Small
increases in logic complexity scale
poorly across thousands of bots and negatively affect all. We prioritize
a stable system over a smarter
one. Bots don't need to behave perfectly; believable behavior is the
goal, not human simulation.
Default behavior must be cheap in processing; expensive behavior must be
opt-in.
Before submitting, make sure your changes aligns with these principles.
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## Pull Request Description
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Fix for polymorph spam in combat
## How to Test the Changes
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1. Invite mage bot which have polymorph (check `spells polymorph`)
2. Enter combat and mage should not spam polymorph
3. Enter another combat best with multiple mobs and one of this mobs
mark moon
4. Mage should cast polymorph on marked mob
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- - [ ] Moderate impact (**explain below**)
- Does this change modify default bot behavior?
- - [x] No
- - [ ] Yes (**explain why**)
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complexity?
- - [x] No
- - [ ] Yes (**explain below**)
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This is done using GetBotTextOrDefault,
which you can search for in the codebase to find examples. Your code
needs to have English as the default fallback,
while the full translations need to be in an SQL update file. The
languages in the file are the nine language
options supported by AzerothCore: English, Korean, French, German,
Chinese, Taiwanese, Spanish, Spanish Mexico, and
Russian. See
data/sql/playerbots/updates/2025_12_27_ai_playerbot_fishing_text.sql as
an example of a translation SQL
update, whose content are called within the codebase at
src/strategy/actions/FishingAction.cpp
-->
## Final Checklist
- - [x] Stability is not compromised.
- - [x] Performance impact is understood, tested, and acceptable.
- - [x] Added logic complexity is justified and explained.
- - [x] Any new bot dialogue lines are translated.
- - [x] Documentation updated if needed (Conf comments, WiKi commands).
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PREDICTABILITY over behavioral realism.
Every action and decision executes PER BOT AND PER TRIGGER. Small
increases in logic complexity scale
poorly across thousands of bots and negatively affect all. We prioritize
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Default behavior must be cheap in processing; expensive behavior must be
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## Pull Request Description
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Fix for `lfg` to include healers in invitations and requester role.
## How to Test the Changes
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Use command `/1 lfg 40` on server which contains correct amount of bots
possible to be invited. Such group should be create.
## Impact Assessment
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tick) can help you here. -->
- Does this change increase per-bot/per-tick processing or risk scaling
poorly with thousands of bots?
- - [x] No, not at all
- - [ ] Minimal impact (**explain below**)
- - [ ] Moderate impact (**explain below**)
- Does this change modify default bot behavior?
- - [x] No
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- - [x] No
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To identify reason.
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needs to have English as the default fallback,
while the full translations need to be in an SQL update file. The
languages in the file are the nine language
options supported by AzerothCore: English, Korean, French, German,
Chinese, Taiwanese, Spanish, Spanish Mexico, and
Russian. See
data/sql/playerbots/updates/2025_12_27_ai_playerbot_fishing_text.sql as
an example of a translation SQL
update, whose content are called within the codebase at
src/strategy/actions/FishingAction.cpp
-->
## Final Checklist
- - [x] Stability is not compromised.
- - [x] Performance impact is understood, tested, and acceptable.
- - [x] Added logic complexity is justified and explained.
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PREDICTABILITY over behavioral realism.
Every action and decision executes PER BOT AND PER TRIGGER. Small
increases in logic complexity scale
poorly across thousands of bots and negatively affect all. We prioritize
a stable system over a smarter
one. Bots don't need to behave perfectly; believable behavior is the
goal, not human simulation.
Default behavior must be cheap in processing; expensive behavior must be
opt-in.
Before submitting, make sure your changes aligns with these principles.
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## Pull Request Description
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This PR implements strategies for all bosses in the Black Temple. As
always, I’ve written these with the intent that all bosses be
completable with appropriate gear and 50/50 IP nerfs and boss HP
returned to TBC levels. Illidan is difficult at those parameters, but he
is certainly doable. You just won’t be able to roll a bunch of meme
specs or shitty compositions. Probably.
## Feature Evaluation
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My goal with raid strategies is the same—I’m not just trying to make
encounters doable but am trying to allow people to experience them in a
way that feels like they are part of a coordinated raid of real players.
To me, being able to achieve that is the minimum, and that requires
getting bots to respond to all major mechanics, even if they can
technically just be powered through.
## How to Test the Changes
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Run the Black Temple raid and see if my descriptions of strategies in
the next post check out.
## Impact Assessment
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tick) can help you here. -->
- Does this change increase per-bot/per-tick processing or risk scaling
poorly with thousands of bots?
- - [ ] No, not at all
- - [x] Minimal impact (**explain below**)
- - [ ] Moderate impact (**explain below**)
The performance impact exists only when the “blacktemple” strategy is
on. I’ve tested with pmon and done my best to properly gate checks to
limit the performance impact even during the instance and boss
encounters.
- Does this change modify default bot behavior?
- - [ ] No
- - [x] Yes (**explain why**)
The triggers and multipliers will be evaluated as long as the
"blacktemple" strategy is active, and it will be applied automatically
in the instance (and removed automatically when changing maps outside
the instance).
- Does this change add new decision branches or increase maintenance
complexity?
- - [x] No
- - [ ] Yes (**explain below**)
## AI Assistance
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GPT-5.4, mainly for calculations and things that are more intermediate
concepts that I’m not proficient with like lambdas.
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This is done using GetBotTextOrDefault,
which you can search for in the codebase to find examples. Your code
needs to have English as the default fallback,
while the full translations need to be in an SQL update file. The
languages in the file are the nine language
options supported by AzerothCore: English, Korean, French, German,
Chinese, Taiwanese, Spanish, Spanish Mexico, and
Russian. See
data/sql/playerbots/updates/2025_12_27_ai_playerbot_fishing_text.sql as
an example of a translation SQL
update, whose content are called within the codebase at
src/strategy/actions/FishingAction.cpp
-->
## Final Checklist
- - [x] Stability is not compromised.
- - [x] Performance impact is understood, tested, and acceptable.
- - [x] Added logic complexity is justified and explained.
- - [x] Any new bot dialogue lines are translated.
- - [x] Documentation updated if needed (Conf comments, WiKi commands).
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DESIGN PHILOSOPHY: We prioritize STABILITY, PERFORMANCE, AND
PREDICTABILITY over behavioral realism.
Every action and decision executes PER BOT AND PER TRIGGER. Small
increases in logic complexity scale
poorly across thousands of bots and negatively affect all. We prioritize
a stable system over a smarter
one. Bots don't need to behave perfectly; believable behavior is the
goal, not human simulation.
Default behavior must be cheap in processing; expensive behavior must be
opt-in.
Before submitting, make sure your changes aligns with these principles.
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## Pull Request Description
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PlayerbotAI::SayToRaid is not used currently but I may use it for
Sunwell for bot speech during Kalecgos due to tank handoff mechanics.
The function currently erroneously returns false for a bot in a raid.
There's no impact on bot behavior or performance from this PR.
## Feature Evaluation
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## Impact Assessment
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tick) can help you here. -->
- Does this change increase per-bot/per-tick processing or risk scaling
poorly with thousands of bots?
- - [x] No, not at all
- - [ ] Minimal impact (**explain below**)
- - [ ] Moderate impact (**explain below**)
- Does this change modify default bot behavior?
- - [x] No
- - [ ] Yes (**explain why**)
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complexity?
- - [x] No
- - [ ] Yes (**explain below**)
## AI Assistance
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TRANSLATIONS:
Anything new that the bots say in chat must be in a translatable format.
This is done using GetBotTextOrDefault,
which you can search for in the codebase to find examples. Your code
needs to have English as the default fallback,
while the full translations need to be in an SQL update file. The
languages in the file are the nine language
options supported by AzerothCore: English, Korean, French, German,
Chinese, Taiwanese, Spanish, Spanish Mexico, and
Russian. See
data/sql/playerbots/updates/2025_12_27_ai_playerbot_fishing_text.sql as
an example of a translation SQL
update, whose content are called within the codebase at
src/strategy/actions/FishingAction.cpp
-->
## Final Checklist
- - [x] Stability is not compromised.
- - [x] Performance impact is understood, tested, and acceptable.
- - [x] Added logic complexity is justified and explained.
- - [x] Any new bot dialogue lines are translated.
- - [x] Documentation updated if needed (Conf comments, WiKi commands).
## Notes for Reviewers
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<!-- Thank you for contributing to mod-playerbots, please make sure that you... 1. Submit your PR to the test-staging branch, not master. 2. Read the guidelines below before submitting. 3. Don't delete parts of this template. DESIGN PHILOSOPHY: We prioritize STABILITY, PERFORMANCE, AND PREDICTABILITY over behavioral realism. Every action and decision executes PER BOT AND PER TRIGGER. Small increases in logic complexity scale poorly across thousands of bots and negatively affect all. We prioritize a stable system over a smarter one. Bots don't need to behave perfectly; believable behavior is the goal, not human simulation. Default behavior must be cheap in processing; expensive behavior must be opt-in. Before submitting, make sure your changes aligns with these principles. --> ## Pull Request Description <!-- Describe what this change does and why it is needed --> Paladin no longer using Hand of Freedom on Rogue with Stealth Related with: #2385 ## How to Test the Changes <!-- - Step-by-step instructions to test the change. - Any required setup (e.g. multiple players, number of bots, specific configuration). - Expected behavior and how to verify it. --> 1. Invite paladin and rogue to group 2. Start fight 3. Rogue should use Stealth on fight beginning, Paladin should cast Hand of Freedom 4. Apply some snare effect to Rogue bot (for example .aura 1715) 5. Paladin bot should use hand of freedom ## Impact Assessment <!-- As a generic test, before and after measure of pmon (playerbot pmon tick) can help you here. --> - Does this change increase per-bot/per-tick processing or risk scaling poorly with thousands of bots? - - [x] No, not at all - - [ ] Minimal impact (**explain below**) - - [ ] Moderate impact (**explain below**) - Does this change modify default bot behavior? - - [x] No - - [ ] Yes (**explain why**) - Does this change add new decision branches or increase maintenance complexity? - - [x] No - - [ ] Yes (**explain below**) ## AI Assistance <!-- AI assistance is allowed, but all submitted code must be fully understood, reviewed, and owned by the contributor. We expect contributors to be honest about what they do and do not understand. --> Was AI assistance used while working on this change? - - [x] No - - [ ] Yes (**explain below**) <!-- If yes, please specify: - Purpose of usage (e.g. brainstorming, refactoring, documentation, code generation). - Which parts of the change were influenced or generated, and whether it was thoroughly reviewed. --> <!-- TRANSLATIONS: Anything new that the bots say in chat must be in a translatable format. This is done using GetBotTextOrDefault, which you can search for in the codebase to find examples. Your code needs to have English as the default fallback, while the full translations need to be in an SQL update file. The languages in the file are the nine language options supported by AzerothCore: English, Korean, French, German, Chinese, Taiwanese, Spanish, Spanish Mexico, and Russian. See data/sql/playerbots/updates/2025_12_27_ai_playerbot_fishing_text.sql as an example of a translation SQL update, whose content are called within the codebase at src/strategy/actions/FishingAction.cpp --> ## Final Checklist - - [x] Stability is not compromised. - - [x] Performance impact is understood, tested, and acceptable. - - [x] Added logic complexity is justified and explained. - - [x] Any new bot dialogue lines are translated. - - [x] Documentation updated if needed (Conf comments, WiKi commands). ## Notes for Reviewers <!-- Anything else that's helpful to review or test your pull request. -->
…argeting (#2391) <!-- Thank you for contributing to mod-playerbots, please make sure that you... 1. Submit your PR to the test-staging branch, not master. 2. Read the guidelines below before submitting. 3. Don't delete parts of this template. DESIGN PHILOSOPHY: We prioritize STABILITY, PERFORMANCE, AND PREDICTABILITY over behavioral realism. Every action and decision executes PER BOT AND PER TRIGGER. Small increases in logic complexity scale poorly across thousands of bots and negatively affect all. We prioritize a stable system over a smarter one. Bots don't need to behave perfectly; believable behavior is the goal, not human simulation. Default behavior must be cheap in processing; expensive behavior must be opt-in. Before submitting, make sure your changes aligns with these principles. --> ## Pull Request Description <!-- Describe what this change does and why it is needed --> Lady Vashj has been screwed up in Acore for a month or two. In Phase 2, only one generator activates (instead of four). As a result, disabling one generator brings Vashj into Phase 3. The strategy uses Vashj's HP + unit state to determine phase--with the Acore bug, Vashj enters Phase 3 at <65% HP (instead of the correct <50% HP, as deactivating a generator damages her by 5%) so under the current strategy, bots won't assume Phase 3 strategies at the right moment. I tried looking into the issue with Vashj in Acore and cannot figure it out, and I've had an issue open with Acore and don't know if/when it will be fixed. In the meantime, I'm modifying the strategy to use the shield barrier aura check on Vashj instead so it will work regardless of Vashj's HP at the time the generators are disabled. If/when Vashj is fixed, the strategy will still work. I also changed bot-side targeting checks throughout the strategies I've written from GetVictim() and GetTarget() to using the AI's target state via "current target." This approach I believe is the best way to actually check for the target because a GetVictim() check can lock up Elemental Shamans and Balance Druids due to them not being able to start an attack to pass that check when outside of spell range, and a GetTarget() check can occasionally not align with the target that the bot is actually attacking. - In effect, this should reduce cases where the bot AI thinks it is on the right raid target but encounter logic disagrees because the live victim or client selection is lagging or different. - Exception: multipliers for blocking TankAssistAction still use a GetVictim() check. This is because "current target" processes before issuing an attack, and the targeting check for TankAssistAction is not to suppress it if the bot hasn't actually issued an attack. There is a lot more than could be refactored with past strategies to make them better, but that's for another day. This PR is intended to be limited and simple to review. ## Feature Evaluation <!-- If your PR is very minimal (comment typo, wrong ID reference, etc), and it is very obvious it will not have any impact on performance, you may skip these question. If necessary, a maintainer may ask you for them later. --> <!-- Please answer the following: --> - Describe the **minimum logic** required to achieve the intended behavior. - Describe the **processing cost** when this logic executes across many bots. Logic is described above. There should be no relevant impact on processing cost. ## How to Test the Changes <!-- - Step-by-step instructions to test the change. - Any required setup (e.g. multiple players, number of bots, specific configuration). - Expected behavior and how to verify it. --> Attempt Lady Vashj with the current bugged version. After disabling the lone generator, bots should enter Phase 3 strategies and the encounter should be completable. Otherwise, generally run raids, and confirm there are no issues with bots switching targets or starting attacking. ## Impact Assessment <!-- As a generic test, before and after measure of pmon (playerbot pmon tick) can help you here. --> - Does this change increase per-bot/per-tick processing or risk scaling poorly with thousands of bots? - - [x] No, not at all - - [ ] Minimal impact (**explain below**) - - [ ] Moderate impact (**explain below**) - Does this change modify default bot behavior? - - [x] No - - [ ] Yes (**explain why**) - Does this change add new decision branches or increase maintenance complexity? - - [x] No - - [ ] Yes (**explain below**) ## AI Assistance <!-- AI assistance is allowed, but all submitted code must be fully understood, reviewed, and owned by the contributor. We expect contributors to be honest about what they do and do not understand. --> Was AI assistance used while working on this change? - - [x] No - - [ ] Yes (**explain below**) <!-- If yes, please specify: - Purpose of usage (e.g. brainstorming, refactoring, documentation, code generation). - Which parts of the change were influenced or generated, and whether it was thoroughly reviewed. --> <!-- TRANSLATIONS: Anything new that the bots say in chat must be in a translatable format. This is done using GetBotTextOrDefault, which you can search for in the codebase to find examples. Your code needs to have English as the default fallback, while the full translations need to be in an SQL update file. The languages in the file are the nine language options supported by AzerothCore: English, Korean, French, German, Chinese, Taiwanese, Spanish, Spanish Mexico, and Russian. See data/sql/playerbots/updates/2025_12_27_ai_playerbot_fishing_text.sql as an example of a translation SQL update, whose content are called within the codebase at src/strategy/actions/FishingAction.cpp --> ## Final Checklist - - [x] Stability is not compromised. - - [x] Performance impact is understood, tested, and acceptable. - - [x] Added logic complexity is justified and explained. - - [x] Any new bot dialogue lines are translated. - - [x] Documentation updated if needed (Conf comments, WiKi commands). ## Notes for Reviewers <!-- Anything else that's helpful to review or test your pull request. -->
…#2401) <!-- Thank you for contributing to mod-playerbots, please make sure that you... 1. Submit your PR to the test-staging branch, not master. 2. Read the guidelines below before submitting. 3. Don't delete parts of this template. DESIGN PHILOSOPHY: We prioritize STABILITY, PERFORMANCE, AND PREDICTABILITY over behavioral realism. Every action and decision executes PER BOT AND PER TRIGGER. Small increases in logic complexity scale poorly across thousands of bots and negatively affect all. We prioritize a stable system over a smarter one. Bots don't need to behave perfectly; believable behavior is the goal, not human simulation. Default behavior must be cheap in processing; expensive behavior must be opt-in. Before submitting, make sure your changes aligns with these principles. --> ## Pull Request Description <!-- Describe what this change does and why it is needed --> Adds arcane barrage as the alternate for arcane blast so level 60 arcane mages who dont have arcane blast yet will use arcane barrage whenever available. For level 60 arcane mages, its actually better dps to alternate between arcane barrage and arcane missiles to fish for Missile Barrage procs. Before: <img width="576" height="403" alt="Screenshot_20260518_024601" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/567f198f-3655-4449-86e6-2cfffd19a529" /> After: <img width="579" height="381" alt="Screenshot_20260518_025040" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/803f5380-58d3-490a-a3b1-e2941e2f0048" /> ## Feature Evaluation <!-- If your PR is very minimal (comment typo, wrong ID reference, etc), and it is very obvious it will not have any impact on performance, you may skip these question. If necessary, a maintainer may ask you for them later. --> <!-- Please answer the following: --> - Describe the **minimum logic** required to achieve the intended behavior. - Describe the **processing cost** when this logic executes across many bots. ## How to Test the Changes <!-- - Step-by-step instructions to test the change. - Any required setup (e.g. multiple players, number of bots, specific configuration). - Expected behavior and how to verify it. --> Have a level 60 arcane mage dps a dummy. To compare to the old "rotation" of just using arcane missiles you can "ss Arcane Barrage" ## Impact Assessment <!-- As a generic test, before and after measure of pmon (playerbot pmon tick) can help you here. --> - Does this change increase per-bot/per-tick processing or risk scaling poorly with thousands of bots? - - [x] No, not at all - - [ ] Minimal impact (**explain below**) - - [ ] Moderate impact (**explain below**) - Does this change modify default bot behavior? - - [x] No - - [ ] Yes (**explain why**) - Does this change add new decision branches or increase maintenance complexity? - - [x] No - - [ ] Yes (**explain below**) ## AI Assistance <!-- AI assistance is allowed, but all submitted code must be fully understood, reviewed, and owned by the contributor. We expect contributors to be honest about what they do and do not understand. --> Was AI assistance used while working on this change? - - [x] No - - [ ] Yes (**explain below**) <!-- If yes, please specify: - Purpose of usage (e.g. brainstorming, refactoring, documentation, code generation). - Which parts of the change were influenced or generated, and whether it was thoroughly reviewed. --> <!-- TRANSLATIONS: Anything new that the bots say in chat must be in a translatable format. This is done using GetBotTextOrDefault, which you can search for in the codebase to find examples. Your code needs to have English as the default fallback, while the full translations need to be in an SQL update file. The languages in the file are the nine language options supported by AzerothCore: English, Korean, French, German, Chinese, Taiwanese, Spanish, Spanish Mexico, and Russian. See data/sql/playerbots/updates/2025_12_27_ai_playerbot_fishing_text.sql as an example of a translation SQL update, whose content are called within the codebase at src/strategy/actions/FishingAction.cpp --> ## Final Checklist - - [x] Stability is not compromised. - - [x] Performance impact is understood, tested, and acceptable. - - [x] Added logic complexity is justified and explained. - - [x] Any new bot dialogue lines are translated. - - [x] Documentation updated if needed (Conf comments, WiKi commands). ## Notes for Reviewers <!-- Anything else that's helpful to review or test your pull request. --> Co-authored-by: Keleborn <22352763+Celandriel@users.noreply.github.com>
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PREDICTABILITY over behavioral realism.
Every action and decision executes PER BOT AND PER TRIGGER. Small
increases in logic complexity scale
poorly across thousands of bots and negatively affect all. We prioritize
a stable system over a smarter
one. Bots don't need to behave perfectly; believable behavior is the
goal, not human simulation.
Default behavior must be cheap in processing; expensive behavior must be
opt-in.
Before submitting, make sure your changes aligns with these principles.
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Death Knights were not using weapon stones. This PR lets them use and
initialize with weapon stones.
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<img width="1274" height="952" alt="druids" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/7390d7e5-ed99-4eb3-8802-8c2f457d7c86" /> Hello playerbots community!! After my pvp gear update, I was itching to get back to class strategies. I was testing raids, and noticed that druids... Well, they kinda sucked. They had glaring issues, would randomly die from bugs, and overall felt bad. Looking at issues discussed on github/discord, I decided to start working on a druid update. I started with the boomkin, and made a boomkin PR, but there were some technical issues with the storing of the eclipse mapping not clearing, and it was not good... I closed that PR, and went back to the drawing board, with one goal in mind: Make the druid class function as best as possible WHILST keeping the code consistent with what already exists. There is a TON of _yoink and twist_ (copy and paste with or without slight edits), and anything that is custom/new is discussed in the section below. I am very proud and excited to release this though - after 45 days of coding and testing, the druid finally feels good to have in the group. Disclaimer - this PR aims to address bugs, utility, and overall performance of Druids. It will not magically make them top DPS. I have done hours of testing, and druids can occasionally top the charts - but inconsistently. Boomkins are inconsistent due to Eclipse (until later gear phases), and Feral Cats are incredibly dependent on positioning, timing, combo points, energy, clearcasting procs... The stars have to align for things to go right for the Cat (It doesn't help that all movement, targeting, and actions are ran through the same engine, so cats really suffer in boss fights with scripted movement) But the changes I have made help those situations occur a fair bit more frequently. Let's dive in! <!-- Thank you for contributing to mod-playerbots, please make sure that you... 1. Submit your PR to the test-staging branch, not master. 2. Read the guidelines below before submitting. 3. Don't delete parts of this template. DESIGN PHILOSOPHY: We prioritize STABILITY, PERFORMANCE, AND PREDICTABILITY over behavioral realism. Every action and decision executes PER BOT AND PER TRIGGER. Small increases in logic complexity scale poorly across thousands of bots and negatively affect all. We prioritize a stable system over a smarter one. Bots don't need to behave perfectly; believable behavior is the goal, not human simulation. Default behavior must be cheap in processing; expensive behavior must be opt-in. Before submitting, make sure your changes aligns with these principles. --> ## Pull Request Description <!-- Describe what this change does and why it is needed --> A druid overhaul across all four specs — new Cat stealth and CC systems, Eclipse tracking and rotation fixes for Balance, a Bear threat rotation rework, a Resto healing priority overhaul, and a restructured CC and AoE strategy architecture. --- ## Talent & Glyph Config - **Balance:** Moved points out of Improved Moonfire and into Nature's Reach for threat reduction and extended cast range. - **Bear:** Moved points out of King of the Jungle (15% enrage damage) and into Feral Instinct for increased Swipe damage and AoE threat. - **Cat:** Swapped the Glyph of Typhoon (useless for feral) for Glyph of Dash, which benefits the cat a ton in prowl. - **Resto:** Swapped Glyph of Rejuvenation for Glyph of Nourish (better HPS for difficult content), and Glyph of Typhoon (useless for resto) for Glyph of Dash. Moved one point from Nature's Bounty to Empowered Touch. --- ## Balance - **New skill - Typhoon:** Added Typhoon, triggered by "enemy within melee," using cone targeting logic ported from Cone of Cold. Typhoon is from the "balance pvp" spec only, and is housed in the shared AoE strategy. - **New skill - Cyclone:** Added Cyclone targeting the RTI CC-marked target (default moon). Incapacitates for 6 seconds with full damage immunity — cannot be broken by AoE. Priority 24.0f > Hibernate (23.0f) > Entangling Roots (22.0f). *(See CC Implementation in the code notes below.)* - **Bug fix - Eclipse cooldown tracking:** Eclipse procs referenced a cooldown not registered in the database, so boomkins immediately reverted to the wrong filler after an Eclipse buff fell off. Fixed with manual timestamp tracking. *(See Eclipse Cooldown Tracking in the code notes below.)* - **Bug fix — Starfall no longer pulls out-of-combat hostile enemies:** Previously fired on cooldown regardless of surroundings — its 36-yard radius (the largest AoE in the game) could silently pull entire unengaged packs. Now suppressed if any non-combat hostile NPC is within 40 yards. *(See Starfall Pull Safety in the code notes below.)* - **Filler changed to Starfire:** Starfire is now the filler (priority 5.4) over Wrath (5.3). Starfire has a 100% spellpower coefficient vs. Wrath's 12%, is more mana-efficient per point of damage, and has a 100% eclipse proc chance on crit vs. Wrath's 40%. In practice this significantly reduced mana consumption, especially before level 40 when Moonkin Form's mana-on-crit passive isn't available. - **Moonfire / Insect Swarm on Attacker rework:** Previously tied to the light AoE trigger (2+ enemies, 13.0f), causing low-level boomkins to multi-dot instead of casting fillers — mana-inefficient at low levels where targets rarely live long enough to tick the full DoT. Re-added as dedicated on-attacker triggers at lower priority than the fillers, so they fire only as a movement fallback. The triggers have been changed to override the TTL check (time to life), similar to the warlocks DoTs. - **Hurricane channel check rework:** Previously cancelled based on distance from the bot — enemies could leave the AoE but remain within 30 yards, keeping the channel alive. Now reads the Hurricane DynamicObject's actual radius and counts only attackers physically inside it. *(See Hurricane Channel Cancel in the code notes below.)* --- ## Cat - **Prowl (Stealth):** Implemented using the same logic as the existing Rogue stealth system. The bot enters Prowl when out of combat and a target is within range. Engagement distances are: - 30 yards baseline - −10 yards if the target already has a victim (engaged in combat) - −10 more yards if the target is also moving (minimum 10 yards) - +15 yards in Battlegrounds or Arenas - Enemy player targets take priority over grind/DPS targets when evaluating distance. - **Prowl openers:** The bot approaches the target in Prowl and opens based on approach angle and level: - **From behind:** Ravage (learned at level 32). Before Ravage is learned, Shred is used as the opener. - **From the front:** Pounce (stun + bleed, learned at level 36). Before Pounce is learned, Claw is used as the opener. - **New skill - Maim:** Added Maim as a 5 second stun-finisher at 5 combo points, but only against player targets. It will only fire when Rip and Savage Roar are already active. - **Innervate on healer:** Cats now cast Innervate when a healer drops below the low mana threshold (`AiPlayerbot.LowMana`, default 15%). *(See Healer Low Mana Framework in the code notes below for the shared value/trigger infrastructure backing this.)* - **Predator's Swiftness with CC spells:** Added a twotrigger pairing Predator's Swiftness (the instant-cast proc from finishing moves) with the existing CC triggers (Cyclone, Hibernate, Entangling Roots). Feral cats can now instant-cast CC the RTI CC-marked target (default moon) after a finisher using the Predator's Swiftness proc. - **Predator's Swiftness with Rebirth:** Added a twotrigger pairing Predator's Swiftness with the combat resurrection trigger. Cats can now use a Predator's Swiftness proc to instantly cast Rebirth on a dead party member. - **Bug fix - Autoattack no longer breaks prowl:** `MeleeAction::isUseful()` now returns false while the bot has the Prowl aura, preventing autoattack from breaking stealth before an opener spell fires. The code comment notes this pattern should be reused for a future Rogue autoattack in stealth fix. - **Bug fix - Non-prowl skills no longer break prowl:** `isUseful()` overrides were added to Feral Charge (Cat), Mangle (Cat), Swipe (Cat), Rake to return false while Prowl is active, preventing accidental prowl breaks before the opener fires. - **Bug fix - Clearcasting proc with energy spells:** Added dedicated `ClearcastingTrigger` / action pairings to ensure Clearcasting procs are consumed immediately. On single target, Shred is used; on AoE, Swipe (Cat) is used. This prevents the cat from using it's valuable clearcasting proc on a low energy spell (rake, feral charge - cat, cower, etc). This also fixes a bug where Clearcasting would sometimes linger for 4+ seconds without being used, as energy-based spells do not recognize the free cast and would not fire until their energy condition was met. - **Tiger's Fury rework:** TF previously fired on cooldown as a default action, meaning the bot would use it at full or near-full energy and gain no benefit from the energy it generates. The trigger now requires energy to be below 30 before firing, ensuring the bot recovers the full 60 energy granted by the King of the Jungle talent. - **Faerie Fire (Feral) rework for cat:** With Omen of Clarity, spams on cooldown to fish for Clearcasting procs. Without it, applies as a normal debuff and does not reapply while active. *(See Faerie Fire (Feral) Trigger in the code notes below.)* - **Feral Charge toggleable strategy:** Feral Charge (Cat) is now housed in a dedicated `feral charge` strategy, enabled by default for Cat druids. It can be disabled with `co -feral charge` and re-enabled with `co +feral charge`. Disabling this strategy can be useful for encounters where charging in would be unfavorable. - **Rake on Melee Attackers removed:** The Rake on Melee Attackers action was removed from the Cat AoE strategy. Applying Rake to multiple attackers and spreading out combo points produced far lower AoE DPS than simply continuing the single-target rotation. - **Antiquated Omen of Clarity framework removed:** `OmenOfClarityTrigger` and `CastOmenOfClarityAction` were not functional and have been removed. The `ClearcastingTrigger` appropriately tracks Omen of Clarity procs. I believe this was from TBC when Omen of Clarity was a spell. --- ## Bear - **Berserk tracking for Mangle:** A `berserk active` trigger fires Mangle (Bear) at priority 25.0f while Berserk is up. Previously, Mangle sat at 5.5f in the default actions while Swipe (Bear) sat at 25.0f on the light AoE trigger — meaning in any 2+ enemy encounter, Swipe would always win regardless of Berserk. Now Mangle (25.0f) sits above the AoE triggers (24.5f), so it takes priority during Berserk. It's pretty cool to see a Bear's dps on pull! - **Faerie Fire (Feral) rework:** Previously applied once and stopped. Now spams on cooldown for continuous threat generation (~3.5k threat per cast at level 80), and serves as a ranged soft-taunt fallback on the `lose aggro` trigger when Growl is on cooldown. *(See Faerie Fire (Feral) Trigger in the code notes below.)* - **Lacerate rework:** Previously, lacerate was a low priority default action and bears had no duration awareness. They would occasionally let 5 stacks of Lacerate fall off, resulting in pretty significant threat loss. Now, `LacerateTrigger` fires when the target has no Lacerate debuff, the stack count is below 5, or the remaining duration is ≤ 6 seconds. - **Demoralizing Roar on single target:** Previously, Demoralizing Roar only fired on the medium AoE trigger (3+ enemies, skipped on bosses). A dedicated trigger now applies it in any encounter, provided Vindication, Demoralizing Shout, or Curse of Weakness are not already present, as they don't stack with Demoralizing Roar. - **Bug fix - Rebirth on bears:** Bears no longer attempt to cast Rebirth in combat. The generic combat resurrection trigger was firing for all druid specs, causing bears to shift out of Dire Bear Form mid-fight to cast Rebirth — dropping their armor and HP while still holding aggro. Lots of sudden tank deaths... - **Feral Charge toggleable strategy:** Feral Charge (Bear) is now housed in a dedicated `feral charge` strategy, enabled by default for Bear druids. It can be disabled with `co -feral charge` and re-enabled with `co +feral charge`. Disabling this strategy can be useful for encounters where charging in would be unfavorable. --- ## Resto - **Blanketing strategy:** Added a `blanketing` strategy (enabled by default, `co -blanketing` to disable) that pre-HoTs group members with Wild Growth and Rejuvenation regardless of current health, prioritizing tanks → melee → ranged to maximize Revitalize uptime. *(See Blanketing Strategy in the code notes below.)* - **Nature's Swiftness → instant Healing Touch combo:** Nature's Swiftness was previously included in the boost strategy, where it would fire proactively on cooldown regardless of context. This wasted the proc on situations where it provided no benefit. It is now exclusively reactive — triggered at high priority (56.0f) when a party member hits critical health. A paired `nature's swiftness active` trigger then immediately fires Healing Touch (55.0f) on the lowest-health party member, consuming the proc as an instant-cast emergency heal. - **Lifebloom priority lowered (29.0f → 13.0f):** Lifebloom on the main tank is cast on Omen of Clarity procs. At 29.0f it previously outprioritised all low health reactive healing (21.4f), meaning a Clearcasting proc while a party member was at 25–44% HP would cause the bot to cast Lifebloom on the tank instead of Swiftmend or Nourish on the injured target. Lowered to 13.0f so it fires only when no reactive healing is queued. - **Healing spell priority order reworked:** All three reactive categories (critical, low, medium) now follow the same sequence: Swiftmend → Wild Growth → Nourish → Regrowth → Healing Touch. - **Tranquility toggleable strategy:** Tranquility is now housed in a dedicated `tranquility` strategy, enabled by default for Resto druids. It can be disabled with `co -tranquility`. In raids, Tranquility only heals the druid's own group — not the full raid — making it situationally poor during raid-wide damage or heavy movement phases. Disabling this strategy lets players suppress the cast on those encounters without affecting the rest of the healing rotation. --- ## CC & Strategy - **Boost strategy:** The boost strategy is assigned to all druid specs by default. It is spec-gated internally — Balance druids use it for Force of Nature (treants on cooldown), and Feral druids (both cat and bear) use it for Berserk. - **CC strategy enabled by default:** The CC strategy was previously not assigned to druids by default. It is now enabled for Balance and Feral Cat, with behavior gated by spec: - Balance receives the full RTI CC trigger set (Cyclone, Hibernate, Entangling Roots). - Feral cats only receive RTI CC triggers when Predator's Swiftness is active (see above). - **AoE strategy reorganized:** All AoE spells — Hurricane, Starfall, Typhoon, Swipe (Cat), and DoTs on attackers (Moonfire, Insect Swarm) — are now handled by the shared AoE strategy, consistent with how the rest of the playerbot project structures AoE logic. This does not affect Bear druids. - **Aquatic Form while submerged:** The non-combat strategy now shifts into Aquatic Form when the bot is fully submerged out of combat (`LIQUID_MAP_UNDER_WATER`). If the bot is in another shapeshift (Bear, Cat, Moonkin, Tree), it first shifts to caster form as a prerequisite before entering Aquatic Form. The trigger intentionally does not fire at the water surface (`LIQUID_MAP_IN_WATER`), or use the "swimming" trigger, because it caused the druid to loop caster form and aquatic form endlessly while surfaced. --- ## Code Consolidation & Refactoring - The Bear, Cat, Heal, and Caster strategy files have been renamed to Bear, Cat, Balance, and Resto respectively, to match the naming conventions used elsewhere in the project. - The Melee and Offheal strategy files have been deleted. The offheal healing logic is preserved in full — it now lives as an optional strategy (`CatOffhealStrategy`) inside `CatDruidStrategy`, sharing the same action node factories as the base cat strategy rather than duplicating them. - All action relevance values across the druid strategies have been converted from named constants (e.g. `ACTION_NORMAL`, `ACTION_HIGH + 4`) to explicit numerical floats (e.g. `10.0f`, `24.0f`). This makes priority ordering immediately visible in the source without needing to cross-reference the constant definitions. --- ## New Code & Project References ### Eclipse Cooldown Tracking (`DruidActions.cpp`) The previous implementation tracked the Eclipse cooldown using `EclipseSolarCooldownTrigger` and `EclipseLunarCooldownTrigger`, both of which extended `SpellCooldownTrigger` and called `bot->HasSpellCooldown(48517/48518)`. `SpellCooldownTrigger` is the standard project pattern for this — it works correctly for spells whose cooldowns are registered in the database. However, Eclipse (Solar) and Eclipse (Lunar) both have **Cooldown: n/a** in the DB. `HasSpellCooldown` always returned false, so boomkins never respected the cooldown and would revert to the wrong filler immediately after an Eclipse buff fell off. Since the cooldown can't be read from the DB, the fix tracks it manually. When `CastWrathAction::isUseful()` or `CastStarfireAction::isUseful()` detects that the corresponding Eclipse aura has become active, it records the current timestamp and suppresses the opposing filler for 30 seconds — the actual in-game cooldown duration. The timestamps are stored using `ManualSetValue<time_t>`, the same pattern as `LastSpellCastTimeValue` (`src/Ai/Base/Value/LastSpellCastTimeValue.h`), which is already used throughout the project to record when spells were last cast. Two new value classes — `EclipseSolarProcTimeValue` and `EclipseLunarProcTimeValue` — are registered in a new `DruidValueContextInternal` factory inside `DruidAiObjectContext.cpp`, following the same factory pattern as `DruidTriggerFactoryInternal` and `DruidAiObjectContextInternal` in the same file. Because these values live in the per-bot `AiObjectContext`, they are automatically destroyed when the bot logs out — no manual cleanup needed, and no shared state between bots. --- ### Healer Low Mana Framework (`PartyMemberToHeal.h/.cpp`, `HealthTriggers.h/.cpp`, `ValueContext.h`, `TriggerContext.h`) `HealerLowMana` and `HealerLowManaTrigger` are added to the shared base framework rather than the druid-specific code. Currently used by the Cat Innervate trigger; designed so Mana Tide Totem, Hymn of Hope, and similar spells from other classes can hook into the same trigger without duplicating the group-scanning logic. The pair follows the same pattern as the existing `PartyMemberToHeal` / `PartyMemberLowHealthTrigger` — the project's standard design for "scan the group for the most in-need member, then trigger when that member crosses a threshold." **Value** (`HealerLowMana : PartyMemberValue`): `Calculate()` walks the group reference list, skips non-healers via the existing `IsHeal()` check, and uses `MinValueCalculator` to return the lowest-mana healer as a `Unit*`. Registered in `ValueContext.h` under the key `"healer low mana"`. **Trigger** (`HealerLowManaTrigger : Trigger`): `GetTargetName()` returns `"healer low mana"`, which the base `Trigger::GetTarget()` resolves against the value context — exactly how `PartyMemberLowHealthTrigger::GetTargetName()` returns `"party member to heal"`. `IsActive()` calls `GetTarget()` and checks `GetPowerPct(POWER_MANA) < sPlayerbotAIConfig.lowMana`. The trigger doesn't extend `HealthInRangeTrigger` because that class is specifically for health (it reads the `"health"` value). Mana requires a direct `GetPowerPct(POWER_MANA)` call, so a plain `Trigger` with a custom `IsActive()` is used instead. Both are registered in the global `ValueContext.h` and `TriggerContext.h` rather than a class-specific factory, consistent with how all other `PartyMemberValue` subclasses are registered in the project. --- ### Blanketing Strategy (`RestoDruidStrategy.h/.cpp`, `DruidActions.h/.cpp`, `DruidAiObjectContext.cpp`) **Strategy structure:** `DruidBlanketStrategy` is a standalone `Strategy` overlay, not embedded inside `RestoDruidStrategy`. This is the same pattern as `DruidTranquilityStrategy`, `DruidBoostStrategy`, and `DruidCcStrategy` — additive overlays that layer behavior on top of the base strategy and can be toggled independently via `co +/-blanketing`. **Triggers:** Both `"wild growth blanket"` and `"rejuvenation blanket"` are instantiated as `BuffOnPartyTrigger(ai, spellName)` — the project's existing class from `GenericTriggers.h` for party-wide buff maintenance, used throughout the codebase for things like Blessings and Mark of the Wild. `BuffOnPartyTrigger` extends `BuffTrigger` and fires when any party member is missing the named aura. No custom trigger class was needed. **Actions:** Both actions inherit from a shared `CastBlanketHotAction` base that itself extends `CastSpellAction`. Inheriting from `CastSpellAction` means `isPossible()` is handled for free — spell known, off cooldown, target reachable, resources available. The constructor sets `range = botAI->GetRange("heal")` to use the standard healing range. **`GetBlanketTarget(auraName)`:** The custom part of the implementation. Walks the group in three prioritized passes — tanks first, then melee non-tanks, then ranged — returning the first eligible member found. Eligible is defined as: alive, not a GM, within `spellDistance`, and `!botAI->HasAura(auraName, member, false, true)` (not already carrying the HoT). Returns nullptr if every member is already covered. **`isUseful()`:** On both actions simply returns `GetTarget() != nullptr` — fires as long as `GetBlanketTarget` finds someone without the HoT, and suppresses itself the moment all targets are covered. --- ### CC Implementation — Cyclone, Hibernate, Entangling Roots (`DruidTriggers.h/.cpp`, `DruidActions.h/.cpp`, `GenericDruidStrategy.cpp`) The druid CC spells use the project's strict RTI-only pattern rather than the fallback "best candidate" pattern used by other classes (e.g., Mage Polymorph). **`"rti cc target"` value:** A direct raid icon lookup. Reads the `"rti cc"` string value (default `"moon"`, configurable per-bot via `rti cc <icon>`), converts it to a raid icon index, and returns the live `Unit*` for that GUID. If no CC icon is set, it returns `nullptr`. There is no fallback to a best-candidate scan. **Triggers** (`CycloneTrigger`, `HibernateTrigger`, `EntanglingRootsTrigger`): All three extend `HasCcTargetTrigger` and override `IsActive()`. The first check is always `"rti cc target"` — if it returns `nullptr`, the trigger is immediately silent. If an icon is set, it checks `"cc target"` (with the spell name as a qualifier) to verify the RTI target matches and delegates to `HasCcTargetTrigger::IsActive()`, which handles the "don't re-cast while already CC'd" check. **Actions** (`CastCycloneCcAction`, `CastHibernateCcAction`, `CastEntanglingRootsCcAction`): All three extend `CastCrowdControlSpellAction` rather than plain `CastSpellAction`. The action names are `"cyclone on cc"`, `"hibernate on cc"`, `"entangling roots on cc"` — not the raw spell names. This matters because `CastSpellAction` stores its constructor argument as both the action name and the spell name, and `isPossible()` calls `CanCastSpell(spell, target)` using that string. Passing `"cyclone on cc"` to `CastSpellAction` would resolve to spell ID 0 and silently return false forever. `CastCrowdControlSpellAction` keeps the spell name separate from the action name, avoiding this. `GetTargetValue()` on all three returns `context->GetValue<Unit*>("rti cc target")` directly. **Form prerequisite:** The action nodes for `"cyclone on cc"` and `"hibernate on cc"` have `NextAction("caster form")` as a prerequisite, so the bot automatically shifts out of Bear, Cat, or Moonkin form before casting. Entangling Roots has the same prerequisite. **Priority order:** Cyclone (24.0f) > Hibernate (23.0f) > Entangling Roots (22.0f). Cyclone is preferred because it works on any target type and the target is immune to all damage and healing while cycloned — it cannot be broken by AoE. Hibernate is beast/dragonkin only. Entangling Roots can be broken by damage. **Feral Cat CC:** Wired through `TwoTrigger` pairings with `"predator's swiftness"` (see Cat section above). Because the Predator's Swiftness proc makes the spell instant-cast, no form shift is needed — the cat casts directly from Cat Form after a finisher. --- ### Ferocious Bite Execute (`DruidTriggers.h`, `DruidCatActions.h`, `CatDruidStrategy.cpp`) Two separate triggers fire the same `CastFerociousBiteAction`, which is a plain `CastMeleeSpellAction` with no custom logic — all the intelligence lives in the triggers. **`FerociousBiteTimeTrigger`** ("ferocious bite time", 22.5f) — the normal rotation path. Requires 5 combo points, Savage Roar active with >10 seconds remaining, and Rip active on the target with >10 seconds remaining. The duration checks prevent spending combo points on Ferocious Bite when either buff is about to fall off and needs to be refreshed first. **`FerociousBiteExecuteTrigger`** ("ferocious bite execute", 24.0f) — the execute window, higher priority than the time trigger. Requires only 1 combo point, and fires when the target is below **both** 25% HP and 20,000 absolute HP. The dual condition is the key design detail: the 25% threshold alone would trigger on a raid boss at 25% health — which could still be millions of HP remaining. The 20,000 HP cap ensures the execute behavior only activates when the target is genuinely close to death, at which point dumping even a partial combo point buildup into Ferocious Bite is better than continuing a normal builder-spender cycle. --- ### Faerie Fire (Feral) Trigger (`DruidTriggers.h`) A single `FaerieFireFeralTrigger` class handles both Bear and Cat with spec-branched behavior inside `IsActive()`. It extends `DebuffTrigger` — the project's standard class for debuff maintenance on the current target — but overrides `IsActive()` to produce three distinct behaviors depending on form and talent state: **Bear:** Bypasses `DebuffTrigger::IsActive()` entirely. Returns true whenever the target is alive and in world, regardless of whether the debuff is already present. Every cast generates immediate threat and damage, so there is no reason to wait for it to fall off before recasting. **Cat with Omen of Clarity (talent aura 16864):** Same bypass — spams on cooldown to fish for Clearcasting procs. Faerie Fire (Feral) has no energy cost, making it a free input that can proc Omen of Clarity on any hit. **Cat without Omen of Clarity:** Falls through to `DebuffTrigger::IsActive()` — the standard base class behavior, which checks: target alive and in world, debuff not already present (`!botAI->HasAura("faerie fire (feral)", target)`), and estimated remaining lifetime of the target is at least `needLifeTime` seconds (default 8.0f — no point applying a 30-second debuff to something about to die). Applied as a normal debuff; does not reapply while active. Both spam paths additionally guard against Prowl — `IsActive()` returns false while the bot has the Prowl aura to prevent casting from breaking stealth. **Strategy wiring:** - Bear: standard rotation slot at 17.0f, plus wired into the `"lose aggro"` trigger at 25.5f as a soft-taunt fallback when Growl is on cooldown. - Cat: low-priority filler at 5.0f. --- ### Starfall Pull Safety (`DruidActions.cpp`) Starfall's 36-yard AoE radius is the largest in the game. A single cast near an unengaged patrol or mob pack would silently pull everything in that area. The previous implementation fired on cooldown with no awareness of the surrounding area. `CastStarfallAction::isUseful()` now applies two guards before allowing the cast: **CC safety check** (standard project pattern): reads `"current cc target"` and `"aoe position"`; suppresses the cast if the CC'd target is within `aoeRadius` of the bot's AoE position. **Unengaged hostile NPC scan (custom)**: reads `"nearest hostile npcs"` (`NearestHostileNpcsValue`), which uses the project's standard `Acore::AnyUnitInObjectRangeCheck` + `Cell::VisitObjects` grid searcher at `sightDistance` (~50 yards). The value pre-filters via `AcceptUnit()`: non-players only, and `unit->IsHostileTo(bot)` must be true — this excludes neutral-faction trigger creatures, dummies, and invisible spawns that would otherwise appear in a raw range scan. The loop then applies four additional filters: - Skip null / dead / out-of-world units (standard guard). - Skip the current target — it is the reason we're in combat; its in-combat flag is already covered. - Skip `!bot->IsValidAttackTarget(unit)` — safety net for hostile-faction trigger creatures carrying `UNIT_FLAG_NON_ATTACKABLE` that `IsHostileTo` alone doesn't filter. - Skip units beyond 40 yards — Starfall's listed radius is 36; 40 adds a small buffer for patrols about to enter range. If any remaining unit is `!unit->IsInCombat()`, the cast is suppressed — that mob is unengaged and would be pulled. **Why `"nearest hostile npcs"` and not `"attackers"`:** `attackers` only contains units currently targeting the bot. We need to scan all hostile units in the area, not just those already aggro'd. --- ### Hurricane Channel Cancel (`DruidTriggers.h/.cpp`, `GenericDruidStrategy.cpp`) The previous cancel condition checked whether fewer than 3 enemies were within 30 yards of the bot. This is a poor proxy — enemies could scatter laterally but still sit within that radius, keeping the channel alive while none of them were taking damage. The replacement is `HurricaneChannelCheckTrigger`, which locates the actual Hurricane `DynamicObject` on the field and measures from it directly. **`IsActive()` logic:** 1. Checks `bot->GetCurrentSpell(CURRENT_CHANNELED_SPELL)` — if the bot isn't channeling at all, returns false immediately. If it is channeling but the spell isn't a Hurricane rank, also returns false. This check is necessary because `CURRENT_CHANNELED_SPELL` is a slot, not a specific spell — the same cancel action is reused for other channeled spells in the codebase, so the trigger must verify it's specifically Hurricane before acting. 2. Iterates through `HURRICANE_SPELL_IDS` (all five ranks: 16914, 17401, 17402, 27012, 48467) calling `bot->GetDynObject(spellId)` until a non-null result is found. Hurricane places a `DynamicObject` on the field that the server uses as the actual AoE cylinder — each damage tick queries which units are inside it. The DynamicObject is keyed by spell ID, so the trigger must try each rank to find whichever one the bot currently has learned and placed. 3. Reads `dynObj->GetRadius()` — the actual radius stored on the DynamicObject itself rather than a hardcoded constant. This matches exactly what the server uses to calculate damage, so the trigger's cancel condition is spatially identical to the server's hit detection. 4. Walks the `"attackers"` GuidVector and counts how many live attackers are within `dynObj->GetRadius()` of the DynamicObject's position using `unit->GetDistance(dynObj->GetPosition()) <= radius`. 5. Returns `count < minEnemies` (default 3). The trigger fires — cancelling the channel — when fewer than 3 attackers are physically inside the Hurricane AoE. **Why `"attackers"` and not a full area scan:** Hurricane only deals damage to units that are attacking the bot (or in its threat list). Scanning all nearby hostile units would cause premature cancellation if non-aggro'd enemies happened to be standing outside the AoE. Attackers is the right scope. **Strategy wiring:** The trigger is paired with `NextAction("cancel channel", 22.0f)` in the AoE strategy for both Balance and Resto druids. The cancel priority (22.0f) sits below the Hurricane cast priority (23.0f), so if the medium AoE trigger re-activates on the same tick the cancel fires — meaning enemies came back into range — the new cast wins over the cancel. --- ## Feature Evaluation <!-- If your PR is very minimal (comment typo, wrong ID reference, etc), and it is very obvious it will not have any impact on performance, you may skip these question. If necessary, a maintainer may ask you for them later. --> <!-- Please answer the following: --> - Describe the **minimum logic** required to achieve the intended behavior. Most new triggers are simple aura or cooldown checks. The heavier ones are the group scans (for the blanketing HoTs and the healer mana check), but these are identical in cost to group scans already running throughout the project (all of the party member health checks). The Starfall safety check is the only genuinely new scan — it looks for nearby hostile NPCs before allowing a cast, using the same grid search the project already uses elsewhere. That being said, it's loaded on the end of the trigger/action pairing - so in the StarfallNoCDTrigger, the bot has to already have learned starfall, already be in combat, and have Starfall off of cooldown and ready to use. The Hurricane cancel check only runs while the bot is actively channeling, so it's tightly gated. - Describe the **processing cost** when this logic executes across many bots. Negligible for almost everything in this PR. The vast majority of new logic is aura/buff/debuff lookups and cooldown checks that cost nothing at scale. The group scans for blanketing and healer mana follow the same pattern as existing party scans that already run on every healer bot every tick. No new unbounded operations, no shared state between bots. ## How to Test the Changes <!-- - Step-by-step instructions to test the change. - Any required setup (e.g. multiple players, number of bots, specific configuration). - Expected behavior and how to verify it. --> All druids perform a bit better now - I'd say test the branch out with the druids y'all currently use. JUST REMEMBER TO DO reset botAI or talents spec "x" again, since there have been some strategies changed!! The big one being the blanketing strategy for resto druids. They heal so much better now. Also being able to control when they pre-hot is really great. ## Impact Assessment <!-- As a generic test, before and after measure of pmon (playerbot pmon tick) can help you here. --> - Does this change increase per-bot/per-tick processing or risk scaling poorly with thousands of bots? - - [x] No, not at all - - [ ] Minimal impact (**explain below**) - - [ ] Moderate impact (**explain below**) Tested before an after with the same performance logs. I tested it with a 25 man group of only druids versus my normal 25 man group on several raid bosses - no difference in pmon. - Does this change modify default bot behavior? - - [ ] No - - [x] Yes (**explain why**) Druid bots currently have several bugs/issues with them. This doesn't exactly change the skills they were already using - just refines the scenarios in which they should be used. For example, a boomkin won't use starfall when there is a pack within range but not aggro'd. You can turn off feral charge for cat druids now, so they don't fly into a bosses aoe (locust swarm on anub, overload on iron council). Bear druids don't battle rez anymore. They just feel less clunky and heal/hold aggro better. - Does this change add new decision branches or increase maintenance complexity? - - [x] No - - [ ] Yes (**explain below**) There are only 2 changes to files outside of the druid strategy, which is the healer low mana framework and the modification to autoattack not being used while in prowl. ## AI Assistance <!-- AI assistance is allowed, but all submitted code must be fully understood, reviewed, and owned by the contributor. 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That is why every time it proposed a change, I asked it if the code was consistent with the project (Already present somewhere else) and if it wasn't, it was heavily scrutinized. It was written with Claude Code with Sonnet 4.6 (high), and peer reviewed by Github copilot. AI also made the description part of the PR, in which I modified myself. <!-- TRANSLATIONS: Anything new that the bots say in chat must be in a translatable format. This is done using GetBotTextOrDefault, which you can search for in the codebase to find examples. Your code needs to have English as the default fallback, while the full translations need to be in an SQL update file. The languages in the file are the nine language options supported by AzerothCore: English, Korean, French, German, Chinese, Taiwanese, Spanish, Spanish Mexico, and Russian. See data/sql/playerbots/updates/2025_12_27_ai_playerbot_fishing_text.sql as an example of a translation SQL update, whose content are called within the codebase at src/strategy/actions/FishingAction.cpp --> ## Final Checklist - - [x] Stability is not compromised. - - [x] Performance impact is understood, tested, and acceptable. - - [x] Added logic complexity is justified and explained. - - [x] Any new bot dialogue lines are translated. - - [x] Documentation updated if needed (Conf comments, WiKi commands). **Wiki commands** @Dreathean While this PR does add strategies, they are all enabled by default: co +feral charge (feral druids, both cat and bear) - enabled by default, allows/prevents the use of feral charge co +tranquility (resto druids) - enabled by default, allows/prevents the use of tranquility co +blanketing (resto druids) - enabled by default, allows the druid to pre-hot with wild growth and rejuvenation But it would be worth a mention on the wiki - there are scenarios where having these strategies disabled would be beneficial. ## Notes for Reviewers <!-- Anything else that's helpful to review or test your pull request. --> @kadeshar @Celandriel @brighton-chi Thank you for taking the time to look this over. There is a lot of copied code, a bit of new code (which is explained in the code explanation part of it, but please still ask questions), and a lot of refactoring. Please remember to reset the bot strategies before/after you test this branch, due to the several changes (blanketing, feral charge strategies). Reset with reset botAI or "talents spec balance pve" for any testers out there that didn't know. If/When this PR goes to the master branch, it will need to be noted to the people this same thing about resetting strategies.
Test staging
## Pull Request Description
These changes I originally made for myself because as a person who
really likes to raid with bots, I felt like the current group buff
system is fundamentally broken, and I needed something more consistent
and optimal. I debated a lot whether to PR this because it's such an
extensive overhaul that was almost entirely reliant on AI, and I know
that wishmaster still has a PR open regarding the greater blessings. I
decided to after a couple of conversations so at least people can look
at it and see if it's something that they want.
The tl;dr version is that this PR overhauls buff handling in two related
areas:
1. It adds a dedicated greater blessing assignment system.
2. It generalizes party/raid reagent-buff handling for Paladins, Druids,
Mages, and Priests.
Under this PR, greater blessings are determined by assignments for the
current group, and those assignments are determined based on:
1. a hardcoded priority list of blessings for each spec;
2. the number of Paladins in the group; and
3. whether any Paladins have talents for Blessing of Sanctuary, Improved
Blessing of Might, or Improved Blessing of Wisdom.
Assignment determinations are cached in a value to avoid constant
reevaluation.
The exact priority list is:
- All casters: Kings, Wisdom, Sanctuary, Might
- Physical-only DPS (Rogues, Warriors, DKs): Might, Kings, Sanctuary,
N/A
- Hybrid DPS (Enh, Ret, Hunters, Cats): Might, Kings, Wisdom, Sanctuary
- Druid tanks: Kings, Might, Sanctuary, Wisdom
- Warrior and DK tanks: Kings, Might, Sanctuary, N/A
- Paladin tank: Sanctuary, Might, Wisdom, Kings
Note that Sanctuary is preferred over Kings for Paladin tanks because of
the mana regen component but deprioritized for other tanks because Kings
provides Agility. The extra 3% damage reduction from Sanctuary does not
stack with Disc Priests’ Renewed Hope, which will have 100% uptime.
For group buffs, logic is centralized so that class triggers use the
same gating and upgrade rules for Gift of the Wild, Arcane Brilliance,
Prayer of Fortitude, Prayer of Spirit, and Prayer of Shadow Protection.
Also, Shadow Protection is now a default strategy for Priests (rshadow,
which existed before but wasn’t added by default).
I’ve added a config setting for the greater blessing system and adjusted
the current config setting for group buffs. In each case, you can pick
whether to disable the feature entirely, use it in all groups, or use it
only in raid groups. The default is raid only for greater blessings and
all groups for group buffs. Note that for group buffs, even if the
config is enabled, they will be used only if at least 3 group/raid
members on the same map are missing the buff family. This is mainly to
stop group buff spamming during wipe recovery as bots are revived
one-by-one.
I renamed the Paladin buff strategies to align them with the actual
blessing names:
- `bhealth` -> `bsanc`
- `bmana` -> `bwisdom`
- `bdps` -> `bmight`
- `bstats` -> `bkings`
This is an intentional breaking change for saved strategy strings. Bots
will need a one-time strategy reset after update.
I removed bots telling you when they are out of reagents for greater
blessings. If people like that though, I can add it back.
A small cleanup is also included in TankPaladinStrategy: Holy Shield was
subject to three overlapping health triggers with the same priority; I
removed the two lower health thresholds which have no purpose.
## Feature Evaluation
- Describe the **minimum logic** required to achieve the intended
behavior.
I’m going to let the AI answer this one.
> The minimum logic is:
> - a shared config-gated check for whether group/raid buff variants are
allowed
> - a shared way to treat single and group variants as equivalent aura
families
> - a shared upgrade path from single-target buff to group buff when the
group variant is appropriate
> - a Paladin-only cached assignment model that decides which blessing
family each Paladin should cover for the current group
> - trigger/action wiring that only attempts casts when a group member
is actually missing the assigned buff
>
> This avoids scattering separate per-class heuristics across many
triggers and actions.
- Describe the **processing cost** when this logic executes across many
bots.
Processing cost should be minimal but non-zero. The general party buff
changes are limited to existing buff trigger paths and mostly replace
duplicated checks with shared helpers. They do not add expensive default
per-tick behavior outside those existing trigger evaluations.
The Paladin greater blessing logic does add extra decision-making, but
it is limited to Paladins, gated by config and group eligibility,
subject to a delayed trigger evaluation of only once per 4s, and cached
per group assignment set instead of recomputing the full assignment
model on every action attempt.
This PR also increases the throttle duration for group buff triggers to
limit performance impact; I’m open to adjustments to these durations:
- Mark of the Wild triggers were increased from 4s to 8s
- Arcane Intellect triggers were increased from 4s to 8s
- Priest buff triggers were increased to 8s (previously, Fortitude was
6s, Spirit was 4s, and Shadow Protection had no throttle)
- There is now a 5s delay on buffing (greater blessings and group buffs)
after bots log in—I was getting bots spamming buffs as soon as they
logged in even when it was not necessary
I’ve tested with pmon, and the impact is minimal—these are very cheap
triggers even compared to standard bot rotational ability triggers.
## How to Test the Changes
1. Try different config settings to confirm that they work to
enable/disable greater blessings/group buffs in the configured scenarios
2. For greater blessing changes:
- test with one Paladin in a party/raid
- test with multiple Paladins in a party/raid
- confirm the Paladins divide blessing coverage instead of repeatedly
overwriting each other
- include at least one Paladin with Improved Blessing of Might and make
sure it casts Might over Paladins without the talent; check the same
with a Paladin with Improved Blessing of Wisdom
- do not include a Paladin that knows Sanctuary, confirm any Paladin
tank receives Kings instead (you’ll need a low-level Paladin for this
since Sanctuary is a prot talent)
- confirm bots cast blessings only when a member is actually missing the
relevant blessing family
- confirm there is a 5s delay on buffing when bots log in
3. For group buff changes:
- confirm there is a 5s delay on buffing when bots log in
- confirm that single buffs are used when there aren’t at least three
unbuffed members in the same map, even if group buffs are enabled in the
config
4. For all buffs, test with reagents missing to confirm fallback to
single-target buffs and single blessings
5. Confirm the Paladin buff strategy names are changed after resetting
AI
## Impact Assessment
- Does this change increase per-bot/per-tick processing or risk scaling
poorly with thousands of bots?
- - [ ] No, not at all
- - [x] Minimal impact (**explain below**)
- - [ ] Moderate impact (**explain below**)
Discussed above in processing costs.
- Does this change modify default bot behavior?
- - [ ] No
- - [x] Yes (**explain why**)
Yes—that is the purpose of this PR, to change default buffing behavior.
- Does this change add new decision branches or increase maintenance
complexity?
- - [ ] No
- - [x] Yes (**explain below**)
Yes, but I think it’s inevitable to add complexity to get greater
blessings to function consistently, given the challenges brought by
their mechanic of applying across each class.
## AI Assistance
Was AI assistance used while working on this change?
- - [ ] No
- - [x] Yes (**explain below**)
I used GPT-5.4 extensively for this overhaul. It’s much more complicated
than I could handle on my own. I’ve done a lot of testing and have
reviewed the code and provided plenty of revisions, but I cannot say I
can perfectly explain each addition and how it works, not even close.
## Final Checklist
- - [x] Stability is not compromised.
- - [x] Performance impact is understood, tested, and acceptable.
- - [x] Added logic complexity is justified and explained.
- - [x] Any new bot dialogue lines are translated.
- - [x] Documentation updated if needed (Conf comments, WiKi commands).
## Notes for Reviewers
---------
Co-authored-by: Keleborn <22352763+Celandriel@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: bash <hermensb@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Revision <tkn963@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: kadeshar <kadeshar@gmail.com>
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Shadow priest's Vampiric Embrace was incorrectly set as a debuff, and
was in the combat strategy.
Fixed it to be a buff, and move it to the noncombat strategy with other
buffs
## Feature Evaluation
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Get a shadow priest bot. They should now buff themselves with Vampiric
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## Final Checklist
- - [x] Stability is not compromised.
- - [x] Performance impact is understood, tested, and acceptable.
- - [x] Added logic complexity is justified and explained.
- - [x] Any new bot dialogue lines are translated.
- - [x] Documentation updated if needed (Conf comments, WiKi commands).
## Notes for Reviewers
<!-- Anything else that's helpful to review or test your pull request.
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<!-- Thank you for contributing to mod-playerbots, please make sure that you... 1. Submit your PR to the test-staging branch, not master. 2. Read the guidelines below before submitting. 3. Don't delete parts of this template. DESIGN PHILOSOPHY: We prioritize STABILITY, PERFORMANCE, AND PREDICTABILITY over behavioral realism. Every action and decision executes PER BOT AND PER TRIGGER. Small increases in logic complexity scale poorly across thousands of bots and negatively affect all. We prioritize a stable system over a smarter one. Bots don't need to behave perfectly; believable behavior is the goal, not human simulation. Default behavior must be cheap in processing; expensive behavior must be opt-in. Before submitting, make sure your changes aligns with these principles. --> ## Pull Request Description Suffix scoring was already wired up in playerbots, bots could evaluate suffix items they owned, but factory init scored candidates with randomPropertyId = 0 and equipped via EquipNewItem which doesn't roll suffixes, so suffix items always looked like junk and never got picked. Added a cached item_enchantment_template pool in RandomItemMgr, a PickBestRandomPropertyId helper that picks the best suffix per bot class/spec, and added it on the equipped item via SetItemRandomProperties. Tested levels 20-80, suffixes match spec. Closes #2370. ## Feature Evaluation <!-- If your PR is very minimal (comment typo, wrong ID reference, etc), and it is very obvious it will not have any impact on performance, you may skip these question. If necessary, a maintainer may ask you for them later. --> <!-- Please answer the following: --> - Describe the **minimum logic** required to achieve the intended behavior. For items with RandomProperty != 0 or RandomSuffix != 0, run the item_enchantment_template pool once, score each candidate suffix against the bot's existing class/spec stat weights, keep the highest, and stamp that id on the item right after EquipNewItem. Items without a suffix pool skip the helper entirely. Without this, every suffix template scores as base stats only (often near zero) and never gets picked during factory init. - Describe the **processing cost** when this logic executes across many bots. Startup: one SELECT entry, ench FROM item_enchantment_template (few hundred rows), parsed into an unordered_map<uint32, vector<uint32>> once. No SQL afterwards. Per bot during init: PickBestRandomPropertyId only runs on candidates that actually have a suffix pool. Each call is a hash lookup plus a loop over 5-15 enchantment ids, each doing DBC lookups already used by the scoring code. Cost is mostly by the existing CalculateRandomProperty work, not new logic. Scales linearly with bot count, same as the rest of factory init. No new per-tick work. ## How to Test the Changes 1. Generate a fresh random bot at level 20-79 and use autogear (cloth, leather, mail, plate, lots of suffix gear at that range). 2. Inspect the bot's gear. Items with names like "of the Eagle", "of the Monkey", "of Healing", etc... should be equipped, with the suffix stats visible on the tooltip. 3. Generate a level 80 bot at high gear-score limit. Confirm it still equips raid epics normally (epics have no suffix pool, so this path is untouched). ## Impact Assessment <!-- As a generic test, before and after measure of pmon (playerbot pmon tick) can help you here. --> - Does this change increase per-bot/per-tick processing or risk scaling poorly with thousands of bots? - - [x] No, not at all - - [ ] Minimal impact (**explain below**) - - [ ] Moderate impact (**explain below**) - Does this change modify default bot behavior? - - [ ] No - - [x] Yes (**explain why**) Bots now consider random-suffix items during factory init and equip them with the best suffix for their class/spec. Before, suffix items were effectively invisible to init autogear because they scored as base stats only. This is the intended fix for #2370. - Does this change add new decision branches or increase maintenance complexity? - - [ ] No - - [x] Yes (**explain below**) Added one new public method on StatsWeightCalculator (PickBestRandomPropertyId) and one new cache in RandomItemMgr (LoadEnchantmentPool + GetEnchantmentPool). The candidate list in InitEquipment changed from vector<uint32> to vector<pair<uint32, int32>> to carry the chosen suffix id alongside the item id. Logic mirrors existing patterns in the same files (DBC lookups, SQL-backed caches, signed randomPropertyId encoding), no new abstractions, no new wrappers. ## AI Assistance <!-- AI assistance is allowed, but all submitted code must be fully understood, reviewed, and owned by the contributor. We expect contributors to be honest about what they do and do not understand. --> Was AI assistance used while working on this change? - - [ ] No - - [x] Yes (**explain below**) Used AI to help me find the bug. It mapped the existing scoring pipeline and pointed out that PlayerbotFactory::InitEquipment was scoring candidates with randomPropertyId = 0 and equipping via EquipNewItem (which doesn't roll suffixes), so the scoring side was already built, just never fed real suffix ids during init. I reviewed and tested all the code in-game across levels 20-80 and multiple classes/specs. <!-- TRANSLATIONS: Anything new that the bots say in chat must be in a translatable format. This is done using GetBotTextOrDefault, which you can search for in the codebase to find examples. Your code needs to have English as the default fallback, while the full translations need to be in an SQL update file. The languages in the file are the nine language options supported by AzerothCore: English, Korean, French, German, Chinese, Taiwanese, Spanish, Spanish Mexico, and Russian. 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playerbots.conf.dist:
1. Updated and clarified comments. At best they were misleading, at
worst they were wrong.
2. Reordered brackets configs top to bottom, from Warsong to IOC.
3. No config values have actually been changed.
PlayerbotAIConfig.cpp:
1. Made sure the config values actually match the .dist file.
2. Reordered brackets configs top to bottom, from Warsong to IOC.
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an example of a translation SQL
update, whose content are called within the codebase at
src/strategy/actions/FishingAction.cpp
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## Final Checklist
- - [x] Stability is not compromised.
- - [x] Performance impact is understood, tested, and acceptable.
- - [x] Added logic complexity is justified and explained.
- - [x] Any new bot dialogue lines are translated.
- - [x] Documentation updated if needed (Conf comments, WiKi commands).
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Bracket ranges are from `pvpdifficulty_dbc`
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## Pull Request Description
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Fixes exploit in multiplayer servers where players can ask bots to mail
them items.
## Feature Evaluation
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Conf.
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Cheap bool checkl
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Use send mail command to try to get a bot to send you mail. Should
follow bool setting.
## Impact Assessment
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tick) can help you here. -->
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- Does this change modify default bot behavior?
- - [x] No
- - [ ] Yes (**explain why**)
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- - [x] No
- - [ ] Yes (**explain below**)
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CLaude Make do.
simple enough one even AI can do it.
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src/strategy/actions/FishingAction.cpp
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## Final Checklist
- - [x] Stability is not compromised.
- - [x] Performance impact is understood, tested, and acceptable.
- - [x] Added logic complexity is justified and explained.
- - [x] Any new bot dialogue lines are translated.
- - [x] Documentation updated if needed (Conf comments, WiKi commands).
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## Pull Request Description
\`.playerbots bot add jared\` fails with "Character 'jared' not found"
even when \`Jared\` exists, because the lookup is case-sensitive. Same
issue hits \`remove\`, \`init=<...>\`, \`refresh\`, \`addaccount\`, and
any other subcommand that takes a character name.
Fix at the parser layer in \`HandlePlayerbotCommand\`: every subcommand
that takes a charname flows through one shared name-lookup step.
Normalize the typed name to canonical form (first letter upper, rest
lower) at that step so \`jared\`, \`JARED\`, \`JaReD\` all resolve to
\`Jared\`. The \`addaccount\` path still tries the raw token as an
account name first (account names are case-insensitive on the auth
side), then falls back to a normalized character-name lookup.
No subcommand's behavior changes — only the name lookup that precedes
them. Subcommands with no charname (\`initself\`, \`list\`, \`reload\`,
\`tweak\`, \`self\`, \`lookup\`, \`addclass\`) are unaffected.
## Feature Evaluation
- Describe the **minimum logic** required to achieve the intended
behavior.
One \`normalizePlayerName(s)\` call on each comma-separated token before
the existing \`GetCharacterGuidByName(s)\` lookup. Uses the helper this
module already calls in four other places.
- Describe the **processing cost** when this logic executes across many
bots.
Runs only when a player types a \`.playerbots bot ...\` command, on the
typed tokens. Not in any bot-tick or per-bot path. Cost does not scale
with bot count.
## How to Test the Changes
\`\`\`
.playerbots bot add Jared → adds Jared
.playerbots bot add jared → adds Jared
.playerbots bot add JARED → adds Jared
.playerbots bot add JaReD → adds Jared
.playerbots bot remove Jared → removes Jared
.playerbots bot remove jared → removes Jared
.playerbots bot init=auto jared → re-rolls Jared's gear
.playerbots bot levelup jared → re-rolls Jared at his current level
.playerbots bot refresh jared → refreshes Jared (HP/mana restored)
.playerbots bot refresh=raid jared → unbinds Jared from saved raid IDs
.playerbots bot add jAred,saLLy,BOB → adds all three
.playerbots bot add nonexistent → still reports not found
.playerbots bot initself → still works (untouched path)
\`\`\`
All cases verified in-game.
## Impact Assessment
- Does this change increase per-bot/per-tick processing or risk scaling
poorly with thousands of bots?
- [x] No, not at all
- [ ] Minimal impact (**explain below**)
- [ ] Moderate impact (**explain below**)
- Does this change modify default bot behavior?
- [x] No
- [ ] Yes (**explain why**)
- Does this change add new decision branches or increase maintenance
complexity?
- [x] No
- [ ] Yes (**explain below**)
## AI Assistance
Was AI assistance used while working on this change?
- [ ] No
- [x] Yes (**explain below**)
Used Claude to help trace the call graph (confirming which subcommands
are affected and which are untouched) and to draft the patch. Reviewed
and tested in-game before pushing.
## Final Checklist
- [x] Stability is not compromised.
- [x] Performance impact is understood, tested, and acceptable.
- [x] Added logic complexity is justified and explained.
- [x] Any new bot dialogue lines are translated.
- [x] Documentation updated if needed (Conf comments, WiKi commands).
## Notes for Reviewers
Diff is small (~25 lines in one file). One minor cosmetic side effect:
"Character 'X' not found" errors now echo the normalized form (\`Bogus\`
instead of \`bogus\`).
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Co-authored-by: Lichborne-AC <lzeppelin112@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Default behavior must be cheap in processing; expensive behavior must be
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## Pull Request Description
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This PR makes three changes to UseTrinketAction:
1. It adds health and mana gating (based on existing config thresholds)
for bots to activate mana recovery, mana efficiency, and defensive
trinkets. The thresholds are mediumMana (default 40%) for mana recovery
trinkets, highMana (default 65%) for mana efficiency trinkets, and
lowHealth (default 45%) for defensive trinkets.
2. It removes the old overinclusive procflag/specproc gate introduced by
PR 1385, which prevents bots from using dozens of valid trinkets,
including some extremely powerful ones (such as Skull of Gul’dan, the
iconic TBC expansion BiS trinket for all casters), and replaces it with
a narrower exclusion that still addresses the original issue.
- Regarding PR 1385, focusing on liyunfan’s post specifically, I
interpet the issue to be relating to trinkets where the item data is
screwed up such that a passive effect was implemented as an on-use
spell. I had AI do a scan, and it seems that issue impacts only 2
trinkets in the game, Oracle Talisman of Ablution and Frenzyheart
Insignia of Fury, and specifically only the versions of those items that
are not legitimately obtainable (unclear why they exist at all). I’ve
excluded those trinkets from bots via the config now, and this PR
maintains the guards against those trinkets regardless but does so in a
narrower fashion. PR 1385's approach of using ProcFlags != 0 (i.e.,
excluding all on-use trinkets with non-zero ProcFlags) works only if
proc metadata can be used to distinguish between active/passive
trinkets, and that’s not even close to being the case. AI came up with
44 false positives, including many significant trinkets beyond Skull of
Gul’dan such as the ZG Hakkar quest trinkets, Badge of the Swarmguard,
Petrified Scarab, Scarab Brooch, Eye of the Dead, Essence of the Martyr,
Abacus of Violent Odds, Ribbon of Sacrifice, and Pendant of the Violet
Eye (and I’m not mentioning WotLK trinkets only because I don’t know
anything about what is relevant for that expansion).
3. It fixes an issue where bots were not respecting trinket cooldowns in
some cases. This resulted because trinkets with shared cooldown
categories (i.e., those that are not stackable) would substitute the
individual trinket cooldowns with shared category cooldowns, which let
bots spam usages of trinkets, by tracking per-item and per-category
trinket cooldowns locally. The root of this is based in AC; I don't know
if it should be considered a bug or not, but regardless it doesn't
impact players, presumably because cooldowns are enforced on the client
side.
- Here’s an illustration to explain the issue in practice. Skull of
Gul’dan has a 240s cooldown and Shifting Naaru Sliver has a 180s
cooldown, and they share a cooldown category so their usages cannot be
stacked. The shared cooldown matches the length of the on-use effect (so
20s for Skull and 15s for Sliver). The below is what can happen without
this PR (and is what I observed in testing).
- t = 0s: Shifting Naaru Sliver used, writes its 90s personal cooldown
and 15s shared category cooldown.
- t = 15s: Skull of Gul’dan used, writes its 120s personal cooldown and
20s shared category cooldown. Skull’s shared category cooldown
overwrites Sliver’s spell-cooldown entry, giving Sliver 20s left on its
personal cooldown instead of 75s.
- t = 35s: Sliver incorrectly appears ready and can be used again (55s
sooner than should be possible). Then Sliver’s shared category cooldown
in turn overwrites Skull’s longer personal cooldown.
- t = 50s: Skull incorrectly appears ready and can be used again (85s
sooner than should be possible).
- Repeat.
## Feature Evaluation
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The logic runs through the existing trinket use code. Specifically:
- Helpers are used to classify on-use trinket effects into mana
restoration, mana efficiency, and defensive/tank categories using
spell-effect checks
- Existing configured mana and health thresholds are applied to those
trinkets
- The old procflag gate is replaced with a one-time cached set of mixed
ON_USE/ON_EQUIP trinket spell ids
- Two small cooldown maps per bot are tracked in UseTrinketAction: one
for item cooldowns and one for shared category cooldowns
## How to Test the Changes
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I did all of these things, but verification is always good. Overall, I
think it is worth running with this PR merged into test-staging if/when
that happens and keeping an eye on overall performance.
1. Equip a bot with a trinket referenced above, such as Skull of
Gul'dan, and confirm it is now used in combat.
2. Test mana-based classes with mana recovery and mana-efficiency
trinkets and confirm they are used only when below the applicable
configured mana threshold. An easy one to check is Glimmering Naaru
Sliver because it is a channel.
3. Test defensive on-use trinkets and confirm they are used only when
health is below the configured low-health threshold. Something like
Shadowmoon Insignia, which increases maximum health, is pretty obvious.
4. Confirm that the error versions of Oracle/Frenzyheart don’t stack
auras on bots (i.e., the bug addressed in PR 1385 has not returned). You
can do this by having a bot kill mobs and check .listauras, though I
checked through logging in the code because auras are noisy as hell.
5. Equip a bot with two trinkets that have shared cooldowns. I used
Skull of Gul’dan and Shifting Naaru Sliver. Go fight a mostly
tank-and-spank boss, such as Gruul. Use an add-on like Skada that tracks
buffs. You should see that before this PR, bots will use the trinkets
multiple times in one cooldown period, and after, they observe the
actual cooldowns.
## Impact Assessment
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tick) can help you here. -->
- Does this change increase per-bot/per-tick processing or risk scaling
poorly with thousands of bots?
- - [ ] No, not at all
- - [x] Minimal impact (**explain below**)
- - [ ] Moderate impact (**explain below**)
Any additional impact is confined to UseTrinketAction. The exclusion of
the busted trinkets uses a cache that is built once per server process
followed by constant-time lookups. The per-bot trinket cooldown maps
also use constant-time lookups and store only a few timestamp entries
per bot.
- Does this change modify default bot behavior?
- - [x] No
- - [ ] Yes (**explain why**)
- Does this change add new decision branches or increase maintenance
complexity?
- - [ ] No
- - [x] Yes (**explain below**)
Sort of--trinkets previously didn't have any consideration for effects
with respect to usage so that is new. I think it is necessary though to
have half-decent bot trinket usage, and there could be further
refinement for how bots decide to use trinkets based on this structure.
## AI Assistance
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GPT-5.4 was used for investigation and root-cause analysis and
assistance with drafting. All resulting code and the PR rationale was
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needs to have English as the default fallback,
while the full translations need to be in an SQL update file. The
languages in the file are the nine language
options supported by AzerothCore: English, Korean, French, German,
Chinese, Taiwanese, Spanish, Spanish Mexico, and
Russian. See
data/sql/playerbots/updates/2025_12_27_ai_playerbot_fishing_text.sql as
an example of a translation SQL
update, whose content are called within the codebase at
src/strategy/actions/FishingAction.cpp
-->
## Final Checklist
- - [x] Stability is not compromised.
- - [x] Performance impact is understood, tested, and acceptable.
- - [x] Added logic complexity is justified and explained.
- - [x] Any new bot dialogue lines are translated.
- - [x] Documentation updated if needed (Conf comments, WiKi commands).
## Notes for Reviewers
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Bots also suck at using DPS trinkets properly, but I don't think there's
a simple way to address that unlike with mana recovery or defensive
trinkets. So that's to consider another day.
---------
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Alt bots can now use refresh=raid cmd if cfg is set to 1.
`AiPlayerbot.ResetInstanceIdForAltBots = 1`
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Add alt bot, use .playerbots bot refresh=raid and it should say ok after
reseting instance.
## Impact Assessment
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Alt bots will now reset instance ID if cfg is set to 1.
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complexity?
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It will check if cfg is set to 1 to enable alt bots to reset instance
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an example of a translation SQL
update, whose content are called within the codebase at
src/strategy/actions/FishingAction.cpp
-->
## Final Checklist
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increases in logic complexity scale
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## Pull Request Description
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The main focus on this PR is to clarify and eliminate overlap between
three very confusingly described yet important config options:
AutoUpgradeEquip, EquipmentPersistence, and IncrementalGearInit.
For context, after initialization, randombots generally get randomized
each time after logging in and periodically between
MinRandomBotRandomizeTime (configurable, default 2 hours) to
MaxRandomBotRandomizeTime (configurable, default 14 days). This
randomization happens only when the bot is idle.
Now let’s look at what those three config options currently say.
- AutoUpgradeEquip: Randombots automatically upgrade their equipment on
levelup.
- EquipmentPersistence: Enable/Disable bot equipment persistence (stop
random initialization) after certain level (EquipmentPersistenceLevel).
- IncrementalGearInit: If disabled, random bots can only upgrade
equipment through looting and quest
None of those descriptions are accurate.
- AutoUpgradeEquip determines if randombots, upon leveling up, refresh
ammo, reagents, food, consumables, potions, and, ONLY IF
IncrementalGearInit is also enabled and EquipmentPersistence is
disabled, upgrade equipment (yes, three config options required for this
one thing).
- EquipmentPersistence affects both equipment and talents.
- Disabling IncrementalGearInit does not prevent randombots from
changing their equipment through the login/periodic randomization
process unless EquipmentPersistence is enabled.
These config options shouldn’t overlap with or be dependent on each
other, and their names and descriptions should reflect what they
actually do. Thus, this PR does the following:
- AutoUpgradeEquip solely controls whether or not randombots
automatically upgrade their gear upon level up. No other config option
is involved for this purpose, and AutoUpgradeEquip no longer impacts
inventory items. This does mean that it is no longer possible to stop
randombots from being given ammo, potions, etc. when they level up. I
tend to think that randombots as they currently are cannot fully
function otherwise so I have no issue with the loss of this ability, but
if there is disagreement, then we need to introduce a new config option.
AutoUpgradeEquip is also now set to true in PlayerbotAIConfig to reflect
that the default is true in the .dist.
- I originally wanted to combine EquipmentPersistence and
EquipmentPersistenceLevel into a single config option that also included
talents in the name, but EquipmentPersistence is used in the level
brackets mod so I don’t want to make a breaking change there. I settled
for making EquipmentPersistence enabled by default and also reducing
EquipmentPersistenceLevel to 1 by default, in effect entirely disabling
periodic/login randomization of randombot talents and gear by default. I
only see people complain about these features so I think unless there is
some compelling performance or structural reason to the contrary, the
default should be that randombots do not continuously randomize their
talents and equipment.
- IncrementalGearInit is eliminated. There are two real functional
impacts: (1) as noted above, randombots cannot be blocked from receiving
standard inventory items upon level-up (though the way it is currently
being gated does not make sense anyway), and (2) you can no longer have
equipment persistence for equipment only but not talents (I cannot
imagine anybody would ever want to do that, and I don't think it was
even intended given the strange interaction between config options that
was needed to even accomplish that before).
- For all these settings, the config descriptions are updated to try to
be clear about what the player is actually configuring.
Beyond that, I made some clean-up changes to the config to fix some
typos and try to shorten it in places, and I also deleted a few config
options that do not appear in operative code anymore (and any
corresponding references in PlayerbotAIConfig). I also deleted some
comments and made some minor style changes in
AutoMaintenanceOnLevelupAction.cpp.
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- To test AutoUpgradeEquip, use the gm command .level 1 while targeting
an rndbot.
- To test EquipmentPersistence, the only way I could find to force an
incremental randomization was to use .playerbots rndbot level BotName.
This will do an incremental randomization and a level up. However, this
level does not go through the AutoMaintenanceOnLevelupAction path so
just disregard the +1 level aspect and consider it a pure test of
EquipmentPersistence.
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- Does this change increase per-bot/per-tick processing or risk scaling
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- - [x] No, not at all
- - [ ] Minimal impact (**explain below**)
- - [ ] Moderate impact (**explain below**)
- Does this change modify default bot behavior?
- - [x] No
- - [ ] Yes (**explain why**)
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- - [x] No
- - [ ] Yes (**explain below**)
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I had GPT-5.4 review my changes and come up with the testing method.
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languages in the file are the nine language
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Chinese, Taiwanese, Spanish, Spanish Mexico, and
Russian. See
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an example of a translation SQL
update, whose content are called within the codebase at
src/strategy/actions/FishingAction.cpp
-->
## Final Checklist
- - [x] Stability is not compromised.
- - [x] Performance impact is understood, tested, and acceptable.
- - [x] Added logic complexity is justified and explained.
- - [x] Any new bot dialogue lines are translated.
- - [x] Documentation updated if needed (Conf comments, WiKi commands).
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DESIGN PHILOSOPHY: We prioritize STABILITY, PERFORMANCE, AND
PREDICTABILITY over behavioral realism.
Every action and decision executes PER BOT AND PER TRIGGER. Small
increases in logic complexity scale
poorly across thousands of bots and negatively affect all. We prioritize
a stable system over a smarter
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Arms and Fury using Sunder Armor when there is not Protection Warrior in
group
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Invite warrior/warriors to group and check how they apply Sunder Armor
on dummy target
## Impact Assessment
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tick) can help you here. -->
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poorly with thousands of bots?
- - [x] No, not at all
- - [ ] Minimal impact (**explain below**)
- - [ ] Moderate impact (**explain below**)
- Does this change modify default bot behavior?
- - [ ] No
- - [x] Yes (**explain why**)
Yes, expained in Pull Request Description
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complexity?
- - [x] No
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Analyze orginal behavior
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This is done using GetBotTextOrDefault,
which you can search for in the codebase to find examples. Your code
needs to have English as the default fallback,
while the full translations need to be in an SQL update file. The
languages in the file are the nine language
options supported by AzerothCore: English, Korean, French, German,
Chinese, Taiwanese, Spanish, Spanish Mexico, and
Russian. See
data/sql/playerbots/updates/2025_12_27_ai_playerbot_fishing_text.sql as
an example of a translation SQL
update, whose content are called within the codebase at
src/strategy/actions/FishingAction.cpp
-->
## Final Checklist
- - [x] Stability is not compromised.
- - [x] Performance impact is understood, tested, and acceptable.
- - [x] Added logic complexity is justified and explained.
- - [x] Any new bot dialogue lines are translated.
- - [x] Documentation updated if needed (Conf comments, WiKi commands).
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#2431) <!-- Thank you for contributing to mod-playerbots, please make sure that you... 1. Submit your PR to the test-staging branch, not master. 2. Read the guidelines below before submitting. 3. Don't delete parts of this template. DESIGN PHILOSOPHY: We prioritize STABILITY, PERFORMANCE, AND PREDICTABILITY over behavioral realism. Every action and decision executes PER BOT AND PER TRIGGER. Small increases in logic complexity scale poorly across thousands of bots and negatively affect all. We prioritize a stable system over a smarter one. Bots don't need to behave perfectly; believable behavior is the goal, not human simulation. Default behavior must be cheap in processing; expensive behavior must be opt-in. Before submitting, make sure your changes aligns with these principles. --> ## Pull Request Description <!-- Describe what this change does and why it is needed --> I had repeated crashes upon login traced to line 89 of TogglePetSpellAutoCastAction, where a spellInfo check is missing. I confirmed that adding the check fixed my crashing. I don't know why there was invalid spellInfo to create the crash, as this missing check is not a new development and I never had a crash before, but clearly this code should be fixed in any case. ## Feature Evaluation <!-- If your PR is very minimal (comment typo, wrong ID reference, etc), and it is very obvious it will not have any impact on performance, you may skip these question. If necessary, a maintainer may ask you for them later. --> <!-- Please answer the following: --> - Describe the **minimum logic** required to achieve the intended behavior. - Describe the **processing cost** when this logic executes across many bots. ## How to Test the Changes <!-- - Step-by-step instructions to test the change. - Any required setup (e.g. multiple players, number of bots, specific configuration). - Expected behavior and how to verify it. --> ## Impact Assessment <!-- As a generic test, before and after measure of pmon (playerbot pmon tick) can help you here. --> - Does this change increase per-bot/per-tick processing or risk scaling poorly with thousands of bots? - - [x] No, not at all - - [ ] Minimal impact (**explain below**) - - [ ] Moderate impact (**explain below**) - Does this change modify default bot behavior? - - [x] No - - [ ] Yes (**explain why**) - Does this change add new decision branches or increase maintenance complexity? - - [x] No - - [ ] Yes (**explain below**) ## AI Assistance <!-- AI assistance is allowed, but all submitted code must be fully understood, reviewed, and owned by the contributor. We expect contributors to be honest about what they do and do not understand. --> Was AI assistance used while working on this change? - - [x] No - - [ ] Yes (**explain below**) <!-- If yes, please specify: - Purpose of usage (e.g. brainstorming, refactoring, documentation, code generation). - Which parts of the change were influenced or generated, and whether it was thoroughly reviewed. --> <!-- TRANSLATIONS: Anything new that the bots say in chat must be in a translatable format. This is done using GetBotTextOrDefault, which you can search for in the codebase to find examples. Your code needs to have English as the default fallback, while the full translations need to be in an SQL update file. The languages in the file are the nine language options supported by AzerothCore: English, Korean, French, German, Chinese, Taiwanese, Spanish, Spanish Mexico, and Russian. See data/sql/playerbots/updates/2025_12_27_ai_playerbot_fishing_text.sql as an example of a translation SQL update, whose content are called within the codebase at src/strategy/actions/FishingAction.cpp --> ## Final Checklist - - [x] Stability is not compromised. - - [x] Performance impact is understood, tested, and acceptable. - - [x] Added logic complexity is justified and explained. - - [x] Any new bot dialogue lines are translated. - - [x] Documentation updated if needed (Conf comments, WiKi commands). ## Notes for Reviewers <!-- Anything else that's helpful to review or test your pull request. -->
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Every action and decision executes PER BOT AND PER TRIGGER. Small
increases in logic complexity scale
poorly across thousands of bots and negatively affect all. We prioritize
a stable system over a smarter
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Default behavior must be cheap in processing; expensive behavior must be
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Before submitting, make sure your changes aligns with these principles.
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Currently in AOE enchancement shamans are dropping magma totems. They
should not be overriding the set fire totem strategy.
## Feature Evaluation
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Bring an enhancement shaman into medium aoe scenario (3 enemies)
They should no longer replace their fire totem with magma totem. They
should only drop the fire totem that is set in their strategies.
## Impact Assessment
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tick) can help you here. -->
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- - [x] No, not at all
- - [ ] Minimal impact (**explain below**)
- - [ ] Moderate impact (**explain below**)
- Does this change modify default bot behavior?
- - [x] No
- - [ ] Yes (**explain why**)
- Does this change add new decision branches or increase maintenance
complexity?
- - [x] No
- - [ ] Yes (**explain below**)
## Messages to Translate
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- Does this change add bot messages to translate?
- - [x] No
- - [ ] Yes (**list messages in the table**)
| Message key | Default message |
| --------------- | ------------------ |
| | |
| | |
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## Final Checklist
- - [x] Stability is not compromised.
- - [x] Performance impact is understood, tested, and acceptable.
- - [x] Added logic complexity is justified and explained.
- - [x] Documentation updated if needed (Conf comments, WiKi commands).
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PREDICTABILITY over behavioral realism.
Every action and decision executes PER BOT AND PER TRIGGER. Small
increases in logic complexity scale
poorly across thousands of bots and negatively affect all. We prioritize
a stable system over a smarter
one. Bots don't need to behave perfectly; believable behavior is the
goal, not human simulation.
Default behavior must be cheap in processing; expensive behavior must be
opt-in.
Before submitting, make sure your changes aligns with these principles.
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## Pull Request Description
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This is designed to significantly shorten the overall path while
maintaining the more detailed structure. I tried to follow the principle
of removing any folder that had 1 or 2 files in it, shortenining
dungeon/raid names to acronyms, and removing instances when the base
name was in the file name (Like Raid) etc.
## Feature Evaluation
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bots.
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configuration).
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## Impact Assessment
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tick) can help you here. -->
- Does this change increase per-bot/per-tick processing or risk scaling
poorly with thousands of bots?
- - [x] No, not at all
- - [ ] Minimal impact (**explain below**)
- - [ ] Moderate impact (**explain below**)
- Does this change modify default bot behavior?
- - [x] No
- - [ ] Yes (**explain why**)
- Does this change add new decision branches or increase maintenance
complexity?
- - [x] No
- - [ ] Yes (**explain below**)
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Plan and execute
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Anything new that the bots say in chat must be in a translatable format.
This is done using GetBotTextOrDefault,
which you can search for in the codebase to find examples. Your code
needs to have English as the default fallback,
while the full translations need to be in an SQL update file. The
languages in the file are the nine language
options supported by AzerothCore: English, Korean, French, German,
Chinese, Taiwanese, Spanish, Spanish Mexico, and
Russian. See
data/sql/playerbots/updates/2025_12_27_ai_playerbot_fishing_text.sql as
an example of a translation SQL
update, whose content are called within the codebase at
src/strategy/actions/FishingAction.cpp
-->
## Final Checklist
- - [ ] Stability is not compromised.
- - [ ] Performance impact is understood, tested, and acceptable.
- - [ ] Added logic complexity is justified and explained.
- - [ ] Any new bot dialogue lines are translated.
- - [ ] Documentation updated if needed (Conf comments, WiKi commands).
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Test staging
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PREDICTABILITY over behavioral realism.
Every action and decision executes PER BOT AND PER TRIGGER. Small
increases in logic complexity scale
poorly across thousands of bots and negatively affect all. We prioritize
a stable system over a smarter
one. Bots don't need to behave perfectly; believable behavior is the
goal, not human simulation.
Default behavior must be cheap in processing; expensive behavior must be
opt-in.
Before submitting, make sure your changes aligns with these principles.
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I decided to pick up some randombots and run Naxx40 at level 70, and
good thing, because I realized the entire greater blessing system can
collapse, especially with >4 Paladins.
Dumb shit:
- Failure of ComputeBestClassAssignments would cause
ComputeGreaterBlessingAssignments to return false, meaning the entire
Greater Blessing system would fail and nobody would receive any
blessings of any kind. That should be a continue, lol.
- How ComputeBestClassAssignments would most likely fail would be if no
Paladin was available to cast Sanctuary in a scenario where Sanctuary
was expected (for example, if there were 3 Paladins in the raid, Rogues
and Warriors expected that at least one would cast Sanctuary, and if
none could, ComputeBestClassAssignments would fail).
- The priority system for improved talents was silly with the pure
scoring (no reason that a Paladin with Improved Blessing of Might should
get prioritized once one Paladin with Improved Blessing of Might was
already assigned in the four, for example). This made the Sanctuary
failure path more likely since basically if you had 4 Ret/Holy Paladins,
they'd get picked to be your 4, and even if you had a Prot Paladin in
your raid, they'd be excluded, and the whole Blessing system would fail
I also increased the pending assignment cache from 100 ms to 500 ms for
performance improvement. No reason for it to be so short.
## Feature Evaluation
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- Describe the **minimum logic** required to achieve the intended
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- Describe the **processing cost** when this logic executes across many
bots.
There shouldn't be any impact here beyond the increased pending
assignment cache, which is probably a (very minor) performance
improvement.
## How to Test the Changes
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Try raiding with more than 4 Paladins and different configurations,
including missing Sanctuary.
## Impact Assessment
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tick) can help you here. -->
- Does this change increase per-bot/per-tick processing or risk scaling
poorly with thousands of bots?
- - [x] No, not at all
- - [ ] Minimal impact (**explain below**)
- - [ ] Moderate impact (**explain below**)
- Does this change modify default bot behavior?
- - [x] No
- - [ ] Yes (**explain why**)
- Does this change add new decision branches or increase maintenance
complexity?
- - [x] No
- - [ ] Yes (**explain below**)
## AI Assistance
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Was AI assistance used while working on this change?
- - [ ] No
- - [x] Yes (**explain below**)
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GPT-5.4 was used to diagnose the issue and propose fixes.
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TRANSLATIONS:
Anything new that the bots say in chat must be in a translatable format.
This is done using GetBotTextOrDefault,
which you can search for in the codebase to find examples. Your code
needs to have English as the default fallback,
while the full translations need to be in an SQL update file. The
languages in the file are the nine language
options supported by AzerothCore: English, Korean, French, German,
Chinese, Taiwanese, Spanish, Spanish Mexico, and
Russian. See
data/sql/playerbots/updates/2025_12_27_ai_playerbot_fishing_text.sql as
an example of a translation SQL
update, whose content are called within the codebase at
src/strategy/actions/FishingAction.cpp
-->
## Final Checklist
- - [x] Stability is not compromised.
- - [x] Performance impact is understood, tested, and acceptable.
- - [x] Added logic complexity is justified and explained.
- - [x] Any new bot dialogue lines are translated.
- - [x] Documentation updated if needed (Conf comments, WiKi commands).
## Notes for Reviewers
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Fix errors with greater blessing system PR (#2439)
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DESIGN PHILOSOPHY: We prioritize STABILITY, PERFORMANCE, AND
PREDICTABILITY over behavioral realism.
Every action and decision executes PER BOT AND PER TRIGGER. Small
increases in logic complexity scale
poorly across thousands of bots and negatively affect all. We prioritize
a stable system over a smarter
one. Bots don't need to behave perfectly; believable behavior is the
goal, not human simulation.
Default behavior must be cheap in processing; expensive behavior must be
opt-in.
Before submitting, make sure your changes aligns with these principles.
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## Pull Request Description
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If you add +debug to a randombot in the world without the
randomBotSayWithoutMaster it will crash.
## Feature Evaluation
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behavior.
- Describe the **processing cost** when this logic executes across many
bots.
## How to Test the Changes
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- Any required setup (e.g. multiple players, number of bots, specific
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## Impact Assessment
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tick) can help you here. -->
- Does this change increase per-bot/per-tick processing or risk scaling
poorly with thousands of bots?
- - [x] No, not at all
- - [ ] Minimal impact (**explain below**)
- - [ ] Moderate impact (**explain below**)
- Does this change modify default bot behavior?
- - [x] No
- - [ ] Yes (**explain why**)
- Does this change add new decision branches or increase maintenance
complexity?
- - [x] No
- - [ ] Yes (**explain below**)
## AI Assistance
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understand.
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Was AI assistance used while working on this change?
- - [x] No
- - [ ] Yes (**explain below**)
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- Purpose of usage (e.g. brainstorming, refactoring, documentation, code
generation).
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<!--
TRANSLATIONS:
Anything new that the bots say in chat must be in a translatable format.
This is done using GetBotTextOrDefault,
which you can search for in the codebase to find examples. Your code
needs to have English as the default fallback,
while the full translations need to be in an SQL update file. The
languages in the file are the nine language
options supported by AzerothCore: English, Korean, French, German,
Chinese, Taiwanese, Spanish, Spanish Mexico, and
Russian. See
data/sql/playerbots/updates/2025_12_27_ai_playerbot_fishing_text.sql as
an example of a translation SQL
update, whose content are called within the codebase at
src/strategy/actions/FishingAction.cpp
-->
## Final Checklist
- - [x] Stability is not compromised.
- - [x] Performance impact is understood, tested, and acceptable.
- - [x] Added logic complexity is justified and explained.
- - [x] Any new bot dialogue lines are translated.
- - [x] Documentation updated if needed (Conf comments, WiKi commands).
## Notes for Reviewers
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-->
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you...
1. Submit your PR to the test-staging branch, not master.
2. Read the guidelines below before submitting.
3. Don't delete parts of this template.
DESIGN PHILOSOPHY: We prioritize STABILITY, PERFORMANCE, AND
PREDICTABILITY over behavioral realism.
Every action and decision executes PER BOT AND PER TRIGGER. Small
increases in logic complexity scale
poorly across thousands of bots and negatively affect all. We prioritize
a stable system over a smarter
one. Bots don't need to behave perfectly; believable behavior is the
goal, not human simulation.
Default behavior must be cheap in processing; expensive behavior must be
opt-in.
Before submitting, make sure your changes aligns with these principles.
-->
## Pull Request Description
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Cleans some stale flight flags, and gets rid of the parachute given in
forced flight dismount. Refactors some dismount code, and get rid of the
unused mountData parameter in CalculateMasterMountSpeed as well
`MOVEMENTFLAG_WATERWALKING` was removed because it might've been added
to protect MOVEMENTFLAG_CAN_FLY, but if the bot remounts over water,
MOVEMENTFLAG_CAN_FLY would be reapplied anyway. However if it has a
function that I missed, we can re-add it.
## Feature Evaluation
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bots.
Feature is currently at minimum cost.
## How to Test the Changes
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- Any required setup (e.g. multiple players, number of bots, specific
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1. As GM hover high above Dalaran, but not high enough that you are
outside the resting zone.
2. .summon some lvl +70 bots until you get some that are on a flying
mount.
3. Watch as they lose their mount after 10 seconds, and be given a
parachute as they fall.
4. When they reach the ground, they should be stuck with a parachute
forever, and they shouldn't be stuck hovering just above the ground
forever.
## Impact Assessment
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tick) can help you here. -->
- Does this change increase per-bot/per-tick processing or risk scaling
poorly with thousands of bots?
- - [x] No, not at all
- - [ ] Minimal impact (**explain below**)
- - [ ] Moderate impact (**explain below**)
- Does this change modify default bot behavior?
- - [x] No
- - [ ] Yes (**explain why**)
- Does this change add new decision branches or increase maintenance
complexity?
- - [ ] No
- - [x] Yes (**explain below**)
Checks if bot has `HasFeatherFallAura` to remove any stale flight flags.
## AI Assistance
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Was AI assistance used while working on this change?
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<!--
TRANSLATIONS:
Anything new that the bots say in chat must be in a translatable format.
This is done using GetBotTextOrDefault,
which you can search for in the codebase to find examples. Your code
needs to have English as the default fallback,
while the full translations need to be in an SQL update file. The
languages in the file are the nine language
options supported by AzerothCore: English, Korean, French, German,
Chinese, Taiwanese, Spanish, Spanish Mexico, and
Russian. See
data/sql/playerbots/updates/2025_12_27_ai_playerbot_fishing_text.sql as
an example of a translation SQL
update, whose content are called within the codebase at
src/strategy/actions/FishingAction.cpp
-->
## Final Checklist
- - [x] Stability is not compromised.
- - [x] Performance impact is understood, tested, and acceptable.
- - [x] Added logic complexity is justified and explained.
- - [x] Any new bot dialogue lines are translated.
- - [x] Documentation updated if needed (Conf comments, WiKi commands).
## Notes for Reviewers
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Comment paragraph might be verbose, but worth it for whomever is looking
at the code years from now trying to figure out why bots need special
treatment with dismounting anyway.
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Main changes: - Add new PlayerbotAI::HasSpell() overload that accepts a string for the spell name as an argument, in order to replace repeated bot->HasSpell(spellId) checks for places where multiple ranks of a spell are checked, and to replace a few calls to AI_VALUE(uint32, "spell id", ...) where it existed only to check for the spell being known. - Removed PlayerbotAI::HasAura() overload that takes a spell Id as an argument. It is rarely used, and the few instances of its usage are easily replaced with AC's Unit::HasAura(), which is the predominant usage for spell Id aura checks already anyway. - When modifying DruidPullStrategy to use the new HasSpell() method, I went ahead and also simplified the file overall to pare down duplication (for example, the first check in CanCastSpell is for the spell Id so we don't need to separately check it before calling CanCastSpell()). I then did the same for other pull strategies so they can be consistent. - Changed many magic numbers for spell Ids to be defined as compile-time constants. I didn't do this throughout the code, but I did in the files where I was making changes anyway due to the HasSpell() and/or HasAura() changes. ## Feature Evaluation <!-- If your PR is very minimal (comment typo, wrong ID reference, etc), and it is very obvious it will not have any impact on performance, you may skip these question. If necessary, a maintainer may ask you for them later. --> <!-- Please answer the following: --> - Describe the **minimum logic** required to achieve the intended behavior. - Describe the **processing cost** when this logic executes across many bots. - Minimum logic is described above. - Processing cost shouldn't change much. See Impact Assessment below. ## How to Test the Changes <!-- - Step-by-step instructions to test the change. - Any required setup (e.g. multiple players, number of bots, specific configuration). - Expected behavior and how to verify it. --> ## Impact Assessment <!-- As a generic test, before and after measure of pmon (playerbot pmon tick) can help you here. --> - Does this change increase per-bot/per-tick processing or risk scaling poorly with thousands of bots? - - [ ] No, not at all - - [x] Minimal impact (**explain below**) - - [ ] Moderate impact (**explain below**) - Passing a string for the spell to check for it being known or the aura being present is more taxing than looking up a spell Id, although the usefulness of the string-based overload is for situations with spells that have multiple ranks. - Does this change modify default bot behavior? - - [x] No - - [ ] Yes (**explain why**) - Does this change add new decision branches or increase maintenance complexity? - - [x] No - - [ ] Yes (**explain below**) - I think these changes should simplify maintenance complexity. ## AI Assistance <!-- AI assistance is allowed, but all submitted code must be fully understood, reviewed, and owned by the contributor. We expect contributors to be honest about what they do and do not understand. --> Was AI assistance used while working on this change? - - [ ] No - - [x] Yes (**explain below**) <!-- If yes, please specify: - Purpose of usage (e.g. brainstorming, refactoring, documentation, code generation). - Which parts of the change were influenced or generated, and whether it was thoroughly reviewed. --> - I had AI make many of the changes and then review since they were pretty mundane (for example, I'd tell it to just take all the magic numbers from a file and define them in an anonymous namespace, then replace the magic numbers with the spell constants). There isn't anything complicated in this PR; it was mostly busywork. <!-- TRANSLATIONS: Anything new that the bots say in chat must be in a translatable format. This is done using GetBotTextOrDefault, which you can search for in the codebase to find examples. Your code needs to have English as the default fallback, while the full translations need to be in an SQL update file. The languages in the file are the nine language options supported by AzerothCore: English, Korean, French, German, Chinese, Taiwanese, Spanish, Spanish Mexico, and Russian. See data/sql/playerbots/updates/2025_12_27_ai_playerbot_fishing_text.sql as an example of a translation SQL update, whose content are called within the codebase at src/strategy/actions/FishingAction.cpp --> ## Final Checklist - - [x] Stability is not compromised. - - [x] Performance impact is understood, tested, and acceptable. - - [x] Added logic complexity is justified and explained. - - [x] Any new bot dialogue lines are translated. - - [x] Documentation updated if needed (Conf comments, WiKi commands). ## Notes for Reviewers <!-- Anything else that's helpful to review or test your pull request. -->
Merge test-staging into master
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