The fix was a one-liner change in code! INL mode was put back in. Changed a line in dmessage.c so that it will listen to the guy in the local terminal, but won't listen to any messages it gets from other players or even God. This allowed the bots to read the command file and use it. No sample command file, but there's an example in INSTALL.Newbie The nice thing about this patch, is it doesn't break anything (Hadley's robots parse command options real nicely). If the robots can't find a command file.. It keeps going like you never asked it to read one. Jimmy -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: newbie-configurable-robots.dpatch Type: application/octet-stream Size: 26003 bytes Desc: 3341121968-newbie-configurable-robots.dpatch Url : http://mailman.us.netrek.org/pipermail/netrek-dev/attachments/20060525/1fb890d3/attachment-0002.obj -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: newbie-configurable-robots-changelog.dpatch Type: application/octet-stream Size: 23313 bytes Desc: 2044143249-newbie-configurable-robots-changelog.dpatch Url : http://mailman.us.netrek.org/pipermail/netrek-dev/attachments/20060525/1fb890d3/attachment-0003.obj