Dungeons: Dungeon Finder, roles and group life for autonomous players

Reacting like a client

A new hook (OnPacketSent) copies into an inbox the packets a client would handle; the brain answers them on the world thread:

| Server packet | Answer | |---|---| | SMSG_GROUP_INVITE | CMSG_GROUP_ACCEPT | | SMSG_LFG_PROPOSAL_UPDATE | CMSG_LFG_PROPOSAL_RESULT (accept) | | SMSG_LFG_ROLE_CHECK_UPDATE | CMSG_LFG_SET_ROLES | | SMSG_RESURRECT_REQUEST | CMSG_RESURRECT_RESPONSE (accept) | | SMSG_LOOT_START_ROLL | CMSG_LOOT_ROLL: need only for a real usable upgrade, otherwise greed | | SMSG_DUEL_REQUESTED | polite refusal | | SMSG_TRADE_STATUS (opening) | cancel |

Dungeon Finder

From level 15, outside instances and without a group, CMSG_LFG_JOIN on the random dungeon of its level, with its role: warrior = tank, priest = healer, others = damage. The core forms the group and teleports; meanwhile the character keeps questing.

In the instance

• Tank: waits for the group to be there, alive and the healer above 50 % mana; engages the nearest enemy, then explores monster positions not yet visited; taunts what hits others.
• Healer: Shield on the tank, Renew, Heal, Flash Heal depending on severity; moves to keep line of sight; raises the dead out of combat.
• Damage: follow the tank, only attack what it already holds (not to steal aggro).
• Death: if the healer is standing, wait for their resurrection; otherwise release, run as a ghost to the instance entrance trigger (CMSG_AREATRIGGER), then reclaim the corpse.
• End: when the Dungeon Finder marks the instance finished, teleport out then leave the group.

With a human

Invited by a real player, an autonomous player accepts, follows them and hits their target while within 120 m.

Status

Built and deployed; real-world validation once the five characters reach level 15 (no experience cheating).