To use a bot (or other server mod) with Metamod that is not designed as a Metamod plugin, you should first install the bot program. The bot's installation will change the liblist.gam file in your mod's directory. That is why you should install the bots before you install Metamod/Admin Mod, as the bot installation would overwrite the changes made by the Admin Mod installation otherwise.
Next, install Admin Mod. The Admin Mod installation will alter your liblist.gam file by exchanging the bot's "gamedll" line with a new one that points to the metamod.dll file. It will also create a backup of your original liblist.gam file for your reference and in case you want to return the file to its prior version. Now your server will run with Admin Mod when you start it. But since the bots' DLL file is no longer specified to run (because it is no longer listed in the liblist.gam file), your bots don't load. Never fear - there's one more thing you need to do.
To get the bots working, you will need to create a config.ini in <MOD>/addons/metamod.
For Linux-based servers:
gamedll addons/podbot/dlls/Pod_bot.so
For Windows-based servers:
gamedll addons/podbot/dlls/pod_bot.dll
* Note that you must use forward slashes in this command line section -- Back-slashes will not work!
*This is an example for podbot. consult the documentation provided with your Bot software for more information about the correct location of your bot.dll or .so.
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