How do I make a NO_IRC (or limbo) bot?
Many users like to create a ‘limbo’ or ‘offline’ bot to use as a hub bot. A limbo bot can make a more reliable hub as it devotes its resources to bot linking – it doesn’t have to deal with servers and channels. It is also more secure and less prone to attacks. The main downside of a limbo bot is that it’s less convenient to access (you need to telnet directly or ‘relay’ to them – you can’t DCC), and it does count as a background process on your shell. Making a noirc or limbo bot with Eggdrop 1.3, 1.4 and 1.6 is reasonably simple – look for the lines loadmodule server, loadmodule ctcp, loadmodule irc and loadmodule uptime (for 1.6.7 and later) in the bot’s config file. Comment out these lines by placing a # (hash) character in front of them. Shut down and restart the bot, and it will be ready for noirc or limbo purposes. The main problem you may encounter with a limbo bot is errors when you try to start it. These are generally caused by Tcl scripts that are designed for server and chann
