From 1237ae8f28699d6d1c84615467a9b217ba2011f0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: jenz <jenz>
Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2025 12:46:09 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] keeping autismbots in spec until 3 valid players are present

---
 AutismBotIngame/scripting/autism_bot_info.sp | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/AutismBotIngame/scripting/autism_bot_info.sp b/AutismBotIngame/scripting/autism_bot_info.sp
index c36d956..3f645df 100755
--- a/AutismBotIngame/scripting/autism_bot_info.sp
+++ b/AutismBotIngame/scripting/autism_bot_info.sp
@@ -642,6 +642,7 @@ public Action bot_check_connect(Handle timer, any data)
 public Action recursive_pressing(Handle timer, any data)
 {
     bool found_valid_ct = false;
+    int valid_ct_counter = 0;
     bool found_enemy = false;
     for (int client = 1; client <= MaxClients; client++)
     {
@@ -652,7 +653,11 @@ public Action recursive_pressing(Handle timer, any data)
         }
         if (!(is_bot_player[client] || IsFakeClient(client)) && GetClientTeam(client) > 1)
         {
-            found_valid_ct = true;
+            valid_ct_counter++;
+            if (valid_ct_counter >= 3) //autismbots first join when there are three active players.
+            {
+                found_valid_ct = true;
+            }
         }
     }
     for (int client = 1; client <= MaxClients; client++)