From 11dc0941fd8b69f7e4bf77d101d18ef18ad74927 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dustin Hendrickson <dustin@skillsgapp.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2025 09:29:02 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Adding group check

---
 src/mod-player-bot-level-brackets.cpp | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/mod-player-bot-level-brackets.cpp b/src/mod-player-bot-level-brackets.cpp
index a81d5b6..f1d30df 100644
--- a/src/mod-player-bot-level-brackets.cpp
+++ b/src/mod-player-bot-level-brackets.cpp
@@ -1102,6 +1102,27 @@ static int GetOrFlagPlayerBracket(Player* player)
         return -1;
     }
 
+    // Check if bot is in a group with real players - if so, exclude from bracket processing
+    if (IsPlayerBot(player))
+    {
+        if (Group* group = player->GetGroup())
+        {
+            for (GroupReference* ref = group->GetFirstMember(); ref; ref = ref->next())
+            {
+                Player* member = ref->GetSource();
+                if (member && !IsPlayerBot(member))
+                {
+                    if (g_BotDistFullDebugMode)
+                    {
+                        LOG_INFO("server.loading", "[BotLevelBrackets] GetOrFlagPlayerBracket: Bot {} (Level {}) is in group with real player {} - excluding from bracket processing.", 
+                                 player->GetName(), player->GetLevel(), member->GetName());
+                    }
+                    return -1;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     int rangeIndex = GetLevelRangeIndex(player->GetLevel(), player->GetTeamId());
     if (rangeIndex >= 0)
     {