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How to DEACTIVATE bots if the button isn't showing

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How to DEACTIVATE bots if the button isn't showing

Postby Glyph » Tue Jan 20, 2026 3:43 pm

Hi all - Many of you have noticed that the Deactivate button doesn't always appear in the War Room when you have bot(s) Active but not doing anything. This happens when the last bot in your Active list is busy (in a mission, etc) and stops the button from appearing when it should.

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As a workaround, you can use this snippet of Javascript to add the button to the form when you need it, similar to the earlier CR form workaround.

You'll need to use the javascript console for this, but hopefully the following steps are clear even if you're not comfortable with the techie side.

  1. Go to your War Room
  2. On that page, hit F12 to open the Developer tools
  3. Go to the Console tab (top left of the Developer window on Chrome / Firefox)
  4. Copy-paste the code below into the console where the flashing cursor is and hit Enter - the 'select all' button doesn't seem to work on the forum, but you can just drag-select it. It should all be on one line in the console.
    Code: Select all
    document.querySelector("form[name=deactivate_tfs]").insertAdjacentHTML('beforeEnd','<button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary">Deactivate Transformer(s)</button>')

If done correctly, this will add a temporary 'Deactivate' button to the Active section. Select the bot(s) to deactivate and click the button as normal. (Tested on Chrome/Firefox; if you're using another browser the steps should be similar.)

Hope the steps above can help out anyone affected by the bug! If you have any trouble with it, drop a reply here and I'll try to help.
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