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why isn’t there a thread about these, they’re great

i watched them uber to take out a sentry nest on badlands it was cute

edit: they’re beta bots included in the soldier/demo update that only ‘understand’ koth right now, although you can get them to play other gametypes but they won’t work as well

on an official koth map type tf_bot_add # in console to spawn them, on non-koth maps type nav_generate with sv_cheats on and it’ll take a few minutes to generate a .nav file that tells the bots where they can walk etc and you can get them to play things like gravelpit and 5cp

what?

what?

they were included in the soldier/demo update, bots in the beta stage that only really work on koth atm

you can get them to work on any map but they’re buggy

Given you made a thread about them you could at least explain what you’re on about.

does no one read the updates anymore :(

i’ll edit the first post i guess

the medic ubered as soon as he had it with no threat around. ’nuff said

haha ^^ last comment was hilarious :D

we did some 4 humans vs 6 bots today, they aren’t that bad, especially these damn snipers. I can’t wait for the non-beta bots :)

why would u want bots

why would u want bots

Would it be possible to roughly test map balance by creating bots and a nav file for a new map and watching how it played out over a long time (say a few hours) just to look for obvious imbalance?

I’ve been trying to do that over the past 2 days, and the bots work on every map type, but only without flaw on koth (for example, RED won’t attack beyond mid on any 5 CP map). They also tend to pile down the shortest route rather than take alt routes. Although, I have seen bots learn the maps over time, and start to use alt routes more often. The main reason why I wouldn’t use them for playtesting, is because there’s no player feedback, but they’re fun to watch, if a little buggy sometimes.

Also, medic bots play it very safe. They heal the heavy bots 90% of the time, and uber immediatly if in danger. I have however, seen uber pushes and counter-ubers between bots which was pretty neat.

Somebody, should play a PCW against them on Viaduct :D