A little extra in the update

martijntje

L8: Fancy Shmancy Member
Aug 2, 2009
539
334
A little extra in the update: BOTS

We're beta testing the TFBots with this release.

They only "understand" the King of the Hill mode at the moment (koth_viaduct, koth_sawmill, and koth_nucleus in particular).

the command tf_bot_add will add bot to the game.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tc8dFzZqsz0"]YouTube- Official TF2 bots footage[/ame]

I havent got this working yet, but it seems interesting.

seems this only works on LAN servers.
 
Last edited:

Jack Riguel

L10: Glamorous Member
Jul 19, 2009
721
254
Yea, they said bots where in beta testing. Also it only works in KOTH.

Also, the backpack has been glitching for a lot of players. I've had similar issues.
 

randomteddy

L1: Registered
Jun 5, 2009
32
2
fun fact; bots don't spy check very well, it looks like they try but cant grasp when your acting like an obvious
spy aka sap spamming
 
Last edited:

JoshuaC

L420: High Member
Sep 2, 2008
444
164
It's pretty easy getting them to work in your own koth map. There's some issues that might be resolved via tweaking the nav, but the tools are a little iffy currently.

I'll put up my own video a little later.
 

Icarus

aa
Sep 10, 2008
2,245
1,210
Pics!
cp_observatory40001.jpg

cp_observatory40002.jpg

cp_observatory40006.jpg

cp_waste_v20008.jpg

cp_grinder_a100009.jpg

cp_vector_v10014.jpg

crashepic.jpg
 

Nutomic

L11: Posh Member
Feb 7, 2009
888
177
Sure not, the medics just stick to the heavies and dont heal anyone else, this is bad (except you are the heavy).
 

Trotim

aa
Jul 14, 2009
1,195
1,045
Yes, they're actually pretty fine for map testing (in very early alphas at least, you know, to get the general gist of how the game might play)

They screw up badly in some extreme situations (like one Spy), but they're fairly good overall. They work in Arena too.
 

NovaSilisko

L42: Life, the Universe and Everything
aa
Feb 3, 2009
502
270
This is going to revolutionize map testing. No longer do you have to worry about heavily differing skill levels, ragequitters, complainers. No longer. No longer.

I think I'm in love.
 

Nutomic

L11: Posh Member
Feb 7, 2009
888
177
In demolition, they always get stuck on a railing on the path to mid, they need some time until the jump oder it.

Also, when i tested them in demolition, only blu really attacked, half of red team stood in spawn until cp2 was capped. I know 5 cp doesnt officially work yet, but it cant be so hard to force all bots to attack if it is such a map.

I hope they will increase the bots gamemode knowledge soon.

Also, bots take a lot of performance, at least on my pc (C2D @ 1.8 ghz), with 24 bots i get between 10 and 20 fps.
 

Ravidge

Grand Vizier
aa
May 14, 2008
1,544
2,818
"If we all push at once, this damn wall is certain to break!"
SS-2009.12.19-01.46.04.jpg


They didn't manage to get past that wall... but after a few minutes one guy would manage to take an extra step and sneak in the cap area.
Then they got stuck in another doorway when attacking C.

Silvertrail is too much map for the bots to handle currently. It relies much on jumpshortcuts and height advantages.
 

YM

LVL100 YM
aa
Dec 5, 2007
7,135
6,056
I heard they play Medic better than most human players

Nope, if you play with them they NEVER heal you! (well, they do just they're the really fucking annoying type of medic that chooses a target and sticks to him like he's a god or something)

Playing with them isn't too fun, either they're ignoring you and are easy to kill or there's a dozen of them aimbotting you.
 

NovaSilisko

L42: Life, the Universe and Everything
aa
Feb 3, 2009
502
270
Spies work, but they don't disguise, cloak, or backstab. But 10v10 spy revolver wars is fun.
Scouts work just fine.
 

TheBladeRoden

L420: High Member
Oct 26, 2007
491
168
Use "tf_bot_force_class random" if you want scouts and spies mixed in with the rest of the bots. Off to crosspost this in the other thread.
 

cyked

L3: Member
Dec 18, 2009
132
89
Icarus, I noticed one of your pics was them playing on a 5 CP map. So do the bots work in more than just KoTH?