Bot Warfare is a GSC mod for the IW4x project.
It aims to add playable AI to the multiplayer games of Modern Warfare 2.
You can find the ModDB release post here.
-
A Waypoint Editor for creating and modifying bot's waypoints of traversing the map. Have a look at Using the Waypoint editor.
-
A clean and nice menu, you can edit every bot DVAR within in-game.
-
Everything can be customized, ideal for both personal use and dedicated servers. Have a look at Documentation to see whats possible!
-
This mod does not edit ANY stock .gsc files, meaning EVERY other mod is compatible with this mod. Mod doesn't add anything unnecessary, what you see is what you get.
-
Loading waypoints from CSV files, and if the CSV file is missing, will download the CSV from this repo automatically.
-
Adds AI clients to multiplayer games to simulate playing real players. (essentially Combat Training for MW2)
- Bots move around the maps with native engine input. (all normal maps, most to all custom maps)
- Bots press all the buttons with native engine input (ads, sprint, jump, etc)
- Bots play all gamemodes/objectives, they capture flags, plant, defuse bombs, etc. ( all normal modes, most custom modes)
- Bots use all killstreaks. Including AC130 and chopper gunner.
- Bots target killstreaks, use stingers and other weapons to take out all killstreaks. ( even sentry guns)
- Bots can capture and steal care packages.
- Bots target equipment, and can even camp TIs.
- Bots can camp randomly or when about to use the laptop.
- Bots can follow others on own will.
- Bots have smooth and realistic aim.
- Bots respond smartly to their surroundings, they will go to you if you shoot, uav, etc.
- Bots use all deathstreaks, perks and weapons. (including javelin)
- Bots difficulty level can be customized and are accurate. (hard is hard, easy is easy, etc.)
- Bots each all have different classes, traits, and difficulty and remember it all.
- Bots switch from between primaries and secondaries.
- Bots can grenade, place claymores and TIs, they even use grenades and tubes in preset map locations.
- Bots use grenade launchers and shotgun attachments.
- Bots can melee people and sentry guns.
- Bots can run!
- Bots can climb ladders!
- Bots jump shot and drop shot.
- Bots detect smoke grenades, stun grenades, flashed and airstrike slows.
- Bots will remember their class, killstreak, skill and traits, even on multiround based gametypes.
- Bots can throwback grenades.
- ... And pretty much everything you expect a Combat Training bot to have
- Make sure that IW4x is installed, updated and working properly. (IW4x v0.6.1+)
- Download the latest release of Bot Warfare.
- Locate your IW4x install folder.
- Move the files/folders found in 'Move files to root of IW4x folder' from the Bot Warfare release archive you downloaded into the root of your IW4x install folder.
- The folder/file structure should follow as '.IW4x game folder\mods\bots\z_svr_bots.iwd'.
- The mod is now installed, now run your game.
- If you are a dedicated server, you will need to set the DVAR 'fs_game' to 'mods/bots'
- If you are not a dedicated server, open the 'Mods' option from the main menu of the game and select 'bots' and then 'Launch'.
- The mod should be loaded! Now go start a map and play!
-
You can open the menu by pressing the Action Slot 2 key (default '5').
-
You can navigate the options by pressing your movement keys (default WASD), and you can select options by pressing your jump key (default SPACE).
-
Pressing the menu button again closes menus.
-
bots_manage_add - an integer amount of bots to add to the game, resets to 0 once the bots have been added.
- for example: 'bots_manage_add 10' will add 10 bots to the game.
-
bots_manage_fill - an integer amount of players/bots (depends on bots_manage_fill_mode) to retain on the server, it will automatically add bots to fill player space.
- for example: 'bots_manage_fill 10' will have the server retain 10 players in the server, if there are less than 10, it will add bots until that value is reached.
-
bots_manage_fill_mode - a value to indicate if the server should consider only bots or players and bots when filling player space.
- 0 will consider both players and bots.
- 1 will only consider bots.
-
bots_manage_fill_kick - a boolean value (0 or 1), whether or not if the server should kick bots if the amount of players/bots (depends on bots_manage_fill_mode) exceeds the value of bots_manage_fill.
-
bots_manage_fill_spec - a boolean value (0 or 1), whether or not if the server should consider players who are on the spectator team when filling player space.
-
bots_team - a string, the value indicates what team the bots should join:
- 'autoassign' will have bots balance the teams
- 'allies' will have the bots join the allies team
- 'axis' will have the bots join the axis team
- 'custom' will have bots_team_amount bots on the axis team, the rest will be on the allies team
-
bots_team_amount - an integer amount of bots to have on the axis team if bots_team is set to 'custom', the rest of the bots will be placed on the allies team.
- for example: there are 5 bots on the server and 'bots_team_amount 3', then 3 bots will be placed on the axis team, the other 2 will be placed on the allies team.
-
bots_team_force - a boolean value (0 or 1), whether or not if the server should enforce periodically the bot's team instead of just a single team when the bot is added to the game.
- for example: 'bots_team_force 1' and 'bots_team autoassign' and the teams become to far unbalanced, then the server will change a bot's team to make it balanced again.
-
bots_team_mode - a value to indicate if the server should consider only bots or players and bots when counting players on the teams.
- 0 will consider both players and bots.
- 1 will only consider bots.
-
bots_skill - value to indicate how difficult the bots should be.
- 0 will be mixed difficultly
- 1 will be the most easy
- 2-6 will be in between most easy and most hard
- 7 will be the most hard.
- 8 will be custom.
-
bots_skill_axis_hard - an integer amount of hard bots on the axis team.
-
bots_skill_axis_med - an integer amount of medium bots on the axis team.
-
bots_skill_allies_hard - an integer amount of hard bots on the allies team.
-
bots_skill_allies_med - an integer amount of medium bots on the allies team
- if bots_skill is 8 (custom). The remaining bots on the team will become easy bots
- for example: having 5 bots on the allies team, 'bots_skill_allies_hard 2' and 'bots_skill_allies_med 2' will have 2 hard bots, 2 medium bots, and 1 easy bot on the allies team.
-
bots_loadout_reasonable - a boolean value (0 or 1), whether or not if the bots should filter out bad create a class selections (like no miniuzi bling with acog rapidfire and hardline for example)
-
bots_loadout_allow_op - a boolean value (0 or 1), whether or not if the bots are allowed to use deathstreaks, noobtubes, rpg, laststand, etc.
-
bots_loadout_rank - an integer number, bots will be around this rank, -1 is average of all players in game, 0 is all random
-
bots_loadout_prestige - an integer number, bots will be this prestige, -1 is the same as player, -2 is all random
-
bots_play_move - a boolean value (0 or 1), whether or not if the bots will move
-
bots_play_knife - a boolean value (0 or 1), whether or not if the bots will use the knife
-
bots_play_fire - a boolean value (0 or 1), whether or not if the bots will fire their weapons
-
bots_play_nade - a boolean value (0 or 1), whether or not if the bots will grenade
-
bots_play_take_carepackages - a boolean value (0 or 1), whether or not if the bots will take carepackages
-
bots_play_obj - a boolean value (0 or 1), whether or not if the bots will play the objective
-
bots_play_camp - a boolean value (0 or 1), whether or not if the bots will camp
-
bots_play_jumpdrop - a boolean value (0 or 1), whether or not if the bots will jump shot or drop shot
-
bots_play_target_other - a boolean value (0 or 1), whether or not if the bots will target claymores, killstreaks, etc.
-
bots_play_killstreak - a boolean value (0 or 1), whether or not if the bots will use killstreaks
-
bots_play_ads - a boolean value (0 or 1), whether or not if the bots will ads
-
bots_main - a boolean value (0 or 1), enables or disables the mod
-
bots_main_firstIsHost - a boolean value (0 or 1), the first player to connect is considered a host
-
bots_main_GUIDs - a list of GUIDs (comma separated) of players who will be considered a host
-
bots_main_waitForHostTime - a float value, how long in seconds to wait for the host player to connect before adding in bots
-
bots_main_menu - a boolean value (0 or 1), enables or disables the menu
-
bots_main_debug - a boolean value (0 or 1), enables or disables the waypoint editor
-
v2.0.1
- Reduced bots crouching
- Increased bots sprinting
- Improved bots mantling, crouching and knifing glass when needed
- Fixed possible script runtime errors
- Fixed demolition spawn killing
- Improved domination
- Bots use explosives more if they have it
- Fixed bots moving their player when using remote
- Bots aim slower when ads'ing
- Fixed bots holding breath
- Bots are more smart when waiting for carepackages
- Improved and fixed various waypoints for maps
- Fixed bots rubberbanding movement when their goal changes
- Added bots quickscoping with snipers
- Added bots reload canceling and fast swaps
- Bots use C4
- Improved revenge
- Bots can swap weapons on spawn more likely
-
v2.0.0
- Initial reboot release
- IW4x Team - https://github.com/XLabsProject/iw4x-client
- CoD4x Team - https://github.com/callofduty4x/CoD4x_Server
- INeedGames(me) - http://www.moddb.com/mods/bot-warfare
- tinkie101 - https://web.archive.org/web/20120326060712/http://alteriw.net/viewtopic.php?f=72&t=4869
- PeZBot team - http://www.moddb.com/mods/pezbot
- apdonato - http://rsebots.blogspot.ca/
- Ability
- Salvation
- VicRattlehead - https://www.moddb.com/members/vicrattlehead
Feel free to use code, host on other sites, host on servers, mod it and merge mods with it, just give credit where credit is due! -INeedGames/INeedBot(s) @ ineedbots@outlook.com