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AI BANDITS DAYZ MOD

waltari edited this page Jun 12, 2026 · 36 revisions

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WHAT THIS MOD DOES

This mod adds AI NPCs which are based on Infected simulation rather than player simulation used by other AI mods. It is completely different than any other AI mod. The biggest benefit of infected simulation is very low server resources consumption compared to player based AI. So this mod is aiming at server owners who want simple lightweight and fun AI mod without various dependencies.

Using Infected simulation however has its drawbacks and limitations. On the other hand you can save a lot of server resources by bypassing redundant features present in player simulation, that not everyone finds appealing or usefull.


IMPORTANT NOTE: Installation and configuration of this mod requires basic knowledge of DayZ server architecture and basic knowledge of JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) files as well as eXtensible Markup Language (XML) files.

This mod, due to its complexity, is NOT recommended for new server owners who never ran a DayZ server before

!!! Modding Shed of Hunterz is a discord to provide help with the mods, however WE WILL NOT TEACH YOU BASICS of server architecture and files syntax nor provide a help with problems with apparent solutions !!!


ADD-ONS

AI BANDITS VOICES ADD-ON BY GOONWOLF666
GoonWolf666 made an add-on which adds vanilla voices to AI Bandits to make them more immersive when they take damage, vault or punch. This mod is using existing vanilla sound so no setup is needed.

KNOCK KNOCK AI BANDITS ADD-ON BY AGENT001
A mod from agent001 that triggers spawn of AI Bandit in rooms behind closed doors to surprise passing by survivors in both vanilla and moded buildings configurable via json

AI BANDITS UNLEASHED ADD-ON BY RikeSTT
A mod from RikeSTT that is pushing AI Bandits even further. Adds squad tactics, infected combat, noise awareness, building awareness, stealth gameplay, door breaching, fire discipline, morale and more, featuring 250+ config settings.

INFECTED AI BRIDGE ADD-ON BY RikeSTT
Well, you thought you are safe now when you kill them all? Think again. A mod by RikeSTT that turns dead AI Bandits into zombies


TRADER BRIDGES AND INTEGRATIONS

AI BANDITS Dr. J0nes TRADER ADD-ON BY HunterZ
This mod allows you to use AI Bandits as trader characters with Dr. Jones trader mod. AI Bandits are not based on player simulation so you will not lose server FPS whats often the case when you use normal survivors based on player.

AI BANDITS IS OFFICIALLY SUPPORTED BY DayZ EXPANSION MARKET
Expansion team kindly added various entities to their Expansion Market (big thanks to LTM, LAVA and Salutesh for making this happen). This means from now on you can use AI Bandits as traders using default expansion .map file method. All you need to do is to change the entity class name to one of these
Example: BanditAI_Adam.Weapons|11833.576 140.605 12469.492|110 0 0|Jeans_Blue,TSHirt_Blue

AI BANDITS TRADERPLUS ADD-ON BY HunterZ
This mod allows you to use AI Bandits as trader characters with TraderPlus mod. This was the last remaining bridge, all the trader mods out there are now covered.
Enjoy your AI Bandits traders.

ON THE RIGHT SIDE YOU CAN SEE A MENU THAT HELPS YOU NAVIGATE THE CONTENTS. IT IS NOT YET FINISHED BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT INFO IS ALREADY THERE

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