Bots:Adding bots to your map - Revision history

Pickles at 17:05, 19 August 2011

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‎item_botroam

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‎bot_camp

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‎bot_roam

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‎Using entities to attract bots

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‎Shaping bot navigation

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‎Using bot clip

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   bspc -bsp2aas YOURMAPNAME.bsp -forcesidesvisible -optimize
-There are other options / switches avaiable which might or might not help performance.
+There are other options / switches available which might or might not help performance.
 *reach    <filter.bsp>                = compute reachability & clusters

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	Personal test with this entity have shown very little effect. Instead use the '''player_info_start''' entity, these do attract bots and they will visit these if they have nothing else to do.		Personal test with this entity have shown very little effect. Instead use the '''player_info_start''' entity, these do attract bots and they will visit these if they have nothing else to do.
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		+	Entity keys:
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		+	weight: non-zero floating point value, most often in the range 0 to 400. (Higher values are allowed but keep in mind that the bot should also be attracted to normal items. Don't make the weight value too high.
		+	notfree : when set to 1, entity will not spawn in "Free for all" and "Tournament" modes.
		+	notteam : when set to 1, entity will not spawn in "Teamplay" and "CTF" modes.
		+	notsingle : when set to 1, entity will not spawn in Single Player mode (bot play mode).

	===info_camp===		===info_camp===

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 Personal test with this entity have shown very little effect. Instead use the '''player_info_start''' entity, these do attract bots and they will visit these if they have nothing else to do.
-===bot_camp===
+===info_camp===
 This entity can be placed and weighted (add the key weight to the entity) highly to attract chicken and raven bots. These have a high tendency to camp. You should use values of 300 or greater to have any real effect.
 [[Category:Bots]]

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 There are very few entities that will attract bots in a significant way.
-===bot_roam===
+===item_botroam===
-bot_roam was traditionally used to attract bots to a specific part of a map, the entity has been described as being "bot candy".
+item_botroam was traditionally used to attract bots to a specific part of a map, the entity has been described as being "bot candy".
 Personal test with this entity have shown very little effect. Instead use the '''player_info_start''' entity, these do attract bots and they will visit these if they have nothing else to do.

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	==Using entities to attract bots==		==Using entities to attract bots==
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		+	There are very few entities that will attract bots in a significant way.
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		+	===bot_roam===
		+	bot_roam was traditionally used to attract bots to a specific part of a map, the entity has been described as being "bot candy".
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		+	Personal test with this entity have shown very little effect. Instead use the '''player_info_start''' entity, these do attract bots and they will visit these if they have nothing else to do.
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		+	===bot_camp===
		+	This entity can be placed and weighted (add the key weight to the entity) highly to attract chicken and raven bots. These have a high tendency to camp. You should use values of 300 or greater to have any real effect.
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	[[Category:Bots]]		[[Category:Bots]]

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 ===Shaping bot navigation===
 In order to improve the bots navigation, especially around complex brush work, create a smooth path using 2 bot clipped walls.
 ==Using entities to attract bots==
 [[Category:Bots]]

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 ==Making the .aas file==
-In order to add bots to your map you will need a tool called bspc. In some versions of Radiant this tool is included with the installation. If not you'll need to download a version suitable for your operating system.
+In order to add bots to your map you will need a tool called '''bspc'''. In some versions of Radiant this tool is included with the installation. If not you'll need to download a version suitable for your operating system.
 '''Please note:''' You should ALWAYS add the surface sounds before creating a .aas file.

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	In order to add bots to your map you will need a tool called bspc. In some versions of Radiant this tool is included with the installation. If not you'll need to download a version suitable for your operating system.		In order to add bots to your map you will need a tool called bspc. In some versions of Radiant this tool is included with the installation. If not you'll need to download a version suitable for your operating system.
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		+	'''Please note:''' You should ALWAYS add the surface sounds before creating a .aas file.

	The bspc tool is invoked from the command line, generally from the same folder as the .bsp of your map. A minimal bot build would use the following command line.		The bspc tool is invoked from the command line, generally from the same folder as the .bsp of your map. A minimal bot build would use the following command line.