[ Closed ] [MOD] ZBots (Page 2 of 4)

why dont you give defenders a code [i have no idea how hard this is]
to run towards the nearst laser and run back? and have them avoid rocket launchers because they suck with them?

[do they have aimbots programmed in them?]

try to be patient , i fix some bugs because i have nearly finished pathfinding.

Not a bad idea, i didn't think at a team strategy with Zbots and humans. You are right , for example if a ZBot is too slow than the other players (in instagib for example) he sould defend, or if the players are too bad (:P), Zbots must capture the flag for us. But if a player (ZBot or not) capture the flag, all ZBots will cover him, I explain :
they will kill the closest ennemy to the flag carrier, so if he is running to capture the flag, Zbots will kill all followers.

Sorry my friend, i am currently busy so i havent seen your post .

One question that came into mind, how do you want provide this as an offline alternative for online gameplay when people obviously can't connect to the master server without the internet and you also can't share the mod resources with them to create a LAN server because that would be against forum rules. Seems to me that's it therefor can't be used as a offline alternative.

This isn't really a problem, because the LAN servers already allow you to play even when there's no internet around. All you need to do is get some friends over so you can have a real human challenge.

I know this is not really te right thread for it but i just ask u Lord skelethom:

Somewhere u said that warfare MOD from UT3 was on ur " Todo - list"

Did u already start with that?
Or are u currently just working on Zbots?

Would be awesome !

Actually its his Warfare idea (or UT3s) and i think he will finish (or should) Zbots first...
Just that there is a warfare thread where ppl can post ideas and get a little overview what it should be about...

Well, ZBots have really grown since last post and they are pretty much better.
They are not perfect, but good enough to decide me to put online a ZBot server (thanks Sushi as usual ).
You can find him searching "botctf", the password is : zbotbetatest

After several time testing your bots, I can tell you my opinion.

They are awesome!

But if you let us test it for saying bugs or for improving it here it goes some things I have seen:

- When a tee of the opposite team has the flag, they sometimes don't shoot his partners. Of course he must kill flag carrier first, but if the bot can't get him, then he should shoot his partners until he can shoot the flag carrier. (I don't know if I have spoken clearly ).

- They don't balance teams when neccesary. For example, when we were playing Lord, Nox, ArcA and me, both of you left and we were 4 vs 2 (and we won after all).

- It's possible to kick the bots. I don't know what happens if you kick them, but they appears in the kick list.

That's what I've seen. Of course the 1st and the 3rd things are stupid, but the 2nd one would be interesting to fix, I think.

Once again, good work!

EDIT: I forgot to say other thing: When a game finishes they don't say "Good Game" they say "Bot.say("Good Game")" or something simmilar. Is that a development mistake maybe?

Its as appropriate.

(its good for those wo didnt understand me). +1

- They don't balance teams when neccesary. For example, when we were playing Lord, Nox, ArcA and me, both of you left and we were 4 vs 2 (and we won after all).

Actuallly, ZBots are basicly a team, which you cw against, that's why they don't balance by themselves.