User:K-Mac/Bots (Classic)

Bot Types

• FoxBot
• Oddbot
• HPBbot
• ABot

Bots are not fully supported in Team Fortress Classic as no bot is included with purchase. Unlike Team Fortress 2, third-party modifications are necessary to host a server with bots. The following section lists the most popular bots available with a list of strengths and weaknesses, and a list of commands.

Foxbot

Foxbot Behavior

• Bots currently can not use or equip unlockable content, including: non-standard Weapons, Hats, or Miscellaneous items.
• Bots currently can not jump, rocket jump or sticky jump.
• If a bot kills a player, they roll a chance to taunt immediately after and if it succeeds, they will taunt even if they are under enemy fire.
• When a bot sees a disguised enemy Spy, it will watch the Spy's movement. The bot will not attack the disguised Spy unless the Spy attacks or bumps into one of the bots.
• Pyro bots will use the Compression blast against projectiles regularly.

List strengths

Lots of waypoints available

Still being updated

Variable Skill

Chat personalities available (aggressive, sarcastic, humorous, etc.)

Attempt to report location of dropped flag

Bots will change classes if they are doing poorly against a particular threat

If playing as civilian class, will attempt to stay near allies.

List weaknesses

Reliance on waypoints for each map

Foxbot Commands

For Foxbot to work properly, a map with a proper waypoint must be used. Foxbot's installation provides waypoints for 516 maps, including all Team Fortress Classic standard maps and deathmatch maps from Half-life.

Command	Description
addbot	This command will creates one bot. Syntax addbot [<team>] [<class>] [<name>] [<skill>] Parameters <team> Specifies the team to which the bot will be assigned. If omitted, bot will be assigned a random team. team can be 1 = blue, 2 = red, 3 = yellow, or 4 = green. <class> The classname of the class can be 1 = Scout, 2 = Sniper, 3 = Soldier, 4 = Demoman, 5 = Medic, 6 = HWGuy, 7 = Pyro, 8 = Spy, 9 = Engineer, or 10 = Random If a class is not specified, the bot will be able to change class whenever it wants to/needs to <name> Specifies the name to assign the bot. <skill> Sets the skill level for the bot. Skill can be 1 being best to 5 being worst. Example botadd 1 3 TFC_bot 1 will spawn a soldier named TFC_bot with a high skill level.
botskill_upper	Sets the best possible skill level to be randomly assigned to bots that join the game automatically. Syntax botskill_upper <level> Parameters <level> Ranges from 1 being best to 5 being worst. Example botskill_upper 2 will set all bots that join the game to no higher than a skill level of 2.
botskill_lower	Sets the worst possible skill level to be randomly assigned to bots that join the game automatically. Syntax botskill_lower <level> Parameters <level> Ranges from 1 being best to 5 being worst. Example botskill_lower 4 will set all bots that join the game to no lower than a skill level of 4.
bot_skill_1_aim	This command will affect the accuracy of all bots that have a skill of 1 (highest skill level) in the game or that join the game. Syntax bot_skill_1_aim <level> Parameters <level> The level can range from 0, bots of skill 1 will have the best accuracy possible, to 200 bots of skill 1 will have the worst accuracy possible. Example bot_skill__aim 10 will set all bots with a skill level of 1 to have moderately accurate aiming.
bot_aim_per_skill	This command will affect the accuracy of all bots that have a skill between 2 and 5 in the game or that join the game. It sets the difference in inaccuracy between one bot skill level and the next. Syntax bot_aim_per_skill <level> Parameters <level> Ranges from 5 to 50. For example, if you set it to 20 and bots of skill level 1 have an inaccuracy of 30 then a bot of skill 2 will have an inaccuracy of 50, and a bot of skill level 3 will have an inaccuracy of 70. Example bot_aim_per_skill 20 will set the skill of bots of skill between 2 and 5 to be incrementally 20 higher than what skill level of bot_skill_1_aim is set at.
bot_chat	This command lets you influence how often the bots trash talk. Syntax bot_chat <number> Parameters <number> Ranges from 0, meaning none at all, to 1000, being very frequently. Example bot_chat 950 will make all bots trash talk quiet often.
min_bots	If nonzero, a minimum number of bots is maintained. Syntax min_bots <number> Parameters <number> Ranges from 0 to 32. Sets the minimum number of bots on the server. -1 disables this command Example min_bots 10 will ensure there are at least 10 bots on the server.
max_bots	If nonzero, a maximum number of bots is maintained. Syntax max_bots <number> Parameters <number> Ranges from 0 to 32. Sets the maximum number of bots on the server. -1 disables this command Example max_bots 15 will ensure there are no more than 15 bots on the server.
bot_total_varies	If zero, command is disabled. 0 - 3 When this setting is set to 1, 2, or 3 the number of bots on the server will fluctuate from min_bots to max_bots randomly(to simulate playing on an Internet public server). The higher you set it the more often the numbers of bots playing will change. Syntax bot_total_varies <number> Parameters <number> Either 1 or 0. Default is 0 (disabled). Example tf_bot_keep_class_after_death 1 will prevent TFBots from changing class.
tf_bot_kick	This command will remove one or all AI bots. Syntax tf_bot_kick <name/all> Parameters <name/all> Specifies the name of bot to remove or all. Example tf_bot_kick CEDA will kick the TFbot named "CEDA" if one exists.
tf_bot_prefix_name_with_difficulty	If nonzero, append the skill level of the bot to the bot's name Syntax tf_bot_prefix_name_with_difficulty <integer> Parameters <integer> Either 1 or 0. Default is 0 (disabled). Example tf_bot_prefix_name_with_difficulty 1 will cause added bots to have names like "1 Aimbot" (normal) and "3 Saxton Hale" (expert).
tf_bot_quota	Determines the total number of tf bots in the game. Only has effect is "tf_bot_quota_mode" = "fill" or "match". Syntax tf_bot_quota <integer> Parameters <integer> Whole number between 0 and how many players the server can hold. Default is 0. Example tf_bot_quota 2, if tf_bot_quota_mode = match, will add two bots to the server for every one human.
tf_bot_quota_mode	Determines the type of quota. Syntax tf_bot_quota_mode<normal/fill/match> Parameters normal/fill/match If 'normal', the server will never add/remove TFbots without explicit commands and bot_quota has no effect. If 'fill', the server will adjust bots to keep N players in the game, where N is bot_quota. If 'match', the server will maintain a 1:N ratio of humans to bots, where N is bot_quota. Example tf_bot_quota_mode fill will always keep (bot_quota - # of human players) bots in the game.