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C.D.G.'s Photo C.D.G. 27 Mar 2011

What I would really like is a bot system like TF2/CSS, etc. That would really help out for the rebels so we could have fun. I'm in a server right now with 3/8 players and its kinda hard to survive on ow_crossroads with only 2 rebels. Please consider this!!
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Quenquent's Photo Quenquent 27 Mar 2011

I know its hard to survive in crossroad with a few players, this is why is good to play in this map where we are at least 6 players.

It's could be really hard to implent bots, but maybe add the possibility to add the rebels soldiers we can see in HL2 could be a good idea to balance some maps.
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ScrooLewse's Photo ScrooLewse 27 Mar 2011

 C.D.G., on 27 March 2011 - 11:14 AM, said:

What I would really like is a bot system like TF2/CSS, etc. That would really help out for the rebels so we could have fun. I'm in a server right now with 3/8 players and its kinda hard to survive on ow_crossroads with only 2 rebels. Please consider this!!

It is INCREDIBLY hard to program AI. We could recycle the Rebels from HL2 and give them objectives, but the Rebels would need to be implemented, first.
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AndY's Photo AndY 28 Mar 2011

 ScrooLewse, on 27 March 2011 - 07:54 PM, said:

It is INCREDIBLY hard to program AI. We could recycle the Rebels from HL2 and give them objectives, but the Rebels would need to be implemented, first.
I wish it were that simple. Those NPCs were implemented for SP, we'd have to rewrite quite a bit to get them to work in MP, with multiple players.
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ScrooLewse's Photo ScrooLewse 28 Mar 2011

 AndY, on 28 March 2011 - 03:04 PM, said:

I wish it were that simple. Those NPCs were implemented for SP, we'd have to rewrite quite a bit to get them to work in MP, with multiple players.

That makes sense. What did Garry Newman do to make them work?
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warbrand2's Photo warbrand2 29 Mar 2011

IN gmod, obsidian conflict and synergy they all just fallow who ever joined the server first.
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AndY's Photo AndY 29 Mar 2011

 warbrand2, on 29 March 2011 - 06:52 AM, said:

IN gmod, obsidian conflict and synergy they all just fallow who ever joined the server first.
Exactly, they still behave like in a SP game.
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ScrooLewse's Photo ScrooLewse 29 Mar 2011

 AndY, on 29 March 2011 - 07:08 AM, said:

Exactly, they still behave like in a SP game.

Ah. I didn't think that was much of a problem, but now that you think about it, that could be quite a problem.
Maybe they shouldn't even follow the rebels.
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