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 create one or more AI bots of random classes on random teams. They will also be assigned amusing human-like names. 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.
tf_bot_difficulty	Defines the skill of bots joining the game. Syntax tf_bot_difficulty <level> Parameters <level> Sets the difficulty level for the bots. Values are: 0=easy, 1=normal, 2=hard, 3=expert. Default is "Normal" (1). Example tf_bot_difficulty 2 will set all bots created after this command to "Hard" difficulty.
tf_bot_force_class	If set to a class name, all TFBots will respawn as that class. Syntax tf_bot_force_class <class> Parameters <class> The classname of the class can be Demoman, Engineer, HeavyWeapons, Medic, Pyro, Scout, Soldier, Sniper, or Spy. Default is "" (aka blank). Example tf_bot_force_class medic will make all TFbots respawn as Medic.
tf_bot_join_after_player	If nonzero, bots wait until a player joins before entering the game. Syntax tf_bot_join_after_player <integer> Parameters <integer> Either 1 or 0. Default is 1 (enabled). Example tf_bot_join_after_player 0 will make TFBots join the game when added even if no players are on a team.
tf_bot_keep_class_after_death	If zero, bots will always respawn as a different class. Syntax tf_bot_keep_class_after_death <integer> Parameters <integer> 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.