I know bots are officially unsupported in this version of UT, however for those of you looking for offline practice to hone your fledgling skills, here's a quick how-to for adding a bot or bots to your own private server. For the more experience playas - feel free to point out any glaring inaccuracies contained here.
Adding bots to a gameFirst tell the server to allow bots, press tilde (
~) to open the console and type:
/bot_enable 1and start the server through the appropriate menu choices
If the server is already running:
/reloadthen you can start to add the bot(s):
/addbot <type> <level> <team> <ping> <server nick>the
<type> should use one of the following bot file names:
boa
cheetah
chicken
cobra
c ockroach (<== space between the C and the O added to pass BB filters)
cougar
goose
mantis
penguin
puma
python
raven
scarab
scorpion
tiger
widow
<level> should be between
1 (n00bish) -
5 (malevolent)so the following would add a level 4 bot called "=lvl4=Puma" to the blue team:
/addbot Puma 4 Blue 76 =lvl4=PumaEach bot type has it's own weapon load out - Puma for example uses a LR300ML + Spas + Baretta combo. By making sure at least 1 bot has the same weapons as you, you'll never run out of ammo.
Tactically, the bots are not very bright, and you can't give them orders like q3 bots, however they do use the same evasion techniques (varying levels of crouching, bunny hopping and strafing) as live players, with varying levels of aggression.
Bot configuration filesIf you want to add more than one bot at a time, you might want to make a .cfg file which you save to your q3ut4 directory
/====== sample_bot.cfg======
addbot C ockroach 4 Blue 76 =lvl4=C ockroach
addbot Cheetah 4 Blue 56 =lvl4=Cheetah
addbot Cobra 4 Blue 45 =lvl4=Cobra
addbot Penguin 4 Blue 89 =lvl4=Penguin
addbot Puma 4 Blue 89 =lvl4=Puma
addbot Puma 1 Blue 89 =lvl1=Puma
/====== sample_bot.cfg======
get the server to load this by simply typing
/exec <filename>Note while the example above tries to add bots to the blue team - the server will spread them evenly on both teams - so add an even number or face the chagrin of continually getting pwned at spawn, by bots.
As mentioned before, the bots mimic certain aspects of real life, in teams they will mimic certain aspects of team life, like occasionally tking you for no reason, ignoring calls for backup or medic, and appearing to be AFK at spawn.
Removing bots/kick <nick>If you have more than 1 bot, or you can't be arsed typing whatever l33t nick you gave that 1 bot you added, you can use this to take all bots off the server:
/kick allbotsthough be warned the server
checks for nick matches in the player list first, so player 'allbots' would probably not be too happy with you, having been bumrushed off the server for no apparent reason.
Maps for running botsNot every map in UT4 has bot support, the following do, sort of -
Abbey
Algiers
Austria
Dressing room
Firing Range
Mandolin *
Riyadh
Prague*
Toxic*
UptownSome maps work better than others -
the maps marked with an asterisk are maps where the bots have trouble getting out of the spawn points.
The maps I've found most useful in upping my game are :
Firing range - good for close quarters practice
Riyadh - add several bots for sniper target practice
Algiers - for finding sweet spots on the map to fire from cover
Dressing room - for mixed terrain levels + varying range battles - though bots will fall into the river in the middle and remain in there.
