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[Geralt]

Hey guys

In case you didn't know, Valve released a TF2 update today... and in the changelog, it says:

"Added work-in-progress TF Bots for beta testing in KOTH maps (blog post coming with more info)"

http://store.steampowered.com/news/3267/

Downloading now, I'll let you guys know how they are!

[DrPuffinKind]

well, i been running these side by side for the last day, and have spent some time with the new ones... new bot Pros:
-they have a nav mesh system for waypointing (nice, easy, fast)
-their nav mesh allows for movements that is more natural (not quite as predictable as rcbot2)
-classes included mostly do their jobs (medic wont fight much... just waits for someone to heal, or to be killed standing still)
-snipers seem more effective than Rcbot2 (at least for now...)
-they are a formidable opponent on most KOTH maps... (the only ones "officially" suported)

Cons:
-not all classes are in yet (i haver not seen scout or spy yet)
-red cannot cap on cp maps (still beta, im sure this will change)
-ctf does not work at all... bots just stand there
-pl blu runs to cap point without the cat DOH!!... and red just wanders around... (at least they fight...)
-not nearly as "smart" as rcbot!! (i catch way more of them sleeping than my rcbots... of course i have rcbot intellignecs and skills cranked up... not sure how they compare to a raw install of this bot...)

all in all, i can say my rcbot2 server stays mostly full and the biggest complaint i get is the bots are "too good" with the skills cranked up, but they are not supposed to be freebees as you get points in our scoring system for killing them... lol... and my servers running the new bots dont see near the same amount of play... i think valve has a lot of work to do if they want to dethrone the reigning king!! RCBOT2 FTW!!!!!

[naMelesS]

well, i been running these side by side for the last day, and have spent some time with the new ones... new bot Pros:
-they have a nav mesh system for waypointing (nice, easy, fast)
-their nav mesh allows for movements that is more natural (not quite as predictable as rcbot2)
-classes included mostly do their jobs (medic wont fight much... just waits for someone to heal, or to be killed standing still)
-snipers seem more effective than Rcbot2 (at least for now...)
-they are a formidable opponent on most KOTH maps... (the only ones "officially" suported)

Cons:
-not all classes are in yet (i haver not seen scout or spy yet)
-red cannot cap on cp maps (still beta, im sure this will change)
-ctf does not work at all... bots just stand there
-pl blu runs to cap point without the cat DOH!!... and red just wanders around... (at least they fight...)
-not nearly as "smart" as rcbot!! (i catch way more of them sleeping than my rcbots... of course i have rcbot intellignecs and skills cranked up... not sure how they compare to a raw install of this bot...)

all in all, i can say my rcbot2 server stays mostly full and the biggest complaint i get is the bots are "too good" with the skills cranked up, but they are not supposed to be freebees as you get points in our scoring system for killing them... lol... and my servers running the new bots dont see near the same amount of play... i think valve has a lot of work to do if they want to dethrone the reigning king!! RCBOT2 FTW!!!!!

Heyo, have you tried using nav_generate? Its awesome, I use that to generate the waypoints for the TF bots and it works quite best on koth_garbage_day