Official TF2 Bots! Options

[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!

[Geralt]

New update released for TFBots:

# In KOTH mode, Bots are now

* More likely to roam around and hunt enemies if there is lots of time left
* Become more likely to push for the point as time runs down, or their teammates start to capture it

# Medic bots now

* Opportunistically "overheal" nearby friends when they can
* Prioritize healing of injured nearby friends more
* Don't focus on Heavies quite so exclusively
* Don't spam their Medigun continuously at round start
* Won't choose cover far below their heal target so much (koth_nucleus)
* Fight back with their syringe-gun appropriately

# Various improvements to combat behaviors
# General bot improvements

* They no longer stand still on the point when capturing or defending it
* They choose more varied routes now
* They choose better defensive spots around captured points
* They fall back to another weapon when they entirely run out of ammo
* They adjust their FOV when using zoomed in sniper scope
* They treat in-range Sentries as the most dangerous threat
* They fire their weapons is more realistic bursts
* Engineers use their shotgun properly

# Added a "virtual mousepad" concept to rework how bots track enemy players

* They now periodically estimate the position and velocity of the enemy they are tracking, instead of "locking on"
* After rotating beyond a maximum angle, they will pause for a fraction of a second to re-center their "virtual mouse"
* Allows for over/undershoot "slop" in aiming. Looks more natural, and allows skilled players to dodge
* Addresses the "180 spin around and fire", "Heavy bot is OP", "Sniper is OP", and "I can't fight a Heavy bot as a Scout" issues

# Tuned Sniper spot finding algorithm to generate more diverse locations, partially addressing the "Predictable Sniper camping spots" issue
# Soldier bots are more careful to not fire rockets that will explode on nearby geometry and kill them
# Fixed a bug where bots tried to heal from a Dispenser being carried by an Engineer
# Tuned scoreboard logic to guard against malicious server operators spoofing bot pings to hide the "BOT" tag
# Added more bot names as suggested by the TF community

[Fillmore]

New update released for TFBots:

# In KOTH mode, Bots are now

* More likely to roam around and hunt enemies if there is lots of time left
* Become more likely to push for the point as time runs down, or their teammates start to capture it

# Medic bots now

* Opportunistically "overheal" nearby friends when they can
* Prioritize healing of injured nearby friends more
* Don't focus on Heavies quite so exclusively
* Don't spam their Medigun continuously at round start
* Won't choose cover far below their heal target so much (koth_nucleus)
* Fight back with their syringe-gun appropriately

# Various improvements to combat behaviors
# General bot improvements

* They no longer stand still on the point when capturing or defending it
* They choose more varied routes now
* They choose better defensive spots around captured points
* They fall back to another weapon when they entirely run out of ammo
* They adjust their FOV when using zoomed in sniper scope
* They treat in-range Sentries as the most dangerous threat
* They fire their weapons is more realistic bursts
* Engineers use their shotgun properly

# Added a "virtual mousepad" concept to rework how bots track enemy players

* They now periodically estimate the position and velocity of the enemy they are tracking, instead of "locking on"
* After rotating beyond a maximum angle, they will pause for a fraction of a second to re-center their "virtual mouse"
* Allows for over/undershoot "slop" in aiming. Looks more natural, and allows skilled players to dodge
* Addresses the "180 spin around and fire", "Heavy bot is OP", "Sniper is OP", and "I can't fight a Heavy bot as a Scout" issues

# Tuned Sniper spot finding algorithm to generate more diverse locations, partially addressing the "Predictable Sniper camping spots" issue
# Soldier bots are more careful to not fire rockets that will explode on nearby geometry and kill them
# Fixed a bug where bots tried to heal from a Dispenser being carried by an Engineer
# Tuned scoreboard logic to guard against malicious server operators spoofing bot pings to hide the "BOT" tag
# Added more bot names as suggested by the TF community

I got two of my suggested names implemented
Once before they fixed the bots tried to heal from dispensers being carried by Engies glitch, a friend of mine killed all the bots in our team by carrying a dispenser,waiting till all of our teams bots were after him, and jumped down a pit. I'm left defending our point against 8 enemies. Luckily 5 of them were snipers and the rest was 2 heavy and Herr Doktor.