Bot Skill?

[pain_fedora6]

I just wanted to congratz the dev team for the new bot ai. Due to heavy pl during daytime i can only practice now with godlike bots, but they are actually really nice to play with : ) . I also want to ask: today in stormkeep2 a bot laserjumped and nexed me midair : D i was so suprised i wrote to it "n1" . Are the bots actually capable of doing that or was that particular bot lasered from another at that point?
good joob guys!

[mand1nga]

i was so suprised i wrote to it "n1"

rofl

I guess you're using SVN, there LordHavoc is making a completely new weapon balance which is set as default. With this balance the laser has a secondary mode which shots 90 degrees down, only made for jumping. So this is basically a bug, bots try to hit you with the secondary .. then they jump and do crazy stuff like that

I'm glad that you like them, I been working really hard on those bastards (although I've always expected to make them a lot better than they're right now). I hope to come someday with a brand new AI, even more fun than this one.

[Samual]

Yes, I noticed that bots can now laser jump a few weeks ago. I was so wtf'd that I said "HOLY SHIT DAVE, LOOK AT THIS" to quote George Carlin. Seriously it was like the turning point of my view on bots. FINALLY they can do something that doesn't suck. My k/d ratio is only about 3 with a bot on skill 10 now... That's with warmup, though. In a match it's 40.

[Flying Steel]

Your improvements to the bots is the best change in 2.5.2, mand1nga.

The dramatic reduction in the amount of system resources they demand is the greatest and most obvious of these improvements.

They also play strong in CTF and Onslaught.

I hope your jetpack ai works out as well for future versions.

[Mirio]

i saw bots in the 2.5.2 campaign who did laser jumps too :p nice one