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Bot for CS: Source to be Released

Posted by Zonk on from the ai-teammates-mean-less-backtalk dept.

quan74 writes "The folks at Valve have announced that "The official Counter-Strike Bot will be released for Counter-Strike: Source on Monday (January 17th)." This is great news for those of us that have been anxiously awaiting the feature." The new CS bots have been enhanced with some improved pathing, a better understanding of the foibles of grenades, and a more human-like attention system. Details on the bots available on the forums.

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  1. Bad news for cheaters by Kithraya · · Score: 2, Informative

    Now those of us who are sick of aimbot users, speed hackers and other kinds of cheaters have an alternative besides spending half an hour finding a cheat-free server. So these poor bastards won't have nearly as many fair players to abuse.

    1. Re:Bad news for cheaters by delus10n0 · · Score: 5, Informative

      These bots were first featured on Counter-Strike: Condition Zero, and they're actually very smart. They do respond to radio commands, most of the time. Each bot has it's own stats (bravery, teamwork, skill, etc.) -- if he has a low teamwork score, he's more likely to ignore your commands and just do his own thing.

      Also, these bots can work online, as far as I know. I too hope there will be some way to filter them out. I hate loading up Unreal Tournament 2003/2004 and finding a nice low ping server, only to discover all the other players are bots.

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    2. Re:Bad news for cheaters by bryhhh · · Score: 2, Informative

      There isn't a filter for them at the moment, but even if it isn't added, the server dialog in steam shows a "B" icon next to servers which are running bots (see the 2nd column in the image I've linked to), so you can easily tell which server to avoid if you don't want bots in your online game.

  2. Re:sounds fun, but... by sw33tjimmy · · Score: 2, Informative

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    The art of squatting repeatedly over a corpse in one of many popular action PC games, as to simulate the act of receiving scrotal/oral sex.

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  3. Re:Cheaters by Poseidon88 · · Score: 2, Informative
    I don't think they're as common as some people like to think. I play a fair amount, but I'm no CS junkie. In my experience the people who have the highest scores are the ones that have every tiny little detail of the map committed to memory. They know where all the hiding spots are and they know what paths you are likely to take. They know how to move and aim to maximize their accuracy while reducing their chances of taking a hit. They also tend to use the voice comms and work as a team.

    The result is that less experienced players get thrashed constantly. I've been on both sides of the thrashing, and I'm not convinced I've ever seen anyone cheating.