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Reaper Bot Guide
Stuff required for this guide:
Contents:
Reaper Bot: Getting Started
The installation process of the Reaper Bot like all other Quake bots is extremely simple. Unzip the archive into a sub-directory within your Quake directory, then select Run from the Start Menu in Windows 95/98/NT and click Browse. Locate your Quake directory and select the file named quake if you are running normal Quake, winquake if you are using WinQuake or glquake if you are using GLQuake. If you are unsure just select quake. Once you have one of these selected, click OK and you should have something similar to the following:
C:\Quake\quake.exe
Now, we must tell Quake to load the Reaper Bot as opposed to unmodified Quake. To do this, insert -game reaper -listen 16 +map dm6 after what is already contained in the dialog box. You should now have something like this:
C:\Quake\quake.exe -game reaper -listen 16 +map dm6
Notice how I have put -game reaper this line may differ on your machine as 'reaper' is the sub-directory that *I* chose to extract the Reaper Bot archive into. This command tells Quake to run the Reaper Bot in deathmatch mode with a player/bot limit of 16 and to load the map DM6 - The Dark Zone. If you don't want to play on DM6 - The Dark Zone then simply change dm6 to whatever map you would like to play, or you can do this within the game, whichever you prefer. Now, select OK to start Quake with the above details. You will be greeted with a message informing you that you are running the Reaper Bot.
Now, lets throw in some bots! Pull the console down (using the ~ key) and type, impulse 205, a bot should join the game. Obviously, if you type impulse 100 more than once another bot would be added.
Running the Three Gamemodes (DM, Teamplay and Co-Operative)
Seeing as you already know how to configure a Deathmatch game with the Reaper Bot, i'll focus on Teamplay as unfortunately the bot does not support the Co-Operative mode of play.
A teamplay game is very easy to get up and running, simply type in the following at the console (~), hitting enter/return after each one.
disconnect
deathmatch 1
teamplay 1
map mapname
Now, follow these instructions taken from the readme.txt:
This release supports teamplay. When teamplay is
on, IMPULSE 1XX no longer functions as above.
All bots added with IMPULSE 205 or IMPULSE 208
belong to the bot only team. IMPULSE 1XX sets the
number of bots on each player's team to XX (must be no
greater than 15). Bots on your team will have the same
color as you (and the same skin, if you're using skins).
Thats all there is to it.
Reaper Bot Impulse List
This is a list of the Reaper Bot impulses that are available for use.
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impulse 200
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Increment skin (if skins support is set)
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impulse 201
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Decrement skin (if skins support is set)
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impulse 202
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Toggle skins support - three settings (off, normal, skill skins)
With skill skins mode, bot skin depends on its skill level
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impulse 205
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add a bot (can do it repeatedly)
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impulse 208
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add four bots
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impulse 210
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scores (bring up the console - hit the ~ key - to read)
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impulse 211
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remove all bots
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impulse 212
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Toggle limited observer mode (you are invisible to bots unless you
attack them, but move normally)
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impulse 214
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update bots. Use when the SV_GRAVITY or SV_MAXSPEED
server cvars are changed.
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impulse 215
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Toggle verbose mode (bots tell you what they're doing).
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impulse 218
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turn on restricted mode (only client 0 can add bots
or become an observer)
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impulse 219
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turn on super restricted mode (no client can add bots or become
an observer)
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impulse 220
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normal scores (frag count)
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impulse 221
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update team colors (used to tell the bots on your
team if you change colors)
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impulse 221
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show top three scores (so you don't need to bring down the console)
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impulse 1xx
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Bounds the total number of bots + players to XX (XX must no
greater than 15) Enough bots to meet this bound are spawned,
and they leave and come back as players enter and leave the server.
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skill X
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Change skill level (X = 0 to 3, default is 1)
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...and that was the Reaper Bot, if you need further help or have any queries, don't hesitate to contact me at ze0@botepidemic.com.
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