Team Fortress Bot | January 6, 2002 - 10:13 EST | Ze0 I'd like to welcome, Plumb and his highly anticipated, Team Fortress Bot to Bot Epidemic. The bot is based off the best bot for Quake, FrikBot X. Here is a clip from the latest news post: Finally, and there has actually been a few people waiting for this, the Team Fortress Bot has arrived at BotEpidemic. There's nothing up for grabs as of yet due to Christmas and the fact that being back from university for a while means I need to do the real life(tm) rounds. But so far the bot is 56% complete and counting... I know I'm looking forward to it's first release! [News Category: Quake Bots] [Comments: 3] FBCA 0.92KT Final | January 6, 2002 - 9:00 EST | Ze0 ParboiL has released a new version of FBCA, 0.92KT Final. What's new? - Map Rapture1 is added (new waypoint) - The alternative function of change skill is added -The storing entered skill is added - The function SetFireButton is modernized - The function Checkground is added (thx Dmsoul) - Fix errors in function mapchange - Fix errors in teams current status - The function botchat is added - The jumps bots are corrected - The function of calculation of teams is modernized - The function of statistics on teams is modernized - The function lava jump (aerocontrol) is modernized - The function rocket jump (aerocontrol) is modernized Snag it here. [News Category: Quake Bots] [Comments: 2] EBSP | January 3, 2002 - 4:23 EST | Ze0 I got this in my mail box this afternoon, from Gleeb: If you've been watching the Quake 1 news recently, you may have noticed the new word 'EBSP'. What is it? EBSP is a funky way of distributing assest for a map in the original map file, while still maintaining compatibility with the original and older engines that are available now. Now, why would I be telling you this? Well, with full approval with Daz, the map CRDM2, entitled 'Mechanical Tears', has been converted to this great new format, with all the trimmings you would expect for a Quake 3 map, including hi-res, hi-colour textures, coloured lighting,and even a waypoint for the famed FrikBot. This map, and GQ, an EBSP-enabled engine, are both available at http://www.planetquake.com/gzone/gq/. It has FrikBot support! [News Category: Quake Bots] [Comments: 0] FBCA 0.91KT SE | November 12, 2001 - 4:33 EST | Ze0 ParboiL has unleashed a new version of Frogbot Clan Arena. 0.91KT SE sports the following features: - Fix errors in function Reset / se - The function Overtime is modernized. / se - The function SetColorName / Teamname is corrected. / qw se - The function Overtime (like a KT) is added. / the large thank .koval for the help at creation! - The complete statistics for all teams is made. - The command ChangeTeam is changed. - The support of a maps Frobodm2 and Amphi2 is improved. - The luminescence of the player in a mode notready / teamplay is added. - Is changed Countingdown. - Are corrected fine bugs. Get it here. [News Category: Quake Bots] [Comments: 2] FBCA 0.90KT | October 6, 2001 - 1:44 EST | Ze0 ParboiL has released version 0.90 of FBCA KT. This is the first version in which the bots do all jumps under QuakeWorld. Here is what's new: - Is corrected and the function botjump (bot is modernized carries out all jumps) / KT se - The function TeamCheckTeam is modernized - The bugs with a choice of colour of the players are eliminated - The function Autosteams in QW the version is added - The function setskill in QW of the version is corrected - Is found out and some bugs in AI are eliminated - The function Addbot is changed - The bugs with the repeated messages are eliminated - The mode Pre_game and countdown (as in KT) is changed - The function botping is corrected - The maps Amphi is added Snag it here. [News Category: Quake Bots] [Comments: 0] Fbca 0.89 Kombat Teams | September 1, 2001 - 2:23 EST | Ze0 ParboiL informed me that he has released Fbca 0.89 Kombat Teams for Quake. Here are the new goodies: - Update final statistic & fix errors (like a KombatTeams) / Kombat Teams - Update function LavaJump (fix error) + bot can jump in pre_game - Fix error bot suicides in lava - Change AI bots in Pre_game (the bot shoots in attacking) - Is updated AI bots (when the bot has quad chooses the best weapon for a distance) - The error with lifts is corrected - Added new countdown (like a KombatTeams) - Update function Report (like a KombatTeams) - Change respawn players in match (like a KombatTeams) - Added two new final stats "Team & Top Scorers" (like a KombatTeams) - Fix errors in Top Scorers / Plus - Added players lighting On/Off - Add Quad lighting in Dropquad mode - Update autoreport (fix errors) - Added command Autoteams (bots and humans auto select teams) / Only NQ! - Fix errors in function TeamCheckTeam - Added function auto download aliases /Only QW! - The time raspawn bots is reduced /Plus - The command messages are changed at Drop Quad /Plus - Change function LightningDamage /Plus Grab it here. [News Category: Quake Bots] [Comments: 5] FrikBot X Review | August 24, 2001 - 1:55 EST | Ze0 Our very own and very hard working, theFragile e-mailed me a review of FrikBot X. This bot has pretty well been deemed the best Quake bot, and the review tells it how it is, through the eyes of a non-Quake player. [News Category: Quake Bots] [Comments: 0] FrikBot X Update | August 7, 2001 - 8:01 EST | Ze0 here if you're after a download link. [News Category: Quake Bots] [Comments: 0] FrikBot X! | July 27, 2001 - 8:28 EST | Ze0 The long-awaited FrikBot X for Classic Quake, has finally been released. The bot is almost a complete re-write of the previous version, and will most certainly be deemed the "best Quake bot" at the current time. There are too many new features to list here, and you can't really summarize them all. The bot plays incredibly well, without cheating, I can't compete with it at Skill 3. You can get it here! I will write up a review of the bot over the next few days. [News Category: Quake Bots] [Comments: 4] Frogbot Clan Arena 0.89se | July 6, 2001 - 7:02 EST | Ze0 ParboiL let me know that he has released Frogbot Clan Arena version 0.89se, I am unable to read the contents on his website, so no word on the changes. You can snag a copy 'ere. [News Category: Quake Bots] [Comments: 0] Nirvana: Life of the Fighter | June 12, 2001 - 1:16 EST | Ze0 Arwing has released his Nirvana: Life of the Fighter modification for Classic Quake, it is a very AI rich modification featuring both single player and deathmatch flavours. Here's the scoop: 22-piece Multimodel engine Frikbot version n6 w/multimodel support A very advanced enemy AI Imported monsters (new total of 31) The modification comes in two seperate downloads, the core and the model / sound pack, which weighs in at 24Mb. Well, what are you waiting for? Go get it! [News Category: Quake Bots] [Comments: 0] TomazQuake Bot | June 6, 2001 - 2:47 EST | Ze0 Riever, a face we haven't seen in a long time, let me know that he has incorporated Rich Whitehouse's Tsumi to Botsu bot for Quake, into TomazQuake, an excellent Classic Quake engine. You can grab it here and read more about it here. [News Category: Quake Bots] [Comments: 0] FWD Update | May 23, 2001 - 4:33 EST | Ze0 There's some new waypoints over at the FrikBot Waypoint Depot, three to be exact. Check it out. [News Category: Quake Bots] [Comments: 0] New FrikTF Released | May 23, 2001 - 4:22 EST | Ze0 I spotted over at Inside3D, THE site for Quake related goodness, that a new version of the Team Fortress compatible, FrikTF is out. Here's what the author had to say: A new version of FrikTF has been released. This release fixes major problems with the QuakeWorld version, such as bots repeatedly being kicked for changing skin. This version also fixed compile-time errors found within the source code. Frik-TF is available at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/friktf/files/friktf-051901.zip The problem of bots being displayed with the wrong skin is still present in the QuakeWorld version. I would expect the base skin to be rendered, but it shows the engineer skin instead. If anyone wants to take a crack at solving the problem, go ahead. Be sure to look at the attempted workaround in overloaded function "infokey" found in "bot_qw.qc" to see how it should work. Get it here. [News Category: Quake Bots] [Comments: 0] FrikBot Waypoint Goodness | April 28, 2001 - 10:52 EST | Ze0 Quest has added another waypoint file to the FrikBot, then check out the FWD. [News Category: Quake Bots] [Comments: 0] FWD Update | April 26, 2001 - 2:47 EST | Ze0 Quest has updated the FrikBot Waypoint Depot (as promised) with 20 new waypoint sets. Plumb's gone and done the last 9 waypoint sets of the brainstorm series (there is no bsdm8 btw) Gilgamesh has done the first 8 of the dapak series, a collection of some of the finest maps of '97. And last Plumb has updated 3 of his waypoint sets, e2m1, bsdm5 and rcdm7. You can grab them all and more at the FrikBot Waypoint Depot. [News Category: Quake Bots] [Comments: 0] FrikBot X Preview | April 25, 2001 - 2:28 EST | Ze0 Quest has updated the FrikBot Waypoint Depot with an exciting demo of FrikBot X, Frika C's upcoming re-write of the FrikBot. The demo "shows off the use of the new feature of waypoint 'AI flags". You can grab the demo here and you can read the rest of the update here. [News Category: Quake Bots] [Comments: 2] AI Cafe Update | April 24, 2001 - 2:54 EST | Ze0 Coffee let me know that he has re-released his old mods for Quake, which have been unavailable for a couple of years. The list includes, Minion, Fugitives In Fragtown and SkyBlazer. You can find them all and more at the AI Cafe. [News Category: Quake Bots] [Comments: 0] Frogbot Clan Arena 0.88 | April 12, 2001 - 1:13 EST | Ze0 ParboiL has released a new version of Frogbot Clan Arena. Here's what's new: - In teamplay the bots will auto choose a team - The function Dropbackpack on Dropweapons is replaced :) - Two new maps Ravage and Blizz2 are added (support rocket jump) :) - Change Countdown :) - Added bottalk - Added team score and player statistics :) You can get the new version, here. [News Category: Quake Bots] [Comments: 2] FWD Update | April 9, 2001 - 1:11 EST | Ze0 Quest has updated the FrikBot Waypoint Depot with 6 new waypoints. [News Category: Quake Bots] [Comments: 0] FWD Update | March 6, 2001 - 1:00 EST | Ze0 The FrikBot Waypoint Depot has been updated with 6 new waypoint sets! Check it out. [News Category: Quake Bots] [Comments: 0] FrikBot Waypoint Depot | March 3, 2001 - 4:58 EST | Ze0 A new site has opened up here at Bot Epidemic. I'd like you all to give a warm welcome to the FrikBot. So go check it out if it's FrikBot waypoint files your after! [News Category: Quake Bots] [Comments: 0] Skull Tag 0.91b | February 28, 2001 - 4:58 EST | celtic88 Brad has released version 0.9b of his Skull Tag mod for Quake. Additoins and changes include: Client/server support (YEAH BABY!) Two new levels (Linguica's Lair and a remake of map30) Four built-in CTF levels (d2ctf1 - d2ctf4) New skins The greatly improved medal system Two new game modes New cheat codes New SKININFO skin system Dynamic wad loading Plenty of other things Bots' skill level now varies from bot to bot Improvements to the bot AI Fixed a lot of memory leaks Shotgun guy and zombieman now can be different colors Taunts now work properly with different skins There's also news that version 0.92b will be released any day now. Grab a copy here. [News Category: Quake Bots] [Comments: 0] Tsumi to Botsu | December 27, 2000 - 2:50 EST | celtic88 Rich has released a new quake bot project called Tsumi to Botsu. The AI is for the Slide mod, which Rich explains is still in it's early construction. The source code is also included with the release. Get version 0.1 here. [News Category: Quake Bots] [Comments: 0] Xreaper 1.21 | December 22, 2000 - 3:07 EST | celtic88 Rudd sends news of the Xreaper mod being revised, based on the reformed reaper bot. Bot features include: reformed reaper bots : Intelligent emulated opponents. multimapcycle : You can create multiple mapcycles, and in-game specify the one you want to use. deathmatch 3 : Deathmatch 3 rules; weapons stay, respawn items. deathmatch 4 : [Unofficial] Deathmatch 4 rules; weapons stay, 1/2 respawn time. multiple skins : Multiple skin support, you can choose 1 out of 20 skins. ycam chasecam (by Harvey Lee) : Chasecam for in deathmatch. hook : Grapple hook, implemented as a new weapon. remote admin support : Remote admin support, you can enter a code and change some of the server side variables/commands, like deathmatch, timelimit and kick. enhanced intermission : At intermissions you'll hear music and all players, bots, spikes, rockets etc are frozen at their place. Maybe time to dust off your quake cd and get started again.. Pick up Xreaper 1.21 here. [News Category: Quake Bots] [Comments: 1] New Route | December 12, 2000 - 1:01 EST | celtic88 Skorpion has released a new Omicron bot route for the map Oandu, check out his site for the ever growing list of route files for quake maps. [News Category: Quake Bots] [Comments: 0] FBCA 0.86SE | November 16, 2000 - 12:47 EST | celtic88 ParboiL sends news that he has released version 0.86SE (special edition) of his updated Frogbot Clan Arena originally designed by Asdf, for Quake. You can pick up a copy here. [News Category: Quake Bots] [Comments: 3] Holywars Frogbot Final | October 31, 2000 - 12:08 EST | celtic88 Numb has released the final version of his Frogbot for the Holy Wars mod. You can get a copy here. [News Category: Quake Bots] [Comments: 0] Quake News | October 21, 2000 - 5:42 EST | celtic88 Coffee sends news that he is looking for testers for his new bot mod, called Ballz. If you'd like to help him check out his AI Cafe for more information. [News Category: Quake Bots] [Comments: 0] Frik TF Status | September 28, 2000 - 7:55 EST | celtic88 Some sad news from our friend , Raymond. This is from an email with him on his Frik TF Bot: The only page for the TeamFortress bot that can be found is on eGroups: http://www.egroups.com/group/friktf (and some of the files are not up to date. Better fix that.) The development for the bot is basically stalled. It stalled when I had trouble getting the bots to understand the TF Goals, resumed for a while when I merged the bot directly with the Teamfortress 2.5 source (a good step improving development), but stopped working on it a bit later. I did manage to get the bot to understand the flags on regular CTF maps, and part of the common entities that TF uses. It is doubtful that I could get the bots to understand all of the entities used by TeamFortress. I'll be posting the latest version of the source code when I can. The development has been stalled, and it is unlikely that there will be any future releases. Why not send him a word of encouragement? :) [News Category: Quake Bots] [Comments: 0] Omibots Name Tutorial | September 15, 2000 - 3:37 EST | celtic88 Skorpion sends news that he has written a tutorial on how to change the names of the Omicron bots as well as what they say in the game. Check it out here. [News Category: Quake Bots] [Comments: 0] Frogbot 2000 Update | September 6, 2000 - 11:22 EST | celtic88 Saw on the Frogbot Mods page that Justice has released an updated version of his Frogbot 2000. You can get a copy here. [News Category: Quake Bots] [Comments: 1] Nehahra Project Final | August 31, 2000 - 7:15 EST | celtic88 The Nehahra Project is now at it's final release. The Nehahra project is a Quake 1 singleplayer experience bringing new monsters and improved AI. You can get the final release (50mb) here as well as a small update here. [News Category: Quake Bots] [Comments: 0] QStarter NextGen 0.14a | August 24, 2000 - 1:18 EST | celtic88 Adion has released version 0.14a of his QuakeStarter Next Generation for the Quake series. The new features include: The titlebar of the main window is textured now You can enter a colored name for Q3A Fixed saving Player Configurations Increased start-up performance Fixed small Fast-InfoBox bug Added Q2 Eraser Bot support TGA Levelshots are also loaded You can select a model/skin for Q2 and Q3A (with picture) Added an option to Exit QuakeStarter after launching Quake Added rate setting to client settings Added Q2 Player settings You can get a copy here. [News Category: Quake Bots] [Comments: 0] FrikBot Moves | August 24, 2000 - 1:09 EST | celtic88 The FrikBot webpage has moved to a new home at Inside 3d. Update your bookmarks to the new page. [News Category: Quake Bots] [Comments: 0] Omicron Route | August 17, 2000 - 6:53 EST | celtic88 Skorpion has added a new route to his page for a new Quake DM level, Base 14b. Get the new route here. [News Category: Quake Bots] [Comments: 0] Minion: TFU Soon | August 13, 2000 - 4:32 EST | celtic88 Arwing XL has let us know that his Quake modificaton, Minion: TFU (Ten Feet Under) is nearing completion. He had this to say: Minion: TFU should be avaible in about 10 more days, if I have the developement planned accordingly. It takes around 3 hours to add-in, balance, and test new characters, and there are only TWO more remaining! After that, it will be on to the teamplay AI, then onto the final arena maps. Keep checking his homepage for the latest. [News Category: Quake Bots] [Comments: 0] Minion: Final Edition Released | July 29, 2000 - 3:33 EST | celtic88 Arwing XL has released his latest Minion Final for Quake. The features: Six maps in progression: start, weird, woods, mDM6, mWARE, mHIPDM1. Arena-based tournament combat AI that provides a learning curve, as well as skill levels to alter the strength of your opponents. Team bots are available if one increases the bot number to 3 via the help menu Lot's of action! :) You can get a copy here. [News Category: Quake Bots] [Comments: 0] DOBBSbot Waypoint Edition | July 24, 2000 - 4:22 EST | celtic88 Stephen Dobbs has released version 1.5b of his DOBBSbot (waypoint version) for Quake, which allows the bots to navigate the levels more intelligently. You can get a copy here. [News Category: Quake Bots] [Comments: 0] Cronos Bots Hard Edition | July 22, 2000 - 4:37 EST | celtic88 Cronos has released version 1.07 (Hard Edition) of his Cronos Bots for Quake1. He had this to say: I make no apologies for the latest update. I have just uploaded the Hard Edition of the CronosBots for Quake. A couple of people asked me to make this, and so here it is. I took all the wimpy stuff out and this core is whats left. I make no apologies about it, so don't bother complaining. The bots are fast and hard and if it's too fast or too hard then go play something else. If it's not fair then well, life's not fair is it ? People keep saying only the die hard Quake fans are left now, so here you go, you should find it a good game. Why not prove it in the latest contest ? Hehe, wimp. You can get a copy here. [News Category: Quake Bots] [Comments: 0] 2 New Bots | July 21, 2000 - 5:02 EST | celtic88 Stephen Dobbs has released two new bots for Quake1. They are the DOBBSbot and the GYPObot. The DOBBSbot is designed to play deathmatch, teamplay, and cooperative while the GYPObot was made as a base for those interested in creating their own bots. You can download the DOBBSbot 1.5a here, and the GYPObot here. [News Category: Quake Bots] [Comments: 0] Minion Final Released | July 17, 2000 - 3:23 EST | celtic88 Arwing XL has released Minion Final for Quake. Some of the features include: a remake of the original Minion by Coffee a new level of AI to fight against, having such abilities as combat movement, jumping up and down from ledges, camping, and tracing the player throughout the level WEIRD.BSP has been been recreated from scratch by me(sorry Coffee. It had to go) team bots have been added to help out in matches where there is more than one opponent. Use impulse 79 until your team is filled out.(if you try to bring in more members you will only get the "no more team members allowed" message. If one dies, tough luck. monster bots take the following forms: dog, hell knight, fiend, vore, snakeman, scrag, grunt, enforcer, spider, tarbaby, shambler, ogre, You can get a copy here. [News Category: Quake Bots] [Comments: 0] Genebot Release 3 | July 13, 2000 - 2:47 EST | celtic88 Rich Whitehouse has made release 3 of his Gene Bot for Quake World available for download. Here's the latest: Full waypoint system added, with in-game waypoint editing. Better teamplay AI. Support for moving platforms. Added an additional AI thinking state so that the bot can perform multiple activities at the same time. Server-side management commands added. Client-side waypoint placement commands added. You can get a copy here. [News Category: Quake Bots] [Comments: 0] Minion Final Soon | July 12, 2000 - 6:22 EST | celtic88 Arwing XL sends word of of his soon to be released Minion Final, a remake of Coffee's Minion. It will add improved AI and teamplay bots. [News Category: Quake Bots] [Comments: 0] FrikBot Waypoint Depot | June 29, 2000 - 8:43 EST | Ze0 My good pal, Akuma has unleashed his latest creation the FrikBot Waypoint Depot which houses waypoint files for Frika C's FrikBot for Quake. [News Category: Quake Bots] [Comments: 0] FrikTF QuakeWorld | June 12, 2000 - 6:18 EST | Ze0 Raymond Martineau has posted a new version of Frik-TF for QuakeWorld on an Egroups mirror as the main site is down. This version fixes a major bug which causes a crash when you spawn a bot after a client disconnects. You can grab it here. [News Category: Quake Bots] [Comments: 1] Omicron Routes | May 31, 2000 - 7:45 EST | Ze0 Skorpion of Skorpion's Omi Bot Page has thrown together some new routes. The first is for ELEK's latest single player/deathmatch experience, Coagula (route) and the second is for NotoriousR.A.Y.'s just released, Dies Irae (route). [News Category: Quake Bots] [Comments: 0] Omicron Routes | May 25, 2000 - 2:20 EST | Ze0 Skorpion of Skorpion's Omi Bot Page has whipped up a new route for Vondur's Zed 2: Metalware (route). [News Category: Quake Bots] [Comments: 0] Frik-TF Build 05-18-2000 | May 20, 2000 - 10:57 EST | Ze0 Raymond Martineau has released a development build of Frik-TF. Here are the major changes since the last official release: Bots no longer cause the fast respawning of TFgoals Implementation of team alliances (for maps such as hunted, and border1.) Bots will suicide when they get stuck in a wall, preventing other problems. Spy vs. Spy bug fixed "savedgamecfg" bit to disable chat text works properly. The source code and Normal Quake version are also available on the Frik-TF Homepage. [News Category: Quake Bots] [Comments: 0] FrikBot Way Studio | May 17, 2000 - 3:41 EST | Ze0 Along with his release of FrikBot 0.09b (see below), Frika C has released FrikBot Way Studio, a utility that allows you to create top-notch .WAY files for FrikBot. [News Category: Quake Bots] [Comments: 0] FrikBot 0.09b | May 17, 2000 - 3:34 EST | Ze0 Frika C, everyone's favourite garden gnome has released a new version of his highly acclaimed FrikBot for Classic Quake. It is primarily a bug-fix version and has been deemed the final release. I suggest you grab a copy, and grab it here. [News Category: Quake Bots] [Comments: 0] Omicron Routes | May 13, 2000 - 12:03 EST | Ze0 There's been some activity over at Skorpion's Omi Bot Page, some routes have been posted for Hot Cakes' Strange Attraction (route) and Chao$ Theory (route). [News Category: Quake Bots] [Comments: 0] Coffee's Conundrums | May 8, 2000 - 3:35 EST | Ze0 Coffee, made famous by his TutorBot for Quake has updated the AI Cafe with a problem, he is unsure if he should release his currently unreleased Quake modifications! He asks that you post all your suggestions about this matter in the Tutor Bot Forum. [News Category: Quake Bots] [Comments: 0] Omicron Routes | May 7, 2000 - 11:46 EST | Ze0 Skorpion, the route machine we have all come to love has thrown together 5 new routes for the Omicron Bot. Here they are: Grindspire's Naked Beatroot (route). Stargazer's Dead Simple Nostalgie (route). ParboiL's The Consternation (route). ParboiL's The Ravage (route). Behemoth's Utopia (route). Many more routes can be found at Skorpion's Omi Bot Page. [News Category: Quake Bots] [Comments: 0] Omicron Routes | May 4, 2000 - 11:05 EST | Ze0 Skorpion, otherwise known as the route machine, has whipped up another two routes for the Omicron Bot and posted them on his site, Skorpion's Omi Bot Page. The first is for Seth's beautiful new Friendly Pressure (route). The second is for one of Seth's older pieces, The Long Kiss Goodnight (route). [News Category: Quake Bots] [Comments: 0] Omicron Routes | May 3, 2000 - 2:30 EST | Ze0 Skorpion of the well-known, Skorpion's Omi Bot Page has posted a new route. This time it is for, my good buddy Kona's new deathmatch level, Evergem (route). [News Category: Quake Bots] [Comments: 0] Hide & Seek v0.65 | May 1, 2000 - 11:21 EST | Ze0 Gloomsday, author of Cannibal Quake has released a new version of his Quake modification, Hide & Seek. The modification is intended to feature fast action, with emphasis put on sneaking, hiding and tactical gameplay. It features cool new weapons, character classes and FrikBot support. Gloomsday is also looking for mappers for the project. You can find a copy here. [News Category: Quake Bots] [Comments: 0] Omicron Routes | May 1, 2000 - 11:11 EST | Ze0 Skorpion has whipped up two new routes and posted them on his site, Skorpion's Omi Bot Page. The first is for Jamis Eichenauer's Nowhere To Run (route), and the second is for Tron's Flame Grilled Tamagotchi (route). [News Category: Quake Bots] [Comments: 0] Fist Fight v1.5 | April 25, 2000 - 12:25 EST | Ze0 I've released a new version of my Classic Quake modification here. [News Category: Quake Bots] [Comments: 0] Omicron Routes | April 24, 2000 - 2:16 EST | Ze0 Skorpion of Skorpion's Omi Bot Page has posted two new Omicron bot routes. The first is for Mickey J's Expendable Youth PRO (route) and the second is for Malevola's fresh new Sex Without A Kiss (route). [News Category: Quake Bots] [Comments: 0] Cannibal Quake v1.0 | April 16, 2000 - 4:32 EST | Ze0 Gloomsday, the author of Cannibal Quake has also moved his site to MDQNet and released a new version of his Quake modification, Cannibal Quake. This is to be the final version of the modification as Gloomsday has begun work on another Quake modification. You can find a copy on the Cannibal Quake site. [News Category: Quake Bots] Omicron Routes | April 10, 2000 - 11:08 EST | Ze0 Skorpion has whipped up a route for Mickey J's latest creation, Expendable Youth (route). More great Omicron routes and other assorted whatnot can be found on Skorpion's Omi Bot Page. [News Category: Quake Bots] Kickflip Quake 1.0 | April 2, 2000 - 12:45 EST | Ze0 After some time, Kickflip Quake has finally been released. Kickflip Quake is a skating simulation for Classic Quake, here is a list of features: 10 maps and a start map 2 soundtracks 8 different tricks you can bust bots competition mode camera You can find a copy here and the source code can be found on the page. [News Category: Quake Bots] Frik-TF 0.09 Beta 2 | April 2, 2000 - 12:19 EST | Ze0 Raymond Martineau sent word of Frik-TF 0.09 Beta 2's release. This is primarily a bug-fix release. It comes in two flavours, Normal Quake and QuakeWorld. [News Category: Quake Bots] Coffee's Ramblings | April 2, 2000 - 12:11 EST | Ze0 Coffee has updated the AI Cafe with some source code to one of his modifications, SkyBlazer. [News Category: Quake Bots] Frik-TF | March 29, 2000 - 4:25 EST | Ze0 A variety of people have sent in word of a new bot for Classic Quake Team Fortress, the bot is called Frik-TF and is as you suspected based upon the highly acclaimed FrikBot by Frika C. The author of the bot is apparently still in need of testers. [News Category: Quake Bots] Cannibal Quake 0.97 | March 24, 2000 - 1:41 EST | Ze0 GloomsdaY has released a new version of his Classic Quake modification, Cannibal Quake. Here's the new stuff: a new game mode (tournament) a new map a new "weapon" : the frying-pan some other changes/fixes You can get your hands on a copy here. [News Category: Quake Bots] Transformers Quake | March 22, 2000 - 11:52 EST | Ze0 Arjan has discovered that the Classic Quake conversion, Transformers Quake includes the Reaper Bot. [News Category: Quake Bots] Omicron Routes | March 21, 2000 - 11:56 EST | Ze0 Skorpion sends word of a route he has posted on his site, Skorpion's Omi Bot Page. The route is for Auhsan's recently released, Painful Memories (route). [News Category: Quake Bots] Coffee Returns | March 20, 2000 - 12:11 EST | Ze0 After an exceedingly long time, and after being kicked around by real life, Coffee has finally updated the AI Cafe. This update brings a new tutorial to his vast archive it explains taking a different approach to navigation. He also rambles on about his upcoming TutorBot modification, BotBall. Here's a tid-bit: Welcome to Project Botball. This one-on-one sport puts you in an arena with a bot, a ball, and a goal. Your job is to catch the ball and run it into the goal. However, that is the bot's job as well, and he will try his hardest to kill you and score that point himself. Think of it as football with big guns. You will have special weapons and entities at your disposal to help you score points. The emphasis is on running, yet you may not be able to run straight at the goal. The bot may be there with a rocket launcher, waiting for you. I'm looking forward to it. The AI Cafe Message Board has also been repaired after a fairly long period of borkedness. [News Category: Quake Bots] Cannibal Quake v0.94 | March 19, 2000 - 8:11 EST | Ze0 GloomsdaY has made a new release of Cannibal Quake available. Here's the deal: a new character class: the Cannibal Hunter a new Cannibal Arena map new models / gfx fixed the bug with the floating gibs in Q1 improved FrikBot support (bots are better in Q1 than in QW, though) minor changes / bugfixes You can grab a copy here. Update: Due to some FTP problems the file has been re-uploaded to http://members.xoom.com/gloomsfiles/cannibal.zip [News Category: Quake Bots] Quakabiltiy: Bot Arena | March 15, 2000 - 9:47 EST | Ze0 The long awaited, Quakability: Bot Arena has been released. The modification, has a similar sense of play to Q3:A/UT but is for Classic Quake, it features bots to play against, much like Q3:A and/or UT. Here's a list of features: the possibility to play four different game modes, two multi-player ones (classic Quakability, WEaponability) and two single-player ones (Quakability Bot and Quakability Arena). a highly customizable LAN games 16 bots, 15 arenas, 16 soundtracks. an enhanced version of the TutorBot : Bots look different, speak different and fight different ! They all have different skill levels and some uses moves others don't. the confidence factor : bots play differently according the number of frags they can have on a row. UT-like comments, original intro, in-game options, possibility to virtually "save" games when playing on the arenas ... and many other cool stuff ... You can pickup a copy at the Neurotic Conversions Team homepage. [News Category: Quake Bots] Cannibal Quake | March 13, 2000 - 10:37 EST | Ze0 Gloomsday sends word of his newly released Quake modification entitled, Cannibal Quake. It features, my good pal, Frika C's FrikBot. Here's a description from the author: Canibal Quake is a Quake1 / QW mod allowing two new game types in multiplayer or against bots(it includes Frika C's FrikBots). The main aspect of this modification is to eat your opponent's corpse after killing him ( ok, this may sound a bit disgusting, but it can be fun - really :-)), thus gaining health and bonus frags. Sounds pretty fun to me, you can acquire a copy here. [News Category: Quake Bots] Omicron Routes | March 2, 2000 - 1:06 EST | Ze0 Skorpion has whipped up two new routes, Biggus' End Of The Road (route) and Aushan's The Forgotten (route). All these and more can be found on the site, Skorpion's OmiBot Page. [News Category: Quake Bots] Omicron Routes | February 29, 2000 - 12:27 EST | Ze0 Skorpion has put together 5 Omicron Bot routes for the 5 maps included in the Reincarnation mod for Classic Quake. The route pack can be found here. [News Category: Quake Bots] CronosBot 1.07 | February 28, 2000 - 4:05 EST | Ze0 Cronos sends word that he has released a new version of his CronosBot for Quake. You can grab a copy here. [News Category: Quake Bots] FrikBot 0.09 | February 23, 2000 - 12:56 EST | Ze0 Frika C has released what looks to be the final version of his, Classic Quake bot, FrikBot. You can grab a copy here. [News Category: Quake Bots] Omicron Routes | February 22, 2000 - 11:49 EST | Ze0 Skorpion has thrown together two new routes for the Omicron bot, over on his site, Skorpion's Omi Bot Page. They are for, Phats' Spank Me Again! (route) and Nocturnal's Zarathustra (route). [News Category: Quake Bots] Omicron Routes | February 20, 2000 - 8:27 EST | Ze0 Skorpion has posted 4 new routes over on his site, Skorpion's Omi Bot Page. This time the maps are all by the same author. Aragorn's Imminent Destruction (route), Meld (route), Inferiority Complex (route) and Farewell, Goodnight (route). [News Category: Quake Bots] Omicron Routes | February 13, 2000 - 8:27 EST | Ze0 Skorpion, hot on the heels of Gom Jabbar's Pretty Hate Machine has whipped up a route for it, which can be found in the map's archive. [News Category: Quake Bots] QW Client Emulation Server | February 12, 2000 - 8:05 EST | Ze0 I received the following from TheFatal earlier this morning: I've released the source code and binary for my QW client emulation server. Basically, this allows people to create fully working true client bots inside their QuakeC code with just a few lines of code (as opposed to the previously required pages of code with redone weapon functions and custom animation code, even still resulting in a bot that isn't a full client). The source code distribution also includes qwprogs.dat source for an example bot that runs and fires, so people can figure out how it's done easilly. I couldn't make much sense of it, maybe you can. Check out http://www.telefragged.com/thefatal/ for further details. [News Category: Quake Bots] Fist Fight | February 11, 2000 - 1:29 EST | Ze0 I've opened up my Quake modification, Fist Fight here at Bot Epidemic. For those of you who don't know what Fist Fight is, then go check out the page. Basically, its a tournament styled modification, where you fight (with your fists) on a number of levels with bots and lots of other cool stuff. [News Category: Quake Bots] Omicron Routes | February 11, 2000 - 8:19 EST | Ze0 Skorpion of Skorpion's OmiBot Page has a new route for Killjoy's just released, Burning With Ecstasy, you can pickup the route here. [News Category: Quake Bots] Checkered Flag - Gold Cup | January 25, 2000 - 2:15 EST | Cube A little different from the average mod that features bots; Checkered Flag Gold Cup is a driving mod for Quake, in similar vein to Quake Rally, with the added incentive that it features bots for you to drive/fight against (although I haven't found much information on them yet). The first beta has now been released and you can investigate it further here. [News Category: Quake Bots] Bot Championship Tutorial | January 23, 2000 - 3:20 EST | Cube Word comes in from Coffee that the AI Cafe has posted a tutorial guiding you through how to add 'Bot Championship' rules to a bot: This new deathmatch mode offers gameplay a bit similar to Quake 3: Arena; as you defeat each bot, he is replaced with a harder, faster opponent, thus giving you a ladder-like tournament feel. Give it a read here. [News Category: Quake Bots] Quakeability: Bot Arena | January 20, 2000 - 2:22 EST | Cube Coco sends in news on the Quake mod he is working on, Quakability: Bot Arena, which offers a game-style similar to the single player games in Q3:A and Unreal Tournament. Some of the current features: 16 bots with different appearances, skills, fighting and speaking habits. 15 arenas made up of some of the best deathmatch maps by well-known map authors such as Sten Uusvali, Paul "Peej" James, Graeme Timins and others (I got their thumbs-up for this), each arena having its own music. Greatly-enhanced version of the Tutor-Bot. The bots are now terribly aggressive and the mod thus address a public of "hardcore" gamers (difficulty, of course, is introduced gradually in the Bot Arena mode) The mod is scheduled for a release in February and beta-testing of it will be beginning soon. [News Category: Quake Bots] Fist Fight Released | January 17, 2000 - 12:15 EST | Cube Some guy called Ze0 has released the first public version of his Quake mod, Fist Fight, a modification in a similar vein to the Q3:A and UT single-player games. The player fights against individual bot characters, based on the FrikBot, through increasing levels of difficulty until reaching the final boss, all the time using their fists (naturally). You can get a copy of version 1.0 here. [News Category: Quake Bots] GeneBot News | January 8, 2000 - 2:45 EST | Cube TheFatal released a new version (both binary and source) of the GeneBot the other day, with the following comments on the latest version of his project to get a "fully working true client base" for bot authors to build on: I put a stuffcmd-catching system in, so bots catch certain commands sent to them like "color", "skin", "team", etc. I've also added some teamplay AI (follow the leader) and made them not attack teammates when teamplay is enabled (they check for teammates by comparing "team" userinfo strings). This allows them to work decently with CTF and other team-based mods. Those are pretty much the only changes, but it still makes for a considerable improvement. You can get the binary here and the source code here. [News Category: Quake Bots] QW Bot Project News | January 4, 2000 - 3:40 EST | Cube Mongoose has released the latest version of his (as yet unnamed) QuakeWorld Bot Project (which has "even greater abstraction, full source tree in the tar ball, and no - I didn't find the 'bot lag' bug") on to the BotShop. In the same update he also theorizes on the causes of the 'bot lag' bug, as well as giving details on why he has "forked off" from QuakeForge. [News Category: Quake Bots] BotShop Happenings | December 31, 1999 - 3:15 EST | Cube Mongoose has been working hard and has now begun releasing versions of what he classes as "*the base for the QuakeForge QW bot server". There is compiling info on the main page plus some more information on what Mongoose is working towards with the code. [News Category: Quake Bots] BotShop Alive | December 31, 1999 - 4:35 EST | Cube The BotShop has been re-opened by Mongoose following the release of the Quake source. He plans to focus on "porting the Modular Athena Project to QW and Quake" as well as doing graphics drivers related work, and is now a member of QuakeForge. [News Category: Quake Bots] Omicron Routes | December 29, 1999 - 8:34 EST | Ze0 Skorpion has posted a new route over on his page, Skorpion's OmiBot Page. The route is for, Frib's re-release of his map Power Keg (route). [News Category: Quake Bots] The Genebot Project | December 28, 1999 - 7:49 EST | Ze0 TheFatal sent the following in the mail: I've designed a bot for QuakeWorld using the Quake source code release which operates directly off of the server. It can be used with any mod and operates exactly like a real player. I'm hoping to get people to notice this and build onto it to make a nicer even more advanced bot (the source code is available in full) now that I've already done all the grunt work by hacking through the engine to make it accept clients which have no net channels, as I can't work on the AI more myself due to my current job at Crytek. Both the binary and source code downloads for the bot are available at my web site: http://www.telefragged.com/thefatal/. [News Category: Quake Bots] Void Mod Version 1.26 | December 20, 1999 - 7:36 EST | Ze0 Void Mod. Here's the cool new stuff: *Controllable turrets created *dropflag impulse *more turret behaviors *fixed the targeting bug for turrets, they will now target the closest entity *added a new laser skin from Ultimate Deathmatch Mod.. looks pretty nice now :) *CTF flags can be given spawn points that they will randomly choose between *Added Rune CTF *Rob The Nest was already supported by the flexible ctf system, but now I've got a map for it :) *Added various temp1 options, including "start with all weapons" *Fixed a few ctf_flag things and added some features *Fixed the bug where a player capturing a flag would get the frag bonus of his flag (noticed this problem in RTN, where the "Egg" is worth lots of frags and the enemy flag is worth nothing) *Frikbots are not quite as obsessed with AC bombs anymore :) *Added laserbomb and tripwire impulses! Now you can set them on the fly instead of selecting them. *various other additions The coolest thing about Void Mod is that it features the FrikBot. [News Category: Quake Bots] Omicron Routes | December 15, 1999 - 6:51 EST | Ze0 Skorpion has posted 3 new routes over at his site, Skorpion's OmiBot Page. Firstly, João Teixeira's Brown Stuff (route). The second, Corpsegrinder's Archaic Nature (route). And finally, Dilvish's Grabutch (route). Skorpion has a new segment on the site.. Pic Of The Month. [News Category: Quake Bots] UDM Winquake Bug | December 12, 1999 - 6:09 EST | Rod CyberKewl sends word of a bug in the Ultimate Devestation Mod: To all who have played Ultimate Devastation MOD 1.5b, please delete these two files from your udm\progs directory: "b_rock0.bsp" and "b_rock1.bsp" IF you run udm on Winquake. These two files seem to cause Winquake to crash. Also, for anyone having problems with running GLQuake on their "Magic3D Voodoo 2" video card, it seems it might be worthwhile to download and use Creative drivers, as this may help to fix the problem. [News Category: Quake Bots] New Frogbot 2000 | December 9, 1999 - 2:24 EST | Cube FMODS has news of the release of version 0.06 of the Frogbot 2000 mod, by Justice. There are two new main features included, although they are only in early stages of development, those being grappling hook support and what Justice calls 'implementation of bot actions': Eventually, the bot will learn how to run away, camp guard and attack places and enemys. Again, this was just for testing purposes, nothing fancy, but you can tell the difference. There are also several other smaller additions and some bug fixes. FB2000 0.06 can be downloaded here. [News Category: Quake Bots] Ramshackle Bot Reviews | December 5, 1999 - 8:37 EST | Ze0 The Ramshackle Archive has opened up, and included are some Quake bot reviews. Rather interesting if you ask me. [News Category: Quake Bots] UDM 1.5B Released | November 28, 1999 - 6:26 EST | Cube Malcolm Lim has released a small update to the UDM. Version 1.5B contains new models and sounds, some fixes, a replacement weapon for the Nailgun and updates to the bot code so that they will use wind tunnels and the bot models should now 'yaw' like the player's does. Malcolm has also started a new Map of the Week section on the UDM site. [News Category: Quake Bots] Co-Op QW...With Bots | November 25, 1999 - 2:05 EST | Cube TheFatal has released a new version of his Cooperative QuakeWorld mod that, as the title suggests, add Cooperative play to QuakeWorld. As well as having improved monster AI (faster and more efficient) this version also includes some bots: The bots are pretty good and have the best physics model I've written so far for Quake/QuakeWorld. I wrote them in just a few hours, but they turned out much better than I expected they would. There are options on the server to disable them, set a constant bot number, set a max bot number, and various other things (so you can run bots on a dedicated coop QW server if you want and have no problems). The version is known as Release 3 and can be downloaded here. [News Category: Quake Bots] New HW Frogbot | November 24, 1999 - 1:45 EST | Cube A new version of numb's Holy Wars Frogbot, the Frogbot mod that plays the Holy Wars mod, has been released. This version (1.3) now uses the Frogbot 0.13 Test source and has had some enhanced features added in from numb's other big mod; Frogbot CTF. Version 0.13 can be got here. [News Category: Quake Bots] AI Cafe Updates | November 24, 1999 - 9:09 EST | Ze0 Coffee has updated the AI Cafe with a new tutorial that concerns a realistic aiming system. [News Category: Quake Bots] Ultimate Devastation MOD 1.5 | November 22, 1999 - 12:06 EST | Ze0 The latest version of Malcolm Lim's Quake mod, here (7.8 MB) or the upgrade from Version 1.2, here. [News Category: Quake Bots] Omicron Routes | November 21, 1999 - 7:30 EST | Ze0 Skorpion has thrown up 2 new excellent routes on his site, Skorpion's OmiBot Page. They first, Frib's new map, Death By The Dozen (route), and is the 12th map in his Electric Fish series. The second, Pandemonium by MisYu (route). [News Category: Quake Bots] New Frogbot CTF | November 20, 1999 - 2:49 EST | Cube Version 0.35 of the Frogbot CTF mod has been released by numb. Some interesting new features, including 'Auto Loading' bots (these features taken from both 0.34 and 0.35): Auto loading bots - use "scratch1" cvar in NQ - use "scratch1" localinfo key in QW - the scratch1 value is broken into two parts: the number left of the decimal indicates how many bots join at the start of each level and the decimal valuerepresents the timed intervals (in minutes) at which botswill connect/disconnect + 'scratch1 3.5' will spawn 3 bots, and one bot will disconnect in 5 minutes - after 5 more minutes, another bot will join the game - and so on + 'scratch1 5.25' will spawn 5 bots, and one bot will disconnect in 2.5 minutes - after 2.5 more minutes, another bot will join the game - and so on. Chatting bots - in deathmatch only - bots will pause to chat like a real player Fixed QW ping (i had the check field reversed (duh!) New e1m3 waypoints by gibbie Version 0.35 can be downloaded here. [News Category: Quake Bots] New Frogbot 2000 | November 20, 1999 - 2:08 EST | Cube Justice has released version 0.03c of the Frogbot 2000 mod (Source: FMODS). Justice describes this update as not being "very big" the changes list is, although there is quite a lot of new stuff, some of which is listed below: Added user defined Teamnames You can view in a .bot file how this is done. You can make the teamnames use the same letter/number combination as in the botnames, so if you want to know the number for a letter make a name , and copy that to the teamname. Also teamstats/score work now ( when dying or at end of game ) Added a few new maps. dm3,dm4,dm6,ztndm1,ztndm2,ztndm3,ztndm6,ultrav,debello, agressr,androm9,e1m2,e1m7 Enabled Frog's higher Ground feature. The bot will try to go to a higher place , so it has some advantage over you. Modified the rjumping function a bit , so rjumping should be a bit better, but it requires a lot more work. Justice has received some new code from Frog himself, so the next release will not be next Friday as Justice wants to take some time out to check out this new code. Learn more at FMODS. [News Category: Quake Bots] Omicron Routes | November 18, 1999 - 7:01 EST | Ze0 Two new routes have popped up over at, Skorpion's OmiBot Page. They are for firstly, DaMaul's latest release, The Temple Of Tanktarta (route). Secondly, Biff Debris', Filthy Habits (route). [News Category: Quake Bots] Ultimate Devastation MOD 1.5 | November 18, 1999 - 6:51 EST | Ze0 Malcolm Lim (aka CyberKewl) sent word of the upcoming Version 1.5 of Ultimate Devastation MOD. Here's what he had to say. After a few weeks, a new version of UDM which is 1.5 is set for a release on Sunday, 21st of November 1999. This new version will include some new weapons, huge code optimisation, bug fixes to the bots weapon selection and movement animations along with other neat features. Certainly sounds interesting. [News Category: Quake Bots] New Frogbot 2000 Soon | November 17, 1999 - 2:22 EST | Cube FMODS has news from Justice on the next release of his Frogbot mod, Frogbot 2000: The next version will have several bugfixes, user defined teamnames , and I included some new bots from your PTF file ( all the players from deathrow and nine, with their teamnames as an example. According to Justice this next release is likely to be this Friday. [News Category: Quake Bots] Omicron Routes | November 16, 1999 - 7:30 EST | Ze0 Skorpion has posted 2 brand new routes for the Omicron Bot over at his site, Skorpion's OmiBot Page. The first one is for, Malevola's Lady Marmalade (route). The second is for, Borsato's newly released, When Sanity Ends (route). [News Category: Quake Bots] FbCTF 0.33 Released | November 15, 1999 - 2:14 EST | Cube numb has released version 0.33 of the Frogbot CTF mod. This release looks like it is mainly to apply some tweaks as a glance at the changes list will show: Fixed teleporter issues (thanx to gibbie's new e1m3 markers!) Bots no longer remain stuck on or under a lift that is squishing them Escorting bots will remain still if their escort entity is still - provides more tactical manuevering for attacks on enemy base Optimized while loops in EXPERT mode Version 0.33 can be downloaded here. [News Category: Quake Bots] Frogbot CTF 0.32 Out | November 14, 1999 - 1:45 EST | Cube Version 0.32 of the Frogbot CTF mod has been released by numb. This release is another of those that hops over some private releases and as such the following new features list contains the a selection of the new stuff from 0.30 up to 0.32: Added Matt "asdf" McChesney's player pitch correction when playing as a Frogbot Added CTF item evaluation for runes and backpacks Weapon swith code is now uniformly QW style - won't switch to weapon when using hook - won't switch to lightning gun underwater Even more goal tweaks! - all items evaluated according to bot's current plan - map size is a factor when evaluating goals The new release can be downloaded here. [News Category: Quake Bots] Frogbot 2000 Surfaces | November 12, 1999 - 1:35 EST | Cube There is news on FMODS of the release of Justice's Frogbot 2000 mod. He describes the goal of the mod is to "improve the bot's AI and capabilities" with new features such as button support that haven't appeared in official Frogbot versions. The new features of the mod: Rocketjumping bots. Lavajumping bots Better swimming bots DM6 platform enabled Better strafing capabilities Bots wait for you to come around corners The mod can be downloaded here. [News Category: Quake Bots] New FB Special Edition | November 10, 1999 - 12:13 EST | Cube FMODS has news of the release of a new version of Erazor's Frogbot 0.13 Test Special Edition, a mod of the Frogbot using the latest 0.13 Test source code. The following new features are present in this version: Bots talk feature Each bot can have their own ping Each bot also has a realistic packet loss, that is dependant of their ping. You can download the mod here. [News Category: Quake Bots] New Frogbot CTF | November 9, 1999 - 2:29 EST | Cube numb has released version 0.30 of the Frogbot CTF mod. The new features/changes list is rather long as the mod has gone from 0.26 to 0.30 in one jump so I've only picked out certain ones below: More goal tweaks! - items are now tested against a "plan" state - goal desires are weighted against map size Extended library of dynamic conversion utilities - using Methabol's "PureCTF" code - added teleport workarounds for e1m3 and dm4 New e1m3 waypoints Changed how roaming bots traverse the level: - they now make use of the "wait" state rather than actually camping an item Together with that there are some more map waypoints, changes to entity conversion and some fixes. Version 0.30 of the mod can be downloaded here. [News Category: Quake Bots] Omicron Route | November 7, 1999 - 6:55 EST | Ze0 Skorpion has posted a new route for the Omicron over at his excellent site, Skorpion's OmiBot Page, the route is for Kickin's Count Zero Interrupt. [News Category: Quake Bots] Locational Damage | November 5, 1999 - 5:29 EST | Ze0 The always reliable, Coffee, from the AI Cafe has posted a tutorial authored by, Koolio of the KoolioBot (hosted right here on Bot Epidemic!) that explains the process of adding locational damage to Coffee's excellent TutorBot. [News Category: Quake Bots] FbCTF 0.26 Available | November 4, 1999 - 12:56 EST | Cube numb has released version 0.26 of the Frogbot CTF mod. It's another of those two releases in one deals, as version 0.25 was never released. So the changes from 0.24 to 0.26: Fixed the 'NO FREE EDICTS' failure. Roaming killers now stop and camp occasionally. Defenders now act more 'natural' while defending base. Added new marker files for Ultra Violence and Debello New markers by gibbie. Began working on better lift support Based on Matt 'asdf' McChesney's tweaks. You can download 0.26 here. [News Category: Quake Bots] New Frogbot CTF | October 31, 1999 - 5:13 EST | Cube Word comes in from numb that he has released version 0.24 of the Frogbot CTF mod. The new features for this version: Added Matt 'asdf' McChesney's fixes for the secret dm6 door Auto team in observer mode now works again Fixed the bot ping code for QuakeWorld First ping and packetloss based skill settings (QuakeWorld only) - must be recompiled with the SKILL definition in settings.h - only semi-implemented and not fully tested Included Escher's 'Debello' and 'Ultra Violence' (markers by gibbie) - needs to be recompiled to make use of them because of progs.dat size limitations He also sent his own commentary on the release as it is now: I'm happy with the way this mod is turning out. I've only been able to work on it a few hours a week, sometimes just twenty minutes or so before i go into work, or on the weekends... and with the help i've recieved from robert field, gibbie, and asdf, i think frogbot ctf is becoming a really great mod. thanks to all who have taken time to contribute feedback, or just downloaded and played. i also would like to aplogize for the features i wasn't able to include, and for the code which was broken across versions changes. i think i've tidied it up pretty nicely. thanks everyone! You can download version 0.24 here. [News Category: Quake Bots] FvF Bot | October 31, 1999 - 8:34 EST | Ze0 Jonatan Perdal sends word of a Future VS Fantasy bot for Quake, the bot, FvF Bot is based upon Frika C's legendary FrikBot. The bot is currently at Version 0.8 and is progressing rather nicely. [News Category: Quake Bots] Omicron Routes | October 31, 1999 - 8:20 EST | Ze0 Skorpion has posted over on his site, Skorpion's OmiBot Page an Omicron route for Scampie's Crush2: Quake1 Version (route). [News Category: Quake Bots] Frogbot CTF 0.22 Released | October 30, 1999 - 12:54 EST | Cube numb sends word that he has released version 0.23 of the Frogbot CTF mod, however I only have the changelog for version 0.22 so you'll have to make do with that for the moment: Automated code writing for flags and teamstarts - modified from Methabol's Pure CTF mod - 'spot' and 'write' commands choose positions and write them to qconsole.log Rewrote base spawning code - big improvements over recent versions Modified artifiact goal evaluation Bot's teams are now saved across levels You can download version 0.23 here. [News Category: Quake Bots] FbCTF 0.21 Released | October 26, 1999 - 1:21 EST | Cube Version 0.21 of the Frogbot CTF mod has been released by numb. The version number has jumped to 0.21 due to a private 0.20 release. Changes from 0.19 to 0.21: Manual flag positions saved off to "registered" cvar - flag positions will perist if the same map is loaded Added a "remove" feature to remove flags - type 'remove' at the console Still more goal optimizations Added flag locations in the code as an alternative to bsp editing - In the future team spawn starts will be added as well (ala Pure CTF) Added ctf5 and ctf2 back in (fixed markers by gibbie) Changed goal values You can download 0.21 here. [News Category: Quake Bots] UDM 1.2 Bug Fix | October 25, 1999 - 3:33 EST | Ze0 Malcolm Lim otherwise known as CyberKewl posted a small bug fix for the just released Version 1.2 of here. [News Category: Quake Bots] Omicron Routes | October 25, 1999 - 3:22 EST | Ze0 Skorpion has posted two Omicron routes on his site, Skorpion's OmiBot Page, for your enjoyment. The first, Fat Controller's just released excellent level, My Brain Died Yesterday (route). The other Scampie's I'm In Hell (route). [News Category: Quake Bots] UDM v1.2 Released | October 24, 1999 - 10:42 EST | Rod Version 1.2 of the here. [News Category: Quake Bots] New Routes @ Q2RFD | October 23, 1999 - 12:58 EST | Cube On the Q2RFD Fred has posted Eraser Route-Files, Gladiator AAS files and 3ZB .chn files for six maps from the ChemicalX series, which completes the set for this series of maps. [News Category: Quake Bots] Frogbot CTF 0.19 Released | October 21, 1999 - 5:59 EST | Cube numb sends word that he has released a new version of the Frogbot CTF mod, the first release in a while following two private releases. So the feature list below is all the changes from 0.16 (the last public release) to 0.19: Added e1m2 back in (markers fixed by gibbie) Added marker code to info_player_team starts - thanks to Frog, modified client spawn code to reduce fatal errors on maps with incomplete zones Added a NOCLIP mode with z movement for MANUAL marker placement - type 'no_clip' in MANUAL mode to use it Removed maps ctf2, and ctf5 until waypoints can be fixed Cleaned up auto-teams code for bots Still more ctf8 waypoints, courtesy of gibbie Changed base goal evaluation Modified and added Tony Distler's HelpTeammate code Every five seconds bots will search for a teammate to help - 1. escort humans who've requested an escort - 2. escort a flag carrier if they're nearby - 3. help a teammate who's engaged in combat You can get 0.19 here. [News Category: Quake Bots] Upcoming UDM Release | October 16, 1999 - 3:48 EST | Rod CyberKewl has updated his UDM site with news that a new version of UDM is to be released soon, fixing the GLQuake crashing bug. Also, he has posted a new mailing list and discussion forum on his site. [News Category: Quake Bots] New Koolio Bot | October 15, 1999 - 1:14 EST | Cube Koolio, author of the Quake bot of the same name, sends word that he has released version 1.0.1 of the Koolio Bot. Some of those new features: Better locational Damage. Not-So_Holy-Wars DM mode New Laser targeter Turrets Fog and rain And that's not all, so get on over to the site. [News Category: Quake Bots] New Frogbot CTF | October 12, 1999 - 1:32 EST | Cube Version 0.15 of the Frogbot CTF mod has been released by numb. This version seems mainly to be the result of a bug hunt: Dug around inside the "team" fields: - fixed the crash on MOST maps associated with adding bots - fixed the NULL function associated with BestEnemy Discovered that CTF maps have the following problems: - the custom ctf maps have clipping issues - cft5 is missing the "info_intermission" destination Removed bot spawning from the observer menu =( Improved overall program flow where ctf rules are concerned You can download version 0.15 here. [News Category: Quake Bots] FbCTF 0.14 Released | October 10, 1999 - 1:03 EST | Cube FMODS has news that version 0.14 of numb's Frogbot CTF mod has been released. The new features and changes for this version: This version is much more stable than prior versions Removed ztndm5 map until better lift support is available Removed debug mode for planning and goal evaluation Re-enabled planning modes in QW after optimizations Added Matt 'asdf' McChesney's "hacks" ;) thanks Matt! Divide-by-zero error: "Got a NaN velocity on Frogbot" "if" statements added to eliminate "NULL function" fatalities Finished bot and player QW skins for Threewave CTF CTF skins procured from: http://www.telefragged.com/skins Changed some of the desire values for goals Made all ctf items share one search string You can download version 0.14 here. [News Category: Quake Bots] New UDM Released | October 9, 1999 - 8:16 EST | Cube Version 1.1 of the Ultimate Devastation MOD has been released by Malcolm Lim. A lot of new features (adding to the already massive feature list), at least ten by my counting. Malcolm is also looking for some beta testers who use GLQuake, to check whether the mod works in that mode (as he doesn't have it himself). [News Category: Quake Bots] Omicron Routes | October 8, 1999 - 10:18 EST | Ze0 Over at Skorpion's OmiBot Page he has posted two new routes. Danimal's Castlemania (route) and his second map in the Castlemania series, Castlemania 2 (route). [News Category: Quake Bots] Randar Talks Omicron | October 8, 1999 - 10:12 EST | Ze0 Randar has posted some news about the Omicron Bot over at his page, Randar's Bot Page. He talks a little about Mr Elusive landing a job, working on the bots for Quake 3: Arena and goes on to talk about routing and Skorpion's OmiBot Page. [News Category: Quake Bots] FrikBot Review | October 8, 1999 - 9:52 EST | Ze0 I've just posted my review of Frika C's FrikBot for Quake. The review can be found here or at the Reviews page as usual. [News Category: Quake Bots] New Frogbot Clan Arena | October 7, 1999 - 12:39 EST | Cube numb sends word that a new version (0.85) of here, from FMODS. [News Category: Quake Bots] Omicron Bot Column | October 7, 1999 - 12:35 EST | Cube Skorpion, of Skorpion's OmiBot Page has now got a column on Peej & Frib's the mapping news site. Naturally the focus of Skorpion's column is on the Omicron bot, and most recently he has posted an article on routing (and a bit of a follow-up). Check it out here. [News Category: Quake Bots] Frogbot CTF 0.13 Available | October 6, 1999 - 1:21 EST | Cube numb has released version 0.13 of the Frogbot CTF mod, the mod having skipped from 0.11 to 0.13 as 0.12 was a private release. The changes and new features in 0.13: Changed/fixed some team issues. Bots now have QW team names. Began adding custom QW skin support. Now all the new features and changes from 0.12: Changed manual flag placement: - you can only spawn flags of the team you're presently on - you can only switch teams if you have admin priveleges - thus, eliminating team and flag spawning exploits... Fixed the ThinkTime bug which caused a crash when loading bots Team-Score doesn't include observer frags (-99) while summing scores Detailed-Score doesn't include observer frags (-99) while summing scores TeamCheckTeam doesn't include observers while summing team players Replaced SUB_UseTargets with the original id code Altered artifact goal evaluation Added ztndm5 support You can download version 0.13 of the mod here. [News Category: Quake Bots] UDM Demos | October 5, 1999 - 1:12 EST | Cube Malcolm Lim, author of the Ultimate Devastation Mod, sends word that he has posted four new demos of the next version of the mod (1.1), that is due out ("hopefully") at the end of this week. The demos show the new features of this version as well as "what the reaper bots can actually do if they are tweaked further". Get all the demos from the UDM site. [News Category: Quake Bots] Bot Championship | October 4, 1999 - 9:30 EST | Ze0 Coffee has posted over at the AI Cafe, news of his new bot mod, Bot Championship. The actual details can be found on his excellent message board. He also posted a tutorial from Skinski introducing a new "Radioactive" game mode. So, scoot on over there and have some fun! [News Category: Quake Bots] More Frogbot CTF | October 3, 1999 - 5:45 EST | Cube Following on from the release of version 0.10 yesterday numb has released version 0.11 of the Frogbot CTF mod, purely to fix some bugs that were in 0.11. Get it here. [News Category: Quake Bots] Frogbot CTF 0.10 Released | October 2, 1999 - 8:50 EST | Cube numb sends word that he has released the newest version of the Frogbot CTF mod, version 0.10. The new/changed stuff: Added team spawn code. Added vote exit code. Added Matt "asdf" McChesney's 'oldsolid' hack for recurring crash in "no assignment for world entity". Changed sbar code. The mod can be downloaded here. [News Category: Quake Bots] TEAMShambler Bot Article | October 2, 1999 - 11:03 EST | Ze0 TEAMShambler has an article up about Botmatches and Single Player, it is a good read and can be found here. [News Category: Quake Bots] More Omicron Routes | October 2, 1999 - 10:29 EST | Ze0 Skorpion of Skorpion's OmiBot Page sends word that he has posted 3 Omicron Bot routes on his site for your enjoyment. They include Vondurs's Hook In Mouth (route), Stagger's Lockdown (route) and JexJackL's Man Overboard (route). [News Category: Quake Bots] CronosBot 1.06 | October 2, 1999 - 10:14 EST | Ze0 Cronos sent word that he has released Version 1.06 of his CronosBot for Quake. Here is an excerpt of what Cronos has to say. This release sees a lot of changes to the movement code of the bots once again, although this mainly affects fixed waypoint levels. Navigation is now divided into fixed waypoint levels with pre-pathed joins, fixed waypoint levels dynamically joined (currently none) and dynamic waypoint levels. What this all means is that the bots can play any level but on a pre-programmed level they move around more optimally. In fact their play is really very good for some nice one on one action. Even for better players the harder skills should provide a reasonable opponent certainly on a par with any of the better known bots. I have also spent some time improving bot movement on dynamic waypoint levels. Teleports and lifts have now been built into fixed waypoint levels properly although in a dynamic level they are treated slightly differently. He also notes that the second contest is starting and is based on the level JNDM6, more details can be found on the CronosBot webpage. [News Category: Quake Bots] Omicron Routes | October 1, 1999 - 3:03 EST | Ze0 Skorpion of Skorpion's OmiBot Page has posted two Omicron Bot routes for, firstly, Danimal's Castlemania III (cmania3.bsp) and secondly, Tigger-oN's Acid (tigacid.bsp). The routes can be found here and here. [News Category: Quake Bots] DooM Forerver Bots | October 1, 1999 - 12:41 EST | Cube Randar pointed me towards the DooM Forever TC which is, confusingly, a conversion for Quake that tries to re-create DooM. Apparently the TC contains bots, but as the site seems to have disappeared (or there is some other problem) I can't confirm this. Hopefully we'll get an update on this soon... [News Category: Quake Bots] FrikBot Mods Galore | September 30, 1999 - 9:44 EST | Ze0 The legendary Frika C has added 4 new FrikBot mods and updated all the old ones. The list includes, Deathmatch Essentials, PerQuake, Holy Wars and Rocket Arena. The updated ones include, Painkeep, Mission Packs 1 & 2 and Zerstorer. So rush on over to the FrikBot page and download them all! [News Category: Quake Bots] Coffee's AI | September 29, 1999 - 10:29 EST | Ze0 The wonderful Coffee of the AI Cafe has slapped together a tutorial on fuzzy state machines he notes that this is kind of a follow-up to his fuzzy logic tutorial. [News Category: Quake Bots] Paddy Whack! | September 29, 1999 - 10:04 EST | Ze0 Patrick Stimson of the Paddy Bot for Quake sends word that he is in need of a 'player.mdl' skinner as his previous skinner left him. So, i'm sure that Patrick would much appreciate any help that can be given to make a good bot even better. [News Category: Quake Bots] ELFBOt 4.0 Released | September 28, 1999 - 10:24 EST | Ze0 I spotted over at maXtron that Version 4.0 of the ELFBot has been released. It can be found here [News Category: Quake Bots] Koolio Bot | September 28, 1999 - 9:57 EST | Ze0 A new version of the here. [News Category: Quake Bots] Paddy Bot | September 28, 1999 - 9:44 EST | Ze0 A new Quake bot has hit the scene entitled the Paddy Bot, it is based upon Coffee's Tutor Bot and has had only one release as of now. Beta 1 can be found here [News Category: Quake Bots] Frogbot CTF 0.08 Out | September 28, 1999 - 2:43 EST | Cube Version 0.08 of the Frogbot CTF mod has been released by numb. Apart from using the most recent Frogbot source (the 0.13 Test version) the following stuff is also in this version: Status bar fully rewritten using WriteByte(). TeamPlayerUpdate rewritten but not implemented. Optimizations made to base goal spawning. And also the features from the unreleased version 0.07: All the bells and whistles of 0.13 test are included. Enabled dropring, dropquad, and multiwep. Added dm3 map support. Added flag carrier goal evaluation for items. A multiwep pack can be downloaded here and 0.08 from the link in the Recent Files table. [News Category: Quake Bots] Koolio Bot | September 25, 1999 - 12:17 EST | Ze0 For those of you that haven't heard that the Koolio Bot moved to Bot Epidemic. Well it has, and it is certainly a very "kool" bot for Quake ;) So check it out when you get a minute or two. [News Category: Quake Bots] FbCTF 0.06 Released | September 23, 1999 - 12:41 EST | Cube Version Beta 0.06 of the Frogbot CTF mod has been released by numb with the following new features: Bot stategizing tweaked. Auto Teams fixed. Added limited menu in Threewave observer mode. Dropflag fixed-- the flag doesn't "disappear" anymore. Added the Threewave status bar. Some of the features now on the todo list include water and platform support plus support for grappling. [News Category: Quake Bots] New FrikBot Released | September 20, 1999 - 1:33 EST | Cube Version 0.08 of Frika C's Quake Bot, the FrikBot, has been released. Here is a little rundown on the bot for those who don't know: FrikBot is a unique bot designed to plug-in to other mods. By changing a few lines in the code, the bot can play the mod in a matter of minutes. Useful to Quake C coders, the bot has a number of dedicated supporters that have placed the bot in a wide range of mods, including Future Versus Fantasy and other Q1 greats. According to Frika C this version is a "major improvement" over 0.07 [News Category: Quake Bots] Koolio Bot Arrives | September 19, 1999 - 1:55 EST | Cube The Tutor Bot. Lots of new game modes are included, such as Last Man Standing, Bomb Squad and Money-Quake plus a load more. The bot is located at http://www.botepidemic.com/koolio/. [News Category: Quake Bots] More Frogbot CTF | September 18, 1999 - 12:59 EST | Cube Barely time to take a gasp as another version of the Frogbot CTF mod has been released. The mod is now up to version 0.05 and here is the latest list of changes, fixes and new features: Added map ctf2 - thanx again to Gibbie. Added auto teams for CTF (hasn't been tested in QW yet). Added simple chat routine (greetings). Fixed the flag and flag carrier's "glowing": it was switched. Consolidated some of the new qc modules into "ctfgame.qc". Finally added the TeamCaptureDropFlagOfPlayer routine to PlayerDie! Full Threewave implementation is close: only needs toss weapon. Of course, the source is included... [News Category: Quake Bots] New Frogbot CTF | September 17, 1999 - 1:19 EST | Cube Update: Seems there was a problem with the 0.04 Beta so it has been re-uploaded (same link). Word comes in from numb that version 0.04 (now Beta) of the Frogbot CTF mod has been released. The new stuff: Added detailed scoring from the Threewave and Ctfbot+ mods. Added XXX EXPERT CTF scoring to ClientObituary (scoring needs work!). Added ctf skins - enabled with game options "custom" and "ctf" (NQ only). Re-enabled "simple planning" for bots (use the "simple" command). Moved from alpha to beta by fixing the following two bugs: - Fixed a stupid mistake in the base goal evaulation. - Fixed a bug that prevented flags from reappearing at their base after being captured. Some of the stuff currently on the todo list for the mod: Gibbie needs water support and platform support to make more waypoints for other ctf maps. Flag and enemy base goal optimization Bot planning optimization. Grappling. Auto teams? There is still no site for the mod so all I can offer you is the file link. [News Category: Quake Bots] Frogbot CTF Unveiled | September 15, 1999 - 12:56 EST | Cube numb sends word on the first public release of a new FBMOD, Frogbot CTF (or FbCTF). As the name suggests this mod has the Frogbot playing CTF. The latest changes in Alpha 3: First public release. Added escort ordering Added identify player. Fixed some of the goal workarounds. Added stronger goal strategizing for defending. Added ctf8 and ctf5 support, thanks to Gibbie! Added QW logdeath. Added QW ping. There isn't a site for the project yet and this version is really for testing only. [News Category: Quake Bots] CronosBot 1.05 Available | September 7, 1999 - 1:40 EST | Cube A bug-fix version (1.05) of the CronosBot has been released by Cronos. There are "slight bug-fixes for dynamic waypoints" and fixed waypoints for DM6 have been added. [News Category: Quake Bots] Broken Hope Omicron Route | September 7, 1999 - 1:23 EST | Cube Skorpion sends word that he has posted a new Omicron Bot route onto his site, for Moloch's Broken Hope deathmatch level. [News Category: Quake Bots] HW Frogbot Re-Released | September 5, 1999 - 3:30 EST | Cube Version 1.2 of the Holywars + Frogbot has been re-released by numb with the following new stuff: Bot chat: can be turned off with the "nochat" command The halo is now invisible when it's owner is holding Ring of Shadows (for both QW and NQ - this was broken in previous versions. Halo spawning is more like the quake 2 version. EFDM10 support. Modified serverinfo bots to include current number of active bots because bots do not appear in server browsers. Source code has been optimized in some areas, and of course, is included. There are several ports available and the link to the directory where they are all held is here. [News Category: Quake Bots] Squirt Bot | September 5, 1999 - 1:59 EST | Cube maXtron has word on a new bot, the Squirt Bot, created by Squirt. Currently the only way to get at the bot is via this download link. Apparently Squirt wants people to download the bot and then try and decide on whether it is based on the Tutor Bot. [News Category: Quake Bots] New Omicron Routes | September 3, 1999 - 1:13 EST | Cube Skorpion sends word that he has posted two new Omicron Bot routes onto his site. The routes are for 'Ethel Matrix' (pbrdm1.bsp) and 'Quad Rock Base' (quadrock.bsp). [News Category: Quake Bots] Vaguely Interesting.. | September 2, 1999 - 9:03 EST | Ze0 Paul from the very cool Multiplayer Quake has released a Quake map titled phdm1 - Vaguely Interesting and as usual Skorpion was quick to release an Omicron bot route on his site Skorpion's OmiBot Page. The route is included in the map archive so you'll have a copy once you have downloaded the map. [News Category: Quake Bots] Frogbot News | September 2, 1999 - 12:35 EST | Cube FMODS has some news on a post by Frog to the BotBoard that indicates that he, Frog, will at some point begin work on the Frogbot again. [News Category: Quake Bots] Use Me, Abuse Me | August 31, 1999 - 4:09 EST | Ze0 Skorpion slapped up an Omicron Bot route on his site Skorpion's Omi Bot Page for Peekaboom's first and just released Quake map titled Use Me, Abuse Me. The route can be found here and Skorpion again notes that this map shouldn't be missed. [News Category: Quake Bots] E1M2ish Omicron Route | August 29, 1999 - 12:17 EST | Ze0 Skorpion has released a new Omicron route on his site Skorpion's OmiBot Page for Aardappel's recently released E1M2ish. The route can be found here and Skorpion describes the map with the bots to be extremely fun and highly recommended. [News Category: Quake Bots] UDM 1.0 Released | August 28, 1999 - 11:55 EST | Ze0 Bot Epidemic's very own Ultimate Devastation MOD has made its first release. Version 1.0 of the mod boasts a number of excellent features including 7 new weapons, rocket jumping bots, visible weapons, gibbable corpses and a whole lot more! Also released is an Ultimate Devastation Map Pack which contains 24 of the author's favourite maps. The source code for the mod is also available on the page. Have fun! [News Category: Quake Bots] The Best Quake Bot | August 28, 1999 - 8:59 EST | Ze0 A new site has launched called The Best Quake Bot Ever Made which is a poll which you can vote for your favourite Quake Bot. So hurry over there and be sure to vote for FrikBot ;) [News Category: Quake Bots] Donner Und Blitzen: FFA | August 28, 1999 - 8:50 EST | Ze0 Skorpion of Skorpion's OmiBot Page has created a route for Jvox's Donner Und Blitzen: FFA. The route can be found can be found here. [News Category: Quake Bots] CronosBot News | August 25, 1999 - 12:51 EST | Cube Cronos has posted some news onto the site of his CronosBot (Source: maXtron), including a paragraph that indicates he may release the source to the bot pretty soon (if there's enough interest). If not he'll wait until he has added HolyWars support and some "other changes", which would mean the source wouldn't be released for a couple of months. [News Category: Quake Bots] New Omicron Bot Routes | August 25, 1999 - 12:48 EST | Cube Skorpion, of Skorpion's Omi Bot Page, sends in word that on his site he has posted Omicron Bot routes to two new Quake maps, One Man Army and Rediscovered Fantasies. Interestingly while both maps are for Quake they utilise Q3Test textures. The route for OMA is included in the map archive and the route for RF can be found here. [News Category: Quake Bots] Eliminator Bot | August 23, 1999 - 1:54 EST | Ze0 Two reviews in one week! I've posted my Eliminator Bot review which can be found here or on the Reviews page as usual. Enjoy.. [News Category: Quake Bots] CronosBot Happenings | August 22, 1999 - 1:31 EST | Cube The CronosBot has now moved to a new home at http://www.planetquake.com/cronos/ and Cronos has updated with word that he has begun delving into HexenC and is now going to port the bot over, while moving the Quake port onto the backburner: ...looks like it's going to be quite complex to port the CronosBots over, so I'll be doing that whilst occasionally tweaking the Quake bots. As far as I know this will be the first bot released for Hexen (if/when it is released). [News Category: Quake Bots] Unknown Bot | August 22, 1999 - 1:40 EST | Cube Ze0 informs me of a new Quake bot he as found, called the Unknown Bot (yes, I am aware of the irony). There is little in the way of information on the bot's site but from reading the readme it appears the bot currently supports DM1 and DM3 and there are bot personalities. [News Category: Quake Bots] Quake Bot News | August 22, 1999 - 1:26 EST | Cube Some Quake bot news rounded-up from maXtron today: Firstly there's a new bot on the Quake scene called the KoolioBot, which is based on Coffee's Tutor Bot. Features include several variations on deathmatch, limited (currently) Rocket Arena support and Co-Op play. Secondly RadRatXL has posted an upgrade of his Nirvana vs. The World mod onto his site. The upgrade adds support for teamplay (Red vs. Blue) support to the mod. [News Category: Quake Bots] Cronos Bot Correction | August 20, 1999 - 12:14 EST | Cube Posted the wrong link to the CronosBot site yesterday (although the file link was fine). Here is the link again to the bot's site, apologies for that. [News Category: Quake Bots] Newer CronosBots | August 19, 1999 - 12:44 EST | Cube maXtron has word of a new release of Cronos' CronosBots. Basically this is just a release with several small changes and tweaks to the bot's code. [News Category: Quake Bots] Routed! | August 19, 1999 - 7:42 EST | Ze0 Skorpion has posted a route for Fat Controller's recently released The Ministry Of Love. As for the route, it can be found at http://www.planetquake.com/dl/dl.asp?skorpion/routes/rcdm7_ent.zip. Have fun! [News Category: Quake Bots] New CronosBots Available | August 15, 1999 - 10:21 EST | Cube Cronos sends word that he has released version 1.03 of his CronosBots: I have virtually rewritten most of the movement code and AI routines for this version, as well as making quite a few small changes. I have also added Rocket Arena rules to the bots, with a simple command the rules are switched to rocket arena. This is best played in conjunction with the rocket arena pak file and it knows the level order of the latest version of RA. There are also several other changes and fixes in this version. [News Category: Quake Bots] OmiBot Routes | August 14, 1999 - 9:16 EST | Ze0 Skorpion of Skorpion's OmiBot Page has whipped up a route for Borsato's new map SanTzue: the art of war. The route can be found here or at Skorpion's OmiBot Page. [News Category: Quake Bots] New Sigmund Bot | August 13, 1999 - 1:03 EST | Cube TheFatal has released a new version of his Quake bot, Sigmund (which plays co-op and DM). Here's what TheFatal had to say on it: The physics code is quite good now and it uses a nice random-roaming routine as it learns the level from the player's actions. The source code has been released with this version, which should prove to be a good base for starting a new bot (due to the physics code being all packed into the simple BotMove function). As TheFatal says the source to the bot is also available (in a separate download). [News Category: Quake Bots] Nirvana Vs. World | August 12, 1999 - 12:34 EST | Cube RadRatXL sends word that on his site he has made available an "open-finish" copy of his newest Quake mod, Nirvana vs. The World. If no more bugs are found (or improvements suggested) then this will turn out to be the final release. [News Category: Quake Bots] Most Recent News | Bot Epidemic Archives

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