Review By: Def
Version Number: 1.4x
Rating: 90%
Ah yes, the PODBot (Ping of Death) by Count Floyd.
Based on botman's HPB Bot, this bot came with quite a surprise because as far as I know, Count Floyd never announced that he was going to make a Counter-Strike bot. So suddenly it was there. And it was good. Very good actually, it had many cool features for a first release.
That is the bot's history. And now, we arrive at the latest version 1.4x. The installation is very simple. Just unzip into the proper directory and you're done. You're ready to play with one of the
best Counter-Strike bots around!
This bot uses waypoints to move around, so it can't really get stuck in the walls. Well, it CAN get stuck in walls, but if it happens it is probably due to bad waypoints. When you download the bot, it comes with waypoint files for most of the standard Counter-Strike maps. The only maps which are
un-waypointed are as_oilrig, as_highrise and cs_backalley. The bot includes
a built-in waypoint utility to create your own waypoints. But if you're lazy, or you just don't want to spend time learning how to waypoint, you can just download a waypoint from the PODBot website. It has more than 222 waypoints for you to
download. Some are redone standard waypoints, and some are for un-official maps.
The bot uses all the weapons, including the new Counter-Strike 1.0 weapons, and it uses
them well. There are some things which I don't like about the combat system though, they don't use burst-fire and they also don't use the alternate fire either. But these are just minor problems, the bot is very fun to play.
The bot's movement looks very human-like, and so does his behaviour. The bots camp / snipe at camp spots set by the waypointer, and that keeps you paying attention while you play. You can set the bot's tough-ness from 1 being very weak, to 100 being god-like. You can even alter the bot's behaviour by editing a single config file.
This bot is in my opinion one of the best Counter-Strike bots available. Looking for a worthy
opponent? Get PODBot. Looking for a humanlike bot? Get PODBot! You won't regret downloading the small 300kb zip!
