To many bots

[Soxmls35]

I think there are a few to many bots on the server. I belive there are about 8 on each team now and they leave as a player comes in. The problem with this is players dont realize they are bots and the teams end up being way uneven. By uneven I mean one team full of humans the other with half bots. When I play online I ususaly don't want to play with bots(if I did I would just use instant action. I understand the purpose of the bots to get things started to get people to join the game or so someone doesnt have to sit there by themself tring to get people to join they can actualy play a bit verse the bots. Anyway I think about 6 bots, 3 on each team, serves this purpose well. Most all the maps are playable 3v3 with the exception of maybe dria(hate this map anyway hehe).

[[NAKED] Mithis]

i agree. is there away to make it so bots don't join till after the match has started with players

[ferret]

Bots only join if there are at least 1 players on, actually. So if everyone leaves, the bot leaves. I was going to play with this and test a few things from work this morning, because I can get to the web control panel, but it's acting up and won't let me make changes. I'm going to have to wait until I get home to fix it.

For reference, I was going to lower the bot count to 10 as a temporary measure while I ponder things.

[Zantas]

the bots are dumb as a rock but they shoot better than people. i've heard many requests to remove the bots but we couldn't even if we really really really wanted to. bots are fun to just run over and play around, but when you are playing serious they become very troublesome and annoying.

[NewBreed]

I usually don't notice the bots till I get lightning gun hs from outta no where and realize a bot has hit me from half a map away. Other than that its just fun to run over them with vehicles or shield gun kill them :lol:

[ferret]

Lowered from 14 to 10, may lower again later.

[Brain Damage]

The bots are the one thing I really hate in Unreal Tournament. I always seem to end up on the team with six bots which ends up getting owned by the team with six human players.

I don't suppose we could try turning them off completely? I am sure a lot other people hate the bots too. Name the server GameHavoc - NO BOTS or something :)

At the very least, is it possible to make the bots easy to identify with something like the name prefixes that are used in CS-CZ?

[ferret]

I could perhaps add a bot tag. Actually, when we went from 14 to 10 bots, the server LOST activity.. Ie, it was empty more often. I put it to 12, and it began to pick up the pace again.

[[NAKED] Mithis]

edit: delete this.