TF2 Postwar Report

[Yrcrazypa]

I don't care if you aren't supposed to use the equalizer as a primary weapon. It's a hell of a lot of fun, and I've killed 5 people in the same area with it. Granted, I don't bring myself down to below 100 anymore, but I used to and still had a lot of fun, which to me is the most important part of playing a game, winning is just a nice thing, not the only thing.

[BB]

Ah, the bots are spoken of in the latest blog: http://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=3279

With the success of the AI systems of Left 4 Dead, we've been continuing to develop these technologies to create new kinds of game experiences. Team Fortress 2 is an excellent "sandbox" for explorations of this sort, and we've been quietly doing so for much of this last year. Some of the results of these explorations are TF "bots" — AI-driven player proxies with simulated humanlike senses, reaction times, and tactics. Although the TFBots are not yet complete, they play a pretty decent game of King of the Hill.

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TFBots are "players", and take up player slots. They run the exact same code that human players do, moving and firing weapons by pressing "virtual buttons". The bots have simulated humanlike senses, and only know what they see, hear, and touch. They also have realistic reaction times and aiming limitations. They don't "cheat" or use omniscient knowledge of the server state to make their decisions.

As I said earlier, I think they're pretty solidly made.I'm learning a lot about classes I'd never have picked before because it doesn't matter how much I suck here, and although the bots don't play like humans do (especially regarding spies) they're good enough to get a semblance of how to use certain things.

[Jagos]

Originally Posted by Yrcrazypa

I don't care if you aren't supposed to use the equalizer as a primary weapon. It's a hell of a lot of fun, and I've killed 5 people in the same area with it. Granted, I don't bring myself down to below 100 anymore, but I used to and still had a lot of fun, which to me is the most important part of playing a game, winning is just a nice thing, not the only thing.

There's a major difference between shooting yourself to "just red" vs "5hp left" Yes, you're fast but a scout with decent aim with the pistol will get you. This means less time with the Equalizer and more time respawning. I have no idea how that's beneficial in anyway.

Oh, and I play on Orange maps. We don't play to win, we play to kill that damn sentry that's been there for the last 20 minutes.