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A bot (short for robot) is similar to an NPC in a multiplayer game, usually designed to behave like a human-controlled player. An example is the Counter-Strike: Source bot.

Risk of Confusion:Bots are considered players, not NPCs.

Long Version

Given the team-based competitive nature behind many first-person shooters, a player who plays offline games, presumably with limited or no internet access, will be missing out on a huge portion of the game. To remedy this, these games usually come with bots, which are NPCs that behave like a human player.

Another distinct definition of "bot" is that of a computer program which is commonly designed to perform monotonous or hard-to-achieve tasks such as "farming" and raising levels in RPG-type games. As a result, most RPG games have banned them from use because it is considered cheating. In FPS games this type of bot is also known to be a form of cheating. It helps players achieve better scores by improving their aim and reflexes which, in the extreme case, are completely controlled by the bot software.

Bot Classes and Properties

Bot Class	Game	Target Class for I/O, VScript	Affected by...?
cs_bot	Counter-Strike: Source	player	Yes	No
	Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	cs_bot1	Yes	Yes
	Counter-Strike 2	cs_bot[confirm]	Yes[confirm]	Yes[confirm]
survivor_bot	Left 4 Dead Left 4 Dead 2	player	No	Yes
tf_bot	Team Fortress 2	player	No	No

1: In VScript, if bot is the handle of a cs_bot, then bot.GetClassname() always delivers "player".
If a cs_bot receives a targetname, it turns into a player.

Determining game mode

In , the built-in bots determine what game mode the current map is designed for based upon the last instance of an entity with one of the following classnames:

Classname	Game mode
func_bomb_target	Bomb defusal
info_bomb_target	Bomb defusal
func_hostage_rescue	Hostage rescue
info_hostage_rescue	Hostage rescue
hostage_entity	Hostage rescue
func_vip_safetyzone	VIP assassination

If none of these are currently present, then it defaults to "fight yard" (eliminate opposing team).

Important:This means that if a map has both hostages and bombsites, bots will only go for one or the other! A third-party bot plugin is necessary for such maps to work correctly with bots.

Related Console Commands and Variables

All games with bots have ConCommands and ConVars to control them. These might have slightly different side effects per game.

Note: The following need the prefix tf_, such as tf_bot_add.

Note:For commands to modify where bots can go, see Nav Mesh Commands. To learn how to use them, see Nav Mesh Editing.

ConCommand / ConVar	Description
bot_add	Adds a bot to the server. Parameters can be used to set the name, team or difficulty of the new bot. This command might do nothing the first time if bot_quota_mode is set to fill.
bot_dont_shoot	Determines whether bots will intentionally shoot at enemies or not. They might still shoot for example if they are blinded by a flashbang or if a func_breakable is in their way. Note:In Left 4 Dead and Left 4 Dead 2, even if this parameter is off, bots will frequently shove (+attack2) func_breakable objects nearby them anyway, or entities perceived to be in their way.
bot_kick	Remove all bots from the server. Parameters can be used to target only specific bots. Bots don't die in this process such that they don't drop any equipment.
bot_kill	Cheat command that makes all bots suicide. If a parameter is given, tries to kill the bot with that name.
bot_quota bot_quota_mode	Determines the number of bots on the server that are added automatically.
bot_stop	If set to non-zero, bots won't do anything.
bot_moveto	Will move a generic bot. Bug:If used on a NextBot, the game will crash. (in )

See also

• Navigation Meshes
• NextBot
• Server-Side Bots
• RCBot2
• Botrix
• Bot Behavior Trees
• VScript Examples#Functions to distinguish bots and human players

External links

• Computer game bot

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