HurricaneBot
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Overview
This is a server-side bot for 
Half-Life 2: Deathmatch.
It has been written mostly to fill a server with more opponents when there are not many players around. Newest version of the bot has also been reported to work with 
Half-Life Deathmatch: Source. In the future, more Steam servers mods will be supported.
History
A friend bought 
Half-Life 2 around Christmas 2006 as its first FPS since years.
Playing and training against bots sounded like a good thing at the time so I started to write one.
To guide a blind character unable to know what it has in its pockets in order to inflict pain to players was a bit harder than I expected but here it is.
Its current strength has been improved a lot since the original public availability.
Features
- Server-side fake player.
- No manual waypoints. The analysis of each map is automatic.
Media
Being a pure binary add-on, there is not a lot of media available around right now.
Team
- Hurricane : Geek and computer scientist
Localized versions
Pain is an international language.
Anyway ...
The bot "speech" is in a very basic status and has been set with English text. There are plans to develop this specific part and add languages.
E.G. of server.cfg settings
//Hurricane Bot settings
hrcbot_enabled 1
hrcbot_minplayers 0
hrcbot_maxplayers 5
hrcbot_handicap 65
hrcbot_motd 0
hrcbot_dialogmsg 1
hrcbot_freezeifnoplayers 0
hrcbot_spawnprotectionseconds 2
hrcbot_spawnprotectedhealth 125
hrcbot_player_spawnweapon smg1
hrcbot_clan ""Add More Bots to Server Command
hrcbot_add (can only work with 'hrcbot_autobalancebots 0')