Hey guys,

finally here goes another update. This time featuring AI (also refered to as bots) for online and offline matches. The AI is also available in the demo and should help all the demo players who wanted to actually try the game but had no chance to do so in the past.

Features of the AI

• The AI can be used in Deathmatch
• The AI can be used in Team Deathmatch
• The AI can be used in Gun Game
• You can decide to play online or offline
• You can change the number of bots at any time
• You can change the difficulty for every individual bot
• You can change the team for every individual bot
• Depending on the desired number of bots they will join and leave the game automatically
• Bots can use portals
• Bots can use some ladders but only in hangar (still testing and improving this)
• Bots can decide to crouch or to stand
• Bots can inform other bots (team based modes) about enemies

Current limitations of the AI

• While bots can use some ladders and portals they won't do that if not necessary
• Bots cannot use doors yet
• Not all maps are available yet (for instance maps that feature a lot of doors)
• While bots can play Gun Game they do not have a weapon order but use the same weapon
• Bots cannot win a round by score in Gun Game or Deathmatch but they can gain points for their team in Team Deathmatch
• Difficulty settings might be a bit off and need more testing to find the right balance for all of them (Very Easy, Easy, Medium, Hard, Godlike)

I had a lot of fun developing and testing the AI so far and I'm really sure you will have even more fun. If you want you can also decide to play a round humans vs bots. To make this even more interesting I also added an option called "Bomber" that makes them not to use any weapon but they will drop a grenade when they come close and/or die. They also got a lot of health to compensate for the inability to shoot. Becase you can setup the options for every individual bot you can have a mix of different bot settings, too.

Of course, I also made a lot of other changes and improvements. Here is the changelog as far as I remember (probably forgot half ot the stuff again):

Changes

• Added AI for online and offline matches
• Fixed an issue when you received two knifes
• When handling a bolt-action rifle (two handed!) you can press touchpad in right direction on your primary hand to operate the bolt without releasing your grip. Just cycle it and it will snap back to the weapon when you finished without any additional button press.
• Tracers for the M249
• New firing sound for Pistol 50. Cal
• Added another silencer so you can attach them to your primary and secondary weapon
• Made some Team Deathmatch maps also available in Deathmatch and Gun Game
• Some other fixes and improvements

Let me know how it works for you.

Have a nice weekend and enjoy :)

Multiplayer compatibility: Due to changes in the netcode this version is not compatible to old versions in multiplayer anymore.