I tried this suggestion but it doesn't work as hoped. Apparently the second instance of bot_quota 12 overwrites the first placement of bots on the terrorist team. All 12 bots end up being on the counter terrorist team. :(
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of LDuke Sent: Friday, June 15, 2007 8:41 AM To: hlds@list.valvesoftware.com Subject: Re: [hlds] Half-Life 2 Team Deathmatch -- [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] bot_join_team t bot_quota 8 bot_join_team ct bot_quota 12 On 6/13/07, Michael R. Matheson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Aaaahh! A light bulb turns on! I guess bot_quota_mode match was working > properly. I noticed 16 bots with one human at bot_quota 16 and 4 bots > with > one human at bot_quota 4. I mistakenly expected the ratio to always be 1 > human to 1 bot. I like the variability better. > > Is there a way to predetermine the number of bots that join terrorists or > counter terrorists? I know you can add one at a time in the server > console > with bot_add_t or bot_add_ct, but can you just have a server start with > say > 8 terrorists and 4 counter terrorists. And then maybe just have humans > join > the counter terrorists? > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ryan Veltidi > Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2007 11:51 AM > To: hlds@list.valvesoftware.com > Subject: Re: [hlds] Half-Life 2 Team Deathmatch > > If you use bot_quota_mode match, it will keep a ratio of 1:N of humans > to bots where bot_quota is N. For example, if you set bot_quota to 2 > and bot_quota_mode match, and had 5 human players, there would be ten > bots in. If you set bot_quota to 1, and had 5 humans in, then 5 bots > would be in. > > On 6/13/07, Michael R. Matheson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > > -- > > Here is what I've observed. When both -maxplayers and bot_quota were > set > to > > 16, teams would be 7 vs. 8. By changing -maxplayers to 18 and keeping > > bot_quota at 16, teams are now 8 vs. 8. I don't understand why this is > so, > > since in both cases I had bot_auto_vacate set to 1 and > mp_autoteambalance > > set to 1. I thought that with bot_auto_vacate set to 1, all player > positions > > could be filled, and a bot would drop out automatically when a human > tried > > to join. So I'm not sure why I couldn't have 8 vs. 8 when -maxplayers > was > > set the same as bot_quota. By the way, HLTV was turned off. > > > > I've discovered something else that doesn't seem to work or make sense > to > > me. I appreciated the explanation of the differences between normal, > fill > > and match for the cvar bot_quota_mode. My understanding is that in > normal, > > you should always have the number of bots specified by bot_quota. And > in > > fill, you will have the number of bots specified by bot_quota minus any > > human players that join. In other words, you will always have a mixture > of > > bots and humans that total the bot_quota setting. First question: > Wouldn't > > "fill" be the same as using bot_quota_mode normal and bot_auto_vacate 1? > I > > don't see a subtle difference here. > > > > Second question: bot_quota_mode match doesn't seem to work. My > > understanding was that when a human joined, one bot would join to > "match" > > him. When I had bot_quota set to 16, I would get 16 bots. If I > eliminated > > the bot_quota variable, I would get no bots. How do you properly use > the > > bot_quota_match setting? > > > > Thanks again. > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dan E > > Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2007 5:04 AM > > To: hlds@list.valvesoftware.com > > Subject: RE: [hlds] Half-Life 2 Team Deathmatch > > > > Bots will NOT completely fill a server (gotta allow for players to > connect > > :P). Probably better to lower the bot_quota to 14 and let players fill > the > > slots. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Roman Hatsiev > > Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2007 4:53 AM > > To: hlds@list.valvesoftware.com > > Subject: Re: [hlds] Half-Life 2 Team Deathmatch > > > > I'm not sure about it, but it seems to me that bots cannot fill all > slots. > > > > On 13/06/07, Regime <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > You probably have source TV on. The source TV is also counted as one > > > "slot". > > > That would leave you 15 slots and the numbers would always have to be > > > uneven. As it's HL2MP I don't think you can raise the slots to 17 as > the > > > max is 16 (correct me if I'm wrong), so your options are to either > lower > > > it to 15 slots and play 7 Vs 7 + 1 source TV bot, or turn source TV > off > > > and play 8 Vs 8.. > > > --- > > > Regime > > > http://www.livebythegun.com/ > > > > > > > > > Michael R. Matheson wrote: > > > > I have max players set to 16. I also have bot_quota set to 16. 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