[RELEASED!] PVKII GrogBot Update (Beta 0.4.2.0)

Comments

• TheLEGObrick Senior

  October 2019

  Bloody hell, finally, after over seven years of waiting, I will finally be able to play the game with and against bots...
• Colonel Finger Lickin' Good PVKII Team

  November 2019 edited November 2019

  Changelog

  Please see below for a Changelog that details many of the changes in this release. Head over to our Bug/Support Forums to report any issues.
  

  GrogBots
  Please note that only official PVKII maps have tailored nav_meshes, to create a basic nav mesh or for some helpful tips for creating a nav_mesh for your map, please see the following references.
  https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Navigation_Meshes
  https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Navigation_Mesh_Commands
  
  GrogBot Achievements

  • Absolute Sentience (Ooops, that is kind of embarrassing)
    
  • John Connor (50 bot kills)
    
  • Rise of the Machines (Kill 250 bots)
    
  • Judgement Day (Kill 1000 bots)

  GrogBot Commands

  • bot_difficulty [0|1|2] - Sets the bot difficulty level, easy (0), medium (1), hard (2).
    
  • bot_quota [0 - MAX_PLAYERS] - Set's the number of players/bots to maintain in the server. Will leave 1 slot open on the server at all times.
    
  • bot_require_humans [0|1] - Controls whether the server should require a human to be present before joining the bots.
    
  • bot_chatter [0|1] - Controls whether the bots will run their mouth
    
  • bot_cycle [0|1] - Controls whether the bots will cycle in and out of the server.
    
  • bot_min_desired_play_time - The minimum amount of playtime a bot will spend in the server (in seconds) before leaving.
    
  • bot_max_desired_play_time - The maximum amount of playtime a bot will spend in the server (in seconds) before leaving.
    
  • bot_kick_all - Kick all bots from the server and set bot_quota to 0.
    
  • addbot - Add bot to random team with random class.
    
  • addbot [team number] - Add bot to team with random class.
    
  • addbot [team number 2-4] [class number (starting from 0)] - Add bot to team with specified class.

  Debug Commands (listen server only)

  • bot_debug - Enable/disable bot debug hud.
    
  • bot_select - Selects the bot the player is aiming at for debugging.
    
  • bot_select_next - Select the next bot on the server.
    
  • bot_select_prev - Select the previous bot on the server.
    
  • bot_givespecial - Give full special meter to bot.
    
  • bot_blockhere - Order the bot to stand and block using a shield.
    
  • bot_holdposhere - Order the bot to hold position at the location of the crosshair's intersection with the ground
    
  • bot_moveto - "Moves a bot to the position the issuing player is looking at.
    
  • bot_goforchest - Schedules the bot to go after the chest the player is pointing to.
    
  • bot_dropitem - Drop the item the bot is holding.

  Removal of Auto Parry

  • Auto Parry has been removed from the game. Now everyone uses the same parrying system, which was called Manual Parry when Auto Parry still existed.
    
  • Rulesets have been adjusted to reflect this change.

  Map Changes

  • Lts_cathedral Sudden Death changed to minimize bots getting stuck on pillars, pillars are now destructible by melee attacks but cannot be destroyed by range weapons.
    
  • Te_sandstorm removed pillar from food cache territory to assist bots.

  New Mapping Entities

  • Info_target_attack, This entity is used to indicate to bots that an entity or brush is attackable. Set the parent of the info_target_attack entity to the object you want the bot to see as a possible target.
    
  • func_nav_blocker, This entity will block/unblock any touching nav_mesh. Use entity block and unblock inputs to block/unblock.
    
  • Info_map_cvar, This entity, when placed in a map, allows the map to modify the following CVARS on the server but only for the duration of the map. After map change the server's original settings are restored.

  CVARS:
  "air_density",
  "mp_blunderbuss_bulletdrop",
  "mp_blunderbuss_bulletspeed",
  "mp_disablespecial",
  "mp_flintlock_bulletdrop",
  "mp_flintlock_bulletspeed",
  "mp_ff_autokick",
  "mp_friendlyfire",
  "friendlyfire",
  "mp_ff_ok",
  "mp_forcecamera",
  "mp_infinite_ammo",
  "mp_kick_berserk_dmgmulti",
  "mp_kick_delay",
  "mp_kick_dmg",
  "mp_kick_movementstop",
  "mp_kick_physics_maxmass",
  "mp_kick_physics_push",
  "mp_kick_player_push",
  "mp_limitteams",
  "mp_meleedamagemultiplier",
  "mp_meleerangeboost",
  "mp_meleerangescale",
  "mp_meleesubsequenthitdmg",
  "mp_overtime_dm",
  "mp_trinketdeath_scoregrace",
  "mp_trinketreset",
  "mp_trinketrespawn",
  "phys_impactforcescale",
  "phys_pushscale",
  "phys_speeds",
  "phys_stressbodyweights",
  "sk_armor",
  "sk_blunderbuss_gibdistance",
  "sk_blunderbuss_pushback",
  "sk_blunderbuss_pushup",
  "sk_blunderbuss_pushup_limit",
  "sk_crow_health",
  "sk_crow_melee_dmg",
  "sk_healthkit",
  "sv_accelerate",
  "sv_airaccelerate",
  "sv_backspeed",
  "sv_bounce",
  "sv_friction",
  "sv_gravity",
  "sv_maxspeed",
  "sv_maxvelocity",
  "sv_rollspeed",
  "sv_stopspeed",
  "sv_turbophysics",
  "sv_wateraccelerate",
  "sv_waterfriction"
  
  Code Fixes and Updates

  • Added boot screen
    
  • Bot game dialog, w/ additional options
    
  • Added BOT tags for death notices, objective notices, and scoreboard
    
  • Increased both legs dismember chance
    
  • Fixed character info ESC crash
    
  • Speculative fix for rare round start crash
    
  • Various fixes to MapHack system

  Mac OSX Fixes

  • Fixed a crash which could prevent mac users from joining the game.
    
  • Fixed a bug where Bondi’s special would cause the screen to turn red.
    
  • Fixed a crash caused by an experimental shader engine.

  Particles

  • Updated Explosion particle effects
    
  • Fixed feathers being used on Berserker head dismemberment
    

  
  Thank You
  This update is a result of many years of hard work. We’ve listed Developers and Contributors below we feel have put in substantial efforts over the years into making this release possible. Akz, Felis, Fuz, Popemaster, SauceMan527, Saunachum, Smutpirate, Spirrwell and Nive.
  
  Special thanks to PVKII player community for providing Bot name suggestions:
  Baldymanz, BlackDragon, Blazeris The Cat, Blue Oyster Cultist, carltonhanks, Colonel, Conscious Creature, CornKing, Djak, donan, Fotgof, Foxboi, fuz, GhostZeBear, Homer, Intelligence, "I shall not, sir.", jgh238, JimmyElPelado, Joshy, Jovana, Kaizuriku, latrox, lokkdokk, Luigi, Mr. Mjau, Mr. Rumdum, Mr.Tonguesoff, MSTVD, MysticEyes, Nex, Plank, Popemaster, Ricci, SaunaChum, Sir Mel Gibsman, Squeakers, TheRedWii, usobuki, Vladimir, WarHistoryGeek, [H] Hark Scrumpy, [ϺɌ] Visuv.

  
  

  Co-Lead | Level Designer
• shayologo Senior

  November 2019

  Increadible Bot update, Bot are not bad in battle very good programmed, they know how to use special, range attack and move. But IA need some adjustement mainly on Hard Level
  Ranger need more use of ranged weapon, ranger class charge to much other with the knife when they could stay back and shoot
  Boot need to use parry, i was never parry by a bot. just let bot possibility use auto parry.
  
  Second point, a training arena could be very good. 1vs1 with possibility to chose adversaire level and class and with a very hight level difficulty like a Bot that make parry on all uncharged attack and never hit you with uncharged attack when you use parry or Bot can change attack direction. and option to increase Bot Life.