| Monday, March 22, 1999 10:48 AM |
Whoowee That Are Good!
The latest beta of the Cajun is being tested. Some noteworthy items are the ability to "freeze" things in time, while you can run around & look at the frozen bots & projectiles. I'm not sure this will be in the final release, but it sure sounds cool! Also, pressing "b" will spawn bots. This is good to hear, since the console method was rather cumbersome... thanks ParadoX for the news! Lest we forget Fly, he is hard at work on some very new changes for TF. Those of you in the know, shhhhh... Let it suffice to say that it will be very much worth the wait.
| Wednesday, March 10, 1999 08:49 AM |
Cookin' On
Yoghurt dropped me a line to say that work is going well on the Cajun Bot. He's solved the "roaming mystery", & is cooking on. I've been a little preoccupied with the Deathbot & my own Valkyrie mod lately, hence the dearth of updates on this page. I must say, it is pretty trippy using that ghost spawner thing in Valkyrie. Send off a ghost in each direction, & they're sort of like ethereal hunting dogs. "Go find the bot, boy!" Wait until the minotaur spawner is finished . . . BTW, Valkyrie fits in really well with the gothic style maps. The Doom guy & Doom weapons always seemed kind of out of place in those maps.
| Thursday, February 25, 1999 12:38 PM |
Turn Your Head & Cough
Mike has been working with Gokuma on those TF Bot skins, & this is a preliminary skin for . . . yes, the Medic. He looks very hygenic in his face mask, & will not spread germs amidst all the gibs. I noticed, however, that he is lacking the required gloves to protect himself from blood-borne pathogens--I hope that OSHA doesn't see this!
BTW, Mike's also working on a Breed DM map that features a wrecked aircraft & burning crater. He asked me to post a screenshot, so here it is:
The Cajun Bot will open doors! I discovered this last week while running around in addictiv.wad, but neglected to mention it in my state of the bots address.
| Wednesday, February 24, 1999 11:00 PM |
Credit Where Credit is Due . . .
The new screenshot that Fly posted of the TF Bot features the work of Gokuma, who compiled some quick skins for the bot. He & Mike Tawney are working together on improving those skins, so what you see now will not necessarily be representative of the final product. Also, people should recognize the work of Black Shadow Software in that gun from their Twilight Warrior TC. There is a lot of great work going into this bot project! I finally tried out StrainDM, & I'm glad I did, because I wasn't too crazy about the single player Strain. Nothing personal to A. D. A., as anyone who knows me know that I'll take DM over SP any day. Those DM maps are nice, & the textures are drop-dead gorgeous. I guess I'll finally go check out Wildman's Strain map he's been telling me about now . . . One thing about Strain though, is that the player sprites are very grainy, like they need to be smoothed or something. Also, the replacement plasma & BFG reminded me of those old 1950's sci-fi weapons--very out of place in Doom, unless you are going to do some kind of "Lost in Space" TC, & I'm talking about the TV show, not the recent movie adaptation. "Warning, Will Robinson!" Oh, yeah, & the sawed-off shotgun was silent, which is a problem that Black Shadow had with some of Twilight Warrior's weapons.
| Friday, February 19, 1999 12:59 AM |
State of the Bots Address
My fellow Doomers, I feel your pain when you're fragged by those bots. I decided to fire up a British import map, edge.wad, & try out all three current bots on them for a serious side-by-side comparison. I wound up going into Ragedm map01 as well. Doombot: This bot is tough, & it roams well. It has deadly aim, & can cap you pretty quickly when it has those instant-delivery weapons, especially the SSG. It strafes side to side while attacking. It is unaffected by lava or slime. The game will automatically respawn the weapons, making the -altdeath parameter unnecessary, however you cannot get more ammo by picking up the same weapon again. Also, you cannot go from map to map by using idclev or the exits, which means that you will have to stop & restart every time you want to change maps. However, the Doombot doesn't slow down your machine like the other two will. Cajun Bot: Now this bot is very different from the Doombot. You can edit an included cheat file to allow the bot to respawn with certain ammo, weapons, etc. Also, each bot has its own name & its own config file, which you can edit to change its skill. This bot will also roam pretty well, though it will get stuck at the base of ledges if it sees an item on top of the ledge that it wants. It also gets stuck on impassible linedefs that it can see through, like gratings etc. it is also unaffected by lava or slime. When it attacks, it doesn't strafe side to side as mechanically as the Doombot. It will sometimes charge you, or it may run back & forth behind cover. it moves very strangely, yet it does seem more lifelike, even though it is the easiest bot to hit. & what is really nice is that you can pull down the console & invoke "weapondrop 1" to make everybody drop weapons when they get fragged. They will also trash-talk, even calling each other by names. They can activate switches, & there have even been times when the bot was the one who triggered the exit switch to send us to the next map! & here is the best feature IMO--the bots will follow you to the next map & continue fragging away, which makes for some very nice tours of the big dm megawads. On another note, the Cajun bot didn't quite handle the breed_dm.deh stuff properly, as the flamethrower still shot plasma. Also, there were times when the game bogged down badly, giving me a framerate of 0.33-0.5 fps. Yeah, that badly, but most of the time it was acceptably smooth. Deathbot: Now this bot is brutal. Hard-hitting, & hard to hit. The extra blood effects that come stock with DosDoom make for some very gory deathmatches. The bot has killer aim, & is definitely the most challenging of the bots, although there are times when it will mysteriously ignore you momentarily. This bot also bogged my machine down pretty badly, especially on detailed maps like gothicdm2. It definitely bogged down the worst of the three. It will strafe side to side when attacking, & it will actually fly up into the air if you hit it right with a rocket. & this bot is affected by lava & slime! Yes, it will choke & die after a few moments of running around in the lava. All it needs now is some sort of lava avoidance routine. Ironically, the only bot that avoids lava, the Doombot, is also one of those which are unaffected by it. The Deathbot will repeatedly run lemming-like to its death into the large lava areas of ragedm map01. One big drawback to this bot is that multiple bots don't fight each other. & of course, DosDoom doesn't support dehacked, so all those Breed DM & ROKS mods are not gonna work. You need DDF based mods, which unfortunately don't work with the bot either, as the bot is based on a yet unreleased 0.651 maintenance release, not the 0.65 that everyone has access to. It is hoped that this bot gets retrofitted with the 0.65 code, both to make it work with Gokuma's DDF weapons mod & to lose a weird bug in 0.651. All in all, these are three great bots. They each have their own style & their own strengths. Pick one, & start fragging! A Nit to Pick
This is just a grammar/spelling pet peeve of mine, & I see it mangled everywhere.
It's = It is
Its = belongs to it
Sorry, it just makes me cringe every time I see it messed up, like "It's weapons are powerful", which should be, "Its weapons are powerful".
| Friday, February 19, 1999 12:59 AM |
Cajun Cooks Again
You can't keep a good bot down, & Yoghurt has come back home to Doom after a brief stint with a Quake TF clan. He has plans to integrate CTF support into the Cajun Bot, as well as his own mod. He has also taken his show on the road to another site.
| Thursday, February 18, 1999 01:10 AM |
Death Becomes It
I am going to be busy testing the new Deathbot & trying not to drool over the keyboard. This thing is already way better than the N Bot was, & is less buggy than the Cajun (not a fair comparison, I guess, since the Cajun isn't finished). Is it better than the esteemed Doombot? Well, hmmm... I am going to have to take a better look before I make that call. If it was released today, it would be a very respectable bot. No, I haven't tried any of the new DDF weapons with it yet. Nor have I played with the new things.ddf file yet. Still trying to figure out some weird lighting effects that I have noticed. Maybe a different -usepan parameter? Surprisingly, Kester didn't use much of the Doombot source. Also, switch activating is planned . . . Detour here . . . Wildman has posted an excellent tutorial on CTF mapping. I had posted lots of information here & there, but I have yet to organize it, & Rick Clark has written up a very good primer on this topic that you should see. One more thing . . . Fly still needs some TF skins! It's a lot of work, but one real easy way would be to use QME to view the Quake TF models & just take snapshots of them from the appropriate angles. It's how Sir Robin did the work for his Quake conversion, & the Legacy guys were considering this technique for making skins as well. Surely there is someone who can take care of this--it's for the cause, people!
| Monday, February 15, 1999 01:41 AM |
New New Breed DM
Fanatic's upgrade for Breed DM 1.2 is out, & it is better. The napalm gun no longer crashes, & there are some new blood effects as well as non-blocking flames. Note: the new blood effects don't work with the -add#bots parameter, so you won't be seeing this effect in any demos. To see the new effect, just fire it up on your own, using "b" to spawn the bots. Also noteworthy is the new Breed DM map for it that Wildman just made. It's a bombed-out base. Fires burn here & there in holes in the floor. Its dark, claustrophobic layout means that you will get your butt kicked pretty hard, because in Breed DM, a split second is all it takes. You definitely stand a better chance in a well-lighted map. John Tawney has contributed a 24 frag demo that I have not posted yet (busy weekend), & I must say that it's about time we saw some action in the BOThered MAP30 arena, & Breed DM style to boot! This was recorded on Breed DM 1.1, so if you have already upgraded, you'll need to re-install the old breed_dm.deh file to view this demo.
| Monday, February 15, 1999 01:41 AM |
Breed DM News
Mike has reviewed Breed DM, taking quite an in-depth look at the weapons of this mod. Be on the lookout for a new & improved Breed DM in the near future. Fanatic has just fixed the napalm gun bug! You know, the bfg replacement that was crashing the game? Heheheh & you thought New Breed was too tough before . . . You know, you really should just take a look at what Fanatic has at his page about this . . . Wildman has a new map in the works for New Breed, & it sounds like it is very cool--a bombed-out, burning base.
| Friday, February 12, 1999 12:12 AM |
It Ain't Fair!
Yep, that's what some will say if they venture into the Breed DM arena, where the weapons are too powerful & the frags are too fast. Yes, Breed DM is demo friendly, & I will now feature Breed DM demos in the arena alongside the regular demos. It is fitting that the first Breed DM demo for RageDM04 is by none other than our own MTawney, with 27 frags. Bots Compared
Sir Robin has just posted a comparison of the pro's & con's of the Doombot & the Cajun Bot. He makes some very good points. However, I don't think the Doombot is too hard. I like the challenge. He doesn't mention that the Cajun is very buggy atm, & cannot record demos. But the Cajun can go from map to map, which is better than the Doombot does. & it can do co-op, which is very cool. They both have their strengths & weaknesses, & both are cool. However, I think the Doombot is going to get used more, as it is in active development & doesn't have as many bugs. Captain Motrin
Tip of the day: If you haven't done free weights in a while, do not hold a kid in each arm & do a set of dead-lifts! My aching back. :-P
| Friday, February 12, 1999 12:12 AM |
New & Improved New Breed DM
Ah, the new player graphics are now in place in the latest version of the New Breed DM mod. Go check it out!
| Thursday, February 11, 1999 12:49 PM |
New Breed DM
Fanatic & Wildman have released a DM version of New Breed, which has sparked a bit of controversy due to the devastating power of the weapons. New Breed is known for brutal power. ROKS is more balanced. Fanatic is taking feedback re: the power of the NB weapons--whether they are too powerful or not. Yes, they are too powerful. They are extreme. But New Breed is about being extreme. That's what makes it distinctive. When you fire it up, you know that you are going to be using the most extreme firepower available in the Doom community. Someone is going to complain about being mowed down in an instant by your twin Apache guns, but they can always turn around & give you the whithering blast of the flamethrower. I for one find it very annoying using underpowered weapons that you peck away at each other with, & that is why New Breed is so great. Do you remember in the movie Robocop 2, when a committee altered the Robocop's programming to make everybody happy? The result was a Robocop who was so hamstrung that he was useless at what he was once best at. Well, my fear is that this will happen to New Breed--that it will become weakened & neutered, leaving it just another variation in a homogenized set of mods. If you don't like New Breed's power, then New Breed is not for you. There are other mods like ROKS around for the more balanced play you desire. One thing I noticed missing from New Breed DM was the new player sprites. The dehacked is currently set to use the chaingunner monster graphics instead of the player graphics. The chaingunner goes very well with the weapons, but every single bot is red, red, red.
| Wednesday, February 10, 1999 12:54 PM |
Rage On
I have neglected to post ParadoX's other RageDM demo in the arena. This one is for map05. Old news, but Mike posted a nice review of RageDM with bots a few days ago over at his page. BTW, more RageDM maps are in the works!
| Tuesday, February 09, 1999 12:36 AM |
Cajun Released "as is"
Well, Yoghurt has laid the Cajun to rest... but he has released his current exe! It has skins support, co-op mode, & it will follow you from map to map for great tours of those megawads. Start it in single player, & it will play as a co-op bot. Start it in dm, & it of course plays dm. You will still need the original bot that Yoghurt wrote, as the latest release of the Cajun bot is just an exe. Be warned--the original bot will overwrite Fly's Doombot, so you will have to reinstall Fly's bot (unless you use separate dirs--a good idea). The info I have on the original bot is still pretty much applicable, so read about it here. Thanks to ParadoX for the scoop!
| Monday, February 08, 1999 12:39 AM |
More New Arenas, & A Reunion with Steven Polge ;-)
Well, the finest ctf maps to come out so far have been crafted by the Wildman mapping machine, & I have added a version of his first one, ctf1rdc, to the CTF Arena as well. BTW, check his brand new page. This brother is a dynamo! & keep your eyes peeled for a cool new version of New Breed. :-) RageDM, which just came out, is a very sweet set of maps, particularly 4 & 5. Paradox has made a few demos for those. BTW, it seems that people are crashing the Doombot on RageDM. ParadoX & I can get it to work fine, so don't forget:
doombot.bat -file ragedm.wadI am going to start taking requests for the arenas. Fly has requested map01 from TeamTNT's Grievance, & when he sends me a demo I will post it. BTW, I just tried the bots in Unreal--woah! Steven Polge, how far your reaper bot has come! Built in teamplay, multiple meshes & skins, cool weapons--it was very nice. Also silky smooth on Ma Mellow's Power Mac G3 (disparage Macs if you want, but I have seen firsthand that the G3 is an absolutely smoking gaming rig). Unreal has been knocked a bit because of its poor internet play, but the built in bots are awesome. & at $29, you can't beat it! Well, you do need a pretty fast machine to run it (which is why I bought the Mac version).
| Friday, February 05, 1999 02:06 AM |
Nethr World
Well, I must say that the Nethr World beta release makes for some fine dm with bots, after you rip out the annoying key remapping from the dehacked file. Just search for the text "cheat" & then delete the entire section under that heading. Of course, you first need to remove the read-only property from the dehacked file. I really get annoyed by invoking the idclip cheat every time I try to go forward. A word to any other dehacked programmers: Please don't make the keys do anything weird. Just leave the keys alone. We all know the cheat codes, & if we really need them, we'll type them in. We don't want our movement keys to be triggering any cheat codes. Thanks! The best part of the Nethr World was the dehacked work, the graphics, & the sound--I just personally don't care for the puzzle-type single player maps. I just fired it up with a decent dm map. The rocket launcher replacement was the stormtrooper rifle from Dark Forces. It shot what looked like the secondary fire of the concussion rifle from Dark Forces. The plasma gun replacement looked like something from Duke 3d (I can't recall too much from that game, though). The BFG replacement was very slow, & useless for dm unless you're shooting down a very long hallway I guess. It probably packs a good whallop, but the bots weren't standing still long enough for me to nail them with it. All in all, I enjoyed using the weapons from Nethr World in dm with bots. It's a single player mod, but you can take the best from it for use in dm. Some original weapons graphics would definitely have been cooler, however. The use of ripped/modified graphics was of course pragmatic, but a little disappointing. But it was still a lot of work, & a fine job. New CTF Arena
Wildman Rick Clark has kindly sent me a non-ROKS version of his latest CTF map for use in the CTF Arena, as well as a 33 frag demo!
| Wednesday, February 03, 1999 10:17 AM |
Arena
^JJ^ has posted demos for the BOThered maps 1 & 2 arenas. No one's touched my 21 frags in the NB4 arena yet. :-)
| Monday, February 01, 1999 10:20 AM |
February Arena
A revamping of the arena was in order. We have four fresh new maps. The first three were long overdue at the arena: the three well-flowing maps of BOThered, an excellent wad by Adelusion. The fourth map is something special: an optimized version of map 4 from the New Breed dm mod by Marc Pullen, a.k.a. Fanatic. One problem with New Breed & the -add2bots parameter is that the 2nd bot doesn't respawn any more after a few frags. No matter, it is still a blast 1-on-1! I posted 21 frags to get things going. Attempts to record demos of ctf1roks.wad have been unsuccessful, which is a shame, because it is an extremely cool CTF experience. ROKS is CTF friendly, but demo unfriendly, while the opposite is true for New Breed. Hmmm... ROKS Rocket Arena
Fanatic has released Rocket Arena for ROKS, & Rick Clark has already released a rocket arena map. It's a beautiful thing. Rockets only, & you start with 150% health (& go to 0% health very quickly!). Now, if only ROKS was more demo friendly.... NOTE: You'll have to add a few missing parameters to the roks_ra.bat:
-deathmatch 1 -skill 5 -warp 1
| Saturday, January 30, 1999 08:22 PM |
ROKS On
Well, it's great to see some more activity in the CTF Bot scene. Rick Clark has been cranking out ROKS maps steadily, & his latest ROKS map is for the CTF Bot. I had been trying out ROKS with the CTF Bot, which was cool, but this new map is especially cool as it was made with ROKS in mind. The framerate takes a hit at times, but for the most part this is a very cool match of CTF. Spraying an arc of napalm from the central platform onto the bots as they run along the walkway below is most satisfying. That you can arc the napalm over obstuctions that would otherwise block your shot is incredibly cool. Also, the high ceiling showcases the very cool ROKS explosions. On a slightly different front, New Breed is turning out to be extremely cool as well. There is some redundancy in the weapons between New Breed & ROKS, but they each have their own charm, & New Breed's weapons are decidedly more brutal. The range on the flamethrower is better in New Breed, but the arc of the flamethrower in ROKS is more realistic. The rockets are pretty much the same (faster, better than Doom 1 & 2). The pistol in New Breed is unique: a chaingun, hence the chaingunner player sprites. The Comanche guns in New Breed are devastating--probably my favorite weapon. The faster chainguns in both mods are a plus, as they remind me of the Heavy Weapons Guy in TF. The bfg replacement in New Breed is the only real problem, as it crashes the game due to a bfg blast alteration bug in Legacy. Cajun Hibernation
A bummer has descended upon us. Says Yoghurt:
Hello, its going kind of slow on the coding right know (to little time, other projects and too much bugs) im dropping the project for a while. Someday i'll get starting again (i hope). . . well, im going for "Winter sleep"G'night, Cajun Bot. :-(
| Friday, January 29, 1999 09:25 AM |
A "New Breed" of Bots
Okay, I have been spending some time checking out Marc Pullen's site, & Marc has been getting me to take another look at New Breed, & this command line will get New Breed to work with bots:
doombot.exe -skill 5 -deathmatch 1 -warp 1 -nomonsters -file newbreed.wad -deh breed2.dehIt works great, & the weapons are brutal, but there is one problem atm--the weapon that replaces the BFG will crash the game when it blows something up, & gives the following error message:
Error: P_aimlineattack: mobj == NULL !!!
The workaround in the meantime would be to avoid maps with the BFG, or to remove it from maps.Also, he has explained a way to remove the annoying key remapping from the dehacked file. Just delete the following from breed2.deh, using edit.exe or notepad:
Cheat 0
Chainsaw = kill
God mode = g
Ammo = wBTW, the maps in New Breed have the best atmosphere I have seen in any maps for a long time--great lighting & music. If you haven't been to Marc Pullen's site, you really should. He's done much of the very best Doom music ever heard in the community, & he has quite a bit of interesting content at his site. A very productive dude.
| Wednesday, January 27, 1999 08:39 AM |
ROKS Rocks With Bots
Say that fast three times :-) I'm sure that the ROKS crew has been wondering why I haven't mentioned this fine dm mod, & the truth be known, I haven't even tried it out until today, because I finally found it up on ftp.cdrom.com (I don't even try to dl anything from Geocities anymore). Well, I must say that ROKS is nothing short of brilliant, & it is 100% bots compatible. If you like bots, then you should get ROKS immediately. But keep in mind that you also need Gothictx.wad, which is of course the textures from GothicDM2. Then run this fat command line:
doombot.bat -file gothictx.wad roks_gfx.wad roks_map.wad roks_snd.wad -deh roks.deh
The enclosed map is huge, with lots of variety. The weapons are excellent, including a mine launcher that replaces the BFG & a flamethrower that replaces the plasma gun. I liked how the respawn at the mine launcher was in a prime sniping location >:-) The music & new sounds are top-notch. This newest effort by Marc Pullen definitely supercedes his previous effort, New Breed, another dm mod which I tried out recently. New Breed was interesting, but it changed the "w" key, which I (& many serious dmer's like Thresh, Killcreek, et. al.) always use for "forward", into a "weapons" key (idfa). It was a nice idea at the time, I guess, but imo it detracted from this mod quite a bit, because I really don't like having to remap my movement keys over to esdf just to play a mod. I am really pleased to see some good dm mods coming out that are bot-compatible like this one. However, it's sad to say that only dehacked based dm mods are bot-compatible, since there are currently no DosDoom 0.65-based bots. DDF is soooo powerful & easy, that a a DosDoom based bot would make very intense dm mods extremely easy to make. Calling All Skinners
Fly needs some TF skins for the upcoming TF Bot. If you've been living in a cave for the last few years, TF means Team Fortress, which is an enhanced CTF mod that features different classes, such as sniper, soldier, medic, engineer, scout, heavy weapons guy, etc. that was first done for Quake, & is now being developed for Doom. Anyway, if you are capable of crafting some skins of the various TF classes & would like to contribute, email Fly.
| Tuesday, January 26, 1999 11:40 PM |
Ghandi does CTF ?
Not Ghandi, but UrHaSh made a nonviolent speed run in the CTFLevel.wad arena, racking up 110 frags, & challenges people to beat it:
Highest i've ever racked. I went for all out speed, and let my touchdowns do the scoring (but i am a good fragger). Anyways, I hope someone breaks my record, i'm sure its possible, and i'd love to see it.
He does wind up using the pistol a little bit towards the end, though. :-)Bot screenshots
To take screenshots of your Doombot matches, add -devparm to the command line in your doombot.bat &/or ctfbot.bat file. Then, just hit F1 while playing to take the screenshot. Of course, it's better to get a friend to hit F1 for you, as you can otherwise get fragged while reaching up to hit that button!
| Monday, January 25, 1999 12:34 AM |
Cleaning House
Well, I have been giving most of my pages a massive overhaul. The code is getting a much-needed cleaning up, as it has almost all been shredded by Netscape Composer, which is a very easy to use WYSIWYG HTML editor that also slops up the code pretty badly. By insulating you from the actual code, it keeps you from learning as much about HTML. I am now going exclusively with Arachnophilia, which is a very sweet raw HTML editor that gives you precise control & teaches you quite a bit about HTML if you have no skills (like me). Oh, and it's free. The latest page to get renovated is the Bot Info page, which besides being ugly was getting pretty outdated. It's nice to get all these pages looking more cohesive. Cooking With the Cajun
What a great bot this will be! Start it in single player, & it plays co-op. Start it in deathmatch, & it fights you. Exit to the next map, & the bot's frags display in the intermission screen. Then, the bot automatically spawns into the next map right along with you without skipping a beat. Beautiful. The thing trash talks you, too. :-) You can make it so that you & the bots drop weapons upon getting fragged--a very nice touch.
| Saturday, January 23, 1999 07:19 PM |
New Look
While the dark grey font on the darker grey background looked cool, it was a little hard on the eyes, & I had gotten some complaints. So how is this higher contrast design? Maybe I'll just do a whole new look, as I've noticed that this "rounded grey corners" look is pretty widely used. We'll see. Well, I went ahead & did it. a new color scheme & some new graphics (does anyone recognize them?). They don't quite line up right from cell to cell, I know. Sorry if that bugs you. :-) I added an image map to aid in navigation. & it looks cool too, imo. :-) N Bot = Not Bot
I saw that the Nexus site is now dead. I wonder what else is dead over there, like development on the N Bot. :-P Yep, it's confirmed. The N Bot is officially dead. Says Aurican:
Yes, for all practical purposes, N Bot is dead.
A bot bites the dust, without really seeing full functionality. It's too bad, because I was interested in seeing it work with Gothic98, which is a beautiful map regardless of how slow it is. The N Bot never made it past the Doombot 2.0 stage of movement, I think. It got stuck more often. It didn't attack. Its predecessor, the Nexus Bot, ran in a circuit like a train from node to node. Aurican had hyped his bots, but we never did see a truly dm-capable bot materialize, just a series of experiments. It's a shame that the N Bot will now join the ranks of the not-bots like the Vapor, er, Gravity Bot, which I have never even bothered to mention until now.Demos Dearth
I've noticed that there haven't been many demos since the new 2.3 bot has come out. żIs it too tough for ya? It's true that the new bot is tougher, but it also has functional skill setting. From the console, type:
botskill #
# = 1, 2, or 3, with 3 being the toughest. The bots are skill 2 by default. Try 'em on skill 1 & see if it's less painful :-) Let's see some demos, people!All right, Yangwar has picked up the slack by posting 99 frags in the CTFlevel arena. Judging from his movement, I would guess that he is a keyboarder.
Team-Only Sectors
Wolfendoom Meets CTF Bot?
Yoghurt's Cajun Bot
GL Whatever
Team Fortress Info
New CTF Map
CTF Bot Map Conversion Tips
Doombot Source Released!
Exclusive Thrust Bot Screenshots
Half-Life MP Choke
Bot Development
Gothic98 Speaks
Maps
I like this new layout, & I may very well keep it. The Last Doomer was kind enough to offer this page layout of his for my use. I hope not to bastardize it too much. :-) I like the color motif, & I can still keep my favorite backgound color (black) outside the tables. If you're feeling nostalgic, you can go back to the old page, which I'll keep around as an archive of sorts.
IRC Haze
Arena News
Wednesday, January 20, 1999 12:16 AM Captain Mellow 
Mystery Bug Solved
When there are more than 20 weapons on the map, it will crash...
So there you have it. Another CTF mapping pitfall to keep in mind when creating your next CTF map. Don't go too heavy on the iron. Really, though, 20 weapons should be enough for anybody.
Tuesday, January 19, 1999 11:14 AM Captain Mellow
Clarification Re: Bug
You can make more than one! You can make 1000 one team-only areas and the CTF DoomBot will not crash!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Monday, January 18, 1999 4:39 PM Captain Mellow
New Maps
Sunday, January 17, 1999 1:35 AM Captain Mellow
Another New CTF Map, Fun w/ Skins, Arena Action
doombot.bat -file xmasdm98.wad snowman.wad
Saturday, January 16, 1999 01:28 AM Captain Mellow
New CTF Map
Friday, January 15, 1999 01:52 AM Captain Mellow
Revamped Arenas
Wednesday, January 13, 1999 07:05 AM Captain Mellow
New CTF Map
Tuesday, January 12, 1999 01:05 PM Captain Mellow
CTF Demo Recording
doombot.exe -timer 5 -skill 5 -deathmatch 1 -ctf -warp 1 -file ctflevel.wad -record testdemo
& to play the demo type:
doombot -ctf -playdemo testdemo.lmp -file ctflevel.wad
Monday, January 11, 1999 01:27 AM Captain Mellow
Three CTF Maps From NowhereX
Sunday, January 10, 1999 01:55 PM Captain Mellow
Doombots meet Unreal
Saturday, January 09, 1999 10:01 PM Captain Mellow
CTF Bot Sunday!
Friday, January 08, 1999 10:22 AM Captain Mellow
Keyboarder Rampage
Wednesday, January 06, 1999 11:39 AM Captain Mellow
Arena News
it is, in itself, a lesson and warning for mappers everywhere, both in terms of the merits of detail, and the vices.
Tuesday, January 05, 1999 10:52 AM Captain Mellow
Epidemic Victim
Monday, January 04, 1999 12:10 AM Captain Mellow
The New Look