official bots?
 

Hi,

I thought since 1.6 Counter-Strike had "official" bots?
Isn't true?

The truth is that until yesterday I was playing with a cracked CS 1.6 (http://cs.rin.ru/download-cs16-non-steam-eng.html). This version came with some bots. I don't know their names and I thought they were the "official" ones.
So when I installed the real version of CS 1.6 with Steam, I tried in the console to type "add_bot" but it was an unkown command.

Which bots should I install? Knowing that I'm a beginer. I don't want to create maps for my bots or whatever ... I'm just a casual CS player, not that good, who want to be able to play with some bots sometime to train myself, or because online players are too good for me, or just to play local with some friends ...

Thank You,

Nathan

Re: official bots?
 

Only Counterstrike: Condition-Zero has official bots, and to use those bots without owning a license to CS:CZ is illegal. Also, downloading and using files that were modified in that way may be illegal as well.

All of the bots hosted by Bots-United are well developed, it's simply a matter of personal preference. I suggest you try them all and see which one you like the best!

You can download bot binaries here:
http://filebase.bots-united.com/pafiledb.php

(Though I'm not sure if they would work with a version modified in that way)

Re: official bots?
 

well the bots were tested on cs1.6 last year.. for about a month or so..

Re: official bots?
 

yea I believe that's the leaked Z-Bot, provided by our russian friends...
For more info on the legal CSBot which is included with CS:Condition Zero, visit the official forums @: http://www.turtlerockstudios.com/forums/csbot/
Z-Bot is highly frowned upon by both forums!

Re: official bots?
 

isn't there a way to use these official "CSbot" with Counter-Strike instead of CZ?

Also, you said that choosing your bot is just a question of taste. I think you should put on this website a kind of table to show the differences between bots, so that one can easily sees what he likes best, no?

You said : "(Though I'm not sure if they would work with a version modified in that way)".
I uninstalled the illegal version before installing the legal one, so my CS version is the same as everyone else now. I went out of the dark side ;)

Re: official bots?
 

CSBot is only available to Czero purchasers, and only available on czero servers. Try any of the bots in here for Cstrike! I prefer Joe, Real, or Pod-bots for my cstrike server. And I just can't wait for RACC Bot!!! A comparison chart for all bots-united bots would be excellent!!!

Re: official bots?
 

Yeah, a comparison chart would be nice - kind of like "defuses bombs - yes / no / with problems", "uses lifts - yes / no / depends" and stuff.
Of course, a table will never be the real deal, as there is much that can't be expressed in a table. For example, PB 2.6mm and JoeBot are both capable of throwing grenades, but from what I heard, JoeBot is much better at it, especially with HEs (and I'm saying that as PB 2.6mm user, before anyone gets a wrong impression). Then there are questions like "how often do bots throw grenades" which can hardly be answered in a table. I mean, what would an entry like "quite often" actually tell?
And last but not least, for all waypointed bots there are two important questions: 1) Are waypoints easy to get, do they exist for many maps? and 2) If not, are they easy to make? .
But in general, I think a comparison chart could be nice, especially if it came with some space for comments in order to explain things that are beyond yes & no.

Re: official bots?
 

it would also need to be constantly updated

Re: official bots?
 

yea and also make sure you include the version numbers along with the bot names..
so we won't have someone says "HEY THIS CHART IS WRONG THEY CAN'T PLANT THE BOMB!!!"
then we'd have to tell that person to update or something..

Re: official bots?
 

I see my innocent question warmed everyone up :)
Now all we need is the webmaster to read this post.
Are you here?
I've been searching for another website that would have this comparation chart, but nothing so far. This website could be the first one to do it. Hurry! ;)

PS. Sorry for my sometimes-not-that-good English.