Thank you for your reply Pierre-Marie,

No there is no message of the day or menu(s). Players arive in the game in observer mode, then simply hit the fire button to spawn and play. The bots are at least doing this because they do "appear" in physical form. YOu can shoot them and they bleed. They just cannot die nor move.

It has to have something to do with steam, however I cannot figure out what it is.
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