It's finally done, the first release:
My HIGH-DEFINITION WAYPOINT PACK (1st part) !!!
http://austinbots.com/waypoints/hq-waypointpack_pt1.zip
It contains PODBot waypoint files for 5 as-maps and 51 cs-maps (de-maps and some others will be in Part 2). All maps are custom maps I like to play myself, so there won't be too many shitty maps included.
Those waypoints are the result of weeks of hard work; they are not a crappy collection of WPs from all sources, but only manually placed and thoroughly tested and fixed waypoints I either made myself (~98%) or seriously modified & bugfixed (~2%). Needless to say, all passages that are not suitable for rescuing the hostages have been blocked, all crucial waypoint radii, all connections checked, double-checked and triple-checked. (Did I mention I checked this stuff?)
You will not find these waypoints anywhere else*, and I think I'm not promising too much by predicting that it won't be too easy to find waypoints that are substantially better. There will never be THE perfect waypoint, and details may be solved in a better (or just different) way. Besides, it depends on what you like; it's also a question of taste. But if you want to see every area of the map thoroughly waypointed, if you want to see bots jumping through the air and camping in positions where you might never have seen bots before, this is for you!
I'm aware of the fact that it's next to impossible to find & eliminate all bugs and shortcomings. That's why feedback and constructive criticism is always welcome: Post it here, I'm on this forum almost every day.
The next part will contain ~50 de-maps plus some leftovers from the as and cs part. (will take ~3 weeks, though, that checking & debugging takes time!)
SUPPORTED BOTS: These WPs should work with any PODBot version. However, I have only tested them with PMB's PODBot Plugin - that was PITA enough. Not the plugin, the testing of course
Please bear in mind that although these WPs are compatible with PODBot 2.5, POXBot (R.I.P), E[POD]Bot and IvPBot, there might be minute differences in the bots'`navigation. As I included many tricky connections and long jumps, I cannot guarantee that those other bots will be as good on them as PMB's PODBot. But I'd like to know, so just tell me.
BIG thanks & hello to Pierre-Marie Baty, SoUlFaThEr, Austin, Terran, MarD, CocoNUT, everyone I forgot and everyone on this forum - thank you for providing and keeping alive such a great platform for bot-related stuff & more, and all that without flames & stupid comments...
*as soon as they approve and activate it, the WP pack (+ German readme) will also be available on the Excalibur Server (
www.cs4us.de). Go to "Up-/Downloads" / "Counter-Strike" / "Waypoints" (duh.).
Besides, it's a great server if you want to play custom maps. Thx again to [FAW] Terran!