I haven’t seen anyone discussing this yet, but with the confirmation of bots in MP, do you think that means we’re finally getting AI enemies in forge? It’s been a long-time requested feature in the community and I’d be shocked if they hadn’t at least considered it. I realize if you wanted to have more elaborate set ups with them it would require a certain level of scripting, but do you think we’ll see it included to some degree?
I’m hoping that it will be an option while forging (I’m a minigame forger), but I suspect it will be tied to the game mode settings. If they want bots to work on every map no matter what, then it can’t depend entirely on forging. I’m picturing 2 game mode options, 1) Bots ENABLED/DISABLED, 2) Bot Difficulty. Bots would just use spawn points and such like normal players. If they let us script spawn bots on forge maps then what about player caps? If my map says to spawn 3 bots but the player count is already maxed out then will they be able to spawn the bots? I really hope that we get tons of control over them in customs and forge, but my skeptical side thinks it will be limited to custom game mode settings.
Following this too…
The thing I’ve been wondering is:
If we can place ai bots in our own Forge maps, [which I am not sure they have confirmed yet]…
…will they only be “Generic Spartan” bots?
Or…can we make maps…
…with AI bots of various Enemy factions, like we’ve dreamed of since the beginning of Forge History?
How about a CTF Canyon map, a la Blood Gulch, but where your team, and the enemy team, AND THE BANISHED [bots] are fighting over a Neutral Flag?
Gruntpocalypse map?
Jackal Alley Mombasa Streets map?
I mean…if they can do Spartan bots with “a variety of difficulties”, like Sara Stern said in the overview vidoc, I really hope they can keep going and offer a few others…
“Hunted by the Silent Shadow” Infection map?..I mean; c’mon…let’s GO!