> "The AI controlled human players is extremely competent... But they do show their limitations"
I have often wished that Valve would make the player-bots more explicitly customizable (particularly because I only play team vs environment modes, and occasional really bad bot decisions make the game harder in a not-fun way.)
There are several settings available through the console, but they can only be tweaked if the server has SV_CHEATS on. At one point I had a list of 4 or 5 minor changes that made the bots substantially more competent, the main one being reducing their following distance to about a third of what it previously was. My most wished for change, which I have not been able to find a setting to control, is the threshold at which AIs will use their healthpacks on themselves or actual humans.
I have often wished that Valve would make the player-bots more explicitly customizable (particularly because I only play team vs environment modes, and occasional really bad bot decisions make the game harder in a not-fun way.)
There are several settings available through the console, but they can only be tweaked if the server has SV_CHEATS on. At one point I had a list of 4 or 5 minor changes that made the bots substantially more competent, the main one being reducing their following distance to about a third of what it previously was. My most wished for change, which I have not been able to find a setting to control, is the threshold at which AIs will use their healthpacks on themselves or actual humans.