@Predator: thanks, i'll take a look that one

@BLACK DEATH: My mod is no longer being updated because it has merged with this bot mod: https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3397710344 and receives advanced updates there that I would not have been able to do. If you have any requests or suggestions, please post them there. Regarding your statement: I left everything original on the drifters.

There was a bug that marine bots would not attack Drifters on sight, no matter how you set their threat level in brain_data.ini. Can you please check that out?

@Bhaz :I'm glad to hear that you like it! I hope you keep going and that you're not finished with your good bot mod. The alien players like the gorge who now jumps back and forth really coolly, uses his heal senses for the player bots, and the skulks who finally use nearestteamates properly are great (I didn't manage to do that). Strategic phasegates and tunnels are great. I hope you have more planned. I'll post a few ideas and wishes for your hopefully next update on your mod page .

Your new ARC feature works pretty much perfectly.

@delnaxsis: i think it's great and motivating when you don't just do it only for yourself, but also for people they like the hard work on the bot. I would also be happy if even more people would take on this complex, but also very interesting challenge. It would be really cool if more motivated and creative people would develop the bot further and of course it would become better and more dynamic as a result. for only one person it is seemingly an endless task. let's see what else you can get out of it and thanks for the praise.

really decent update love seeing arc's move around the map and put hives to siege. the marine orders for moving/building and defending seems improved as well. been play testing this mod alot with bhaz recently both pre and prior to the update. also done alot of private testing with bhaz's submod for this, which i won't spoil, but the game play with bots now is both fun and challenging. great work all round.

@Rus9 ZakirOV: the Combot does not use sentrys because it would be difficult to integrate it in a simple way while strictly taking supply points into account. For this, special circumstances must be taken into account and then programmed sensibly.

Hello, I wanted to ask, does the commander use a sentry gun? Or is it just a matter of tactics, since I haven’t seen any turrets during the game yet?

@Bhaz: have fun testing and i'm excited to see what you have to offer us.

I've actually been working on a sort-of sub mod for this in private for a couple of months now, so I haven't had the chance to try out your new changes. I'll try and get some feedback in this weekend. ARC turret support sounds amazing.

Rus9 ZakirOV: nice clip and play on ayumi.

Here is my recorded gameplay of the game with your mod with listen server https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6G79LTGMpmI

Rus9 ZakirOV:

Hello again, I checked that the mod works with the listen server, at first I activated it, it crashed the first time, but from the second launch the game went well, I played for an hour and a half, your work is super!!!

j@Rus9 ZakirOV : i only tested it by entering it via the console, but if the mod is active it should also work via the list server, since the activated data is taken from your game. Just test it yourself and thanks for the praise.

Excellent mod, finally the Marines began to fight and now there is balance, and not constant victories of others, I wanted to ask, will your mod work through the listen server?, or only through the console?

thx for the nice comments guys. @delnaxis: I like both parts very much :-). however, this game still needs more love and other more competent help. maybe the community is so small...

Appreciate the time, work and updates mate, natural selection 2 is one of those games that i go back to from time to time, just to smash out some casual games against the bots. So its great to see the game still getting some love via mod updates as ive playing the series since since the original on the hl engine back in the early 2000s

I haven't played the game in a while, but seeing update notifications for this makes me smile a bit. I tried the mod in the past and it was good. Update logs are extremely promising for whenever I feel like playing again.

@delnaxsis, I'm glad you like it for the most part. I'll look into the skulk thing. Maybe I can solve this problem.

Great work with the mod updates, very nice improvements across the board. The skulk 'waiting' behaviour has been amazing in some situations but also very negative in others. Seen alot of cases where skulks are not aggressive enough will allow for a RT to be destroyed by waiting around the corner.

@Bhaz: I have released an update against some gorge bugs.

I noticed that placing a clog can cause friendly gorges to get stuck spamming heal spray on them forever if it becomes damaged. I have no idea if that's a bug with this mod or just a vanilla issue.
I'm also a bit torn on the skulks waiting, I've seen it work well a few times (20+ rounds with this new update) but more often than not skulks have hung back where they could've otherwise changed the outcome of a fight or saved an RT that was being destroyed. Perhaps the new system could be bypassed entirely if there's a friendly unit or building nearby.

thanks for the big point prize

@delnaxsis: nice that you like my work :-) mod id = 3023063995

all good, found a hex converter for the mod ID :). thanks again for the great mod

thanks for this mod, for ded server owners whats the mod ID? or would we just use 3023063995?

thanks for the dino prize!

i haven't bothered with the POV yet. i think it will be quite difficult for me, but perhaps with time, desire and practice, or with experienced programmers who enjoy playing ns2, there are still ways to improve this and other features etc... i'll try to look a bit , but I can't promise you anything :-)

I've used this for a while now but there's just one thing I would suggest changing, if possible. Any chance you could make the Marines a little more oblivious to aliens outside of their POV? It appears as if once you have potential line of sight with them, they'll know where you are almost immediately. Makes the stealth mechanics of the Aliens a lot less viable.

@Francis: wow, thank you for this nice opinion. i would do even more if i understood a lot more about programming, but the person has to come along first. if you're still into NS1, i recommend this superbot, which was only released last year. take a look, maybe you'll come back to ns1 too. In many respects the bot is also an inspiration for a good NS2 bot. you can find the bot on moddb. com. bot name = Evobot for Natural Selection 1. have fun! :-)

I've picked up this game unfortunately right before it no longer got updates. I loved NS1 and thought to myself "I'd love to play with bots! Any map, any number, and they'll rock!" While the devs put some love into the bots, they didn't allow them to do everything that they could be doing. I awaited the marine com to begin making all these weapons and structures, excited to see a fair and awesome game against aliens and marines. Much to my disappointment, aliens won all the time. I thank you personally for upgrading them to do everything they should do, and for giving a full team of bot marines a fighting chance!

@KnightedWarrior: thank you for the praise :-). The server must have the plugin and actively load it for the current game, no matter what role you want to play, whether multiplayer or singelplayer.

NICE JOB!
Does this work with multiplayer?
Like as long as you are the commander, or only if you are the host?

Ah I don't know much about coding or anything like that, good luck man. Just thought I'd let you know

@SHiFT_DeL3TE : for me personally is it complicated to right aiming the bots target in every case. i'll take a look at it, but I can't tell you if I'll definitely be able to do it. a good ns2 player with good progamming skills would be an advantage here.

like this mod, but marine ai sometimes refuse to aim slightly lower to kill skulks so they die when they should have won. I mostly play bot games so this kind of hurts my enjoyment a bit.

@CAT: thank you for your kind words. :-)

Hey man, just wanna say you're doing gods work with this mod even if it gathers little traction.

@ Firaeveus Carron: It's nice that you like it. it's possible they lose often but it's difficult to balance them. Let's see if they can get even better...

Great patches. I still think that the Marine bots lose out against Alien bots on average though.

thanks for the awards and positve reviews.

add it to The Playground server

Preferably with U.A.C patches?

Hello, can I please make a skin request?


Can you make the marines look like the Black-Armoured U.A.C marines in Doom?