No Bots in Multiplayer anymore - Page 3

grim reaper · 06-06-2005, 09:11 PM

They where working out how much time it would take to finish all the seperate features. Coop would take too long so they decidded to polish the otgher stuff.

It'll be put in a patch if we moan enough.

Wingman · 06-15-2005, 04:36 PM

Here is my official moan.

MOOOOAAAANNNNN!!!

KNYTE · 06-15-2005, 04:44 PM

They were talking about removing "co-op" months ago. When I first heard it I was like "so what, the bots are idiots", but after seeing the BF2 bots in action I'm a little disappointed that we won't be able to play against them in multi.

Wingman · 06-15-2005, 04:46 PM

I just read a possible way to have MP Coop with bots. I am going to try it Friday night. I will let you know if it works.

palmerman · 06-15-2005, 07:18 PM

you dont get the true human vs. human competition. you dont know who is truly the better players and what side won completely with bots in the way. bots are for newbs.

Wingman · 06-15-2005, 07:21 PM

Bots are great for LAN matches. You can take your team of human players and go after certain things and try tactics against bots. The bots in BF2 are really good so they would be great in MP coop.

If you have not played against bots at 10-1 odds, then you have no idea what its like. It is a nice option to have. I am not saying they are better than human players. I play online, but prefer to also have the option to play against bots as we have had in the past BF games.

richcz3 · 06-15-2005, 09:06 PM

Am I missing something here.
I played COOP with the BF2 Demo this weeked. It was only the 16 player map and we played with 32 bots. It works just fine. One guy starts the map and the others join directly to his IP address.

richcz3

Spy98 · 06-15-2005, 09:15 PM

I can confirm this working.

WW2dude · 06-15-2005, 09:16 PM

I play against bots... Never online(I hate people). I'm fine with singleplayer being the only option. But, I still think it's a bad decision. If they just add them many people will be happy about it.

Fishfinger · 06-15-2005, 09:22 PM

I hate bots
on SP they even TK

Wingman · 06-15-2005, 09:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by richcz3

Am I missing something here.
I played COOP with the BF2 Demo this weeked. It was only the 16 player map and we played with 32 bots. It works just fine. One guy starts the map and the others join directly to his IP address.

richcz3

How did you get the bots into the game? There is no setting in MP for bots. Did he start a SP game and then you guys joined him via the IP option.

Spy98 · 06-15-2005, 09:58 PM

Yup thats how it works wingman.
Of course this isn't officially support by EA. We might get sued for finding out!

Wingman · 06-15-2005, 10:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Spy98

Yup thats how it works wingman.
Of course this isn't officially support by EA. We might get sued for finding out!

Hahaha. Thanks for letting me know. That is great news.

cof_shadow · 06-15-2005, 10:02 PM

I can see that happening. I did notice that every time you start a Singeplayer game it always says "Starting Server"...

Wingman · 06-15-2005, 10:03 PM

Maybe this is what the consider an Easter Egg.

TitanSound · 06-15-2005, 11:18 PM

The only reason I got good with the guns is using the bots for target practice in SP inbetween when I go online. Helped a lot!

felig · 06-16-2005, 07:33 PM

I have tried this and it goes to join and verifys client and then it crashes back to the desktop. Any ideas as I am really keen to to play multiplayer with bots

piloteer81 · 06-16-2005, 07:42 PM

Hi all. Glad to see it is possible to use bots in lan games. Not many of us can muster up more than 5 or 6 people and without bots even counterstrike with its tiny levels gets lonely!

Any idea how you actually join a single player game? All machines I want to connect to the game are behind a router. With Counter strike I had to open a few ports on the router, then use the WAN address not the PC's ip address to get it to work. I only know one port that needs to be open for BF2 and thats 16567.

I then go into the ip search in multiplayer but it doesn't find the WAN address or the ip of the PC the server is on. any ideas??????

richcz3 · 06-16-2005, 08:15 PM

Unless the hosts IP address is masked in some way. All the players should be able to Join by entering the hosts IP address in the Internet Game MP options.

richcz3

piloteer81 · 06-16-2005, 10:07 PM

The only reason it would be masked is if I haven't got the right ports open on the router. For Counterstrike I had to open several to let people view the server and enter it. But I have no idea what ports BF2 needs open! Guess I'll wait till the manual is about!

06-15-2005, 04:36 PM	#42 (permalink)
Wingman Private Join Date: May 2005 Location: Chicago, IL. USA Posts: 22	Here is my official moan. MOOOOAAAANNNNN!!! __________________

06-15-2005, 04:46 PM	#44 (permalink)
Wingman Private Join Date: May 2005 Location: Chicago, IL. USA Posts: 22	I just read a possible way to have MP Coop with bots. I am going to try it Friday night. I will let you know if it works. __________________

06-15-2005, 07:21 PM	#46 (permalink)
Wingman Private Join Date: May 2005 Location: Chicago, IL. USA Posts: 22	Bots are great for LAN matches. You can take your team of human players and go after certain things and try tactics against bots. The bots in BF2 are really good so they would be great in MP coop. If you have not played against bots at 10-1 odds, then you have no idea what its like. It is a nice option to have. I am not saying they are better than human players. I play online, but prefer to also have the option to play against bots as we have had in the past BF games. __________________

06-15-2005, 09:06 PM	#47 (permalink)
richcz3 Staff Sergeant Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Torrance, CA Posts: 294	Am I missing something here. I played COOP with the BF2 Demo this weeked. It was only the 16 player map and we played with 32 bots. It works just fine. One guy starts the map and the others join directly to his IP address. richcz3 __________________

06-15-2005, 09:15 PM	#48 (permalink)
Spy98 Sergeant Join Date: May 2002 Location: Brandenburg, Germany Posts: 330	I can confirm this working. __________________ //Spy98 currently listening to:

06-06-2005, 09:11 PM	#41 (permalink)
grim reaper Forum Moderator Brigadier General Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: England Posts: 7,255	They where working out how much time it would take to finish all the seperate features. Coop would take too long so they decidded to polish the otgher stuff. It'll be put in a patch if we moan enough.

06-15-2005, 07:18 PM	#45 (permalink)
palmerman Private Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 27	you dont get the true human vs. human competition. you dont know who is truly the better players and what side won completely with bots in the way. bots are for newbs.

06-15-2005, 09:16 PM	#49 (permalink)
WW2dude Private Join Date: May 2005 Location: California Posts: 61	I play against bots... Never online(I hate people). I'm fine with singleplayer being the only option. But, I still think it's a bad decision. If they just add them many people will be happy about it. __________________

06-15-2005, 09:22 PM	#50 (permalink)
Fishfinger Major Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: The Shire of Wilts Posts: 3,508	I hate bots on SP they even TK __________________ Your message here My Stats

06-15-2005, 09:58 PM	#52 (permalink)
Spy98 Sergeant Join Date: May 2002 Location: Brandenburg, Germany Posts: 330	Yup thats how it works wingman. Of course this isn't officially support by EA. We might get sued for finding out! __________________ //Spy98 currently listening to:

06-15-2005, 10:02 PM	#54 (permalink)
cof_shadow Private Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Over your dead body with shock paddles Posts: 52	I can see that happening. I did notice that every time you start a Singeplayer game it always says "Starting Server"... __________________

06-15-2005, 10:03 PM	#55 (permalink)
Wingman Private Join Date: May 2005 Location: Chicago, IL. USA Posts: 22	Maybe this is what the consider an Easter Egg. __________________

06-15-2005, 11:18 PM	#56 (permalink)
TitanSound Captain Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: London, England Posts: 2,762	The only reason I got good with the guns is using the bots for target practice in SP inbetween when I go online. Helped a lot! __________________ "You often find drummers have amazing memories, they have to remember long musical phrases as pure data, its almost binary"

06-16-2005, 07:33 PM	#57 (permalink)
felig Private Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 1	I have tried this and it goes to join and verifys client and then it crashes back to the desktop. Any ideas as I am really keen to to play multiplayer with bots

06-16-2005, 07:42 PM	#58 (permalink)
piloteer81 Private Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 2	Hi all. Glad to see it is possible to use bots in lan games. Not many of us can muster up more than 5 or 6 people and without bots even counterstrike with its tiny levels gets lonely! Any idea how you actually join a single player game? All machines I want to connect to the game are behind a router. With Counter strike I had to open a few ports on the router, then use the WAN address not the PC's ip address to get it to work. I only know one port that needs to be open for BF2 and thats 16567. I then go into the ip search in multiplayer but it doesn't find the WAN address or the ip of the PC the server is on. any ideas??????

06-16-2005, 08:15 PM	#59 (permalink)
richcz3 Staff Sergeant Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Torrance, CA Posts: 294	Unless the hosts IP address is masked in some way. All the players should be able to Join by entering the hosts IP address in the Internet Game MP options. richcz3 __________________

06-16-2005, 10:07 PM	#60 (permalink)
piloteer81 Private Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 2	The only reason it would be masked is if I haven't got the right ports open on the router. For Counterstrike I had to open several to let people view the server and enter it. But I have no idea what ports BF2 needs open! Guess I'll wait till the manual is about!