Survivor Bots On Their Own Feet Alternative (request) (Left 4 Dead 2)

This version is a request. Some people asked me to do something about the bot regen ability as that made the bots too OP so the play lost the survival horror sensation. So, in this version, I "nerfed" the bot regen & made them not that OP anymore. The nerfed features are the "Health Buffer Regen" & "Health Regen" as explained below:
- Health Buffer Regen now is activated only when bot's health & health buffer go down below 40 (I made this to make bots avoid getting limped & then slowing down the players by getting left behind farther & farther away due to slow limped walk).
- Health Regen now is activated only when the bot's health is below 10.
Other than those two, all features & abilities are still the same. I put the list of features & abilities in the changelog, to save space.
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Well, as I haven't got time to make a video about the effects yet, you can take a look on the linked content. The previews there are just to explain in Kokiri Forest (custom campaign) about how Ellis could rise on his (her) own after getting slapped by the witch, how I climbed back from falling on the ledge, how I got revived at low chance after the bots killed some special infected, & how the game was still continuing after the player's dead & then bots started to walk on their own to find the paths. Maybe I'll add a video about that later when I have time.
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In short, this alternative version is to differentiate from the original version, so this one is more open for suggestions about nerfing or even removing certain features without reducing the bot's improved "intelligence". So, feel free to suggest some changes in this version :D .
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Credits:
- Thanks to JeySieGee for the video
- Thanks to Rectus for CSS Weapon Unlocker & the custom weapon base template.
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Notes:
- This mod works even in custom campaigns
- (10/12/20) Changed "Active Weapon Give and Take" to "Item Give and Take". Now it also works on first aid & throwable (molotov, vomitjar etc)
- (10/18/20) Added secondary weapon to the "Item Give and Take" feature. Fixed a bug on primary weapon swap. I also changed the bot's response when shoved.
- (10/20/20) Disabled bot's ability to swap weapon by shoving another bot. Now it should be only players that can swap weapon by shoving bots
- (10/22/20) Added a new bot ability: Bot Emergency Warp. They'll soon warp at player's location when a tank or witch is close enough to them.
- (10/23/20) Fixed some bugs & changed the swap mechanisms on "Item Give and Take" feature.
- (10/26/20) Fixed bot health buffer regen bug that kept regenerating even after it reached 40. Now it should work properly. See the Changelog for details.

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Updated: 10/26/20 • Views: 2,837 • survivor bots on their own feet (alt).vpk (17KB)

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Survivor Bots Stand on Their Own Feet

After looking at some vscript functions, I gave a try to make this one. Just like the title,...

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JeySieGee 3 days ago

There are broken bugs in the current version right now. The 300 life bot, where I spawned many tanks just to defeat my broken AI. The second is, I can't have the grenades I gave my bot if I don't have a grenade and the grenade disappears from their inventory. When exchanging weapons, there's a chance that your first aid will disappear too. That's the bugs I found, and hope the bugs will be gone in the future updates.

kurochama 3 days ago

What? 300 life bot? You meant that the health regen & health buffer regen are bugged again? I'm pretty sure that I didn't touch that one on this update. & for weapon swap, I'll try to check again. Actually I'm also pretty sure that I fixed that one on previous update though. Or maybe there are some scripts I missed.

kurochama 3 days ago

I updated the mod. I fixed the unnecessary swap when swapping certain weapon/ item (like you mentioned when you lost first aid when swapping weapon). The mechanism now works like pain pills swap, you bring up the item then shove it to the bot to swap it. Only item/ weapon you're holding is swapped. The exception is the first aid. Because the right click is to heal teammate & it can be bugged when the teammate's health is not 100, I changed it so that player can swap first aid/ defib when they're holding a pistol. Choose pistol & shove the bot to swap defib/ medic. I also fixed the throwable bug. Now if you don't carry any grenade, you will take bot's grenade when shoving.

kurochama 3 days ago

btw, I still have no idea about the 300 life bot you mentioned. I checked this mod before uploading by spawning a witch in Normal difficulty, & bot's still incapacitated in one slap by the witch when the witch had a good timing in slapping them after they teleported to the player's location. Could you explain more about that "300 life"...?

JeySieGee 11 hours ago

Here's the link a video to the 300 life bug (youtu be/61IRqRKOIDk?t=246) put a period before be

kurochama 10 hours ago

From the video, I think something happened to the health regen & health buffer regen. The regen looked like the original version, where the health & buffer will keep regenerating above the normal health meter. Have you tried to disable other vscript mods & add only this one & check if the problem still happens or not? Last time I checked when spawning a tank & witch to test, their regen was still normal. Or probably you had the original version & the regen effects were overwritten? . Anyway, I'll try to check by playing one full campaign with this mod tonight, while letting the bots take all the damage on purpose, to see if this bug really occurs, or probably there's something else causing the regen bugs.

JeySieGee 6 hours ago

I've disabled every script. The old version of this don't have this health bug (because I still have the old one).

kurochama 4 hours ago

I've updated the mod & fixed the regen bug. It should work properly now. However this still remains as a mystery to me, for now. When I checked the script, the script was the same as the health regen, but somehow only the health buffer regen was bugged. So I put some new scripts to make it work properly. . Anyway, thanks for the bug report :D . Let me know if you find more bugs.

KonoDIoDa0951 4 days ago

Can you make augmented bots work on custom maps too?

kurochama 4 days ago

Well, unfortunately the right goes to the author (Everice, if I'm not mistaken). Probably if the author gives permission, I can take a look to see how to make it available on custom campaigns. But here's a little trick from me that might solve it. Try to extract the vpk file, then delete the "missions" folder in that vpk. After that, repack into vpk file again. Some vscript mods work when doing like that, including Everice's "Calamity Trigger" vscript mod. Try it, & probably that would work too.

JeySieGee 3 weeks ago

still waiting 4 update huhu

kurochama 2 weeks ago

I'm still checking the last script function & find a way to make it work after combination. I'll let you know once it's complete.

kurochama 2 weeks ago

I've updated the mod. Now, it's possible to snatch or give first aid & throwable (molotov etc).

JeySieGee 2 weeks ago

Nah, don't add the secondary weapon swap. I hope the bugs will be fixed.

JeySieGee 2 weeks ago

When I tried this on The passing last chapter, there is a bug that makes the l4d1 survivor teleport on the ground not in the bridge they were supposed to be.

kurochama 2 weeks ago

Oh. That's because of the "Bot Regroup Warp" feature. This feature teleports farthest survivor bots back to player's side, including the L4D1 survivors. But L4D1 survivors are invincible in The Passing, so, there's no need to worry about them.

JeySieGee 2 weeks ago

No, when I used the old version. The bug do not exist, and when I switch to the updated, so then the bug in l4d1. But anyway maybe it's just coincidence.

JeySieGee 1 weeks ago

I'm having issues with the latest version. When bots are shoving in front of another bot, they drop their weapons.

kurochama 1 weeks ago

Probably that's not an issue. I disabled the item swap ability when bots shove players, but bots can shove each other to trigger the item swap. This mechanism works just like how bot never does friendly fire by default while players do. On this mod, I made it that only players are unaffected to the shoving effect.

kurochama 1 weeks ago

Oh, the throwable items are the exceptions. A player can snatch other player's throwable items, not limited to bot only

kurochama 1 weeks ago

But somehow you gave me an idea to test. Probably I'll try to do some experiments soon, to make the shoving only available on human shoving bot, not bot shoving another bot.

kurochama 6 days ago

I disabled bot's ability to swap weapon & medic by shoving another bot. I guess it should work now.

kurochama 3 days ago

Just letting you know that I updated the mod & added a new fun feature, "Bot Emergency Warp" for bots to avoid tank & witch by forced teleport.

JeySieGee 3 days ago

niiiiiiiiice

JeySieGee 3 weeks ago

I never thought this version would get a 1k views great work

kurochama 3 weeks ago

Oh I didn't notice that 1k views. I didn't expect it to be that many either. I was kind of astonished.

JeySieGee 3 weeks ago

IT'S GREAT! CAN YOU ADD A FEATURE THAT BOTS CAN AUTO GIVE/GRAB ITEMS?.

kurochama 3 weeks ago

If it's about grabbing nearby weapons/ items, I think that depends on the bot navigation in every campaign. If the navigation is bad, they won't pick any even if you push them near the weapons/ items. But if it's about the ability to summon an item, there are some commands for it, although that would ruin the horror sensation if exploited too much.

JeySieGee 3 weeks ago

I mean. Can you make the bots automatically grab an item in a wider distance?

JeySieGee 3 weeks ago

And automatically gives the player the item if they do not have an item in that item slot.

kurochama 3 weeks ago

Probably that's related to the bot navigation in the campaign. Like for example, bots in certain custom campaigns that have bad navigation won't pick the weapons or first aid kits even if they're close to the items. So in short, I think it's not possible to do that.

JeySieGee 3 weeks ago

There is a plugin called Gear Transfer that do that, but idk what its script. Here's the link if you want to check though (forums alliedmods net /showthread.php?p=1294082) just put period after forum, alliedmods and remove space before slash

kurochama 3 weeks ago

After taking a look on the functions, I think I get some ideas about how to make it possible. Probably I might be able to create the survivor shoving function similar to that, & transferring items might be possible too. But I need to do some experiments on some script & event functions for that. However, probably the result would be different from that "gear transfer", as I'll try to create the features in my own ways, like for example, players can help bots pick an item if their navigation is bad enough to detect the item.

JeySieGee 3 weeks ago

Woah! Great!

kurochama 3 weeks ago

Just letting you know, that the new update has added a weapon swap feature, "Active Weapon Give and Take". You can snatch bot's primary weapon by shoving them. However there are still some bugs. I'm still trying to do something about transferring the first aid kit & bomb, as I need to combine one more script function to make it work.

JeySieGee 3 weeks ago

The current version is very buggy and funny :D

kurochama 3 weeks ago

Yeah... I loved it when I swap Nick's weapon & he badmouthed me lol :D . The bugs need fixing in the next update, although those are not dangerous bugs (more likely to exploitable bugs, like the full ammo after swap). I'll add the first aid kit & grenade swap too in the next update, as I only need to figure out how to make the one last script function work.

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THIS IS THE MOST AWESOME BUFF IN BOTS

By JeySieGee 4 weeks ago

GREAT MOD