Bots ability to follow orders

[Maqqie]

Hello Everyone,
I am fairly new to BF2 and I was playing around with the bots in SP. I placed myself as commander and gave orders to my squads but for sometimes the bots didn't follow the orders. (eg. I told squad 6 to attack a position, but they moved to a completely different location). Also when I tell them to defend a position, they seem to defend it for a minute then move off.

Is this normal? Is there anyway to change this?

Thanks in advance,

Maqqie

[Lamri35UK]

Re: Bots ability to follow orders

seems pretty lifelike to me!
Go online, become commander and watch the exact same things happen with "real" people.

[Maqqie]

Re: Bots ability to follow orders

seems pretty lifelike to me!
Go online, become commander and watch the exact same things happen with "real" people.

hmmm... is there anyway to change this though?

Also is it possible to have uneven teams? (eg. I want to have 10 bots on my team, and 6 on the enemy team).

Thanks again,

Maqqie

[WDA_Endless954]

Re: Bots ability to follow orders

From what little I've played singleplayer I find they follow orders really well. I WISH people followed orders so well in game....sigh.

[Lamri35UK]

Re: Bots ability to follow orders

I don't think you can have any input into how the bots behave OR the team balance in SP. I only use SP if I want to learn/practice something like flying etc so i'm not sure about the bot side of things, only that its pretty hit and miss

[WDA_Endless954]

Re: Bots ability to follow orders

I like to knife the entire opposing team. Makes my day.

[mlkmnz]

Re: Bots ability to follow orders

hmmm... is there anyway to change this though?

Also is it possible to have uneven teams? (eg. I want to have 10 bots on my team, and 6 on the enemy team).

Thanks again,

Maqqie

I don't beleive so but I would have thought that should be quite a simple function to put into the game. Going rambo style with 3:1 odds with bots would be more fun. Or even 10 on 1....

[mafkACE]

Re: Bots ability to follow orders

seems pretty lifelike to me!
Go online, become commander and watch the exact same things happen with "real" people.

i think i can tell you why that is...

cause the scoring systems isnt in line with the chain of command.
if my CO gives me the order to take my squad and defend some way out position. i have a very low chance on getting some kills or scoring points.
on most maps, the action is packed around only a few CP's. and thats where every player wants to be, to score points. and the commander gets his points anyway. if they would add a scoring bonus of like 20 points for each player on the winning team. there would most likely be way more team play in the game. now only the winning commander gets a BONUS. like hell id work for the points of that dude if i only get a ****ty 15% of his score when i follow orders. id rather lose and get three times the score. at least, thats what i think most players think. its all about their score.

the answer to it remains. tactical team play resulting in a win should result in a winning score.

just my 2sec

[Lamri35UK]

Re: Bots ability to follow orders

Couldn't agree with you more mate, there really is NO incentive to follow commanders orders on a public server unless it is in the players interest to do so. Most people just hit the affirmative button when given an order and just carry on doing whatever.

[Maqqie]

Re: Bots ability to follow orders

I don't beleive so but I would have thought that should be quite a simple function to put into the game. Going rambo style with 3:1 odds with bots would be more fun. Or even 10 on 1....

thnx for the response mlkmnz. Is anyone able to confirm this?

Cheers,

Maqqie