March 24th 1999 by MrElusive

Gladiator Bot editing info...

The first Gladiator Bot editing information is available from the features page. On these pages you will find most of the information needed to edit the bot or add it to your own mod.


March 21th 1999 by MrElusive

Gladiator Bot v0.91 game source code...

The Gladiator Bot v0.91 game source code is now available from the download page.
Click here for a quick download.

Gladiator Bot server...

There's a Gladiator Bot server running at quake2.isoc.net:27930
This server is running the latest versions/betas as they become available.
Thanks to RaVeN for realising this server!



March 19th 1999 by MrElusive

Gladiator Bot v0.91 released...

- no limitations.
- Linux-i386 binaries included
- several other things you can read about in the readme included with the bot

You can still use your old .aas files. However if you want bots that use the grapple hook in CTF you have to re-aas your maps.

The Gladiator Bot v0.91 is now available from the download page. Click here for a quick download.

This new version does not work with the released v0.9 game source code. The new
game source for v0.9 will probably be available in a few days.

February 15th 1999 by MrFreeze

Bot limitations...

As you probably noticed the bot has some limitations:
- 4 bots are allowed in the maps q2dm1, q2dm2, q2dm3, q2dm8 and ztn2dm1,2,3,4,5,6.
- 6 bots in the CTF maps q2ctf1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8.
- 256 bots in sewer64.
- 1 bot in all other maps.
Also you are not allowed to modify the bot characters.

This because we are looking into incorporating the Gladiator bot into a commercial product. There are still several options to investigate. We will keep you posted.

February 14th 1999 by MrFreeze

Gladiator Bot game source code...


The Gladiator Bot for Quake2 game source code is now available from the download page. Click here to get it.

This source code incorporates the following parts:

1. The Quake2 v3.20 game source code by id Software.
    ftp.idsoftware.com/idstuff/quake2/source/
2. The additional Quake2 v3.20 mission pack 1 "The Reckoning" game source code by 
    Xatrix. 
    ftp.idsoftware.com/idstuff/quake2/source/
3. The additional Quake2 v3.20 mission pack 2 "Ground Zero" game source code by
    Rogue. 
    ftp.idsoftware.com/idstuff/quake2/source/
4. The Quake2 CTF game source code.
    ftp.idsoftware.com/idstuff/quake2/ctf/source/
5. Parts of the Rocket Arena 2 Bot Support Routines by David Wright
    http://www.planetquake.com/arena
6. The Gladiator Bot v0.9 game source code by MrElusive.

The source code of the Gladiator Bot DLL is NOT included!

February 13th 1999 by MrFreeze

Gladiator Bot v0.9 released...
Finally! The next version is out!
Now you can play every map you want. Also support for the following mods has been added:

- Xatrix mission pack 1 "The Reckoning"
- Rogue mission pack 2 "Ground Zero"
- Rocket Arena 2
- Capture The Flag (CTF)

And much more!!! Read the readme for all the details.

Also a new version of WinBSPC has been bundled with the bot as well.
NOTE: The new bot (v0.9) does NOT work with maps converted with older versions of WinBSPC. Use WinBSPC v1.1 shipped with the latest bot. For the whole story read this.

Here is a list of maps tested for problems with this bot. Although we have been pretty thorough we might missed some errors.
Please let us know if you find additional errors. 

February 2nd 1999 by MrFreeze

Gladiator Bot Beta Test Server...

What?
One or two days a week we want a server up and running with the most recent version of
the bot. We will probably change from CTF to teamplay to RA to whatever so you can
experience all aspects of the bot.

Why?
We wanted a different, a more "active" way of keeping you guys updated on the progress
of the bot.We figured that this is more fun then just publishing another dull text about
the latest fixes etc. And besides that it is a great way to test the bot in the real world
with real people.

After playing you could drop us a line with your
remarks and/or suggestions so we can work on that for the next versions.