* Fixed issue where commander would build siege turrets too far from the siege target
* Improved commander response to requests for turrets
* Nav reachabilities and paths are now regenerated after all nav mesh modifications are updated
* Commanders now think in terms of establishing and building bases rather than placing individual structures. Should help reduce duplication of structures, selling structures unnecessarily etc.
* Incomplete implementation: not currently used but will be once finished
* Commander no longer sends reminders once an order is issued
* Fixed an issue where marines would loiter and refuse to move on once securing a hive
* Improved wall climbing: bots handle varied wall angles better
* Potentially fixed issue causing invalid paths
* Fixed issue where gorges wouldn't heal anyone while focused on capping res node or building defensive structures
* Marines will now get close initially to a resource node they want to cap, before guarding it. This fixes the issue in Hera where bots would wait for the RT in cargo to drop but never actually open the door so the commander could drop it
* Disabled AI commander reissuing orders to players as a reminder. It was annoying for humans, and pointless for bots since they should always obey it right away anyway
* Fixed some nav meshes so Onos can navigate better, and avoid bad structure placement
* Improved bot movement when not using the nav mesh (i.e. direct movement)
* Fixed player-built structures being duplicated if a commander takes over (i.e. AI commander ignoring player-placed structures and acting like they don't exist)
* Fixed marines just loitering in enemy hives doing nothing
* Fixed gorges sometimes not fully building structures and just leaving them to slowly grow
* Fixed bug where aliens wouldn't properly defend their hive if the marines weren't sieging it
* Fixed some stuck issues with skulks
* Added a proper debug printout for bots on-screen
* Fixed bots getting stuck on top of railings sometimes. Also hopefully fixed issues with bots aborting wall climbs for no reason.
* Fixed issue with duplicate base structures being dropped
* Fixed an issue where marines would become listless if the aliens had 3 hives up and they didn't have phase tech researched. They should continue to attack regardless
* Fixed issue where gorges would go nuts when trying to build defensive structures in an empty hive
* Aliens should be much more focused on evolving into fade/onos, including ignoring a hive under attack to first evolve so they can defend more effectively
* Reworked how bot hearing and sight combine
* Reworked target prioritisation
* Reworked when a bot should ignore a nearby enemy and engage
* Overall result is bots should have a better balance of engaging enemies and getting on with their tasks
* Bots no longer get perma-stuck when standing on the drill in Ragnarok (or similar situations in other maps)
* Fixed fades getting glued to the ceiling when trying to blink into a vent
* Fixed bots getting stuck on top of railings sometimes
* Fixed bots sometimes deciding to evolve in the ready room on certain maps
* Updated nav mesh for eclipse
* Improved hearing logic
* Improved marine combat decision making (they don't all cluster around the CC for no reason anymore)
* Bots can now hear regen sounds
* Fixed bots getting into a clusterfuck when multiple try to use a lift at the same time.
* Improved nav meshes for various maps
* Added new console commands for debugging to force bots to evolve
* If there is no CC, infantry portal or hives in NS mode, bots will revert to deathmatch behaviour to finish the game
* Fixed bots flying off target when leaping/blinking sometimes
* If there is no armoury to retreat to, marines won't back off and will attack (stops clustering around the CC for no reason).
Bots will no longer see cloaked players, and have a chance based on cloak level, movement and size of the players. Bots will also sneak when approaching enemies while cloaked.
* Improved lerk movement when it is not flying (i.e. being cautious)
* Users can now optionally add botnames.txt to the NS folder to define custom bot names
* Improved jump and blink movement
* Hopefully fixed bug with bots trying to walk between phase gates
* Fixed issue with bots constantly switching weapons when trying to reload
* Added a max AI time for a match, with bots throwing the game if there are no humans and it goes on too long (configurable in nsbots.ini, default is 90 minutes)
* Re-added the view frustum for bots
* Hopefully stopped bots getting permanently stuck trying to evolve an upgrade in an invalid place
* Bots will now leave the game after 2 hours if no humans playing (ignores human spectators)
* Fixed bots targeting mines to attack
* Fixed crash on enabling bots after previously disabling them
* Fixed bots not handling doors correctly when enabling them after match start
* Bot config is no longer case-sensitive
* Listen server hosts now get console notifications on bot status, errors etc.
* Added safeguards around parsing the file to prevent bad values crashing
* Made mp_botautomode default to 1 and mp_botcommandermode default to 1
* Initial bot commit
* Added server commands and cvars for adding AI players to the game.
* Added auto modes for automating the adding and removal of bots
* Bots connect to the server and join teams correctly
* Added round restart and new map detection for AI system
Push before new project added for detour
* Initial bot integration
* Integrated all basic bot code for navigation and task performing
* Added support for multi_managers to better understand how buttons and triggers affect doors
* Improved bot understanding of door triggers and weldables
* Reworked nav profiles
Nav profiles for bots are now dynamically updated to take into account changing capabilities, such as picking up a welder
* Improved bot door usage
* Added weldable obstacles back into navigation
Bots now understand how to get around weldable barriers
* Replaced fixed arrays with vectors
* Resource node and hive lists are now vectors.
* Further improved bot weld behaviour
* Added dynamic reachability calculations
When barriers and doors are open/closed, new reachability calculations are done for structures and items so bots understand when items/structures become reachable or unreachable as the match progresses.
* Added team-based reachability calculations
Reachabilities for structures and items are now based on the team, so bots understand when they can't reach a structure from their spawn point.
* Implemented long-range off-mesh connections and dynamic off-mesh connections
* Implemented fully dynamic off-mesh connections
Phase gates now use connections rather than custom path finding. Much more performant.
* Replaced arrays with vectors for simpler code
* Started Bot Swimming
* Bots understand trigger_changetarget
Bots can now navigate doors operated with a trigger_changetarget so they understand the sequence in which triggers must be activated to make it work
* Push before trying to fix long-range connections
* Implement new off-mesh connection system
* Redid population of door triggers
* Fixed trigger types and links to doors
* Added lift and moving platform support
* Lift improvements
* Bots avoid getting crushed under a lift when summoning it
* Bots are better at judging which stop a platform needs to be at
* Tweak lift and welder usage
* Fixed bug with multiple off-mesh connections close together
* Finish lift movement
* Fixed dodgy path finding
* Improved skulk ladder usage and lerk lift usage
* Fix crash with path finding
* Re-implement commander AI
* Commander improvements
* Improve commander sieging
* Commander scanning tweak
* Reimplemented regular marine AI
* Start reimplementing alien AI
* Implement gorge building behaviours
* Start alien tactical decisioning
* Continuing alien building and other non-combat logic
* More alien role work
* Adjusted base node definitions
* Iterate Capper Logic
* Alien assault AI
* Alien Combat
* Fix grenade throwing, better combat
* Marine combat AI improvements
* Commander improvements
* Commander + nav improvements
* Drop mines
* Improved bot stuck detection
* Commander supply improvements
* Bot fill timing config
* Added nsbots.cfg to configure internal bots
* Changed bot config file to "nsbots.cfg"
* Bug fixing with navigation
* Fix skulk movement on ladders
* Improved commander placement and tactical refresh
* Fixed bug with ladder climbing
* Doors block off-mesh connections
* Finished doors blocking connections
* Marine and alien tactical bug fixes
* Add commander beacon back in
* Start combat mode stuff
* First pass at combat mode
* Bots attack turrets
* Fix ladder and wall climbing
* Commander chat request
* Improved skulk ladders
* Added nav meshes for new bot code
* Added bot configuration to listen server menu
* Added bot config file
* Added default bot config to listenserver.cfg
* Added default bot settings to server.cfg
* Include VS filter for bot files
* Crash fixes
* Bot improvements
* Bot stability and mine placement improvements
* Fixed crash on new map start with bots
* Reverted Svencoop fix
* Fixed crash, added more cvars
* Performance improvement
* Commander building improvements
* Stop bot spasming when waiting to take command
* Fixed doors not blocking connections
* Added bot disabled guard to round start
* Commander improvements, movement improvements
* Tweaked level load sequence
* Performance improvements
* Bot load spread
* Fixed commander update
* Refactor bot frame handling
* Bug fixes + Pierow's dynamic load spread
* Minor bug fixes
* Fix door detection, prep for test
* Fixed commander siege spam
* linux compile test
* fix hardcoded inlcudes
* O1 compile flag for detour
- fix linux server crash
* Revert detour compile flags to original for windows
* linux build update
* remove x64 build configs
* update bot nav meshes and configs
* fix bot physics at high server fps, update navmeshes. from @RGreenlees
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Co-authored-by: RGreenlees <RGreenlees@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: RichardGreenlees <richard.greenlees@forecast.global>
