Offline Bots?

[Spartan]

Can you play this game offline with bots? I don't have good connection so I won't be able to reliably play online.

Is the game online only?

If online only and no bots, can anyone recommend another Quake that has offline bots? I read a bit about Open Arena but it's not an actual Quake game? Would that be a good place to start?

[Patrol1985]

The bots are in the game :) Here is a sample bot match by me:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aERTyiV3xYU

[Spartan]

Originally posted by Patrol1985:

The bots are in the game :)

Awesome! Thank you!!!

[correzz]

Or buy a copy of Q3 (if you can find it). Played 100s of hours against bots back then.

[Patrol1985]

Correzz is right. In Quake Live you have to manually set each game with bots whereas in Quake 3 you have sort of a "campaign" where you fight bots on different maps and unlock next batch of maps once you complete a given tier. It's more fun than what Quake Live has to offer so if you want to play only bots I would try Quake 3. If you want to also play online, Quake Live is better.

Also - check out Open Arena. It's exactly like Quake 3 (same source code), but with different assets (models, sounds, maps, etc.). It's as close to a free version of Quake 3 as they come, definitely worth a look (and it's free!). It also has bot matches organized in a "campaign".

[Cobra]

Start an offline match then set min players to how many bots you want.

[JC Denton]

Originally posted by Patrol1985:

Correzz is right. In Quake Live you have to manually set each game with bots whereas in Quake 3 you have sort of a "campaign" where you fight bots on different maps and unlock next batch of maps once you complete a given tier. It's more fun than what Quake Live has to offer so if you want to play only bots I would try Quake 3. If you want to also play online, Quake Live is better.

Also - check out Open Arena. It's exactly like Quake 3 (same source code), but with different assets (models, sounds, maps, etc.). It's as close to a free version of Quake 3 as they come, definitely worth a look (and it's free!). It also has bot matches organized in a "campaign".

Skirmish allows you to have more bots.

[Patrol1985]

Originally posted by That one guy:

Skirmish allows you to have more bots.

Yeah, I know. It's similar to Q3 after all. I just find those "campaign" matches to be cooler - it gives you a sense of completion once you beat them all etc. :)