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Cruel Bots

So..., I decided to make this... & I'm still too lazy to create a cover image, so I used the existing templates from my other mod.

This is probably the youngest brother of all bot mods I made (the twin eldest brothers Merciless Bots (Complete Ver) & Merciless Bots (Simple Ver), & elder brother Enhanced Angry Bots).


Well, if you want to sort them based on complexity, this mod gets the lowest position, like this:

1. Merciless Survivor Bots (Complete Ver): This one is a "jack-of-all-trades", with lots of features bundled into one mod, from bot-related to non-bot-related features, from balanced to OP features.
   
   
2. Enhanced Angry Bots: This one is simpler with much less features, but some non-bot-related features can still be found here.
   
   
3. Merciless Survivor Bots (Simple Ver): Simple version of "Merciless Bots" that completely removes all non-bot-related features, with some bot-related features that the complete version doesn't have.
   
   
4. Cruel Bots: Here it is, the youngest brother. For now, the features focus on boosting bot's "cruelty" (probably some bot-related features will be added later). Very simple, small & portable, so it can be used together with other bot mods.

To put it simply, features on this mod are so simple that people only need few seconds to configure (or they can leave the settings as the default ones). For now, there are only few features available in "cruel bots.txt" cfg file:

1. Cruel Level: This controls bot's cruel (difficulty) level. There are 4 levels. 0= default L4D2 (if you want to use other bot mods' settings for this). 1= Bots shoot on sight (default setting of this mod). Max value 4= Bots shoot on sight, semi berserk mode, & auto zombie scan every second.
   
   
2. Berserk Mode: How long bots keep shooting when certain conditions are triggered (taking damage from zombies, shoving common infected, detecting special infected's abilities). The value is equal to second.
   
   
3. Threat Detection Level: This will automatically configure certain cvars that affect bot's "cruelty" & how far bots can detect zombies. The value works as multiplier. Max value is 20 (20= bots can detect zombies 20x farther than the default L4D2 bots).
   
   
4. Ability Detection Level: This controls whether bots can detect special infected's abilities (tongue, charge, ride etc) or not. When enabled, special infected will automatically aggro survivor bots & make them attack the special infected using the ability. Value affects whether tank (rock throwing ability) is included or not.
   
   
5. Auto Self Defense: When taking damage or shoving common infected, bots have certain chance to stumble common infected nearby in melee range. The percentage of chance is affected by the value. Max value= 100 (100% chance).
   
   
6. Auto Taunt: When killing common infected & special infected, bots have certain chance to taunt & show their arrogance & superiority via talkers (if they say good things, they're being sarcastic). The chance is controlled by the value.
   
   
7. Emergency Warp: Depending on the value set, bots will warp to player's location immediately either when pressing "TAB + E" on any interactive objects (items, doors, weapons, switches etc), or when certain conditions are met (examples: Value 1= Warp when stepping on acid, 2= Warp to a location where a survivor's caught by SI, 4= Warp when bots are too close to tank, etc). & bots get "Temporary Friendlyfire Disabler" for 5 seconds after warp.
   
   
8. Auto Retreat From Tank: Bots will retreat from tank immediately based on certain conditions set on each value.
   
   
9. Assassin Mode: When enabled, bots will go into "Assassin Mode" in 5 seconds under certain conditions set on each value (either after they detect special infected's abilities, tank's rock, or witch's rage). During the duration of "Assassin Mode", bots deal more damage on certain zombies. based on value set.
   
   
10. Prioritize Primary Gun: When enabled, anytime bots try to use secondary, they will switch back to primary gun until the primary is low on ammo clip (less than 3 ammo clip). Bots also won't reload too early when ammo clip is still plenty. Value affects whether chainsaw & melee are excluded or not.
    
    
11. Auto Health Regen: Depending on the value set, bots can regenerate health buffer each time they kill a zombie or in every second. Each value has slightly different conditions.
    
    
12. Sabotage Tank Rock: Bots can lower tank's rock throwing accuracy as long as they keep shooting him when he's trying to throw a rock.

With this mod, probably bots will start to look down on you, as they may kill zombies fast enough like main characters, while you'll look more like a supporting character if you're not active enough in killing zombies (like what I did on the video preview, becoming a supporting character for my bots lol).

• A video preview will be added later, about how bots cleared map 2 of The Parish without taking damage & how I became a supporting character.
  
  
• 2nd video later is a preview about combination of this mod & L4B1 during scavenge finale on "Dead Center" (with me as a supporting character & bots as the main characters).
  
  
• In case if you're curious of the cfg settings I used on the video preview:
  
  CruelLevel 1 BerserkMode 1 ThreatDetectionLevel 10 AbilityDetectionLevel 1
  
  
• This mod should be able to be used together with other bot mods, as it's a very simple mod with very simple vscripts (See 2nd video about how this mod was used together with Left 4 Bots 1).
  
  
• More features will be added later. & it's open to suggestions for new features on a discussion thread as long as they're bot-related & not complicated enough.