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BarneyGumball
31st Mar 2006, 04:38 AM
Well i decided i'd play an offline "Instant Action" game in UT2k4...

normally in Instagib CTF i would have my ass handed to me and get like 2 frags...

i have a screenshot of me + 2 bots vs 4 bots all on adept and check my score...

http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/8638/iainstagibctfscore0ty.gif

I actually found out by this match i can hit a moving target...

although adept bots don't really "dodge" as such it just shows that with 200 ping it can mean a world of difference...

(Being in Australia with a 512 d/l connection doesn't really help my ping...)
Israphel
31st Mar 2006, 05:17 AM
I think this would be better in the Unreal Tournament 2004 forum, that's where all the people who play that game post about it are.
BarneyGumball
31st Mar 2006, 05:31 AM
i suppose you're right...

if i could only move it >_>
Turret 49
31st Mar 2006, 05:32 AM
although adept bots don't really "dodge" as such...

You can dodge hitscan?! :O

;)
BarneyGumball
31st Mar 2006, 05:36 AM
You can dodge hitscan?! :O

;)

lol

what i meant is they don't jump around like crazy making them harder to hit...

hopefully we'll get a superfast (ADSL 2) connection soon so i ping approx. 50 on American servers =D
Balton
31st Mar 2006, 06:14 AM
You can't compare bots to human players.
AriTheDog
31st Mar 2006, 06:23 AM
:goshen:
BarneyGumball
31st Mar 2006, 06:31 AM
You can't compare bots to human players.

true...

but this shows that i'm better at hitscan than i thought...

if only they hosted decent servers in australia...
flo0tz
31st Mar 2006, 07:00 AM
if only they hosted decent servers in australia...

lol, the entire australian ut2004 community is based around ig pretty much, try gamespace.net.au|ut2004 #1 instamulti... 203.34.186.15:7777.
BarneyGumball
31st Mar 2006, 07:29 AM
=o

thanks for the aussie ip!! =D

gotta see if it works ;)
dub
31st Mar 2006, 08:37 AM
but this shows that i'm better at hitscan than i thought...

nah... bots are crap at dealing out hitscan and avoiding it. They love to stop and crouch when you start peppering them with any hitscan... silly things.

Though ping does make a big difference. I'm an admin on Titan and play a lot of TAM. I used to play exclusivley on our UK servers. When I started to play on servers closer to home that I actually ping well on, I noticed a big difference. (note: I've also got a really turd connection that doesn't help when playing longdistance)

But no, you can't compare bots to humans at all. Dumb as bricks and all they do is follow blindly in a DM environment.