Questions and suggestions...

I'm fairly new to Infiltration, but I've been a hard-core PC gamer for longer than I would like to admit, and I wanted to bring up a couple of issues/suggestions regarding some things that could maybe, possibly, perhaps be tweaked in the next version.

Sorry if this stuff has been discussed, but I'm not going to rummage through globs of forum threads looking to see if they've been addressed previously.

First, can someone point me to a good (working) bot tweaker? I find the bots in 2.86 to be either God-like marksmen, or complete idiots. I realize there are limitations and that the INF bot code is not complete, but if there is a prog out there that will at least dull the pain a little bit... (I did see a link in another thread, but it was busted.)

Another thing... bots and closed doors don't always mix. I see them walking in place against closed doors alot on most (but not all) maps. Is this a path noding issue, bot code, or a combo of both? The one thing that I can't stand is when a bot is on the other side of a closed door that the bot won't/can't open and I can see thier weapon or even a part of thier body sticking through the door. Sure, it's an easy kill through the door, and even a bit fun sometimes, but it's definately no challenge.

Question: Can thier AI be adjusted so that they won't get that close to a closed door, yet still be close enough to open it?

Speaking of which... I feel that the "radius of influence" (pardon my makeshift jargon) for the grab/use function is too small. In most cases I have to lower my weapon and smash my face against doors before I can open the damn things. Granted, I don't want to be able to open it from 10 feet away either. Arms length would be nice though.

Suggestion: Increase the distance needed to activate doors (a little) AND add an animation of the players' arm reaching out and turning/switching the doorknob/lightswitch, etc. (Adds to realism.) Perhaps even during that time that your "activating hand" is not on your weapon, your recoil would be even worse, which would prompt you to be even more cautious when opening doors. Again, this would more closely resemble real-world actions/conditions.

In general, playing against bots is usually intense and rewarding despite thier flaws, but what about hearing and vision enhancements? Without going deep into it, what about giving the bots the ability to "hear"? I can jump up and down, fire weapons... make all kinds of noise on the other side of a door or wall, but the bots have no clue that I'm there without seeing me. What's possible here and what is not?

In addition, what about the bots ability, or rather thier INability to see players that are hiding in the shadows? Granted, they sometimes don't see you even if you are in the open sunlight, but again... I'm just posing questions as to what is possible.

Here's an idea for the future.
You have decided to hole up inside of a structure (sniper opps, flag station, whatever). How about the ability to lock the doors from the inside? This would force the opposing team to have to breach the door with force. The options could be to shotgun the door (depending on door type), a breaching charge (new equipment item), or perhaps even lockpicking? How about kicking it down? (Time consuming, noisy... but realistic!) Granted, this type of thing would be mostly for online play as the bots have enough trouble just opening doors, let alone breaching locked ones.

Yes? No? Hey, I don't have the answers, just questions. Discuss the options. What do you guys think?

That's it for now. Thanks for reading.

Peace, out.

Ahh... wow! That was quick.

Thanks for the bot tweaker link! I'll give it a go.

As for the animation of the arm reaching for the doorknob, lightswitch or whatever, I guess I should have elaborated on the fact that I was trying to suggest something that would give the game more immersiveness and realism in the visuals area. No, I wouldn't want to have to "aim" for the doorknob with my hand, which is a good counterpoint, BTW.

It's just that most of the time, it appears that I'm well within arms reach (or weapons length) of a door and it won't open (or close) when I hit my grab/use key. Well, let's just say that 9 out of 10 times, my body passes thru the door geometry as it opens or closes. They got weapon collision (which is GREAT), but the doors won't collide with your body... hmmm...

Okay, okay... LOL.. I won't open that can of worms about how much of a pain it would be to get hung up on door collision code. Just making a point.

I'm glad that I'm not alone when it comes to botplay. Let's face it, sometimes we get tired (and pissed) playing with other peeps once in awhile, not to mention that even my cable modem isn't always the fastest on the block. I think bots have a huge future in solo gameplay and I'm excited to see further developements.

Thanks for posting!

A'ight, next time I'll keep my posts simpler and more direct. I have a near-phobia, complex or whatever you might call it that I'm not explaining things clearly enough.

I see lots of posts like, "Bots play good, but need more guns and lights would b cool too."

Anyway. Point taken. Thx.