Ricochet

Ricochet

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Adding bots easily [UPDATED]
By Hector Hernandez
A quick guide about adding bots to practice offline :D
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About the bots
At this time, very few (if any) artificial players are available outside of the one popular, yet unfinished Bot package named RicoBot. Bot developer, Wei Mingzhi (a.k.a., Whistler), created RicoBot based on the HPB Bot Template #3 by Botman.

In it's current state, RicoBot does not have remarkably smart A.I. (it does not try to collect Power-Ups and only moves and shoots in the most basic forms), however, the bots are incrediably dependable and are a great way for beginners to practice. The following list details the pros and cons of RicoBot.

RicoBot Features
+ Only publicly-available, working AI for Ricochet at the moment
+ Easy to install
+ Can use on dedicated and public servers
+ Customizable bots (names, skill levels, chat percentages)
+ Easy to add/kick unique bots through console
+ Config files can customize and auto-load specific bots for specific maps
+ Works with all standard game maps
+ Practice modes available
+ Bots refrain from jumping into lethal shots (pause dodging) occasionally
- Bots have predictible movement and shot patterns
- Hard to frag bots with Push shots
- Bots only fire Decapitation discs when in close proximity to their target
- Bots may at teammates on team deathmatch-moded games
Installation
You can download rico bots from here
mediafire-com-download-19g9l3c22blniye-ricochet_bots.rar

Change "-" for "/"

Installation

  • Download rico bots
  • Go to Ricochet's installation folder, commonly is C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Half-Life\ricochet
  • Extract winrar files there
  • Open game and create a server
  • Open console and type "addbot" to add a bot
  • Enjoy
Credits
Thanks to:

  • Bot developer, Wei Mingzhi (a.k.a., Whistler)
  • Ricochet master's guide
20 Comments
nathrobbo12 7 Jan, 2024 @ 1:24pm 
Where's the Link Website?
ventsi_bs 12 Jul, 2023 @ 7:19pm 
Still can't get this to work after many attempts :/
gamer 30 May, 2022 @ 8:02am 
I decided to favorite this guide so just in case I need to remember this :steamhappy:
jerry ! 10 Jan, 2022 @ 9:07am 
is it possible to get this working on linux or are we fucked
Halojen 9 Sep, 2021 @ 1:55am 
I looked at the code and altered some bits (nerfing the bots because even the lowest skill level is better than me and the skill level is barely utilised as far as I can tell).
But I can't for the life of me find out how to compile it to see my changes.
SnipeDude 7 Jul, 2021 @ 6:22am 
no
Hector Hernandez  [author] 14 Jan, 2021 @ 11:07am 
It's incredible that the download link it's still working :wololo:
catercu 12 Jan, 2021 @ 1:56pm 
I love how this is the only way to even start a match in 2021..
Jack PoUroO 27 Nov, 2020 @ 10:50am 
owo
Goosewantedforwarcrimes 20 Nov, 2020 @ 8:45pm 
everyone stop playing all your steam games and play ricochet only