Add new skins to bots?

[Vic Marrow]

Is it possible to add new player skins to jvbots. I tried by going into the human folder and adding a new skin .tik but this didn't seem to work. Also is it possible to force models of your choice from the console? I read the part about force models and the way I understand it is that what ever human model the map was compiled with will be the model that is used when you type the command "jvbot_forcemodels 1" Do I got this right ?

[Krane]

Yeah, it is possible But first tell me: You have some player skins and want these skins on the bots? And what you mean by a skin .tik (a moidified version of another tik)?

About the force models: every bots map have these models placed on the map. They have targetname "alliesspawnpreset" and "axisspawnpreset" (the script gets rid of them before your map loads. ). When you type jv_forcemodels 1, you're telling the game to choose the first model from the array, so every axis/allies bots will have that skin. This increases fps

ps: try d/l the russian bots and mess around with it ! There a lot of things there that can clarify your views !

[small_sumo]

Basicly get a bot tik and a custom player tik and make the changes nessisary to the player tik and put it in the human folder and add it in radient, if eyr makin bot maps that is. Like just look at the bot tik and add stuff from it ot the player one to get yer new ai tik.

Sorry if that sounds confusing.

[Vic Marrow]

Yes I have some player skins and want these skins on the bots. Yes I modified a bot.tik but didn't seem to work. I will try again.
Sorry I didn't get back to your replys sooner but my internet was down for a while thanks for your help!

[Krane]

Ok! . First step is to create the bot tik. If you already have the player skin, you already have these jpgs or tgas properly setted in a shader.

Open jv_bots01.pk3 and find models/human/multiplayer_allied_1st-ranger_captain.tik . Extract this file to your desktop, rename it to multiplayer_allied_mybot.tik . Open it! Now let's change some lines:

1) Down on the bottom of the file you'll see

/*QUAKED ai_multiplayer_allied_1st-ranger_captain

Change it to:

/*QUAKED ai_multiplayer_allied_mybot

2) Now open your player skin tik file. On the top of the file you'll see the paths to the models. I'll take the oss_man model as an example ( allied_SAS.tik). In this file, you'll see, on the top:

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path models/human/french_resistance	// Set path to set skelmodel from
	skelmodel resistance.skd			// Set body model

	surface pants shader brownpants
	surface cullpants shader cull_brownpants
	surface shirt shader browncoat
	surface cullshirt shader cull_browncoat
	surface inside shader browncoat

//	$include models/human/heads/us_young_heads.tik
	path models/human/heads
	skelmodel head2.skd
	surface head shader jeff_c

	path models/human/hands
	skelmodel hand.skd
	surface hand shader handsnew

Now carefully! Copy this, open our mybot tik, and paste this OVER this:

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path models/human/allied_ranger_soldier	// Set path 

to set skelmodel from
	skelmodel assaultvest.skd		// Set body model
	surface ranger_pants shader ranger_pants
	surface ranger_top shader ranger_top
	surface armband shader av_ltnt_cap

	$include models/human/heads/us_old_heads.tik

	path models/human/hands
	skelmodel hand.skd
	surface hand shader handsnew

NOTE: Leave the "{" and the "}" in peace! Do the copy and paste very carefully! See what I did? I just changed the paths this model will use, instead of the captain model, the oss-man model. (while you're here, check the differences between the files)

Cool! We have now Major Grillo wearing american helmets and stuff (you can comment the lines below the tik where it says equipment if you don't want gear on him). Now we have to put him on a map. You can open Radiant and he will be at ai_multiplayer_allied_mybot. Place him on the map and don't forget to give him a targetname "alliesspawnpreset". Or, better method, add these lines to your map script just below level waittill spawn:

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level.mybot = spawn script_model "targetname" "alliesspawnpreset"
level.mybot model "models/human/multiplayer_allied_mybot.tik"
level.mybot solid // this line seems to be useless

Start the map. Mybot suppose to be one of the soldiers! (I hope hehe). Remember that he is ONE option in the middle of other options, so be patient if he didn't show up in the first time. Try a couple of times before coming back...

Hope it helps!