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Aliens vs. Predator 2 Bots

Aliens versus Predator 2 came out in 2001, and its multiplayer still has players. Inpu, who makes Xenomorph Timeline, wrote bots for it: Aliens, Predators and Marines that play the multiplayer classes with the same weapons and rules as players.

Two servers run them day and night. The bots live on the server, so you join with the normal game and have nothing to install.

Servers

Inpu's den - DM

Online
Mode
Deathmatch
Map
dm_auriga
Players
8 / 16 (8 bots)
Address
92.222.243.147:27888
  • Alien Big Chap
  • Alien Grid
  • Alien Queen
  • Ripley
  • Hicks
  • Hudson
  • Predator Wolf
  • Predator Scar

Inpu's den - TDM

Online
Mode
Team Deathmatch
Map
dm_predator
Players
8 / 16 (8 bots)
Address
92.222.243.147:27889
  • Alien Big Chap
  • Alien Grid
  • Alien Queen
  • Ripley
  • Hicks
  • Hudson
  • Predator Wolf
  • Predator Scar

Status checked every 30 seconds. In game, bots have [B] in front of their names; real players are shown in amber.

How to join

  1. Install the AvP2 all-in-one pack from avpunknown.com. It already contains the Master Server Patch 2.4, which an older copy of the game needs to see the servers.
  2. Start the game, open the multiplayer menu and look for Inpu's den in the internet server list: DM for Deathmatch, TDM for Team Deathmatch.
  3. Pick a species and a class. The bots carry the names of film characters, such as Ripley, Hicks, Scar or Wolf.

What the bots do

  • They use the multiplayer classes (Smartgunner, Sniper, Stalker, Predalien and the others) with their models, health, armour and weapons, at the same fire rate and damage as players.
  • Aliens climb walls, pounce, head-bite and heal on bodies. Predators cloak, heal with the medicomp and lock their disc and shoulder cannon. Marines and Predators climb ladders.
  • They see you, hear your footsteps and react with a human delay. They also miss.
  • They follow the rules of each mode: free-for-all in Deathmatch, species teams in Team Deathmatch, Hunt and Survivor, friendly fire, and the alien life cycle (facehugger, chestburster, adult) when the server turns it on.
  • Their kills count on the scoreboard. The server adds or removes bots as players come and go, and keeps the teams balanced.

They play the 27 original Deathmatch maps. Evac and Overrun have no bots.

In game

Marine view: an Alien bot lunges, the motion tracker at the bottom left.
Marine view: an Alien bot lunges, the motion tracker at the bottom left.
Alien view: a Smartgunner bot runs in.
Alien view: a Smartgunner bot runs in.
Predator heat vision: a Marine bot fires the Smart Gun.
Predator heat vision: a Marine bot fires the Smart Gun.

Run the bots on your server

The bots are open source, under the MIT licence. A server admin downloads the latest release on GitHub and runs install.bat next to a dedicated server that has the all-in-one pack, on Windows or on Linux with Wine. Players still need only the normal game.

One file, bots.cfg, sets the number of bots per species, how often they miss and how many players the server keeps. Admin commands add or remove bots during a match.

Latest release Source on GitHub Admin guide

Questions and feedback

A question, a bug, or a match to set up: come and talk on the Discord, or send a private message to Inpu_.

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Aliens versus Predator 2 also has its page on the timeline, with the year its story takes place.