Bot System Change Suggestion

[lordician]

I originally PM'd this to Rotondo, but he hasn't responded.
On top of that, maybe you guys have some responses too, something to add or anything.
So yeah, here it is:

Hey Rotondo, since you have had experience with bots (Gamemode_zombie and stuff) and hosted a server just before the update, i figure you were the brains behind most of the bot update.

First of all, i love how the whole system works and i think it is great to have this as a default thing.
However i am not writing this to just compliment you on it, i have a question.

As i studied Furling's guide as to make your own custom bots and played with it in-game, i came to the question as to why you didn't choose to make 1 bot hole brick?
Why do we have to practically waste another datablock when you could put like a bot-type dropdown on the brick's options like the weapon's one but instead with player datablocks.

As for player datablocks, of course you would have the 'problem' where people could select non-bot datablocks, but then again, spawning a default-type bot (with no default behaviour) with that datablock would work.

Then we also have some variables in the bot datablock that, in my eyes, should/could be moved to a pop-up menu that is activated with a button called "Properties" on the brick's options.
Things like:
hSpawnTooClose
hSpawnTCRange
hSpawnClose
hSpawnCRange

The reason why i could see this work in a properties menu of the hole brick is because have to do with the hole brick anyway.

[Ad Bot]

[Greek2me]

They should be spawned just like vehicles.

[Jay the Cartoonist]

I agree with this, actually.  Although I don't mind the current system.  It'd be very cool to just have 1 bot hole. (or 3, just to have the 3 different sizes)

[lordician]

They should be spawned just like vehicles.

The thing however with one seperate brick is that he can add special things to the brick itself, like i said.
The spawn restrictions that are currently in the bot datablock should be moved to a new properties menu of the brick.
And currently you can already set the weapon of the bot which is actually kind of useful. :)

So a seperate bot hole brick is okay, but the system of one bot hole for one bot is just silly in my honest opinion and i really can't see the reason for it.

[lordician]

Well this went to page 2 fast. :X
Bump.