Introduction

Gore: Ultimate Soldier features AI opponents the player can fight against. This isn't documented anywhere in the game's documentation, nor via it's UI. I had to investigate old archives of the developer's forum to figure out how to do this.

Thankfully it's very simple to do so I will teach all of you here how to do it.

Start a dedicated server^*1

The easiest way to do this is to start a dedicated server. Upon installing Gore: Ultimate Soldier there's a shortcut in the start menu for it.

After you start a dedicated server you should see this.

This is all normal of course. Now type the command

addbot "scout"                                                                           

ou'll see the server state shift to "Server playing". This is because a player has now entered the server.

Joining your server

Now start the game up and go to the server browser.

If you don't see a server there try hitting refresh on the "LAN" button in the bottom right hand corner.

Playing with bots^*2

Upon joining the server you should see your bot running around, and it'll start shooting at you too. You can now play with bots.

If you wish to remove a bot simply type in the following command

delbot "scout"                                                                           

This will then remove the bot.

FAQ

Question: Is it possible to play with more classes than just the scout.

Yes. You just need to type the class's name in. For example, Krogen.

Question: Does it work in CTF

Not so much. Probably the reason why this feature wasn't advertised. I've found the gamemode it works the best in is Deathmatch.

Do bots have difficulty settings?

Actually yes. Here's a post from Sardo from the 4D Rulers forum.

in the single player game you can choose the level of difficulty, this goes for the bots as well...

there are 4 levels of difficulty (0,1,2 or 3)... at the lowest level the bots wont aim that good, and they wont dodge your bullets very well... at the highest level their aim is perfect, which makes it very hard to kill em... they will also use different tactics like crouching... any other differences i havent notice yet...

To set the level of difficulty, type in console: difficulty 'level'... you have to do this before you start the map/server... or do a restart... for example: difficulty 1

"NOTICES" by SATCHEL -Popz-

Here I, SATCHEL -Popz- , would like to make a couple of notes regarding the creation of a server and adding bots to it for orignal article.

*1. How to create Server launcher

If you don't have green icon for starting server, you can create it in game folder. Example:

This is example for coop, but you can choose another gamemode such as DM, TDM, CTF, TACT.

*2. some notice about bots.

1. Added bots will not move until the see an enemy, or there is no gunfire, knife attack or detonator of C4. ( Also it's work for enemy bots )
2. If you want, what friendly bot's coming with you, use "melee weapons" or "C4 detonator" on empty space. you need to repeat it all time your's bots arrive at the right place. but this may not work if there are no waypoints on the map - bots will stay on their positions all time. Usually it's problem only for custom maps.
3. On maps from singleplayer/cooperative mode, In DM mode bots won't be able to gore through doors, that were closed in cooperative mode. I guess it might be related to engine scripts and coop-waypoints written somewhere in engine.

Thx LithTechGuru, for original article. Author of notes for articles - SATCHEL -Popz / FLOMASTER (Game/Site)