Bot Squad Commands

Bot Squad Commands

Squad orders for friendly bots – one of the most-requested features for Sandstorm co-op.
Lead your friendly bots with a command wheel or chat commands. Bots keep fighting while they follow you.

Command wheel

Hold Left Alt and move the mouse toward an order. Left-click or release Left Alt to give it. Right-click (or release in the middle) to cancel.

• Follow me
• Go there
• Watch there
• Spread / Tight
• Hold
• Release
• Regroup

It looks like the game's own radial menus. While it's open, left-click and right-click only work the wheel; they never fire or aim your weapon.

Chat commands

Type these in chat (Y or U):

• !follow – friendly bots within 30 m form up on you in a staggered wedge behind you
• !hold – your bots stop and hold their position
• !watch – your bots hold and cover the spot you are aiming at
• !go (or !move) – your bots move to the spot you are aiming at (up to 100 m) and hold there
• !regroup – your bots sprint straight back to you
• !spread – wider formation spacing; !tight closes it up again
• !formation – switch between spread and tight spacing
• !release – your bots go back to their normal AI
• !squad – shows the command list

!hold, !watch, !go and !regroup also take any free friendly bots within 30 m, so they work even if you never typed !follow.

How following works

• Each bot takes its own slot in a wedge behind you and covers its own sector when in place.
• Bots match your pace: they walk when you walk, crouch when you crouch, run when you run, and sprint to catch up if they fall more than 25 m behind.
• When enemies show up, bots stop taking movement orders and fight on their own: cover, return fire, reload. They rejoin the formation once the area is quiet, and are only pulled back if you get more than 35 m away.

Multiplayer

• Every command answers you privately in chat ([Squad] ...).
• Several players can each lead their own bots; nobody can take bots another player is leading.
• If you leave the server, your bots are released automatically.
• Only the exact commands above are used; every other chat message passes through untouched.

Server setup

Mutator name: BotSquadCommands

1. Subscribe the server's mod.io account to this mod.
2. Add BotSquadCommands to your -mutators= list.
3. Enable friendly bots, for example in Game.ini under your mode:

<pre>[/Script/Insurgency.INSCoopMode] bBots=True FriendlyBotQuota=4</pre>

Players download it automatically when they join.

Made by UhOh for the Killing Floor server.