Video game bot

Invideo games,abotordroneis a type ofartificial intelligence(AI)–basedexpert system softwarethat plays a video game in the place of a human. Bots are used in a variety ofvideo game genresfor a variety of tasks: a bot written for afirst-person shooter(FPS) works differently from one written for amassively multiplayer online role-playing game(MMORPG). The former may include analysis of themapand even basic strategy; the latter may be used to automate a repetitive and tedious task likefarming.

Bots written for first-person shooters usually try to mimic how a human would play a game. Computer-controlled bots may play against other bots and/or human players in unison, either over the Internet, on aLANor in a local session.^[1]Features and intelligence of bots may vary greatly, especially with community created content. Advanced bots featuremachine learningfor dynamic learning of patterns of the opponent as well as dynamic learning of previously unknown maps, whereas more trivial bots may rely completely on lists of waypoints created for each map by the developer, limiting the bot to play only maps with said waypoints.

Using bots is generally against the rules of currentmassively multiplayer online role-playing games(MMORPGs), but a significant number of players still useMMORPG botsfor games likeRuneScape.^[2]

MUDplayers may run bots to automate laborious tasks, which can sometimes make up the bulk of the gameplay. While a prohibited practice in most MUDs, there is an incentive for the player to save time while the bot accumulates resources, such asexperience,for theplayer characterbot.

Types

Bots may be static, dynamic, or both. Static bots are designed to follow pre-madewaypointsfor each level or map. These bots need a unique waypoint file for each map. For example,Quake III Arenabots use an area awareness system file to move around the map, whileCounter-Strikebots use a waypoint file.^[3]Dynamic bots learn the levels and maps as they play, such as RealBot forCounter-Strike.Some bots are designed using both static and dynamic features.

References

^GameBots: A Flexible Test Bed for Multiagent Team ResearchGal A. Kaminka, Manuela M. Veloso, Steve Schaffer, Chris Sollitto, Rogelio Adobbati, Andrew N. Marshall, Andrew Scholer, and Sheila Tejada. Communications of the ACM, 45(1):43–45, January 2002.
^Senior, Tom (November 3, 2011)."Runescape bot nuking event bans 1.5 million bots in one day".Pc gamer.Retrieved2016-07-14.
^J.M.P. van Waveren (June 28, 2001)."Quake III Arena Bot thesis paper"(PDF).University of Technology Delft Faculty ITS.

[gamebots-1] GameBots: A Flexible Test Bed for Multiagent Team ResearchGal A. Kaminka, Manuela M. Veloso, Steve Schaffer, Chris Sollitto, Rogelio Adobbati, Andrew N. Marshall, Andrew Scholer, and Sheila Tejada. Communications of the ACM, 45(1):43–45, January 2002.

[2] Senior, Tom (November 3, 2011)."Runescape bot nuking event bans 1.5 million bots in one day".Pc gamer.Retrieved2016-07-14.

[3] J.M.P. van Waveren (June 28, 2001)."Quake III Arena Bot thesis paper"(PDF).University of Technology Delft Faculty ITS.

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