Left 4 Dead 2 to Get Infected Bots

[Raiser]

Two welcome additions are coming to the Xbox 360 and PC versions of Left 4 Dead 2, according to Valve, with the addition of Infected bots in Versus modes and the removal of the dreaded multiplayer auto spawn.

Valve's "L4D Team" writes on the official Left 4 Dead blog that the developer "adding bots for the Infected team to help out the Infected when they are down a man or two," a change that should make lonely Hunters and Smokers happy.

Another forthcoming change that should make the Boomers out there happy is the impending removal of auto spawn. Don't you hate that? You've got a good finale going, spawn automatically as the Boomer or Spitter, with no cover between you and the Survivors... well, good riddance, I say.

There's some talk about the current status of multiplayer on the official blog, plus a few other tidbits, also worth checking in on.

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[Urza]

I assume they're using the same AI engine they've been beta testing with TF2.

 

[8BitWalugi]

Hmm... I wonder how this'll turn out...

 

[Maikel Steneker]

I assume they're using the same AI engine they've been beta testing with TF2.

I believe that was actually meant for Left 4 Dead. They ported it over to TF2 later.

 

[Gaisuto]

It's not that hard, just use the infected AI from the single player. Bastards are surprisingly clever this time around. In L4D1 they could never touch us because they just charged and ran straight ahead but they actually use combo attacks and sneak around now.

 

[Minox]

I assume they're using the same AI engine they've been beta testing with TF2.

I believe that was actually meant for Left 4 Dead. They ported it over to TF2 later.

It was the Valve TF2 team that helped creating the AI in L4D2, which is why they took parts of their work and ported it to TF2.