[?] UAV - About bot´s on online servers

[cid228]

I dont know anything really about the BF2 engine or the workarounds PR-team is working with.
Question; -Would it be possible to have a bot to act as uav on each side while playing online, then give the commander waypoints to plot out in command-view/ shoot from gunner view [1].

The point is a more accurate uav with the possibility for "autopilot" flightpaths, panable view and zoom, and even as in the case of the MQ-1/MQ-9 being armed with working hellfire´s.

This has probalby already been gone through, but i could not find any information on it when searching. THANKS !

[[R-DEV]Outlawz7]

Hm , probably not possible, if you want bots to fly UAVs you need them as actual vehicles, like helicopters and they'll fly them around shooting at other bots.

[cid228]

Ok ..
The idea i had was;
"BotUAVpilot"(bot) spawns up inside "UAV"(Airplane with no weapons on pilotseat, tv-'waypointgun'[weapon1]/hellfires[weapon2] on gunnerseat)
The player then getting inside the uav(preferably the commander from a tent or such instead of the actual vehicle) can then set a waypoint(preferably 3 of them for patrol-route) on the command screen or shooting it from the 'waypointgun' (mimicing pretty much how the point-and-go uav-missile in PR works today.) The bot will remain idle until given the first waypoint, then take-off and remain at a set altitude.

The problem im having is in the lack of knowledge of the BF2 engine and bots.
So the bots are always set on 'engage mode' ? Or can they be given 'waypoints' without engaging targets on the way ? will they attack if they have no means of attacking ?
Can they be given scripted orders without being inside a squad ?
And most importantly, can they be spawned on a "online" server with 64 players ?

The motive for having one of these uav's instead of the ones we have right now, would be a more giving commander role (not that it´s not fun as it is ), better perception of the environment, and possibly 2-per-round hellfires !