| Creator | Roscoe A. Sincero |
| Status | Private Beta 6 |
| Download | None |
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The Basics - As you all might know, the Reaper has been, and will be the most powerful bot out there. At least until Virtuso's QuakeC bot is released. Still in beta, Steve dis-continued the reaper to work for Epic MegaGames, and Unreal. Anyway, while we're waiting for The QCBot and Unreal, some people out there have been modifying the Reaper, adding whatever the author wants. In this review, we'll take a closer look at the Elima-Reaper, a reaperbot with lotsa of added features. It's still unsure if this version of the reaperbot will be released, but hopefully Steve (original ReaperBot author) will say yes. I've gotten this private beta from Roscoe A. Sincero himself, and no, you can not get it!! Wait for a public release or something like that. What's new? - The Elima-Reaper is one of the best, if not the best modified Reaper out there. I personally think that Steve should have given the source to this guy, so that he could have continued it. You'll know what i mean once you've read all the new features included.. ScoreBoard bots - One of the coolest things added in the Elima-Reaper, is the "Bot shows up on rankings" feature. What does this mean? I know you've all played the ReaperBot, and while it was kewl, you might have been missing the bots on the scoreboard. Well, using Virtuso's hack, this Reaper includes that!! Another very kewl thing is the.. MultiWeapons patch - .. which is also in the Elima-Reaper. his means that you can see which weapon the other bots are using! (And of course, other humans ;) This is a very cool feature, since you now KNOW you're gonna lose if you go on a "Rocket Launcher Reaper" with 50% in health, and a wimpy shotgun. Norse_movetogoal - .. a new movement code for bots has also been added into the Elima-Reaper. What this means? If can now walk on broken/cracked ground (like the 3rd episode on the start map) and it can jump over gaps a little easier. There's more! - There are also tons 'o other very cool features included, and not to mention a lot of bug fixes.. Like the disappearing weapons bug, has been removed (finally!), The code is merged with v1.06 of QuakeC (yes!), coop support is added, thud sounds almost removed (In quakec, not with a new .wav) , splashing sounds have been reduced and a whole lot more! There are also a few more features in there. Anyone noticed that you can't blow the original Reaperbot up in the air with a rocket? Now you can! The Final words - I think i can call this the best modified reaper. With all it's features, and bug fixes, it's a joy to play against. BUT, what i can do not like about this patch is that it is very slow with many bots, because of the new movement code. I guess all we can do is to wait for the dll's which are gonna run like 10 times faster than QC. Oh, and Steve, if you read this, please let Roscoe release this patch!! Thank you. |
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