UberWazuSoldier 0 Report post Posted April 12, 2010 (edited) Well, as you probably know, the standard way to add bot names is creating a long list of all the generic names you can think of. This is a short little tutorial to offer an alternative solution that cuts down on the effort, gives a more even distribution of names, and prevents the T. Karlsson/R. Edgren Syndrome - where you keep playing against the same bot hundreds of times. Step 1. Open up the AI folder of BF2, and the corresponding AI folder for your mod (if it doesn't exist, create it). Step 2: Copy BotNames.ai from the mods/bf2/AI/ folder to your mods/<your mod>/AI/ folder. Step 3: Delete the contents of the BotNames.ai, you'll be starting fresh. Step 4: Create a file called "addname.con" in your mod's AI folder. Open this up as well (so you have both files open). Step 5: Find a list of common names (for Operation Dead Dawn I used unisex names since we have a mix of males and females). You need to use your logic when choosing a list of names, if your mod is Russia vs. Ukraine, you'll be wanting Slavic names rather than "John" and "Paul". They can't be team-specific, so try to select names from a midway country (if there is one). Here's a GREAT place to start. Try a year about 20-30 years ago, since that's when your game characters would have been born most likely. Step 6: Now for a tedious and unusual part (but not as tedious as the usual method!). For each of the names on the list, add this to your BotNames.ai run addname.con <first name> Do this for as many names as you have the patience for. In the end you'll have something looking like this: run addname.con Jessie run addname.con Jaylin run addname.con Rory run addname.con Armani run addname.con Jamie run addname.con Justice run addname.con Dakota run addname.con Domanique run addname.con Riley run addname.con Rowan run addname.con Casey run addname.con Peyton run addname.con Kasey run addname.con Kamari run addname.con Skyler run addname.con Finley run addname.con Phoenix run addname.con Harley run addname.con Emerson run addname.con Jaidyn run addname.con Quinn run addname.con Sidney run addname.con Hayden run addname.con Emery run addname.con Sage run addname.con Ali run addname.con Charlie run addname.con Teagan run addname.con Payton run addname.con Jadyn run addname.con Kayden run addname.con Skylar run addname.con Avery run addname.con Lyric run addname.con Ariel run addname.con Jordan run addname.con Zion run addname.con Reese run addname.con Jaiden run addname.con Alexis run addname.con London run addname.con Harper run addname.con Angel run addname.con Taylor run addname.con Kendall run addname.con Camryn run addname.con Eden run addname.con Jaylen run addname.con Parker run addname.con Morgan run addname.con Jaden run addname.con Cameron run addname.con Jordyn run addname.con Marley run addname.con Jayden run addname.con Rylee run addname.con Micah run addname.con Reagan run addname.con Bailey run addname.con Logan run addname.con Dylan run addname.con Ryan run addname.con Addison (those are unisex names, so don't use those unless you want sexually ambiguous soldiers) Step 7: Now you need to find a list of common surnames. I suggest clicking this link for common surnames. Step 8: For each of the names on that list, add the following to your addname.con aiSettings.addBotName v_arg1 <surname> Eventually you'll get something like: aiSettings.addBotName v_arg1 Smith aiSettings.addBotName v_arg1 Johnson aiSettings.addBotName v_arg1 Williams aiSettings.addBotName v_arg1 Jones aiSettings.addBotName v_arg1 Brown aiSettings.addBotName v_arg1 Davis aiSettings.addBotName v_arg1 Miller aiSettings.addBotName v_arg1 Wilson aiSettings.addBotName v_arg1 Moor aiSettings.addBotName v_arg1 Taylor aiSettings.addBotName v_arg1 Anderson aiSettings.addBotName v_arg1 Thomas aiSettings.addBotName v_arg1 Jackson aiSettings.addBotName v_arg1 White aiSettings.addBotName v_arg1 Harris aiSettings.addBotName v_arg1 Martin aiSettings.addBotName v_arg1 Thompson aiSettings.addBotName v_arg1 Garcia aiSettings.addBotName v_arg1 Martinez aiSettings.addBotName v_arg1 Robinson aiSettings.addBotName v_arg1 Clark aiSettings.addBotName v_arg1 Rodriguez aiSettings.addBotName v_arg1 Lewis aiSettings.addBotName v_arg1 Lee aiSettings.addBotName v_arg1 Walker aiSettings.addBotName v_arg1 Hall aiSettings.addBotName v_arg1 Allen aiSettings.addBotName v_arg1 Young aiSettings.addBotName v_arg1 Hernandez aiSettings.addBotName v_arg1 King aiSettings.addBotName v_arg1 Wright aiSettings.addBotName v_arg1 Lopez aiSettings.addBotName v_arg1 Hill aiSettings.addBotName v_arg1 Scott aiSettings.addBotName v_arg1 Green aiSettings.addBotName v_arg1 Adams aiSettings.addBotName v_arg1 Baker aiSettings.addBotName v_arg1 Gonzalez aiSettings.addBotName v_arg1 Nelson aiSettings.addBotName v_arg1 Carter aiSettings.addBotName v_arg1 Mitchell aiSettings.addBotName v_arg1 Perez aiSettings.addBotName v_arg1 Roberts aiSettings.addBotName v_arg1 Turner aiSettings.addBotName v_arg1 Phillips aiSettings.addBotName v_arg1 Campbell aiSettings.addBotName v_arg1 Parker aiSettings.addBotName v_arg1 Evens aiSettings.addBotName v_arg1 Edwards aiSettings.addBotName v_arg1 Collins aiSettings.addBotName v_arg1 Stewart aiSettings.addBotName v_arg1 Sanchez aiSettings.addBotName v_arg1 Morris aiSettings.addBotName v_arg1 Rogers aiSettings.addBotName v_arg1 Reed aiSettings.addBotName v_arg1 Cook aiSettings.addBotName v_arg1 Morgan aiSettings.addBotName v_arg1 Bell aiSettings.addBotName v_arg1 Murphy aiSettings.addBotName v_arg1 Bailey aiSettings.addBotName v_arg1 Rivera aiSettings.addBotName v_arg1 Cooper aiSettings.addBotName v_arg1 Richardson aiSettings.addBotName v_arg1 Cox (That's some of the most common surnames in America, so use that list by all means) Save your stuff and enjoy your bot names! For Operation Dead Dawn we have 64 surnames and 63 first names, which is 4032 possible name combinations. Now imagine if you'd had to add 4032 names individually and you can see the benefit of this system. Easier to correct typos too. In Georgian Conflict we have 82 surnames and 58 first names (4756 combinations). It's nice to have a different set of bots each time you play, and it's really not much effort at all. Well, have fun! Edited April 12, 2010 by UberWazuSoldier Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bensta 0 Report post Posted April 12, 2010 Cool nice info Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TNE26 0 Report post Posted April 14, 2010 Great tip, thanks a lot! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rhysm_08 0 Report post Posted November 10, 2010 Here's my list of Firstnames, some may sound a bit weird for China or MEC, eg: Paul, Kyle ect. but meh aiSettings.addBotName Rhys aiSettings.addBotName Rory aiSettings.addBotName Dominique aiSettings.addBotName Devyn aiSettings.addBotName Rowan aiSettings.addBotName Kamari aiSettings.addBotName Quinn aiSettings.addBotName Jordan aiSettings.addBotName Michael aiSettings.addBotName Jacob aiSettings.addBotName Joshua aiSettings.addBotName Matthew aiSettings.addBotName Tyler aiSettings.addBotName Nicholas aiSettings.addBotName Aaron aiSettings.addBotName Caleb aiSettings.addBotName Brandon aiSettings.addBotName David aiSettings.addBotName John aiSettings.addBotName James aiSettings.addBotName Zachary aiSettings.addBotName Justin aiSettings.addBotName Kyle aiSettings.addBotName Jonathan aiSettings.addBotName Robert aiSettings.addBotName William aiSettings.addBotName Alexander aiSettings.addBotName Thomas aiSettings.addBotName Samuel aiSettings.addBotName Timothy aiSettings.addBotName Sean aiSettings.addBotName Lewis aiSettings.addBotName Daniel aiSettings.addBotName Stephen aiSettings.addBotName Jeremey aiSettings.addBotName Ralph aiSettings.addBotName Alex aiSettings.addBotName Jared aiSettings.addBotName Ian aiSettings.addBotName Erick aiSettings.addBotName Tony aiSettings.addBotName Dennis aiSettings.addBotName Owen aiSettings.addBotName Levi aiSettings.addBotName Tristan aiSettings.addBotName Frank aiSettings.addBotName Isiah aiSettings.addBotName Roberto aiSettings.addBotName Roni aiSettings.addBotName Roy aiSettings.addBotName Collin aiSettings.addBotName Bryce aiSettings.addBotName Martin aiSettings.addBotName Grant aiSettings.addBotName Mario aiSettings.addBotName Luigi aiSettings.addBotName Phillip aiSettings.addBotName Keith aiSettings.addBotName Isaiah aiSettings.addBotName Jack aiSettings.addBotName Bill aiSettings.addBotName Joel aiSettings.addBotName Brett aiSettings.addBotName Cory aiSettings.addBotName Lucas aiSettings.addBotName Isaac aiSettings.addBotName George aiSettings.addBotName Max aiSettings.addBotName Seth aiSettings.addBotName Luke aiSettings.addBotName Shane aiSettings.addBotName Noah aiSettings.addBotName Mitchell aiSettings.addBotName Miguel aiSettings.addBotName Peter aiSettings.addBotName Marcus aiSettings.addBotName Victor aiSettings.addBotName Bradley aiSettings.addBotName Nathaniel aiSettings.addBotName Scott aiSettings.addBotName Corey aiSettings.addBotName Devin aiSettings.addBotName Ethan aiSettings.addBotName Paul aiSettings.addBotName Jay aiSettings.addBotName Gabriel aiSettings.addBotName Kenneth aiSettings.addBotName Brian aiSettings.addBotName Bruce aiSettings.addBotName Jesse aiSettings.addBotName Mark aiSettings.addBotName Jason aiSettings.addBotName Patrick aiSettings.addBotName Nathan aiSettings.addBotName Adam aiSettings.addBotName Benjamin aiSettings.addBotName Kyle aiSettings.addBotName Joseph aiSettings.addBotName Andrew aiSettings.addBotName Liam Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nerpacx 0 Report post Posted March 23 Hi is there a possible tweak or edit in which an enemy faction (Team 2, whatever) has it's own seperate BotNames.ai file. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
