Using the LTK Bot

This section may sound a little daft to some of you, for example, how hard can it be to use right? Well, I figured as I was writing all of the instructions out, it was better to explain things so that someone completely new to AQ2 and also the LTK Bot, could pick it up, and jump straight in.

To use the LTK Bot, you basically just run AQ2 as before. There are some things you can do to configure it for the better, see the configuration section for details.

There are a couple of ways you can start a game using the LTK Bots, I will show you one of the easy ways, which will be quicker for you for future games

In windows, explore the /quake2 directory, click once on the Quake2.exe file and create a shortcut icon to it (right click, and choose 'create shortcut'). You will find it better to move this new shortcut icon to somewhere easier to find, either on your desktop, or add it to the list of programs on your 'start' button. Now repeat this entire process, so that you end up with 2 shortcut icons. Rename one of them to LTK DM, and the other to LTK TP (we will configure them for both DeathMatch and TeamPlay games).

Once you have placed the shortcuts where you want them, you need to change some of the information in it, so that it runs AQ2 and the LTK Bots exactly how you want them. To start with we will set the LTK DM shortcut up.

Right click on the shortcut icon, and click on properties, you will then be presented with a window telling you about the shortcut, click on the 'shortcut' tab.

You will see a field called 'Target', it should already have the location of Quake2 in there, what you now need to do is add the following text to the end of that line, leaving a space after existing text.

+set game action +deathmatch 1 +maxclients 8 +map asylum +set ltk_skill 1

*Note : You can add which ever map name you wish to the end of this, but to keep things simple, I've shown you how to run Asylum as the .cfg file for the LTK Bots come with the download. You will also notice the command on the end of the line, this will prevent you from being completely slaughter, until you have got to grips with how the LTK Bot works.

Once you have added that text to the shortcut, click on OK, to save the changes.

At this point you should now have a shortcut icon that will run a game of AQ2 and put you and some LTK Bots into a DeathMatch game, so why not go give it a try. Did it work? If so, good, we are on our way, if not, run through the above again, and make sure you havent miss typed anything. If you still cant get it running properly, then drop me an email. After you've had a little play against them, come back and we'll set up the next shortcut for a TeamPlay game.

Ok, so you've now returned, hopefully amazed at what a good game you've just played, and how you managed to win some rounds too!

Lets now set up a TP game.

Repeat the steps above, up to adding the text at the end of the command line for the other shortcut you created. Use the text below, remember to leave a space.

+set game action +set maxclients 8 +set deathmatch 1 +set teamplay 1 +map teamjungle +set ltk_skill 1

*Note : Once again, I have added the skill setting to this command line, just to give you a chance to get a feel for it, if you are feeling a little cocky now, you could increase it, it ranges from 1-10. I have also changed the map, asylum is a little small and at close quarters for TP, so we are going to run TeamJungle, the .cfg file for this is also included in the download.

Again, click on OK to save the changes. You now have a second shortcut that will run AQ2, drop some LTK Bots into a TP game. If you want to give it a try go ahead, remember, with a TP game, you have to choose the team you want to play on (refer to the Guides at the Niche for help with this if needed). Remember, if you have any problems, then re-check what you've typed in, spelling mistakes are easily made. If you are sure you've done everything as above, and you still arent having any fun, drop me an email, and we'll get you up and running.

That's basically all you have to do to use the LTK Bots. Once you've created these shortcuts you can use them time and time again, changing the settings in them if you wish to.

The longer way to do this would have been to type the commands in at the console instead of using the shortcut icons. Both ways work just as well, but the way I've shown you will save you having to do it everytime you play.

In the next section LTK Configuration, we will show you how to set up even more settings to make the game even better.