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0.2.18 To my kids 8 October, 14:38

Five bot levels, picked by each player

A red tank firing in a town street, with black smoke rising beside it and scorch marks on the road
Scorch marks on the road, in 0.2.19.

After that change my kids found Easy too easy. The agent proposed four changes and I took all four: spread the levels further apart, make five of them, let each person pick their own, and teach the harder bots tactics. The agent measured each level's hit rate in bot matches and tuned the five to it.

The buildings never break, so I asked for scorch marks where shells hit them.

In this build

  • Five bot levels, Very Easy to Very Hard, tuned to measured hit rates.
  • Each person picks their own level, and a bot plays at the level of the person it is fighting.
  • Scorch marks where shells and blasts hit, fading after 45 seconds.
  • A host option that lets teammates drive through each other.
  • Hold Left Ctrl (RB on a gamepad) to swing the camera round the tank while the turret keeps its aim.
  • A shell can no longer hit its own tank at the muzzle.
The lobby with the player's tank on a pedestal, the ten seats with their bots, and the level button on the bottom row
The lobby in 0.2.19. The level button on the bottom row is your own.
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