Huge discovery- bot frag orders

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While messing around on the test range, I made a huge discovery.
This video only demonstrates the very basics, but I found more:

Video is erratic because I was recording trying to figure out how to replicate it.

I found out how to order bots to throw frag grenades. At least on xbox.

If you hold the button to switch to a grenade (LB on xbox, I assume 5 works on PC), your bots will all throw their frag grenades, and only their frag grenades.

Typically they throw them in a random direction, but if you have a red marker on the ground, they’ll throw their frags at the marker.

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Demonstration of bots throwing grenades at a marker-

They’re not very good at it, but they have the general direction down. If the marker is too close, they’ll go back to throwing in random directions.

Update: tried replicating on PC and 5 does not work
Update update: holding G works on PC. So the downside is unlike xbox you’ll throw too

they’ll also cook their grenades for as long as you hold the button, and release their grenades earlier if you release the button

in the same sense on PC, holding N causes all of your bots to throw their detpacks in unison

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Try using the button to order the bots to a specific point - but you aim at a tank.
They will throw their detonation pack at the tank!

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you could do that before by using the order button to order them to attack a tank, and it’s a lot more precise, but not nearly as fast as 9 synchronized det packs.

Well, an “attack armored target” order is the only one I know of that causes bots to throw molotovs on their own.

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Nice finding. I scolded my Hans once, for he startled me droping a grenade for no reason. I might have hit the key by mistake.

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Just tested this. Nice.

But they don’t throw them very far (I’m on PC).
Do you know how to give them a direction?

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like I said, use a marker and they’ll throw in that general direction.

They’re not very good at keeping a consistent range though. They’ll mostly throw short.

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Something VERY important: does it work with smoke grenades? If so, you’ve found a game changer my good sir.

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it does, comma key

however I don’t buy smokes so I don’t have enough to test a mass-throw lmao

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Very good. Thanks for the information!

Would never have know this - ever.
Congratulations.

So:
G for HE grenades
N for detonation packs
, for smoke grenades

What else is there to discover?
They blow themselves up a lot now.

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I have a suspicion this feature was a recent stealth patch because I’ve used G, N, and the comma key for grenades for a long time on PC without ever noticeably causing this to happen.

It really wasn’t until I was in a test battle where I noticed 2 of my bots throw their frag grenades at the same time for no apparent reason.

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Would be cool if they create mine field for you or if they just drop mine where you want.

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I m Prety sure someone posted about this a few days ago.

Let’s see how it develops.

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the attempt is there.

but their aim to throw the nade at the mark… welp…

yeah.

but hey, perhaps they will make it an actual order.

how cool is that going to be?

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Tried it and unfortunately couldn’t make any progress.

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So thats why they keep blowing me up…

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Very good find! I think it’s most useful for smoke grenades. Each assaulter of my squads as a grenade pouch with a smoke grenade, the bots tend to throw the grenades a bit short, that creates a nice smoke path to the target.

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Finally a useful topic.

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Well, one player with an TNT and all boom.If the bots can throw their grenades and TNT…

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Yeah I’m already thinking of cluster-bombing objectives and watching the panic

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