Medal Of Honor — 2010 Bots
The 2010 reboot of Medal of Honor —developed by Danger Close and EA DICE—stands as a unique but controversial entry in military shooters, notably for its complete lack of official multiplayer bot support
- Suppression & Flanking: Unlike the arcade-style AI of Call of Duty, the bots in MoH 2010 actively used suppression mechanics. If a player laid down heavy fire, the AI would duck behind cover, cease accurate return fire, and wait for a teammate to attempt a flanking route. This forced players to use real-world tactics rather than rushing.
- Dynamic Cover System: Bots would independently assess the thickness and angle of cover. They would not simply crouch behind a waist-high wall; they would lean around corners, fire blindly over barriers, or transition to a new position if their current cover became compromised by explosions.
- Sound-Based Reactions: The AI reacted to the sound of specific weapons. Firing an unsuppressed M4 would draw immediate attention from a wider radius than using a suppressed MP7. They would also call out (in audio dialogue) the player's last known position, not their current one.
- Difficulty Scaling: On "Hard" and "Tier 1" difficulty, the bots' reaction time, accuracy, and coordination increased dramatically. They would throw grenades to flush players from cover and maintain overlapping fields of fire, making solo rushes nearly impossible.
- Fix: You missed the AI pathfinding node. Try a different map code. Some custom maps lack AI navigation. Stick to stock maps like
MOH_Assault_FS_Base.
- Pathfinding: They followed fixed spline routes between objectives in Sector Control mode. A player could sit at a chokepoint and farm them repeatedly.
- Combat Logic: They would instantly go prone when shot (a classic DICE bot trait), fire in short bursts, and never reload manually. They also had perfect knowledge of the map but zero reaction to suppression or sound.
- Utility: They never called in killstreaks (like the Apache or Mortar Strike), used class-specific gadgets, or revived teammates (medic class). Their primary value was to make empty servers feel active for new players.