[v1.1] BuddyEx - Limitless Bots Online or Offline You Can Swap Between!

Inspired by foxBot, combining the code of buddy.lua by Jimita and ExAI by CobaltBW, comes BuddyEX!


This mod allows anyone, in single-player or multiplayer, to add in object-based bots into the game which will follow you around and assist you on your adventures. Simply type addbot [skin, color] into the console to give yourself a buddy.





You can add more than one bot too! How many you can have at one time is only capped by the buddy_limit command, which can be set to pretty high values. Just try not to lag yourself out!



But that's not all, you can even swap between your bots too! Just press Weapon Next or Weapon Prev, and you'll instantly change your character to the next or previous bot in your party. Use the nextbot and prevbot if you'd rather use a different button for swapping!



If you don't want a bot anymore, you can use the delbot command to remove any of them. Enter in a number after the command to select a specific bot to get rid of.



Custom characters are supported too! Some may work better than others, and not all of them are perfect, but you can still easily create the team of your dreams!



As a bonus for those playing single-player, Team Sonic has been added to the character select screen! Relive the glory days of Sonic Heroes as you play through the game as this classic ragtag team of three.

Spoiler: Side notes

You can use the stalkbot to spectate one of your own bots. It's not very useful for anything other than debugging, but you can use it if you want.

buddy_attack and buddy_seekdist are commands inherited from ExAI and can only be set by a netgame host. While they can be adjusted, it's usually just best to leave alone.

buddy_debug is used to print debug information about the bot AI, again from ExAI. It's recommended not to use this one at all unless you wanna get a better idea of how the bot AI works.

Since these bots are fake player objects, not every single interaction will play out as you think. I tried my best to get it as close as possible, but not everything is perfect.

Not all custom characters will be supported, nor will I be taking requests on who to support next. Characters like Tails Doll or Kirby have too complicated followmobj set ups to be worth porting over. As long as a character has vanilla abilities and no followmobj (or a vanilla one), they will be supported out of the gate. Otherwise, there may be a few inconsistencies.

Modern Sonic as a bot will cause an error upon destroying an enemy. There is no way for me to fix it sadly. But, the error will only pop up once and not affect gameplay, so you can simply ignore it when it happens.

[Sonamous 47]

Also When Add my characters it would say you have 3 bots or the bot has a different color palette please help :(

[dashdahog]

now all we need is a unlimited addbot for single player) this is is is heaven

[Emi]

Originally Posted by dashdahog

now all we need is a unlimited addbot for single player) this is is is heaven

buddy_limit 999

[Hyper/Sossis (HST)]

Introducing bot-skin's replacement!

[Trevor]

Originally Posted by Emi

buddy_limit 999

*buddy_limit max

[Logan8r]

This is the kind of bot mod I've been waiting for!

[Trevor]

Also, this mod is great! Like I said I like chaos and this is exactly that! Especially in multiplayer. But this breaks a lot of characters, like for example neo sonic. But uh since the new update came out i'm going to try it now!

[Nick the Hedgehog]

Originally Posted by Sonamous 47

Also When Add my characters it would say you have 3 bots or the bot has a different color palette please help :(

Did you put it on opengl also tell Jer the Hedghog im sorry for what I have done

[just_shawntez]

This is sooo cooooollll i've been waiting for something like this!!!!!

[Peppermint]

srb2 jte 2.2 no fake

this is actually my fav mod, its pretty awsome, no crashes, no resynchs, i love it.

[Micro]

Sonic Robo Blast Generations.

This is bringing back good memories.

[NyanMinecrafter]

i tried this for just a few minutes and i can safely say i am already a big fan

super fun to go onto singleplayer, max your addons with characters and buddyex, then add one of each character. the ability to swap between a bunch characters at any time is super chaotic and fun, i love it.

though one issue i had with the addon is how whenever you jump (or do any action if all your bots are the same character), all your bots try to jump at the same time. if you have a bunch of them (say, 25), you will hear each one at the same time. the volume stacks. not sure how this would even get fixed or if it can be fixed, but just wanted to put it out there.

[AJ19919293]

This mod is so amazing probably one of my favorite mods ever! I really wanted this to happen but now it's a reality.

[Sonamous 47]

Originally Posted by Nick the Hedgehog

Did you put it on opengl also tell Jer the Hedghog im sorry for what I have done

Alright Then

[GOTTAGOFAST!]

I know but online servers you can get pre released stuff and unofficial

[antonretrojr]

SRB2 but Tails stole the camera again!..


Really though, good mod.

[GOTTAGOFAST!]

TAILS must be hated POINTY'S HATE HIM!!

[Catwins]

this is very cool im going to use it every time i host

[Sonic The HedgehogYT]

Finally, I can play the 2.2 port of SRB2Heroes, Just the way I wanted it!

On mobile, That is

[GreenKnight9000]

Originally Posted by puyopuyofan

My only problem with this is that it's not compatible with botsuper.

Yeah, that'd be cool! I'd love my own Team Super!