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Oh bugger, I just searched for "BF2142 bots LAN" and that came up, didn't notice it was BF2.
Just found this though
"Local: If you wish to play BF2142 with other players connected to a Local Area Network (LAN) with you, select the Local option and if the LAN is configured correctly it will show up here. Of course you can create a LAN server yourself under the Create tab, configure the settings as appropriate and click Start Server, and other players on the Network should then be able to join the game on your machine.
Local mode doesn't allow you to play alone against bots like normal Singleplayer mode (which is what you should use - see below), however this actually makes it ideal for allowing you to wander the maps and practice a range of things without being attacked. Go to the Create tab under Local, set Maximum Players to 1, select the map(s) you wish to practice on then click Create Server. You will then join the map and be free to do whatever you wish."
Just found this though
"Local: If you wish to play BF2142 with other players connected to a Local Area Network (LAN) with you, select the Local option and if the LAN is configured correctly it will show up here. Of course you can create a LAN server yourself under the Create tab, configure the settings as appropriate and click Start Server, and other players on the Network should then be able to join the game on your machine.
Local mode doesn't allow you to play alone against bots like normal Singleplayer mode (which is what you should use - see below), however this actually makes it ideal for allowing you to wander the maps and practice a range of things without being attacked. Go to the Create tab under Local, set Maximum Players to 1, select the map(s) you wish to practice on then click Create Server. You will then join the map and be free to do whatever you wish."
Yep, I virtually never play on line because when you try to play a game seriously, strangely there always seems to be one friendly trying to annihalate his own kind which kind of spoils it for me.
Luckily I have two sons, 5, and 8. The 8 year old has reflexes I can only dream about so I have to throttle his machine down and introduce a bit of lag to his lan port
. He understands the concept of gratuitis punishment and therefore at least doesn't move outside the rules of the game. This seems to keep me on par. The five year old still shoots trees, and rarely even sees the 8 year old comming during the game.
In short a home lan of four computers.
Playing BF2142 in 'skyship' mode you rarely get to find the 8 year old before he's destroyed you so a few bots would slow him down a bit.
Its a shame, because in almost every other shoot'em you can do this, and its gonna affect the long term playability if we can't.
Luckily I have two sons, 5, and 8. The 8 year old has reflexes I can only dream about so I have to throttle his machine down and introduce a bit of lag to his lan port
. He understands the concept of gratuitis punishment and therefore at least doesn't move outside the rules of the game. This seems to keep me on par. The five year old still shoots trees, and rarely even sees the 8 year old comming during the game. In short a home lan of four computers.
Playing BF2142 in 'skyship' mode you rarely get to find the 8 year old before he's destroyed you so a few bots would slow him down a bit.
Its a shame, because in almost every other shoot'em you can do this, and its gonna affect the long term playability if we can't.
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