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Hi!

Given I play with friends online, would we be able to play with these bots mods without them modifying their systems?
I'm the one who opens the server everytime.

Thanks!


Hi, I have played online but no, all players need to modify their system as per my experience.

In a earlier post by ...

Hi,

Try fransbots from the modding forum. There are several bots/AI with different "aggressive levels".

viewtopic.php?t=21988

Hey fransotto, your work is a total game changer, really appreciate it. thank you

I recently switched to Linux Mint. My first project in this new world was to install, mod and run openra.

I figured out, when you install your mods on Linux, a little of - at least in Linux' perspective - a bit ...

Yesss! That did the trick! Just used fransbots20260122ver2.zip. The game Loaded fine and then I loaded a downloaded map with the new bots and started just fine!
I quited just to post a big THANK YOU Fran(s)!!!
I really prefer to play strange maps against really difficult/clever bots and your work ...

Hi, I just saw your AI script today and really want to use it for OPENRA.
But your fixed version still can't find fransbotskirmish.lua.
The root cause is the code in rules/world.yaml:
World:
LuaScript:
Scripts: fransbotskirmish.lua.
This LUA file is missing from your AI script, leading to ...

Hi from Greece, Frans!
First of all a big thank you for the hours of fun you gave me playing with your bots. Excellent work! Really clever. Loved it!

However I only managed to play with the fransbots20250702.zip.

Both the newer versions fransbots20251116.zip & fransbots20260101.zip no matter ...

dxxds0 wrote: Thu Jan 22, 2026 1:52 am i cant find file : fransbotskirmish.lua in FransBots 20260101.zip
and ,missing seq of e6.frans ,sequences is empty

Hi, I can see the sequence folder is missing a file. I have uploaded a new version. Hope it works better for you!

i cant find file : fransbotskirmish.lua in FransBots 20260101.zip
and ,missing seq of e6.frans ,sequences is empty



Hi from Greece, Frans!
First of all a big thank you for the hours of fun you gave me playing with your bots. Excellent work! Really clever. Loved it!

However I only managed to ...

Hi!

You can try fransbots.

Installation instructions and download can be found here;

viewtopic.php?f=83&t=21988

Changes in Fransbots 20260101;

-Three new bots; Duel, Fort and Civil

-One new faction; Zombies!

-Tweaks so the bots are more suitable for 5000 in starting cash.

-More minor tweaks...

Hi,

Head over to the mod forum and download Fransbots. There might be some skirmish AIs that suits you

Changes in Fransbots 20251116;

-Minor alterations, cleaned up files, preperation for next version of OpenRA.

Hi FransBots,

I am trying to install your bot in my OpenRA, I've copied the whole "ra" folder into my OpenRA/mods folder but I cannot see the mods in skirmish, I am using macOS. May I need some more steps before running?

Regards.


I am not sure how MacOS is working, but it should be working ...

Fransbots 20250702!

First of all thanks everyone here at the forum and on Discord for helping me out, I love you.

Major changes since previous version;

-One more bot added "Fleet AI", focusing on the navy.
-All bots do more or less navy now -in order to counter the "Fleet AI".
-Aircraft do ...

Hi Mechanicat,

Massive +respect
Thanks for the kind words.

May i recommend you Notepad++, its very convenient to use.

..I use "Visual studio" now but I cannot get it work with yaml even if I have downloaded the extension.

Ahh, thats rather very clever.
Nah, the SquadManagerBotModule is so ...