Bertram Buddy Bot

Bertram Buddy Bot is an automated bot player & NPC teammate for R.E.P.O. He loiters and chats in the lobby, follows orders in the field, carries carts, scouts ahead for monsters, revives downed teammates, plays MIDI tunes, and helps haul valuable loot.

⚠️ IMPORTANT: MULTIPLAYER LOBBY REQUIRED
Bertram relies on R.E.P.O.'s networked room architecture (PhotonNetwork). You MUST host a multiplayer lobby for Bertram to spawn (even if playing solo). He will not spawn in offline singleplayer mode, as singleplayer does not create network rooms.

🎮 How to Spawn & Play with Bertram

1. Install the mod (Bertram is Enabled by Default out of the box).
2. Host a multiplayer lobby (Bertram is host-managed and auto-spawns when you host a lobby).
3. Bertram auto-spawns in the lobby and mission levels.
4. Host Controls:
   • F9 — Spawn / Re-spawn Bertram
   • F10 — Despawn Bertram
   • F11 — Orbital motion debug / test
   • LeftAlt (Hold) — Open the Buddy Command Wheel HUD

💬 Command & Chat Tree

Talk to Bertram in text chat (prefix with "Bertram") or use the Intercom Key (LeftAlt) / Buddy HUD Wheel.

🚨 Emergency & Panic

• "run!" / "save yourself" — Bertram flees danger.
• "I'm trapped!" / "door is locked" — Asks for assistance.
• "monster!" / "what is that thing?" — Monster panic check.
• "distract it" / "take the hit" / "taunt it" — Bertram taunts or draws attention.
• "close the elevator" / "get in!" — Rush into extraction/elevator.

🛒 Cart & Inventory

• "bring the cart" / "get the cart" / "fetch the cart" / "push the cart" — Brings the cart over to you.
• "drop that" / "put it down" — Drops his currently held item.
• "help me carry" / "two man lift" — Assists with heavy 2-player items.
• "pass me that" / "hand it over" — Hands over held item.
• "carry the explosive" / "hold this bomb" — Hands Bertram high-risk items.

👥 Buddy & Team Following

• "follow me" / "come here" / "stay close" / "on me" — Claims Bertram as your personal buddy.
• "someone else" / "go away" / "leave me alone" — Dismisses Bertram to find another teammate.
• "who is your buddy?" — Asks Bertram who he is currently following.

🚑 Medic & Revival

• "revive" / "help me" / "get me up" — Orders Bertram to locate and revive a downed teammate.
• "heal me" / "patch me up" — Requests medical assistance.

🧭 Scouting & Navigation

• "scout ahead" / "check it out" / "go explore" — Sends Bertram ahead to explore rooms.
• "what's ahead" / "report" — Asks Bertram what loot or monsters he spotted.
• "head to the truck" — Orders Bertram back to the truck.
• "head to extraction" — Commands Bertram to head toward extraction.

🥷 Stealth & Tactics

• "crouch walk" / "go quiet" / "don't make a sound" — Stealth mode.
• "watch our six" / "watch my back" — Rear guard.
• "peek the door" / "check the corner" — Peeks dangerous angles.
• "should we leave" / "time to go" — Checks if it's time to extract.
• "throw it" / "toss that" — Throws held item forward.

🤬 Accusations & Blame

• "you broke it!" / "you broke that" — Bertram defends item breakage ("Physics fault" / "It slipped").
• "damn it bertram" / "dammit" — Frustration bark ("Calm down" / "My bad").
• "you're too loud" / "stop stomping" — Sound complaints.
• "loot goblin" / "stop stealing loot" — Loot hoarding arguments.
• "say sorry" / "apologize" — Demands apology.

⚠️ Hazards & Traps

• "watch the laser" / "mine!" — Laser/mine warning.
• "watch your step" / "don't fall" — Pit warning.
• "dead end?" — Checks if room is a dead end.
• "it's so foggy" / "creepy in here" — Weather/ambience reaction.

🛑 Movement & Stances

• "stay here" / "wait here" / "hold position" — Tells Bertram to hold position.
• "hide" / "get down" / "take cover" — Tells Bertram to crouch and hide.
• "crouch" / "stand up" / "jump" / "look at me" / "back up" / "move" — Direct physical commands.
• "stop working" / "resume" — Pauses or resumes autonomous looting.

👁️ Pointing & Target Commands

• Point + "go there" — Moves to the pointed location.
• Point + "grab that" — Picks up the pointed item.
• Point + "leave that" — Ignores the pointed item.
• Point + "follow them" — Follows the pointed player.

❓ Intelligence & Status Queries

• "is it clear?" / "any monsters?" / "is it safe?" — Scans area threat levels.
• "how much loot?" / "what's our haul?" / "appraise" — Reports collected haul or item value.
• "where are we?" / "where is extraction?" — Reports location info.
• "who is alive?" — Team status report.
• "how much time left?" — Countdown query.

🎵 Social & Fun

• "dance" / "do a dance" / "stop dancing" — Triggers Bertram's dance moves.
• "play a song" / "play music" — Plays bundled MIDI tracks.
• "good bot" / "nice job" — Praises Bertram.
• "quiet" / "shh" — Mutes unprompted chat.
• "speak up" / "unquiet" — Enables unprompted chatter.
• "how are you?" — Social check-in.
• "high five" / "fist bump" — Physical interaction.
• "spin!" / "do a 360" — Spin trick.
• "what's 2 plus 2" / "are you smart?" — Math test.
• "tell a joke" — Bertram tells a joke.
• "you suck" / "you're useless" — Snarky retort.
• "go to sleep" — Sleep mode banter.

🎙️ Voice Recognition Credits

Bundles the Vosk speech-recognition library (libvosk.dll) and the vosk-model-small-en-us-0.15 model, both licensed under Apache License 2.0 by Alpha Cephei Inc. Used for offline, in-process voice commands — no audio ever leaves your machine.