BotFriends v1.0.1

Spawn a squad of colorful bot friends that follow you around, grab nearby valuables, and haul them to the extractor like loyal little loot-goblins. Singleplayer Only. WIP: more personality, behaviors, and features coming soon.

⚠️ Singleplayer Only

BotFriends works exclusively in singleplayer.
The mod includes built-in checks to prevent bot spawning in multiplayer, protecting lobbies.

Status - Work in Progress

This mod will be updated over time.
BotFriends is a W.I.P. - expect new behaviors and more chaos in future updates.

What the mod does

BotFriends spawns a one or a small crew of capsule-shaped funny geniuses that:

• Follow you around or wander near you, depending on your config.
• Scan for nearby valuables in a configurable radius and pick them up.
• Carry valuables toward extraction, using the game's real extraction logic to behave like actual crewmates.

Extractor behavior:

• Bots will place valuables into the nearest active extractor.
• If no extractor is active, they carry loot into the next extractor and wait there for activation.
• If you activate a different extractor instead, bots will change targets automatically.
• Once all extraction points are completed, they head to the truck area.

Bots sometimes seem to have their own personalities:

• One that listens.
• One that wanders off.
• One that feels cursed.
• One you learn to hate.

It is not intentional, but it is funny, so it stays.

Best case - install RepoConfig so you can tweak all BotFriends settings from the in-game Mods menu instead of editing the config file manually. Multiplayer is blocked for safety.

Config options

BepInEx/config/Empress.BotFriends.cfg

Bots

• ExtraBots - How many friends spawn (0-5)
• BotSpeed - NavMesh move speed
• WanderRadius - Random movement radius
• FollowPlayer - True = they follow, False = they wander

Carry / Valuables

• FetchValuables - Enables item pickup
• PickupSearchRadius - How far bots scan for loot
• ExtractorStopDistance - How close a bot tries to deliver items
• HoldOffsetY - Visual hold height

Credits

Coded by:

• Omniscye / Empress

Extra fix help by:

• OrigamiCoder

Bot name permissions:

• s1ckboy
• Zehs / CritHaxXoG
• Goat
• 753
• Impboy
• Swaggies
• Sizzlium
• Jettcodey
• Bocon
• Friendly
• gaymer
• Endershade
• 1A3
• BLOKBUST
• Doppelclick
• Adalade Kasner

"You all exist forever as small chaotic capsule creatures. Enjoy"