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Drop Apex Dynamics from the playable roster (2 races now: Inner Sphere Navy, Outer Rim Collective) to simplify the 2D art pipeline; World's race-offer logic just shuffles both remaining races instead of picking 2 of N. Also fix bullets using a constant muzzle velocity instead of adding the shooter's own velocity, and shrink the bullet hitbox/sprite. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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# Bots — Casual Mode Fill
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## Rules
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- Each casual match fields both races (order presented is randomized)
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- Bots fill empty slots until the match reaches **7v7** (14 total)
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- Once 7v7 is reached, **no more bots are added** — additional human players replace bots as they join
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- Bots are removed when real players join their team slot
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## Why 7v7 Minimum
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- Ensures the match feels active even at low population
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- Avoids the ghost-town feeling of a 25v25 map with 3 players
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- Bots are not added beyond 7v7 so human players always dominate strategy
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## Implementation Notes
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- **`bots/bot_manager.gd`** (server-authoritative autoload) owns bot lifecycle. All
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spawn/despawn decisions funnel through one function, `_reconcile_race(race_id)`,
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triggered by `PlayerRegistry`'s existing `loadout_updated`/`player_removed`
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signals (join/leave) and `World.decide_offered_races()` (match start) — no
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polling. This is the one place to change for future tweaks (fill curve, per-map
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team size, etc.)
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- Bots get **negative peer_ids** (`-1, -2, ...`), assigned by `BotManager`. This
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lets them reuse every existing networked-ship system for free — spawning
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(`MultiplayerSpawner`), loadout replication/backfill (`PlayerRegistry`),
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position/health/visibility sync, bullet damage attribution — none of which
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cares whether a `peer_id` came from ENet or from `BotManager`
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- Bots always fly **the race's fighter/Interceptor** (`race.ships[0]` in
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`team_select.gd`'s `RACES` data)
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- AI (`bots/bot_ai.gd`, `class_name BotAI`): thrust toward nearest living enemy,
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turn to face it, shoot when roughly aimed and in range — simplified
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seek-and-shoot, intentionally easy (casual bots are filler, not a challenge).
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Fully isolated from `ship_movement.gd`'s networking code so future
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difficulty/behavior tuning only ever touches this one file
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- Bot names: `bots/bot_names.gd`, a flat pool of procedural callsigns
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- Tunables live in `GameConfig` (`bot_min_team_size`, `bot_engage_range`,
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`bot_stop_distance`, `bot_aim_tolerance_deg`)
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