So like multiplayer, the game has a memory allocation limitation and there can't be more then 256 players. I tried something crazy like 3200 (this would in theory give me 512 bots), but the game crashed as it ran out of 'descriptors' to assign to the players. It worked! Got 256 bots working in Instant Battle mode and this shouldn't need any hacks to the EXE!īasically I changed the Slider node max value from 400 to 1600 (unlike the CreateGame menu, the player count is percentage based instead of an exact player count, this might be why we are able to get more bots in Skirmish Mode without EXE hacks). I increased the max bot count in the n file for my mod and then tried out the menu changes. So I reverted to the original EXE (this version only had the widescreen hack, I did check to make sure multiplayer was capped at 64 with that version and it was) and then modified the meme files for CampaignMenu and SkirmishMenu. But I was curious to know if this limitation applied to Instant Battle mode as I don't recall anyone attempting to change the max value for the Percentage of Bots slider in the Campaign/Instant Battle menu.

With the help of Tuia, I was able to modify the exe to allow the client exe to host games with 256 bots in mulitplayer co-op.

Battlefield 2 bots mod