Boss System

The boss system was added on version 0.1.11.

Configuration

The config file must have the same name as the map and is located in configs\bwrr\bosswaves\'map name'.cfg.

You can add a _server suffix to config file to prevent your custom config being replaced on an update.

Bosses have two configs: Default and mission specific.

Example config from ghost town.

"BossWaveConfig"
{
	"mvm_ghost_town" // mission specific config
	{
		"wave1" // config for wave1
		{
			"health_cap" "35000"
			"minred_nocap" "6"
			"minred" "5"
			"delay" "90"
			"respawn_delay" "360"
			"bosses" "captain_punch,chief_blast_soldier,chief_concheror_soldier,chief_tavish,generic_demoman_boss,generic_heavy_boss,generic_pyro_boss,generic_scout_boss,generic_soldier_boss,major_bomber,major_crits,major_crits_blackbox,major_league,sergeant_crits,sir_nukesalot"		
		}
	}
	"default" // if no mission specific is found, this is used instead
	{
		"health_cap" "30000"
		"minred_nocap" "6"
		"minred" "4"
		"delay" "30"
		"respawn_delay" "0"
		"bosses" "generic_demoman_boss,generic_heavy_boss,generic_pyro_boss,generic_scout_boss,generic_soldier_boss"
	}
}

Mission Specific

When creating a config for a mission, the mission name is the same name as the population script file name. ( You can also get the mission name from the sm_waveinfo command. )

In this case, the config is also per wave, the format is waveN where N is the wave number, so wave 1 would be wave1. If the config for a wave can not be found, bosses won't spawn. This can be used to restrict bosses to only a specific wave or disable them. Example from bigrock.

"BossWaveConfig"
{
	"mvm_bigrock_advanced2" // Bosses won't spawn in this mission
	{
	}
	"mvm_bigrock_advanced1" // Bosses won't spawn in this mission
	{
	}
	"default"
	{
		"health_cap" "30000"
		"minred_nocap" "6"
		"minred" "4"
		"delay" "30"
		"respawn_delay" "0"
		"bosses" "generic_demoman_boss,generic_heavy_boss,generic_pyro_boss,generic_scout_boss,generic_soldier_boss"
	}
}

Default

If a mission specific config can not be found, the default section will be used instead. When using default, bosses only spawn on the last wave.

Settings

name	description
health_cap	Limits the boss health to this value
minred_nocap	If the number of RED players is equal or greater than the value set here, the health_cap setting is bypassed
minred	If the number of RED players is equal or greater than the value set here, bosses are allowed to spawn
delay	How many seconds to wait after wave start to spawn a boss
respawn_delay	How many seconds to wait after boss death to spawn another. Set to 0 to only spawn one boss
bosses	List of comma separated bosses to spawn. The name must be the same as the file name of the boss template ( located in configs\bwrr\bosses )
forced_normal	List of normal robots classes forced to be available
forced_giant	List of giant robots classes forced to be available

Notes:

Valid classes for forced_normal and forced_giant:

scout,soldier,pyro,demoman,heavy,engineer,medic,sniper,spy