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This How.com.vn teaches you how to add a bot to your team or the opposing team in the Counter-Strike series.

Method 1
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Using Offline Bots in Counter-Strike Global Offensive

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  1. How.com.vn English: Step 1 Open Counter Strike:
    Global Offensive. CS: GO has a built-in offline mode you can use to play bot matches.
  2. How.com.vn English: Step 2 Click PLAY.
    It's in the top-left corner of the screen. A drop-down menu will appear.
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  3. How.com.vn English: Step 3 Click OFFLINE WITH BOTS.
    You'll find this in the PLAY drop-down menu.
  4. How.com.vn English: Step 4 Select a map.
    Click the map you want to use, then click GO in the bottom-right corner.
  5. How.com.vn English: Step 5 Choose bot difficulty.
    Click a circle in the pop-up window, then click GO.
    • The left-most circle pertains to easy bots, while the right-most circle pertains to the hardest bots.
  6. How.com.vn English: Step 6 Select a team.
    Click either COUNTER-TERRORISTS or TERRORISTS to join the selected team.
  7. How.com.vn English: Step 7 View your teams.
    Pressing the Tab key will show the existing team members (all of whom are bots).
  8. How.com.vn English: Step 8 Use the developer console to add or remove bots.
    If you have the developer console enabled for CS: GO, you can add or remove bots by pressing ~ and entering the following:
    • Add a bot — Type in bot_add_ct (Counter-Terrorists) or bot_add_t (Terrorists), then press Enter.
    • Remove a bot — Type in bot_kick_ct (Counter-Terrorists) or bot_kick_t (Terrorists), then press Enter.
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Method 2
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Using Console Commands

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  1. How.com.vn English: Step 1 Open a Counter-Strike game.
    The following games all support bot additions via console commands:
    • Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
    • Counter-Strike: Source
    • Counter-Strike 1.6
  2. How.com.vn English: Step 2 Enable the developer console.
    This process will vary slightly depending on your selected game:[1]
    • Counter-Strike: Global Offensive — Click OPTIONS at the top of the home page, click GAME SETTINGS in the drop-down menu, and switch the "Enable Developer Console" option to "Yes".
    • Counter-Strike: Source and Counter-Strike 1.6 — Click Options, click the Keyboard tab, click Advanced..., and check the "Enable developer console" box.
  3. How.com.vn English: Step 3 Start a game.
    Either create a new online game, or open your server and connect to it before proceeding.
  4. How.com.vn English: Step 4 Press the ~ key.
    Doing so will bring up the developer window on the right side of the Counter-Strike screen.
    • The ~ (tilde) key is typically found below the Esc key in the top-left corner of the keyboard.
  5. How.com.vn English: Step 5 Add a bot.
    Type in bot_add_ct and press Enter to add a bot to the "Counter-Terrorists" team, or type in bot_add_t and press Enter to add a bot to the "Terrorists" team.
  6. How.com.vn English: Step 6 Change a bot's difficulty.
    Open the console by pressing ~, then enter in bot_difficulty 1 for easy bots, bot_difficulty 2 for medium bots, or bot_difficulty 3 for expert bots.
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      Warnings

      • While most versions of Counter-Strike support adding bots via the console, you may not be able to use the console to add bots on pre-1.6 versions of Counter-Strike.
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      About This Article

      How.com.vn English: Jack Lloyd
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      How.com.vn Technology Writer
      This article was co-authored by How.com.vn staff writer, Jack Lloyd. Jack Lloyd is a Technology Writer and Editor for How.com.vn. He has over two years of experience writing and editing technology-related articles. He is technology enthusiast and an English teacher. This article has been viewed 154,994 times.
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      Co-authors: 11
      Updated: September 3, 2020
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      Categories: Counter Strike
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