AI & events Client + server

STD AI

Server AI: patrols, convoys, event guards and companions. No CF, no Expansion

Version: 1.1
DayZ: 1.30
Updated: 14.10.2026
Install: Client + server

6 500 ₽

After purchase: the mod's Discord role and file links in “My mods”.

Overview

Soldiers hold the bases, bandits roam the towns, civilians run. Bots fight each other as readily as they fight players: who is hostile to whom is set per faction. Vanilla DayZ is all it needs — no Community Framework, no Expansion.

On first start the mod reads the map and lays out patrols on its own: a squad on every military base, 2–3 bandits in the towns. It works on any map with mapgrouppos.xml — Chernarus, Livonia, Sakhal, custom terrains.

In a firefight bots see and hear through a model rather than a straight line: sight range depends on stance, camouflage, night and fog, spread on distance, movement and suppression. They reload, bandage themselves, throw grenades, pop smoke and pick weapons off bodies when they run dry.

Everything is configured in game: the admin panel on Num 8 covers patrols with routes on the map, loadouts with a mannequin, factions, convoys and event guards. No hand-editing files, no restarts.

Features

Auto patrols from mapgrouppos.xml: the world is populated right after install
Five patrol modes: loop, back and forth, guard posts, roam, hold; formations, proximity spawn and a leash to the route
Factions: Military, Bandits, Guards, Survivors, Civilians and your own; attitude to players, infected, animals and each other
Combat: bursts up close and single shots at range, flanking, rushes between cover, going prone under fire; four difficulty levels plus custom presets
Grenades thrown with lead and smoke screens that block the bots' own view too
Convoys: a vehicle column drives its route with cargo and only fights back once attacked
Event guards for vanilla and modded events, matched by object class and spawned only near players
Companions: recruit, give orders where you look, talk over the radio, trade items
Slot-by-slot loadout editor with a catalogue built from your server's types.xml, mods included
Bots sleep with no players around, hard cap on living bots; !ai perf measures server FPS with and without them

Screenshots

Bots in the world: patrols and factions

Patrols: five route modes

Routes are placed with the mouse right on the map

Groups: formations, a leader and a shared target

Factions: who is hostile to whom

Combat: sight, hearing, spread, bullet flight

How they fight

Gear: reloads, loose rounds, jams, melee

Grenades and smoke screens

Convoy: a vehicle column with cargo

Event guards

Companions: your own squad

Admin panel on Num 8

Managed in game: no JSON editing, no restarts

Video

Requirements

DayZ 1.30
No Community Framework or Expansion needed
Client part on the server and for players, server part on the server only
Do not run Expansion AI alongside it: two AI mods get in each other's way

Installation

1
Put @STD_AI on the server and give it to players; copy STDwhitesportik.bikey from Keys into the server's keys folder
2
Put the server part @STD_AI_Server on the server only
3
Server launch line: -mod=@STD_AI -serverMod=@STD_AI_Server
4
On first start profiles/STD_AI appears with Settings.json, Factions.json, Patrols.json, Convoys.json and the Loadouts folder
5
Add your Steam64 ID to Admins in Settings.json to unlock the panel (Num 8 or !ai) and the chat commands

Changelog

v1.114.10.2026current

Admin panel sections split into sub-tabs. Interface settings are now per player: order marker, target highlight, companion marks, speech bubbles, bot kill notice. Convoy cargo is picked by search across the whole game catalogue, each vehicle has its own manifest; convoys toggle right in the list. Fixed: the sedan in a column spawned without wheels, convoy faction, loadout and difficulty did not switch, a failed convoy start now reports the actual reason.

v1.007.10.2026

Update without a version bump. Command menu on Num 2: orders from a distance, by voice up close and over the radio further out. Trade window with a companion, item menu on Num 1, companions can be tied up. Main fix: bots did not pick items up, because inventory moves for server AI waited for a client confirmation that never comes.

v1.006.10.2026

Companion update: talking to bots, speech bubbles above heads, orders on Num 4 (kill, clear the house, go there), radio contact from the squad window. Companions defend you from the infected, loot cupboards and crates, and look for a better weapon on their own.

v1.025.09.2026

First release: auto patrols, factions, combat, loadouts, in-game admin panel.