Bots Not Moving/Spawning In CS:GO

CS:GO has been around for a bunch of years at this point. However, players still experience a lot of glitches and bugs that might affect their enjoyment. In particular, encountering issues with bot behavior, such as them not moving or spawning, can be frustrating. After all, no one wants their training partners to not show up at all, right? Especially if the said training partners are bots.

If bots aren’t moving or spawning for you in CS:GO, then there are a couple of troubleshooting methods you can try. Of course, the first thing is to restart the game and to ensure there isn’t an update for the game out. If that doesn’t work, you can check the game settings, verify the game files, and check the bot difficulty settings.

We’ll be going through various fixes you can try to potentially fix this issue of bots not moving or spawning in CS:GO.

Restart the Game

Naturally, the first thing you should do if you see something like this happen is to restart the game. Restarting the game has always been a simple but effective solution to many technical issues in CS:GO. Trust us, we’ve had our fair share of technical issues too. How could we forget the glitch that makes the HUD disappear in CS:GO?

Quitting the game and launching it again can refresh the game's processes, potentially resolving any temporary glitches. If the bots were not moving or spawning due to a minor hiccup, a fresh start might bring them back to life. It’s the same logic as turning an electronic device off and on when there’s a software error.

Check For Updates

Game developers frequently release updates and patches to address bugs and improve overall gameplay. When the game developer is as big as Valve, you already know a fix for any issue, no matter how minor, will be on the way.

With that being said, ensure that your game is up to date by allowing Steam to automatically update it. If you don’t like giving software such permissions, you can always manually check for updates. Updating the game to the latest version can help resolve any known issues and ensure the best possible bot performance.

Check the Game Settings

Something that many CS:GO players tend to overlook is a fault in the game settings. Sometimes, the bot_quota setting may accidentally be set to 0 or a low value, resulting in no bots appearing in the game. Bots can’t spawn if they aren’t asked to spawn after all, right?

To rectify this, open the developer console using the tilde (~) key and enter the command ‘bot_quota X,’ replacing X with the desired number of bots you want to spawn. This command sets the bot count for the game and should help ensure that bots are present.

Verify Game Files

If there’s nothing wrong with the game settings, there might be something wrong with the game files. While this occurring is very rare, better to be safe than sorry is what we say. After all, Corrupted game files can cause various gameplay issues, including problems with bot behavior.

If you want to identify and resolve such issues, all you have to do is verify the integrity of the CS:GO game files. To do this, you have to:

1. Right-click on the CS:GO game in your Steam library
2. Select "Properties," 
3. Go to the "Local Files" tab
4. Click on "Verify Integrity of Game Files." 

With this done, Steam will scan the game files, replacing any corrupted ones. This process ensures that you have a clean installation of CS:GO and can potentially fix any bot-related problems.

Check the Bot Difficulty Settings

The final thing you can try is to check the difficulty level of the bots. We say this because the difficulty level of bots can directly affect their behavior in CS:GO. It is essential to ensure that the bot difficulty setting is appropriately configured. 

1. Navigate to the game's options menu
2. Select the "Game Settings" tab. 
3. Here, make sure that the bot difficulty is not set to "Easy" or "No Bots." ( Also, adjust the difficulty level to your desired setting, such as "Normal," "Hard,")

Changing the difficulty level can stimulate bot movement and enhance their responsiveness during gameplay.

If you’ve tried everything we’ve mentioned so far and your bots still refuse to either spawn or move, then the only thing you can do is reach out to the CS:GO community forums or the game's support channels for further assistance.