zhang98722/bots

Programming bots to play video games

What is more interesting than playing video games? - Programming bots to play video games!

Guides

• Video on how to run a bot live: https://to.botlab.org/guide/video/how-to-run-a-bot-live

• How to install the BotLab client and register the botlab command: https://to.botlab.org/guide/how-to-install-the-botlab-client-and-register-the-botlab-command

• How to run a bot: https://to.botlab.org/guide/how-to-run-a-bot

• How to report an issue with a bot or request a new feature: https://to.botlab.org/guide/how-to-report-an-issue-with-a-bot-or-request-a-new-feature

• Observing and inspecting (aka 'debugging') a bot: https://to.botlab.org/guide/observing-and-inspecting-a-bot

• Testing a bot using simulated environments: https://to.botlab.org/guide/testing-a-bot-using-simulated-environments

• Input focus scheduling for multiple bot instances: https://to.botlab.org/guide/input-focus-scheduling-for-multiple-bot-instances

• Running bots on multiple game clients: https://to.botlab.org/guide/running-bots-on-multiple-game-clients

• [Walkthrough, Programming, Video] Combining behaviors of multiple bot programs: https://youtu.be/ALXsLznDOfM

• Learn how to develop EVE Online bots and intel tools. Discover the engineering methods and tools behind the most advanced bots: https://to.botlab.org/guide/developing-for-eve-online

• Syntax of the Elm programming language: https://elm-lang.org/docs/syntax

• Elm programming language - forward pipe (|>) and function composition (>>) operators: https://to.botlab.org/guide/elm-programming-language-forward-pipe-and-function-composition-operators

• Learning Elm? Download the Elm Cheat Sheet to support you during the learning process: https://github.com/lucamug/elm-cheat-sheet/

• Get a guide for writing Elm code that reads from the EVE Online game client's user interface: Using types from the parsed user interface: https://to.botlab.org/guide/parsed-user-interface-of-the-eve-online-game-client

• Inspect the UI tree of an EVE Online game client process (live or from archived samples): Alternate UI for EVE Online

• [Programming]: Adding a counter to a bot: https://forum.botlab.org/t/i-would-like-to-use-survey-scanner-for-every-even-numbers-of-targets-targetted/3807

• [Walkthrough, Programming]: Making an EVE Online bot see anomalies and other pilots: https://vimeo.com/526817258

• How to collect samples for 64-bit memory reading development: https://to.botlab.org/guide/collect-samples-for-memory-reading-development

• Syntax highlighting of code blocks - How to format code on the forum: https://forum.botlab.org/t/syntax-highlighting-of-code-blocks-how-to-format-code-on-the-forum/738

Example Bots

Wondering what outcome you can expect from following the guides? Below is a list of example bots. You can test them for free:

• EVE Online warp-to-0 autopilot

  • User guide: ./guide/eve-online/eve-online-warp-to-0-autopilot-bot.md
  • Program code: ./implement/applications/eve-online/eve-online-warp-to-0-autopilot

• EVE Online mining bot

  • User guide: ./guide/eve-online/eve-online-mining-bot.md
  • Program code: ./implement/applications/eve-online/eve-online-mining-bot

• EVE Online combat anomaly bot

  • User guide: ./guide/eve-online/eve-online-combat-anomaly-bot.md
  • Program code: ./implement/applications/eve-online/eve-online-combat-anomaly-bot

• Tribal Wars 2 farmbot

  • User guide: ./guide/tribal-wars-2/farm-manager-tribal-wars-2-farmbot.md
  • Program code: ./implement/applications/tribal-wars-2/tribal-wars-2-farmbot

More links to program codes are listed at https://catalog.botlab.org

Related Guides

• Learn to make online games using the Elm programming language: https://github.com/onlinegamemaker/making-online-games

Exploration

In the 'explore' subdirectory, I report on explorations in the world of botting in video games. These are raw chronological reports of experiments and discoveries. Some of the approaches and solutions discovered here become seeds for bots and guides.

Experimental Tools and Guides

• Use an integrated development environment to test your Elm code: https://elm-editor.com

• Explore Elm syntax and core library with the Elm Explorer: https://botlabs.blob.core.windows.net/blob-library/by-name/ElmExplorer.html

• Inspection tool to explore the structure of EVE Online memory readings: https://botlabs.blob.core.windows.net/blob-library/by-name/2021-10-29-eve-online-alternate-ui.html

• How to Allow Multiple RDP Sessions in Windows 10: http://woshub.com/how-to-allow-multiple-rdp-sessions-in-windows-10/