What is more interesting than playing video games? - Programming bots to play video games!
Guides
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Video on how to run a bot live: https://to.botlab.org/guide/video/how-to-run-a-bot-live
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How to install the BotLab client and register the
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How to run a bot: https://to.botlab.org/guide/how-to-run-a-bot
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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
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Observing and inspecting (aka 'debugging') a bot: https://to.botlab.org/guide/observing-and-inspecting-a-bot
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Testing a bot using simulated environments: https://to.botlab.org/guide/testing-a-bot-using-simulated-environments
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Input focus scheduling for multiple bot instances: https://to.botlab.org/guide/input-focus-scheduling-for-multiple-bot-instances
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Running bots on multiple game clients: https://to.botlab.org/guide/running-bots-on-multiple-game-clients
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[Walkthrough, Programming, Video] Combining behaviors of multiple bot programs: https://youtu.be/ALXsLznDOfM
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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
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Syntax of the Elm programming language: https://elm-lang.org/docs/syntax
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Elm programming language - forward pipe (
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Learning Elm? Download the Elm Cheat Sheet to support you during the learning process: https://github.com/lucamug/elm-cheat-sheet/
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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
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Inspect the UI tree of an EVE Online game client process (live or from archived samples): https://to.botlab.org/guide/alternate-ui-for-eve-online
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[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
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[Walkthrough, Programming]: Making an EVE Online bot see anomalies and other pilots: https://vimeo.com/526817258
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How to collect samples for 64-bit memory reading development: https://to.botlab.org/guide/collect-samples-for-memory-reading-development
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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
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BotLab Contributor Program: https://to.botlab.org/guide/botlab-contributor-program
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:
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EVE Online warp-to-0 autopilot
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EVE Online mining bot
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EVE Online combat anomaly bot
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Tribal Wars 2 farmbot
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Elvenar bot
Related Guides
- Learn to make online games using the Elm programming language: https://github.com/onlinegamemaker/making-online-games
Experimental Tools and Guides
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Use an integrated development environment to test your Elm code: https://elm-editor.com
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Explore Elm syntax and core library with the Elm Explorer: https://botlabs.blob.core.windows.net/blob-library/by-name/ElmExplorer.html
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Inspection tool to explore the structure of EVE Online memory readings: https://botlabs.blob.core.windows.net/blob-library/by-name/2022-12-12-eve-online-alternate-ui.html
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How to Allow Multiple RDP Sessions in Windows 10: https://woshub.com/how-to-allow-multiple-rdp-sessions-in-windows-10/