BotLab Devlog

Viir · June 18, 2019, 6:49pm

Recently people reported issues slowing them down when using bots. This new release of the botengine console adds a feature to fix these bot configuration issues. The new feature allows you to:

Configure a bot using the command-line interface, by adding the new --bot-configuration parameter.
Configure a bot without changing the bot code, which in turn means without changing the bot ID. This means we can compare bots easier, by using the now more stable bot ID.

I updated the guide to illustrate how this new feature is used, including an example command line:

github.com

Viir/bots/blob/cac1a1f9443786326ee03aaa59bac309805e696e/guide/how-to-use-eve-online-bots.md

# How to Use EVE Online Bots

In this guide, I show how to run EVE Online bots using the BotEngine console.

## What is a Bot?

A bot is a software which performs the following steps:

+ Read information from the game client, to learn about the current state of the game world.
+ Send inputs such as mouse clicks or key presses to the game client, to achieve in-game effects and progress.

The bot runs as a continual process repeating these steps again and again until it reaches the configured goal or you stop it.

There also exists monitoring software which does not send any input to the game, but notifications to inform you about in-game events. You can use the BotEngine console to run these too.

## Prerequisites - Windows and .NET Framework

Before you can use the BotEngine console, you need to have the following software installed on your machine:
+ Windows 10 x64
+ `.NET Core 3.0 SDK Preview 5` for Windows x64. You can download the installer from https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/thank-you/dotnet-sdk-3.0.100-preview5-windows-x64-installer

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