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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

• 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): https://to.botlab.org/guide/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

• 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:

• EVE Online warp-to-0 autopilot

  • User guide: https://to.botlab.org/guide/app/eve-online-autopilot-bot
  • Program code: https://github.com/Viir/bots/tree/main/implement/applications/eve-online/eve-online-warp-to-0-autopilot

• EVE Online mining bot

  • User guide: https://to.botlab.org/guide/app/eve-online-mining-bot
  • Program code: https://github.com/Viir/bots/tree/main/implement/applications/eve-online/eve-online-mining-bot

• EVE Online combat anomaly bot

  • User guide: https://to.botlab.org/guide/app/eve-online-combat-anomaly-bot
  • Program code: https://github.com/Viir/bots/tree/main/implement/applications/eve-online/eve-online-combat-anomaly-bot

• Tribal Wars 2 farmbot

  • User guide: https://to.botlab.org/guide/app/tribal-wars-2-farmbot
  • Program code: https://github.com/Viir/bots/tree/main/implement/applications/tribal-wars-2/tribal-wars-2-farmbot

• Elvenar bot

  • User guide: https://to.botlab.org/guide/app/elvenar-bot
  • Program code: https://github.com/Viir/bots/tree/main/implement/applications/elvenar/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

• 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/2023-06-21-eve-online-alternate-ui.html

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