##My Dota2 Bots
With 7.00 came a long awaited supported AI for writing our own bots, I play a LOT of bot games with friends so I couldn't resist taking a crack at it. Gives me an excuse to learn LUA as well.
##Current Bots Under Development Meepo - playable/rough - Laning is pretty much default for 1 clone and the rest jungle/steal runes/over commit. TODO's Fights,Skill decisions,more efficient rune/jungle,escape
Puck - playable/rough - TODO's Orb Tracking for jaunt
Clockwerk - rough - TODO's need fight awareness and much skill work
##Current General Modes Under Development Jungling - Team wide jungle camp tracking, easy to use vectors
Item Purchase - Set up for easily adding a new bot with just an item/skill build list
Utilities - Ya know... Stuff!
##How To Install
- Download the latest version
- Unzip and rename the folder to "bots"
- Move it to **"C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\dota 2 beta\game\dota\scripts\vscripts**"
- In the bots folder, rename one of the hero_selection-****.lua to hero_selection.lua
- Start dota -> Create Lobby -> Click Edit in lobby settings
- Server Location: Local Host, Bot Settings/Radient Bots and Dire Bots: Local Dev Script
- Players must always occupy the first slots of Radiant team with current hero_selection.lua files
Available hero_selections:
1v1 solo mid with just bots
5v5 all pick with just bots
5v5 all pick with a player at radiant top slot (position 1)
5v5 all pick with 2 players in radiant slot 1 and 2
##Important Info I am playing within the default modes that we have the option of overwriting for now. This has it's limitations and my bots still fall victim to the decision making of the default bot code quite often. Pretty sure Meepo thinks he's Sterling Archer... only there are 5 of him...
Also, I have using some _generic files. This also has side effects. I have modes for rune/ward/item disabled so bots should no longer get stuck in jungles or rosh pits however they will also never ward, pick up runes (aegis?) etc. The big one other bot coders might need to watch out for is that I override item_purchase_generic.lua and have it setup where there is a builds folder with files for every bot. If a bot isn't implemented yet it will just have "NOT IMPLEMENTED" in that file. THAT IS IMPORTANT and the game may crash without that. It also means every unit will try and call it, so be prepared for death wards, necronomicons etc. to generate console errors of the 'missing file' kind. This will not affect game play that i've ever seen.
References I use
http://dev.dota2.com/forumdisplay.php?f=497
https://www.reddit.com/r/dota2AI/
https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Dota_Bot_Scripting
http://docs.moddota.com/lua_bots/
Also, there are multiple discord discussion channels in the forums linked above. The people there are a big help and may recognize several chunks of code in here from those communities. Thanks Guys!
##Contributors
Jump on in guys, there are over 100 Heroes in Dota2 and they aren't all writing their own code! I'm open to any discussion on overall dev direction, individual bot code, builds, wants/wishes but right now I'm only one guy. Anyone that wants to help is appreciated. There is a bot tournament or possibly set of tournaments as soon as Jan/Feb. If you'd like to join forces let me know.