Is there a way to run dota 2 without GUI ?

[jack05]

I want to run dota2 without GUI for increasing speed of command "host_timescale xx". In GUI ,it isn't differentiation speed when value of host_timescale morethan 10.
I guess this problem was caused by using GUI.

I found the Steamcmd for create server with cmd , but i cann't find the srcds.exe when download game with command app_update 570.
This link about Steamcmd for dota2
https://forums.alliedmods.net/showthread.php?p=2110203
https://www.vultr.com/docs/setting-u...ver-on-windows


Do you know how to run dota 2 without GUI in any way or fix the srcds.exe problem ?

Thank you very much!!

[lenlrx]

i want to know that as well, simulator(not VM) is another way.

[axetion]

I want to run dota2 without GUI for increasing speed of command "host_timescale xx". In GUI ,it isn't differentiation speed when value of host_timescale morethan 10.
I guess this problem was caused by using GUI.

I found the Steamcmd for create server with cmd , but i cann't find the srcds.exe when download game with command app_update 570.
This link about Steamcmd for dota2
https://forums.alliedmods.net/showthread.php?p=2110203
https://www.vultr.com/docs/setting-u...ver-on-windows


Do you know how to run dota 2 without GUI in any way or fix the srcds.exe problem ?

Thank you very much!!

That thread is for Source 1 Dota 2. To run a dedicated server in Reborn, just run dota (in game/ folder) with -dedicated -maxplayers 10 -game dota +map dota

I have *no* idea how to add bots to it though.

[The Nomad]

WARNING * untested

• dota_spawn_creeps: spawn lane creeps
• dota_spawn_neutrals: spawn jungle creeps
• dota_spawn_rune: spawn runes
• dota_start_game: sets the game state to "game in progress", sets timer to 0, spawns neutrals and rune
• dota_create_unit npc_dota_hero_lina: spawns lina
• dota_create_unit npc_dota_hero_lina enemy: spawns lina on the enemy team
• dota_bot_give_item item_boots: give boots to all bots

But you guys prolly want to start an actual bot game. A long time ago, before bot lobbies and offline botmatches were added, these were the steps:

• dota_start_ai_game 1
• map dota

So I guess the second part is what you actually need. But even if it works, I don't know how to tell the game to use script X and not Y or use the local script and on which team

It might use the last script that you selected, but it's a guess.

[ppd_reborn]

I have *no* idea how to add bots to it though.

try -fill_with_bots

http://dev.dota2.com/showthread.php?t=276005

[The Nomad]

Damn, I missed that. How can you specify the script to load? Any ideas?

[lenlrx]

dedicate_server.png

game does not start, maybe we should specify players and game modes, but how?

[jack05]

Thank you all of you for information.

I can create lobby with local dev script bot by console command in this below. It can work in dota 2 with GUI.

dota_start_ai_game 1  (Start ai)
dota_bot_practice_start 1  (Start bot practice script)
dota_bot_practice_script 0 (Select bot script.The number is bot script id. the 0 is meaning local devscript.You can use 855965029 for "Ranked Matchmaking Bot A.I script" )
map dota

I try to use -dedicated in launch option command and use these code. It seem to work but I can't get respond in print console command(can't debug) and I can't send any HTTP request
to server.

I am not sure in detail about -dedicated command.I can't find a document for this.
Do you have more information about this?


I have some out of bounds question. In many time when I post or reply in this forum, the server send error page to me. Do you ever found this problem?

[The Nomad]

delete me

[apoorvumang]

Hi, did anyone figure out how to start a match with bots without GUI? I tried following jack05 and Nomad's instructions but the game is always stuck at DOTA_GAMERULES_STATE_INIT with 0 bots / 0 max. Any help is appreciated!

[nostrademous]

The following works for me on Windows. A slight mod also works to get it to work on Linux/OSX

>>> import subprocess
>>>
>>> p = subprocess.Popen('"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Steam\\steamapps\\common\\dota 2 beta\\game\\bin\\win64\\dota2.exe" -con_logfile scripts/vscripts/bots/console.log -con_timestamp -console -dev -insecure -noip -nowatchdog +clientport 27006 +dota_1v1_skip_strategy 1 +dota_surrender_on_disconnect 0 +host_timescale 1 +hostname dotaservice +sv_cheats 1 +sv_hibernate_when_empty 0 +tv_delay 0 +tv_enable 1 +tv_title 0895d28a-a8d5-11e9-b052-c86000c96ae6 +tv_autorecord 1 +tv_transmitall 1 -fill_with_bots +map start gamemode 6 +sv_lan 1')

Note, that if you intend to pull the protobufs frame dumps in another server you will need to also add these options:

        if not self.offline:
            args.extend([
                '-botworldstatesocket_threaded',
                '-botworldstatetosocket_frames {}'.format(self.ticks_per_observation),
                '-botworldstatetosocket_radiant {}'.format(self.PORT_WORLDSTATES[TEAM_RADIANT]),
                '-botworldstatetosocket_dire {}'.format(self.PORT_WORLDSTATES[TEAM_DIRE]),
            ])

Also, if you want to run headless you can add the dedicated flag

        if self.host_mode == HOST_MODE_DEDICATED:
            args.append('-dedicated')

Finally, if you intend to play with real-players joining the bots you need to change the 'sv_lan 1' to 'sv_lan 0' to allow others to join.

In the top-most example of python code note I use some auto-generated values (like the tv_title which is a uuid I generate). Change as you will.

[Phenoxis]

Could you share how you discovered these command-line arguments? I'm new to this and I'm trying to figure out what's possible and what is not.

Also, it looks like your script is attempting to set up a headless server with the option to peek into what's going on (tv_* options). Is there a way to specify which bot script to use as part of this?