Bot Scripting

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Topics	Statistics	Last Post
Sticky: API Requests by ChrisC Started by ChrisC, 12-11-2016, 11:45 AM	446 responses 88,364 views 0 likes	Last Post by Yavimaya 04-10-2019, 04:41 PM
Sticky: dota_spectator_auto_spectate_bot_games by ChrisC Started by ChrisC, 07-19-2017, 04:10 PM	32 responses 35,007 views 0 likes	Last Post by DreadedGhoul575 02-10-2018, 04:26 AM
Sticky: October 5 Bot Update by ChrisC Started by ChrisC, 10-06-2017, 05:32 PM	4 responses 10,640 views 0 likes	Last Post by nostrademous 10-11-2017, 01:14 PM
Sticky: October 4 Bot Update by ChrisC Started by ChrisC, 10-04-2017, 02:21 PM	2 responses 8,678 views 0 likes	Last Post by The Nomad 10-08-2017, 08:48 AM
Sticky: October 3 Bot Update by ChrisC Started by ChrisC, 10-03-2017, 04:02 PM	9 responses 10,160 views 0 likes	Last Post by The Nomad 10-05-2017, 12:40 PM
Sticky: September 19 Bot Update by ChrisC Started by ChrisC, 09-19-2017, 05:30 PM	11 responses 14,622 views 0 likes	Last Post by The Nomad 09-24-2017, 03:04 AM
Closed, Sticky: Current CMsgBotWorldState by ChrisC Started by ChrisC, 09-20-2017, 05:24 PM	0 responses 8,294 views 0 likes	Last Post by ChrisC 09-20-2017, 05:24 PM
Sticky: Upcoming changes to bot scripting by ChrisC Started by ChrisC, 02-22-2017, 01:05 PM	34 responses 36,717 views 0 likes	Last Post by DreadedGhoul575 05-22-2017, 04:55 AM
Sticky: Bot Scripting Wiki by ChrisC Started by ChrisC, 12-11-2016, 11:38 AM	10 responses 23,182 views 0 likes	Last Post by nostrademous 03-29-2017, 05:33 AM
Is there a way to run dota 2 without GUI ? by jack05 Started by jack05, 09-05-2017, 01:17 AM	11 responses 11,527 views 0 likes	Last Post by Phenoxis 01-05-2021, 07:53 AM
Valve could you fix these issues please? by Yavimaya Started by Yavimaya, 04-04-2020, 08:05 PM	7 responses 10,201 views 0 likes	Last Post by adamqqq 11-30-2020, 09:19 AM
5v5 five friendly bots, no AI by Michelle� Started by Michelle�, 11-20-2020, 06:35 AM	0 responses 52 views 0 likes	Last Post by Michelle� 11-20-2020, 06:35 AM
Not fair attitude, please help by ThisisSmile Started by ThisisSmile, 10-31-2020, 09:01 PM	0 responses 141 views 0 likes	Last Post by ThisisSmile 10-31-2020, 09:01 PM
Starting To Feel The Effects From Lack Of API Updates by Cornbane Started by Cornbane, 11-19-2018, 07:30 PM	3 responses 11,495 views 0 likes	Last Post by nostrademous 11-29-2019, 06:45 PM
[BUG] CanAbilityBeUpgraded() by nostrademous Started by nostrademous, 11-05-2019, 09:02 AM	0 responses 4,615 views 0 likes	Last Post by nostrademous 11-05-2019, 09:02 AM
Extracting picks/bans during drafting? by Cralle Started by Cralle, 09-04-2019, 02:48 AM	0 responses 4,857 views 0 likes	Last Post by Cralle 09-04-2019, 02:48 AM
OpenAI Five by nostrademous Started by nostrademous, 06-25-2018, 09:52 PM	8 responses 13,257 views 0 likes	Last Post by nostrademous 07-17-2019, 01:59 PM
Dropped Items by nostrademous Started by nostrademous, 02-05-2019, 11:36 AM	1 response 5,866 views 0 likes	Last Post by Mage Knight By VC 02-07-2019, 08:21 PM
Help Me With Captain Mode by arz_on4dt Started by arz_on4dt, 03-22-2017, 01:31 PM	24 responses 16,808 views 0 likes	Last Post by nostrademous 02-05-2019, 09:50 PM

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