• Dota 2
• SteamCMD
• Goldberg Emulator

• These notes allow downloading Dota 2 using SteamCMD and running it in offline mode ¹⁾

• https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/SteamCMD#Manually

wget -O '/tmp/steamcmd_linux.tar.gz' 'https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/client/installer/steamcmd_linux.tar.gz' && mkdir -p ~/'Steam/steamcmd' && cd ~/'Steam/steamcmd' && tar -xvzf '/tmp/steamcmd_linux.tar.gz' && cd ~ && sync

cd ~/'Steam/steamcmd' && ~/'Steam/steamcmd/steamcmd.sh' +login 'Espionage724' +quit && sync && cd ~

• steamclient.so is required and can be copied from SteamCMD, a Steam install ²⁾, or provided by a Steam emulator
• Goldberg Emu and SteamCMD notes are provided below and can be ran freely to switch between them

• https://mr_goldberg.gitlab.io/goldberg_emulator/
• This is a Steam emulator

• This relies on this URL which looks fragile, but comes from the above download page

rm -Rf '/tmp/Goldberg_Lan_Steam_Emu_master.zip' '/tmp/Goldberg_Lan_Steam_Emu' ~/'.steam/sdk64/steamclient.so' && wget -O '/tmp/Goldberg_Lan_Steam_Emu_master.zip' 'https://gitlab.com/Mr_Goldberg/goldberg_emulator/-/jobs/4247811310/artifacts/download' && unzip '/tmp/Goldberg_Lan_Steam_Emu_master.zip' -d '/tmp/Goldberg_Lan_Steam_Emu' && mkdir -p ~/'.steam/sdk64/steam_settings' && mv '/tmp/Goldberg_Lan_Steam_Emu/linux/x86_64/steamclient.so' ~/'.steam/sdk64' && ls ~/'.steam/sdk64/steamclient.so' && rm -Rf '/tmp/Goldberg_Lan_Steam_Emu_master.zip' '/tmp/Goldberg_Lan_Steam_Emu' && sync

• Readme_release.txt

touch ~/'.steam/sdk64/steam_settings/offline.txt' ~/'.steam/sdk64/steam_settings/disable_overlay.txt' ~/'.steam/sdk64/steam_settings/disable_networking.txt' && echo 'Espionage724' | tee ~/'.steam/sdk64/steam_settings/force_account_name.txt'

mkdir -p ~/'.steam/sdk64' && ln --force --symbolic ~/'Steam/steamcmd/linux64/steamclient.so' ~/'.steam/sdk64'

mkdir -p ~/'Steam/steamapps' && mv ~/'Downloads/Dota 2/'* ~/'Steam/steamapps' && sync

• This may need re-ran if game data is restored from backup ³⁾
• Presumably this fresh-installs Dota 2 also

cd ~/'Steam/steamcmd' && ~/'Steam/steamcmd/steamcmd.sh' +login 'Espionage724' +app_update '570' +quit && sync && cd ~

• 2023/12/30: Sniper

cd ~/'Steam/steamcmd' && ~/'Steam/steamcmd/steamcmd.sh' +login 'Espionage724' +app_update '1628350' +quit && sync && cd ~

cd ~/'Steam/steamcmd' && ~/'Steam/steamcmd/steamcmd.sh' +login 'Espionage724' +app_update '570' validate +quit && sync && cd ~

ANV_NO_GPL='1' ~/'Steam/steamapps/common/SteamLinuxRuntime_sniper/run' -- ~/'Steam/steamapps/common/dota 2 beta/game/dota.sh' -novid -autoconfig

• Open Dota 2's in-game console with the \ key
• Type host_writeconfig
• Errors with saving or finding a file path may require a Steam emulator if using Steam client's or SteamCMD's steamclient.so

• 2023: ANV_NO_GPL=1 and -vulkan_disable_graphics_pipeline_library was required for Intel UHD 630 to prevent random crashing, but doesn't seem needed as of 2024/04/29

~/'Steam/steamapps/common/SteamLinuxRuntime_sniper/run' -- ~/'Steam/steamapps/common/dota 2 beta/game/dota.sh' -vulkan_disable_steam_shader_cache -novid -useforcedmparms -noforcemaccel -noforcemspd -nogammaramp -nomicsettings -console

• Immediately launches into an All-pick Bot Match
• Presumably 3 = Unfair difficulty (discussion)

~/'Steam/steamapps/common/SteamLinuxRuntime_sniper/run' -- ~/'Steam/steamapps/common/dota 2 beta/game/dota.sh' -vulkan_disable_steam_shader_cache -novid -useforcedmparms -noforcemaccel -noforcemspd -nogammaramp -nomicsettings -console +sv_cheats '1' +sv_lan '1' +dota_bot_set_difficulty '3' +dota_start_ai_game '1' +map 'dota'

• TODO: Icon

mkdir -p ~/'.local/share/applications/Valve' && nano ~/'.local/share/applications/Valve/Dota 2.desktop' && sed -i 's/'CHANGEME'/'$USER'/g' ~/'.local/share/applications/Valve/Dota 2.desktop'

[Desktop Entry]
Name=Dota 2
Categories=Game
Exec='/bin/bash' -c "~/'Steam/steamapps/common/SteamLinuxRuntime_sniper/run' -- ~/'Steam/steamapps/common/dota 2 beta/game/dota.sh' -vulkan_disable_steam_shader_cache -novid -useforcedmparms -noforcemaccel -noforcemspd -nogammaramp -nomicsettings -console +sv_cheats '1' +sv_lan '1' +dota_bot_set_difficulty '3' +dota_start_ai_game '1' +map 'dota'"
Type=Application
StartupNotify=true
Icon=TODO.0

• TODO: Organize this
• No version of Goldberg Emu worked, and couldn't be figured out
• In-game settings saving to .cfg failed because of not finding an expected file path or env pointing to it, and presumably this is provided by Steam client; Goldberg didn't work on Windows but maybe provides the expected paths

• steamcmd.exe at C:\Program Files\570
• C:\Program Files\570\steamapps should have appmanifest_570.acf and Dota 2 at C:\Program Files\570\steamapps\common\dota 2 beta

• Login

"steamcmd.exe" +login "Espionage724" +quit

• Update/install Dota 2

"steamcmd.exe" +login "Espionage724" +app_update "570" +quit

• Update Steam Common Redist

"steamcmd.exe" +login "Espionage724" +app_update "228980" +quit
"steamcmd.exe" +login "Espionage724" +app_update "228980" validate +quit

• Validate Dota 2

"steamcmd.exe" +login "Espionage724" +app_update "570" validate +quit

• Requires the following DLLs from an installed Steam client ⁴⁾ placed next to dota2.exe in the dota 2 beta\game\bin\win64 folder

crashhandler64.dll

steamclient64.dll

tier0_s64.dll

vstdlib_s64.dll

• Bot Match.bat in C:\Program Files\570\steamapps\common\dota 2 beta\game\bin\win64

start "" "dota2.exe" -vulkan -novid -useforcedmparms -noforcemaccel -noforcemspd -nogammaramp -nomicsettings -console +sv_lan "1" +sv_cheats "1" +dota_bot_set_difficulty "3" +dota_start_ai_game "1" +map "dota"