• Dota 2
• SteamCMD
• Goldberg Emulator

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

• Hot-swap Bot Scripts

• 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 notes are provided below

• https://mr_goldberg.gitlab.io/goldberg_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
• offline, disable_overlay, disable_networking, force_account_name

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

• This may need re-ran several times 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 ~

• This may need re-ran several times if game data is restored from backup ⁴⁾

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

• 2023/12/30: Sniper

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

gio open ~/'Steam/steamapps/common/'

• This resets in-game Settings and starts Dota 2

~/'Steam/steamapps/common/SteamLinuxRuntime_sniper/run' -- ~/'Steam/steamapps/common/dota 2 beta/game/dota.sh' -autoconfig -vulkan_disable_steam_shader_cache -novid -nodev -nojoy -console

1. Configure in-game Settings
2. Open Dota 2's in-game Console with the \ key
3. Type host_writeconfig

host_writeconfig

• Errors with saving or finding a file path may require a Steam emulator if using an official steamclient.so

• Main Menu

~/'Steam/steamapps/common/SteamLinuxRuntime_sniper/run' -- ~/'Steam/steamapps/common/dota 2 beta/game/dota.sh' -vulkan_disable_steam_shader_cache -novid -nodev -nojoy -console

• Immediately launches into an All-pick Bot Match

• +sv_cheats 1 allows controlling bots and cheats, but may cause click targeting to not work as-expected ⁵⁾
• Presumably 3 = Unfair difficulty (discussion, RMMAI discussion)

~/'Steam/steamapps/common/SteamLinuxRuntime_sniper/run' -- ~/'Steam/steamapps/common/dota 2 beta/game/dota.sh' -vulkan_disable_steam_shader_cache -novid -nodev -nojoy -console  +sv_lan '1' +dota_bot_set_difficulty '3' +dota_start_ai_game '1' +map 'dota'

• Bot scripts are automatically loaded and used if present ⁶⁾

sudo dnf install 'git-core'

gio open ~/'Steam/steamapps/common/dota 2 beta/game/dota/scripts/vscripts/'

• Removing the vscripts/bots folder results in using default/built-in bot scripts

rm -Rf ~/'Steam/steamapps/common/dota 2 beta/game/dota/scripts/vscripts/bots'

• https://github.com/forest0xia/dota2bot-OpenHyperAI
• https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3246316298

rm -Rf ~/'Steam/steamapps/common/dota 2 beta/game/dota/scripts/vscripts/bots' ~/'Steam/steamapps/common/dota 2 beta/game/dota/scripts/vscripts/OpenHyperAI' && git clone --branch 'main' --depth '1' --recurse-submodules 'https://github.com/forest0xia/dota2bot-OpenHyperAI.git' ~/'Steam/steamapps/common/dota 2 beta/game/dota/scripts/vscripts/OpenHyperAI' && mv ~/'Steam/steamapps/common/dota 2 beta/game/dota/scripts/vscripts/OpenHyperAI/bots' ~/'Steam/steamapps/common/dota 2 beta/game/dota/scripts/vscripts/' && sync

• https://github.com/adamqqqplay/dota2ai
• https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=855965029

• Possible performance concern: https://github.com/adamqqqplay/dota2ai/issues/158

rm -Rf ~/'Steam/steamapps/common/dota 2 beta/game/dota/scripts/vscripts/bots' && git clone --branch 'master' --depth '1' --recurse-submodules 'https://github.com/adamqqqplay/dota2ai.git' ~/'Steam/steamapps/common/dota 2 beta/game/dota/scripts/vscripts/bots' && sync

• TODO: Icon, update scripts

mkdir -p ~/'.local/share/applications/Valve' && nano ~/'.local/share/applications/Valve/Dota 2 - Bots.desktop' && update-desktop-database --quiet ~/'.local/share/applications'

[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 -nodev -nojoy -console +sv_lan '1' +dota_bot_set_difficulty '3' +dota_start_ai_game '1' +map 'dota'"
Type=Application
StartupNotify=true
Icon=TODO.0