• Dota 2
• SteamCMD

• 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 ~

mkdir -p ~/'.steam/sdk64' && ln -s ~/'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 ²⁾
• 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 ~

• This will likely fail to start Dota 2 due to not running from the runtime, but should still reset settings

~/'Steam/steamapps/common/dota 2 beta/game/dota.sh' -autoconfig

• ANV_NO_GPL=1 is required for Intel UHD 630 to prevent random crashing

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

• Immediately launches into a Bot Match
• Presumably Unfair difficulty (discussion)

ANV_NO_GPL='1' ~/'Steam/steamapps/common/SteamLinuxRuntime_sniper/run' ~/'Steam/steamapps/common/dota 2 beta/game/dota.sh' +sv_lan '1' +dota_bot_set_difficulty '3' +dota_start_ai_game '1' +map 'dota' +cl_cmdrate '128' +cl_updaterate '128'

• 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 "ANV_NO_GPL='1' ~/'Steam/steamapps/common/SteamLinuxRuntime_sniper/run' ~/'Steam/steamapps/common/dota 2 beta/game/dota.sh' +sv_lan '1' +dota_bot_set_difficulty '3' +dota_start_ai_game '1' +map 'dota' +cl_cmdrate '128' +cl_updaterate '128'"
Type=Application
StartupNotify=true
Icon=TODO.0