Ares BWAPI Bot

Ares is aimed to become a capable bot for Starcraft Brood War using BWAPI developped in C++. It is named after the greek god of war.

Instructions

Requirements

• Install StarCraft:BroodWar and update it to version 1.16.1 by going in Multiplayer/Battle.net(Europe)
• Install the latest release of BWAPI from https://github.com/bwapi/bwapi/releases

Building AresBWAPIBot under VisualStudio

• Install CMake (tested under CMake 3.2.0-rc1)
• Run cmake-gui
• Put Ares source path in the field "Where is the source code"
• Put your build path in the field "Where to build the binaries" (eg Ares/build)
• Configure (use the appropriate generator when asked, depending on your version of VisualStudio)
• Generate
• Open the generated solution AresBWAPIBot.sln in your build folder
• Build the solution (in either Debug or Release mode)

Running AresBWAPIBot in SC:BW

• Copy AresModule.dll (or AresModuled.dll) from <Ares_build_folder>/module/Debug (or Release) to <Starcraft_install_folder>/bwapi-data/AI
• Modify BWAPI configuration file in <Starcraft_install_folder>/bwapi-data/bwapi.ini
  • Change ai et ai_debug entries:

      ai     = bwapi-data/AI/AresModule.dll
      ai_dbg = bwapi-data/AI/AresModuled.dll

• Run ChaosLauncher from <BWAPI_install_folder>/ChaosLauncher
  • Activate plugin BWAPI Injector 1.16.1 DEBUG (or RELEASE if you want to use the release version of the dll)
  • Press Run