Niels one of the bot admins has made all replays hosted on toom.io publicly available. This means our amsterdam, london and miami inhouse games can from now on be downloaded from this site. https://archive.toom.io/#!/wc3
Missing maps can also be downloaded there in case you don't have them.
At this point I would like to introduce the FMLReplayDownloader I came up with this morning. Basically it goes ahead and downloads all replays or maps to the output path you specify.
How does the FMLReplayDownloader work?
Requirements: Windows Operating System The ability to follow my guide and use some CLI
Unzip the all files to a directory of your choice (You must remember the directory path)
2.) Fire up Powershell ISE Start -> powershell ise
3.) ChangeDirectory, Import-Module I have downloaded and extracted the files in this example to c:\temp\fmlreplays
In powershell ISE type in the following in the console
cd C:\temp\FMLReplays
Pro tip: Use a jedi trick called auto-completion. Press CTRL + SPACE Select the FMLRepalyDownloader v1.0.dll Import-Module FMLReplayDownloader v1.0.dll
Now go ahead and Get-FMLReplays -DownloadType replays -OutputPath C:\temp\YourReplayFolder
You may specify any output path you like. The program will if necessary create that folder. You must have the needed rights to create a folder.
Again.. Auto-completion is your friend. Use CTRL + Space while navigating in console.
If you would like to download maps simply replace "replays" with "maps" It should look like this Get-FMLReplays -DownloadType maps -OutputPath C:\temp\YourReplayFolder
as we all know the game lobby does not display your real ping to your bot. Due to this fact I have decided to come up with a guide on how to check your real world ping to the game bot of your choice. You can easily determine the best bot (ping wise) to play on for you. This guide will take some steps. However once set up correctly you will have a handy tool which can tell your ping at all times (running in the background if you want).
Requirements? Windows Operating System Acceptance to use commandline shell (cmd.exe) for ping tests Follow my steps exactly as I state
Summary of what we do: - Download psping (Sysinternals tool, Official Image Signed Microsoft Product) - Add psping as a system environment variable so you can fire it up directly from commandline shell - Perform a ping check for a game bot
Steps: 1.) Download the magnificient psping.exe tool from Sysinternals www.live.sysinternals.com Navigate to psping.exe and download it to a location of your choice. You need to remember the exact location of it (!). Recommended: Use C:\temp (if you dont have that directory, proceed to create a folder) For the following steps I will use C:\temp as the path where psping.exe is located.
2.) Add psping.exe as a system environment variable Windows -> Type 'systempropertiesadvanced.exe' in input box
Now press "Environment Variables"
In Systemvariables navigate to PATH Press "Edit" Add in Value of variables the following entry ";C:\temp" Do not forget the semiciolon and make sure that this is the correct path!
It should look like this
Again.. make sure the semicolon is correctly set and the path is the right one (I used C:\temp in this guide)
3.) Perform a ping to a game bot If you have set up everything correctly. This will be your starting point to do game ping checks! We use only cmd.exe (powershell.exe also works) to use psping. Open cmd by Windows -> cmd.exe
Now check your ping to a game bot. I will use ams.toom.io:6112 in this example.
psping -t ams.toom.io:6112
(CTRL + C and right click in cmd to paste it )
Feel free to use any other game bot / internet site / etc.
Well how do I stop the program from pining? Use CRTL + C or simply close the window. You may keep the window opened while mass tanking your opponents down in game. It does not have any online game experience impact.
Good job young padawan! You have taken your first step into a larger world of CLI.
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