pydarkstar

[AdamGagorik]

pydarkstar

I wrote the python based auction house bot called pydarkstar around 10 years ago.

I have recently migrated the codebase from python 3.7 to python 3.12 and deployed it to PyPI.

This should drastically simplify the setup and usage of the bot.
I know it has been a pain to install over the years. I am a much better software engineer now.

For the most part, the tool works like it always has. However, you should know...

• I renamed the tool to ffxiahbot.
• I removed some options from the config file.
• I gave it a much cleaner command line interface.

ffxiahbot

You can read how to set it up and how to use it.

[AdamGagorik]

To make it much easier to install, you can use a tool called uv.

1. Install the uv command.

curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh

2. Clone the repository.

git clone https://github.com/AdamGagorik/ffxiahbot.git

3. Run this command inside the repository and the app will work.

cd /path/to/ffxiahbot/bin
uv run ffxiahbot --help

[Butterbean1969]

I'm amazed that there aren't tons of people praising and thanking you for this. For what it's worth, thank you, this is awesome.

[Sirloinofbeef87]

I would love to have an AH bot for my server. But I skimmed through the "Step 3: Configure the bot" instructions and said to myself, Yeah this is beyond my skill level. I am a noob to all of this and it took me a long time to understand how to even setup the LSB server, so this looks like I would screw something up/break my server, which is why I haven't tried it or thanked the creator for it.

But it is absolutely something I would like for my server and I'm sure I would praise the creator of it if I could get it to work.

[Mortalelite]

Setup is not that bad. As long you follow the steps they provided it will go kinda easy. I have it setup on my solo server and it was easier for me setup this, than what use to be cause you don't have download the items like use to.

[Sirloinofbeef87]

It was specifically the "Step 3: Configure the bot" part that looked overwhelming to me. Is that part necessary?

[Mortalelite]

Well to stock your AH and have to sale and buy items it is necessary to run it otherwise you won't need if have a lot of player stocking the AH, you can stock it once and then not worry. But if low pop and player not able make income much from other players, then it's your choice.

[Butterbean1969]

I also had issues at step 3, but finally got it working.

In the config.yaml file, I had to change User Name to "root" (the default is "xi", but LSB uses "root"). Then change Password to your MariaDB Password.

To run (and restock) the AhBot, you need to execute the commands in the "bin" folder of wherever you installed the FFxiAhBot. Once in the bin folder, hold SHIFT, then Right Click your mouse, and select "open command window here".

To restock (I had to do this the first time, as otherwise, there wasn't anything in my AH), type:

uv run ffxiahbot refill --inp-csv items.csv

After that, to run the AhBot, just type:

uv run ffxiahbot broker --inp-csv items.csv --buy-items --sell-items

Note: I did get some installation errors, but every time, it said "error" it asked "did you mean__fill in blank that works__?" I simply copied whatever it said, hit "enter", and it magically fixed itself.

p.s. You'll know that you're in the right folder if it says : some path\ffxiahbot\bin