All Things IT Blog » Open Source MTGO Bot http://www.enusbaum.com/blog My little nerded out corner of the Internets! Tue, 18 Oct 2011 20:22:58 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 ApocBot — I feel I owe everyone an update! http://www.enusbaum.com/blog/2009/12/apocbot-i-feel-i-owe-everyone-an-update/ http://www.enusbaum.com/blog/2009/12/apocbot-i-feel-i-owe-everyone-an-update/#comments Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:31:02 +0000 eric http://www.enusbaum.com/blog/?p=359 12/21/2010 UPDATE: I have released the source code for my MTGO trading bot “ApocBot”. You can view that blog post and download the code for free here.

Well, it seems my little post on my MTGO trading bot as generated some interest, so I felt I should at least give an update on the status.

  • Basic Trade functionality is completed
    • Trade x for y (i.e. 4 Uncommons for 1 Rare)
    • Buy/Sell x for x (i.e. 6 Rares for 1 Ticket or 1 Ticket for 6 Rares)
  • Smart Bot functionality is 70% Completed

Currently ApocBot is able to correctly identify cards that are selected during a trade and quote the stored price for the cards.  So far, so good!

Want some more info? ;)

Okay, so here’s the big announce. I’m going to open source the Basic Trade functionality. I think it’s something that’s really fundamental and should have been included in the MTGO client to begin with. To that, I think it’s stilly to charge for such a basic function after writing it. ;)

So now to answer some obvious questions:

Q: ZOMG! You’re going to open source it?!

A: Yes. ApocBot will be the first free, open source MTGO trade bot :)

Q: What license will it be released under?

A: I’m going to release it under GPL v3

Q: When?!

A: It’ll be available on this site by January 1st, 2010 :) I’ll need some beta testers to use it before I release the source, just to make sure I’m not going to cause more problems than good. I’ll send out a call for that within the coming weeks.

Q: What about SmartBot functionality?

A: I’m still working on SmartBot and to be honest, it has been more trouble than it’s worth. I’ll make a decision on that as soon as I think it’s at a functional point. Because I’m currently working full time, I’m only able to dedicate a couple hours a week to ApocBot so this might take a bit. Part of me open sorucing ApocBot in the first place is so the community can begin development of such a plugin or enhancement.

Q: What will I need to develop ApocBot?

A: ApocBot is written in Microsoft C# and you will need Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 (with .NET 3.5) to develop. And Magic: The Gathering Online.. of course ;)

So that’s that! What’s funny is I was mulling this post around in my head and how to handle a MTGO bot that I knew (a) wouldn’t make a ton of money and (b) should really be free anyways.

Please feel free to e-Mail me or leave any questions you might have here on this post and I’ll be more vigilant in getting back to everyone.

Cheers! :)

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