Eraser Bot on Windows 10 64 bit

[Olaf Wriggley]

I'm trying to find a working version of Eraser Bot that works with 64 bit Windows 10.

I've found the small ~600kb .rar file on various places on the internet but it contains no .exe file. The Read Me says just run the .exe file and install it but there isn't one in any version I've downloaded.

It also says the alternative to running the exe file is to create a DOS shortcut adding the startup commands "+set game eraser +exec eraser.cfg" but I have Windows version of Quake 2.

The only .exe for Eraser Bot I've found around 8mb does not work on 64 bit systems.

Does anybody know if there is an Eraser Bot or equivalent available for Windows 10 64 bit?

[Kvaki]

make a game folder /eraser in /quake2/ . its a mod not a install exe

[Olaf Wriggley]

Tried that and couldn't get it to work.

Back in the day (Win98, Win2000 etc) there was an actual piece of software where you could customise the setup of each game with an easy to use user interface whilst still in Windows before starting the game... That's what I was looking for.

[BloodShed]

Originally posted by Olaf Wriggley:

Tried that and couldn't get it to work.

Back in the day (Win98, Win2000 etc) there was an actual piece of software where you could customise the setup of each game with an easy to use user interface whilst still in Windows before starting the game... That's what I was looking for.

I believe you need some Visual Basic runtime files to make the configurator run.

[Vyvyvn]

The Quick start program itself won't run outside of an older 16-bit windows however you can just as easily configure all the CFG files manually including bot lists and behaviours.

As to the "Dos shortcut" it's a bit misleading as Quake2 never ran in dos as far as I remember. What they're TRYING to say is WINDOWS shortcut. You would enter the +set game eraser bit in the target field of said shortcut.

[Olaf Wriggley]

Thanks for your replies.

I must have lost basic Windows skills over the past 20 years or something here then...

I've created a shortcut to quake2.exe on my desktop. Dumped all the Eraser files into a sub-folder "D:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Quake2\Eraser".

I add "+set game eraser +exec eraser.cfg" to the end of the target field so it reads "D:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Quake 2\quake2.exe +set game eraser +exec eraser.cfg" but I get the following error message:

Problem with Shortcut:

The name "D:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Quake 2\quake2.exe +set game eraser +exec eraser.cfg" specified in the Target box is not valid. Make sure the path and file name are correct.

Have I created the shortcut and modified the target correctly?

Or am I missing some files or something?

[BloodShed]

Originally posted by Olaf Wriggley:

Thanks for your replies.

I must have lost basic Windows skills over the past 20 years or something here then...

I've created a shortcut to quake2.exe on my desktop. Dumped all the Eraser files into a sub-folder "D:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Quake2\Eraser".

I add "+set game eraser +exec eraser.cfg" to the end of the target field so it reads "D:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Quake 2\quake2.exe +set game eraser +exec eraser.cfg" but I get the following error message:

Problem with Shortcut:

The name "D:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Quake 2\quake2.exe +set game eraser +exec eraser.cfg" specified in the Target box is not valid. Make sure the path and file name are correct.

Have I created the shortcut and modified the target correctly?

Or am I missing some files or something?

I think it's supposed to look like this:

"D:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Quake 2\quake2.exe" +set game eraser +exec eraser.cfg

The " " should only encompass the executable path.


An alternative is to use a steam game shortcut (url shortcut)

Example

steam://rungameid/2320// +set game coopordie +map pregame

[Olaf Wriggley]

Originally posted by BloodShed:

Originally posted by Olaf Wriggley:

Thanks for your replies.

I must have lost basic Windows skills over the past 20 years or something here then...

I've created a shortcut to quake2.exe on my desktop. Dumped all the Eraser files into a sub-folder "D:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Quake2\Eraser".

I add "+set game eraser +exec eraser.cfg" to the end of the target field so it reads "D:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Quake 2\quake2.exe +set game eraser +exec eraser.cfg" but I get the following error message:

Problem with Shortcut:

The name "D:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Quake 2\quake2.exe +set game eraser +exec eraser.cfg" specified in the Target box is not valid. Make sure the path and file name are correct.

Have I created the shortcut and modified the target correctly?

Or am I missing some files or something?

I think it's supposed to look like this:

"D:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Quake 2\quake2.exe" +set game eraser +exec eraser.cfg

The " " should only encompass the executable path.


An alternative is to use a steam game shortcut (url shortcut)

Example

steam://rungameid/2320// +set game coopordie +map pregame

Thanks. Ok, we're a little bit further on. That helped, a bit.

The game loads, and it's clearly loading Eraser because the Q2 logo background has changed to Eraser logo.

However console loads and bombs out with the error message:

"Couldn't exec eraser.cfg"

Any ideas?

[Vyvyvn]

Originally posted by Olaf Wriggley:

Thanks. Ok, we're a little bit further on. That helped, a bit.

The game loads, and it's clearly loading Eraser because the Q2 logo background has changed to Eraser logo.

However console loads and bombs out with the error message:

"Couldn't exec eraser.cfg"

Any ideas?

Yeah Eraser.cfg isn't created on startup. All that is is a .CFG file that will be created when you edit/save your key binds and things like that. (Usually an install will install that file which is just keybinds like F for the 'flagpath' command etc..) Completely optional and can be bound manually with console BIND command. Should be able to omit the whole cfg line and just use +set game eraser.

[Non Nobis]

Is this the bot that used to write to a file the behavior of players? He would save the exact path you as a player would take and then roam the map using players' directions, including jumps to different locations and so on. It was a very interesting idea, limited at the time because the hardware. Imagine these times a bot writing map navigation habits of pro players to a 100 GB file and then chose actions from there. I am not sure though if it was eraser bot, reaper bot or another. cr bot was also quite good in q2. as good as memory serves me.

[VirtualForce]

Originally posted by Olaf Wriggley:

Tried that and couldn't get it to work.

Back in the day (Win98, Win2000 etc) there was an actual piece of software where you could customise the setup of each game with an easy to use user interface whilst still in Windows before starting the game... That's what I was looking for.

A smidge late in replying, but I remember the front end, here is an archive of it:

https://archive.org/details/ebf1.2

I played so many Eraser bot games on the LOKI CTF maps. I havent run it in a loooong while, but remember the front end had issues running on modern OS like Win 7 and up.