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''For a list of wikibots, see [http://nethackwiki.com/mediawiki/index.php?title=Special:ListUsers&group=bot].'' | ''For a list of wikibots, see [http://nethackwiki.com/mediawiki/index.php?title=Special:ListUsers&group=bot].'' | ||
| − | A '''bot''' is a computer program which plays [[NetHack]] without human intervention. Several bots now exist, and some of these can survive for a significant amount of time. A true bot with an internal model of the game, capable of making reasoned decisions about game events, and ultimately capable of ascending | + | A '''bot''' is a computer program which plays [[NetHack]] without human intervention. Several bots now exist, and some of these can survive for a significant amount of time. A true bot with an internal model of the game, capable of making reasoned decisions about game events, and ultimately capable of ascending remained elusive until 2015-01-25, when smartbot3, based on [https://github.com/krajj7/BotHack BotHack] first ascended on acehack.de (see [https://nethack.xd.cm/userdata/smartbot3/nethack/dumplog/1422171652 dumplog], [https://nethack.xd.cm/notable/first-nethack-bot-ascension/ ttyrec and other data]). |
The concept of a bot is often brought up in [[RGRN]]. Most conversations conclude that a bot is in theory possible, but tremendously difficult. | The concept of a bot is often brought up in [[RGRN]]. Most conversations conclude that a bot is in theory possible, but tremendously difficult. | ||
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==Bots== | ==Bots== | ||
| + | *BotHack, the first bot to successfully ascend: https://github.com/krajj7/BotHack | ||
*[[TAEB]]: http://taeb.github.io | *[[TAEB]]: http://taeb.github.io | ||
*Saiph: https://github.com/canidae/saiph | *Saiph: https://github.com/canidae/saiph | ||
Latest revision as of 20:08, 17 August 2015
For a list of wikibots, see [1].
A bot is a computer program which plays NetHack without human intervention. Several bots now exist, and some of these can survive for a significant amount of time. A true bot with an internal model of the game, capable of making reasoned decisions about game events, and ultimately capable of ascending remained elusive until 2015-01-25, when smartbot3, based on BotHack first ascended on acehack.de (see dumplog, ttyrec and other data).
The concept of a bot is often brought up in RGRN. Most conversations conclude that a bot is in theory possible, but tremendously difficult.
There exists a simple Perl script which is used by pudding farmers to automate the process of offering, praying, and clearing messages.
It is also possible to copy and paste a list of commands into a NetHack window which will repeat the same process over and over again. This was first used by eit_brad to achieve a high score which overflowed NetHack's signed 32-bit score variable in the 2003 /dev/null/nethack tournament.
Bots
- BotHack, the first bot to successfully ascend: https://github.com/krajj7/BotHack
- TAEB: http://taeb.github.io
- Saiph: https://github.com/canidae/saiph
- Demonia
- Others: list of NetHack bots
