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🛠 THIS PAGE IS A WORK IN PROGRESS AND INCOMPLETE 🛠

This page will walk you through how to set up your own instance of a pokebot-bizhawk.

Please follow this guide carefully before asking for help in the #bot-support❓ channel. If you do need help, please provide a clear and concise description of your issues, along with any screenshots and error logs.

Requirements

First up, you will need to install a few things:

Python

Download and install the latest version of Python (important: during the install, tick Add Python to PATH)

Bizhawk (Emulator)

Download and install Bizhawk prereqs (this includes .NET and other frameworks for Bizhawk to run)

Download and extract Bizhawk (emulator) 2.9 (extract this somewhere you will remember, your GBA save data will saved here so make sure you back it up if you ever upgrade Bizhawk)

Load up and start a supported game (bring you own ROM)

The Bot

Download the bot here (optionally git clone this repo) and extract it into a folder (preferably named pokebot-bizhawk)

Open the pokebot-bizhawk folder you just extracted and install the required Python modules

⚠ Warning: take caution and inspect .bat files you've downloaded from the Internet before running!

  • Option 1: Run requirements.bat to automatically install the required Python modules
  • Option 2: Open a terminal in the pokebot-bizhawk folder and run python.exe -m pip install -r .\requirements.txt
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