MessageBot

Allows to send messages to players with a Steam Bot

Check messagebot.inc for available functions. Binaries can be found in the CallAdmin Steam Module or on the releases page.

Installation

1. Download the latest release from the releases page.
2. Put the extension file messagebot.ext.dll (windows server) and/or messagebot.ext.so (linux server) into the addons/sourcemod/extensions folder.
3. Put the ca-bundle.crt file into the addons/sourcemod/data/messagebot folder. If it does not exist, create it.

How-to build

On Linux

• Set build path

  1. export BUILD_DIR=$HOME
  2. cd $BUILD_DIR

• Build openssl

  1. wget https://www.openssl.org/source/openssl-1.1.1a.tar.gz && tar -xvzf openssl-1.1.1a.tar.gz
  2. cd openssl-1.1.1a
  3. setarch i386 ./config -m32 no-shared && make
  4. mkdir lib && cp *.a lib/
  5. cd $BUILD_DIR

• Build zlib

  1. wget http://zlib.net/zlib1211.zip && unzip zlib1211.zip
  2. cd zlib-1.2.11
  3. CFLAGS=-m32 ./configure -static && make
  4. mkdir include && mkdir lib && cp *.h include/ && cp libz.a lib
  5. cd $BUILD_DIR

• Build libidn

  1. wget https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/libidn/libidn2-2.0.5.tar.gz && tar -xvzf libidn2-2.0.5.tar.gz
  2. cd libidn2-2.0.5
  3. CFLAGS=-m32 ./configure --disable-shared --enable-static --disable-doc && make
  4. mkdir include && cp lib/*.h include/ && cp lib/.libs/libidn2.a lib
  5. cd $BUILD_DIR

• Build libcurl

  1. wget https://curl.haxx.se/download/curl-7.62.0.zip && unzip curl-7.62.0.zip
  2. cd curl-7.62.0
  3. ./configure --with-ssl=$BUILD_DIR/openssl-1.1.1a --with-zlib=$BUILD_DIR/zlib-1.2.11 --with-libidn2=$BUILD_DIR/libidn2-2.0.5 --disable-shared --enable-static --disable-rtsp --disable-ldap --disable-ldaps --disable-manual --disable-libcurl-option --without-librtmp --without-libssh2 --without-nghttp2 --without-gssapi --host=i386-pc-linux-gnu CFLAGS=-m32 && make all ca-bundle
  4. DO NOT INSTALL IT!
  5. cd $BUILD_DIR

• Get Sourcemod 1.9

  1. git clone https://github.com/alliedmodders/sourcemod --recursive --branch 1.9-dev --single-branch sourcemod-1.9

• Build MessageBot

  1. git clone https://github.com/dordnung/MessageBot
  2. cd MessageBot
  3. make SMSDK=$BUILD_DIR/sourcemod-1.9 OPENSSL=$BUILD_DIR/openssl-1.1.1a ZLIB=$BUILD_DIR/zlib-1.2.11 IDN=$BUILD_DIR/libidn2-2.0.5 CURL=$BUILD_DIR/curl-7.62.0

On Windows (Visual Studio 2015/2017)

• Build zlib

  1. Download zlib from https://zlib.net/zlib1211.zip and unzip to some folder
  2. Open the Developer Command Prompt for VS 2017 or Developer Command Prompt for VS 2015 at the zlib-1.2.11 folder
  3. Type vcvarsall.bat x86 8.1 and press ENTER
  4. Type nmake /f win32/Makefile.msc LOC=-MT and press ENTER
  5. Type md lib include and press ENTER
  6. Type copy /Y zlib.lib lib and press ENTER
  7. Type copy /Y *h include and press ENTER
  8. Add a new system variable named ZLIB pointing to the zlib-1.2.11 folder

• Build libcurl

  1. Download curl from https://curl.haxx.se/download/curl-7.62.0.zip and unzip to some folder
  2. Reopen the Developer Command Prompt for VS 2017 or Developer Command Prompt for VS 2015 at the curl-7.62.0 folder
  3. Type vcvarsall.bat x86 8.1 and press ENTER
  4. Type cd winbuild and press ENTER
  5. Type nmake /f Makefile.vc mode=static WITH_ZLIB=static ZLIB_PATH=%ZLIB% RTLIBCFG=static VC=15 MACHINE=x86 and press ENTER
  6. Add a new system variable named CURL pointing to the curl-7.62.0/builds/libcurl-vc15-x86-release-static-zlib-static-ipv6-sspi-winssl folder

• Get Sourcemod 1.9

  1. Retrieve Sourcemod 1.9 with: git clone https://github.com/alliedmodders/sourcemod --recursive --branch 1.9-dev --single-branch sourcemod-1.9
  2. Add a new system variable named SOURCEMOD19 with the path to the sourcemod-1.9 folder

• Build MessageBot

  1. Retrieve MessageBot with: git clone https://github.com/dordnung/MessageBot
  2. Reopen the Developer Command Prompt for VS 2017 or Developer Command Prompt for VS 2015 at the MessageBot folder
  3. Type vcvarsall.bat x86 8.1 and press ENTER
  4. Type msbuild msvc17/messagebot.sln /p:Platform="win32" and press ENTER