Customization
Certain aspects of TF2BD can be customized either in the tool or by editing the configuration files. All config files are JSON and have schemas (allows autocomplete and validation). VScodium is recommended for editing JSON.
Third party player lists may have false positives. Since this project does not maintain the lists, we cannot vouch for them. However, in our experience the ones listed here are generally accurate.
Some users maintain their own public player lists and rule sets. These lists will automatically update every time the tool is started (assuming you have "Allow Internet Connectivity" enabled in the settings, which is highly recommended). The lists below are the most popular community lists, this is not a comprehensive collection of community lists. You can install these lists by placing them in TF2BD's cfg folder. This folder can be opened by going to File → Open Config Folder.
The links here assume you have internet connectivity enabled. If you do not wish to leave internet connectivity on you can turn it off after these are installed. Internet connectivity is highly recommended in general.
- wgetJane's biglist - List of bot accounts maintained by wget#0242 on discord. (Unmaintained)
- Moeb rules - Rule set maintained by moeb#9250 on discord. (Unmaintained)
- Milenko's cathook list - List of players who have broadcasted their usage of cathook to the rest of the server. (Unmaintained)
- TF2BD "Trusted" list - List of cheaters contributed to by those with the "Trusted" role in the TF2 Bot Detector discord.
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Example with all lists installed
Settings such as your SteamID and tf directory are stored in cfg/settings.json. Most of these settings can be configured from within the tool by opening "Settings" from the top left.
Scoreboard colors can be modified by clicking on the squares above the scoreboard.
Inside the tool, you can right click on players on the scoreboard to manually (un)mark them with various tags.
The list of cheaters is stored in cfg/playerlist.json. The tool also loads any files matching the wildcard cfg/playerlist.*.json. The official list (the list maintained exclusively by Pazer) is stored in cfg/playerlist.official.json. Do not modify the official list. Your changes will be overwritten when you next start the tool.
Most bots are extremely low-effort and can be easily automatically detected. The rules for detection are in cfg/rules.json. Like cfg/playerlist.json, rules are also loaded from all files matching the wildcard cfg/rules.*.json. Do not modify the official list (rules.official.json). Your changes will be overwritten when you next start the tool.