Getting Started
- Download and install the Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2015, 2017 and 2019
- Download the latest release
- Extract the zip in any location inside your user folder (e.g. Downloads, Documents, Desktop, etc)
If you would like more information about installation or the above options are not quite what you need, visit the more detailed and technical installation wiki
Double click tf2_bot_detector.exe in the folder you downloaded from the installation section.
When you first run the tool it will ask if you would like to allow internet connectivity and which update channel you would like. These can be changed later in the settings menu. The recommended options are automatically selected and you may just click next.
It is strongly recommended to set up your Steam Web API key. More information can be found here.
Note: If TF2BD is unable to find your Steam folder, your TF2's tf folder, or your Steam ID, it will ask you for it before anything else
You can right click any entry in the TF2BD scoreboard to mark or unmark them. If they are on your team, you can also vote kick them from here without having to mark them.
If you have set up your Steam Web API (instructions here) you can hover over entries in the TF2BD you will be presented with a window showing Steam Community information about that account.
You can quickly pause all functionality (chat warnings, vote-kicks, auto-marks, etc) by checking the "Pause" box.
There are several of these check boxes, hover over them for more information.
With default settings TF2BD can self update. When the tool opens it will check for updates, if there is an update in your release channel you will be prompted to either update or continue without updating.
This behavior is disabled on first run to prevent the tool from connecting to the internet before the user allows it to.
Note: Player lists and rule sets are updated separately from the tool itself. As long as internet connectivity is allowed those lists will be updated
TF2BD allows for a fair amount of customization (with even more planned). Currently the most popular community tweak is the addition of community rule lists and player lists. More information about these can be found here.
Community lists are not maintained by this project! While being on the official project wiki implies endorsement by the project, ultimately we cannot guarantee quality, accuracy, or truthfulness of any player lists or rule sets. Please use responsibly.
If you are an advanced user you are more than welcome to create your own lists. You should be familiar with json in general before getting started but there are many people in the discord who would be happy to help.
We are here for you!