I want to make a bot.

[thornx1]

I want to make a personal bot for fun. I am fairly good with C++ and i am currently getting into network programming. I thought it would be fun to make a small bot for a remedial task such as running to the bank and back in a game i play. Or perhaps to run a dungeon so i can farm it a little more easily. I am a gamer and i know how annoying bots can get, so i would like to tell you that this is just a small thing that wont be even noticeable by other players. The game has solo dungeons so i will simply enter it, and nobody will see me, or running back and forth to the bank. (This is for all of you fellow gamer who are going to say "Don't make the game worse for everyone else.") I work a lot and go to school, so this bot isn't giving me an unfair advantage or anything, It is helping me learn how to make as well as allowing me to keep up a little with my friends who play it.

On to the main topic, I figured i would use hooks to catch the packets and have the game play from that standpoint. I want to get better with my specific major in network programming, so i would like to work with sockets instead. so PLEASE do not tell me "Use auto it" or something, I want to make this to get better at what i do(Specifically in c++).
I am great at reverse engineering, so if someone could help me find the source for a c++ Bot similar to what i want in terms of functions, that is all i really need. But any advice is greatly appreciated.
Also, a packet viewing software and possibly a tutorial of how to use it would be amazing.

[Smac89]

thornx1 wrote:

I want to make a personal bot for fun. I am fairly good with C++ and i am currently getting into network programming. I thought it would be fun to make a small bot for a remedial task such as running to the bank and back in a game i play. Or perhaps to run a dungeon so i can farm it a little more easily. I am a gamer and i know how annoying bots can get, so i would like to tell you that this is just a small thing that wont be even noticeable by other players. The game has solo dungeons so i will simply enter it, and nobody will see me, or running back and forth to the bank. (This is for all of you fellow gamer who are going to say "Don't make the game worse for everyone else.") I work a lot and go to school, so this bot isn't giving me an unfair advantage or anything, It is helping me learn how to make as well as allowing me to keep up a little with my friends who play it.

On to the main topic, I figured i would use hooks to catch the packets and have the game play from that standpoint. I want to get better with my specific major in network programming, so i would like to work with sockets instead. so PLEASE do not tell me "Use auto it" or something, I want to make this to get better at what i do(Specifically in c++).
I am great at reverse engineering, so if someone could help me find the source for a c++ Bot similar to what i want in terms of functions, that is all i really need. But any advice is greatly appreciated.
Also, a packet viewing software and possibly a tutorial of how to use it would be amazing.

What game?

c/c++ networking tut:
http://www.dreamincode.net/forums/topic/137293-networking-tutorial/
http://www.binarytides.com/socket-programming-c-linux-tutorial/
http://www.prasannatech.net/2008/07/socket-programming-tutorial.html

You would get better responses if you ask on either a game site like: http://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions

Are you going to be concentrating on linux/windows. This matters in socket programming which I'm sure you probably already know

More info:
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=socket+programming+tutorial

[thornx1]

I forgot to add, i am using windows, but i also have Cygwin. Though i can switch to linux.
Thank you Smac89, i will look into those tutorials. The game Is "Dofus 2" It should be fairly easy to make a bot for.