discord-bot/README.md

RPCS3 Compatibility Bot

This is a tech support / moderation / crowd entertainment bot for the RPCS3 discord server

Development Requirements

• .NET Core 2.1 SDK or newer
• Any text editor, but here are some recommends:
  • Visual Studio (Windows and Mac only, has free Community edition)
  • Visual Studio Code (cross-platform, free)
  • JetBrains Rider (cross-platform)

Runtime Requirements

• .NET Core 2.1 SDK or newer to run from sources
  • needs dotnet command available (i.e. alias for the Snap package)
• .NET Core 2.1 Runtime or newer for compiled version

How to Build

• Change configuration for test server in CompatBot/Properties/launchSettings.json
• Note that token could be set in the settings or supplied as a launch argument (higher priority)
• If you've changed the database model, add a migration
  • $ cd CompatBot
  • $ dotnet ef migrations add -c [BotDb|ThumbnailDb] MigrationName
  • $ cd ..
• $ cd CompatBot
• $ dotnet run [token]

How to Run in Production

• Change configuration if needed (probably just token)
• Put bot.db in CompatBot/
• $ cd CompatBot
• $ dotnet run -c Release [token]

External resources that need manual updates

• Unicode confusables gzipped, for Homoglyph checks