MacProBot

The official discord bot for the Mac Gaming discord server hosted by MacProTips!

Deployment

This bot is deployed on PythonAnywhere, but can easily be deployed on any hosting service that supports Python

Available Commands

This is only the list of currently available commands. More features are in the works and will be added in the future.

Standard Commands

• /agwcheck <game name>
  • Get the compatibility ratings for the searched game from AppleGamingWiki
• /cxcheck <game name>
  • Get the searched game's star rating on the CrossOver Compatibility Database
• /define <term>
  • Get a definition from a glossary of Mac gaming related terms
• /metalhud
  • Instructions for setting up the Metal HUD toolbar shortcut
• /support
  • A quick for mto fill out to help with game troubleshooting gaming
• /updatedxmt
  • Link to a quick tutorial on how to update DXMT in CrossOver
• /videofaq
  • Helpful tips for recording footage for troubleshooting
• /wallpaper
  • Randomly select a wallpaper from the #wallpapers channel

Admin/Mod Commands

• /announce
  • Send an announcement in the configured announcements channel

The bot also responds to pings and has a small chance to respond to any message in the server with a snarky AI generated response

Running For Yourself

This bot is entirely focused on being useful for MacProTips' "Mac Gaming" discord server, but if you find yourself wanting to try it for yourself, here's how to do it:

1. Clone this repository

git clone https://github.com/Shock9616/MacProBot

2. Create and activate virtual environment in repository root (optional but HIGHLY recommended)

python -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate

3. Install dependencies

pip install -r requirements.txt

4. Create necessary environment variables in a file called .env in the root of the repository with the following contents (replace <> with required value):

TOKEN = <DISCORD_BOT_TOKEN>
AI_API_KEY = <OPENROUTER_API_KEY>
ANNOUNCEMENTS_CHANNEL_ID = <1234567890>
MOD_CHANNEL_ID = <1234567890>
WALLPAPERS_CHANNEL_ID = <1234567890>

• TOKEN is the secret key that is used to connect to discord. To get this token, you need to create an application on the Discord Developer Portal
• AI_API_KEY Is used to connect to an LLM on OpenRouter for unprompted responses. This is not necessary to run the bot, but the AI responses will not work without it
• ANNOUNCEMENTS_CHANNEL_ID, MOD_CHANNEL_ID, and WALLPAPERS_CHANNEL_ID are the unique identifiers for the channels used for the /announce and /wallpaper commands. These aren't necessary to run the bot, but the commands won't work without them

5. Run the bot

python main.py