Visual Studio Source Code Setup

Note: You will need some basic Computer Experience. Need help? Join the Chat! The Issue Tracker is not for help!

These instructions are only for individuals who wish to modify the source code. If you want to just run the bot, please go here.

Using GitHub pull and repository

Downloading necessary files

Download and Install Visual Studio 2015.

Source code as zip-files

1.Get the current source code from Code.
2.Get the current version of the RocketAPI we use from RocketAPI
3.Unzip the source code for PokeMobBot
4.Unzip the RocketAPI so the folder structure matches PokeMobBot\FeroxRev\PokemonGo.RocketAPI\

Source code via git (faster, always up2date)

1.open your terminal (you should have git for windows installed)
2.change to the folder where you want to clone the files to and type into terminal
3.git clone --recursive https://github.com/PocketMobsters/PokeMobBot.git

Update source code to latest

1.Ensure you are in PokeMobBot root directory
2.Run git submodule update --force

Pull specific commit or pull request

1.Ensure you are in PokeMobBot root directory
2.Run git fetch origin pull/ID/head

Setup

1.Open PokeMobBot for Pokemon Go.sln.
2.Right click on PoGo.PokeMobBot.CLI and click on Set as Startup Project.
3.Press CTRL + F5
If this is the first execution of PokeMobBot in this directory, it will generate the config/auth JSON files and then automatically close.
4.Navigate to the bin/debug/Config/auth.json file
5.Change AuthType to google or ptc based on your login type
6.Enter your username and password with quotes around them. You can find an example below.

For Google logins, use GoogleUsername and GooglePassword.
If the Google login uses 2-factor authentication, you will be prompted when PokeMobBot attempts to login.
For PTC logins, use PTCUsername and PTCPassword.

{
"AuthType": "google",
"GoogleRefreshToken": null,
"PtcUsername": null,
"PtcPassword": null,
"GoogleUsername": "[email protected]",
"GooglePassword": "howdyhowdyhowdy"
}

7.Save the auth.json file
8.Edit bin/debug/Config/config.json with your desired settings
The defaults settings are generic so you WILL have to modify these to match what you expect from PokeMobBot.
More details on these settings can be found here
For GPX Path Setup, follow the guide at GPX Pathing Setup
For Sniping Setup, follow the guide at Sniping Setup
9.Put your latitude and longitude values in the DefaultLatitude and DefaultLongitude variables
You can find GPS coordinates here to fit your desired location.
10.Save the config.json file
11.Press CTRL + F5 and follow the instructions.
If you are using a Google account to login which is setup with 2-factor authentication, PokeMobBot will open a Google page in your default browswer and request for your 2-factor token.
NOTE: If PogoProtos is missing: Its in the packages folder, just right click the CLI -> Add Reference -> Browse (tab) -> Browse (button) -> go to the packages folder in the root directory and find the PogoProtos

Changing the Location of the Bot

Get a new latitude and longitude.
If your Bot is running, close it.
Change the value of DefaultLatitude and DefaultLongitude in your PokeMobBot\PoGo.PokeMobBot.CLI\bin\Debug\Config\config.json file
Run the bot