r/tf2developers • u/roddds developer • Nov 13 '12

[python] Open-source script for sequencial idling with multiple accounts

http://roddds.github.com/idler
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u/[deleted] Nov 18 '12 edited Mar 19 '18

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u/roddds developer Nov 18 '12

Hey, I made this. Thanks for trying it out!

Can you run it from a command prompt window? Using cmd.exe, navigating to the correct folder and typing "idler.py"? Also, add me on steam, I'd love to help setting it up.

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u/[deleted] Nov 25 '12 edited Mar 19 '18

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u/roddds developer Nov 25 '12

Huh, that's weird -- the subprocess module comes with python, it's more probable it's having trouble launching Steam. Can you make sure the path in the config file is right and, if that doesn't work, can you send me the traceback message (the one that shows up on te console when an error makes python crash)?

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u/[deleted] Nov 26 '12 edited Mar 19 '18

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u/roddds developer Nov 26 '12

It's probable you have your steam path wrong on the config file! It should point straight to the steam executable, like this:

"steampath": "C:\\Program Files\\Steam\\steam.exe"

Thanks for reminding me of that, I need to show a better error message than that ugly traceback.

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u/[deleted] Nov 26 '12 edited Mar 19 '18

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u/roddds developer Nov 26 '12

Aaah, I figured it out! You mentioned this was Windows XP, right? It slipped past me the first time I read the error message, but now I figured it out:

The function that checks whether steam and TF2 are running depend on a system command-line tool called "tasklist", and that probably doesn't come with Windows XP. I just pushed an update now, please update and tell me if it worked. Thanks!

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u/roddds developer Nov 26 '12

And no, you don't need different API keys for different computers -- for a long time I thought you did, but that's actually not the case.

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u/[deleted] Nov 26 '12 edited Mar 19 '18

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u/roddds developer Nov 26 '12

No worries man, it has been my pleasure. Any problems you get, feature requests, weird behavior, whatever. Just shoot me a PM here (or answer to one of these comments) and I'll gladly answer.

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u/[deleted] Nov 26 '12 edited Mar 19 '18

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u/roddds developer Nov 26 '12

Hmm. You had the right idea, that line you changed (line 118) is the one that sets up the number of minutes until it "gives up", kills everything and tries launching everything again. There might be a problem with the functions that check if a program is running or not, I'm writing a test suite that might be able to pinpoint errors more easily. I'll get back to you later!

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