AoE Bot
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Preparation
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- Install python > 3.8
- Install these libraries from an administrator terminal (windows):
  - pip install pywin32
  - pip install keyboard
  - pip install pyautogui
  - pip install opencv-python
  - pip install pytesseract


Start
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run aoe_bot.py before starting the game. It will wait for the startscreen and do some standard actions when the game has started:

- order 4 villagers
- assign hotkeys: 1: scout, 2-4: villagers
- build first house with villagers 1+2
- build second house with villager 3
- send scout around the village and around the map

After this it will collect screenshots during the game to train data

Interesting Links
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- [Tutorial video + notes](https://github.com/KianBrose/Image-Recognition-Botting-Tutorial/blob/master/README.txt)
- [Pyautogui Doc](https://pyautogui.readthedocs.io/en/latest/keyboard.html)
- [PIL doc](https://pillow.readthedocs.io/en/stable/reference/Image.html)
- [Draw Image api](https://pillow.readthedocs.io/en/stable/reference/ImageDraw.html)
- [Draw Image Example](http://effbot.org/imagingbook/imagedraw.htm)
- [AoE Hotykey editor](https://aokhotkeys.appspot.com/editor)
- [Structureing your python project](https://python-docs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/writing/structure.html)
- [Download Tesseract for Windows](https://github.com/UB-Mannheim/tesseract/wiki)