PCSX2-Helper-Bot

A reddit bot that rolls in several functions from my previous bots, PCSX2-CPU-Bot and PCSX2-Wiki-Bot and provides even more functionality for the r/PCSX2 subreddit.

How it works

The bot takes the provided CPU, GPU and game name parameters and compares them to specific hashmaps generated at start-up for each command. These comparison points are pulled from PassMark's CPU list, PassMark GPU Benchmarks list and the PCSX2 Wiki game list.

String pre-processing is run, and matching is done with the fuzzywuzzy module to find some close matching candidates. See PCSX2-CPU-Bot and PCSX2-Wiki-Bot for more specific information on these particular bots.

Supported commands

This bot allows users to find the following:

• Single thread rating for a given CPU model as it relates to PCSX2 requirements and performance. (CPUBot! cpu model command)

• G3D Mark score for a given GPU model as it relates to PCSX2 requirements and performance. (GPUBot!gpu model command)

• Game information from the PCSX2 wiki showing compatibility across regions and any active or fixed issues present on the page, as well as a link to the relevant wiki page. (WikiBot! game name command)

The bot also has several helper commands for common questions and issues under the HelperBot! command. These are as follows:

• Shows the aforementioned CPU, GPU and Wiki commands

• HelperBot! support - A guideline for asking good questions and getting better support with issues

• HelperBot! specs - Shows how to find CPU and GPU models in Windows 10

• HelperBot! steam - How to set up DualShock4 or other controllers on PCSX2 via Steam

• HelperBot! commands - Shows a list of commands and their parameters

• Commands bot calls can be chained together, such as:

  Are you having issues with Jak II?
  
  Helperbot! specs
  
  CPUbot! i5-4690k
  
  Wikibot! Jak II
  

  The bot supports multiple lookups/help commands as long as they're separated by a comma. So the following input will reply in one comment:

  These games can be fairly demanding for your CPU!
  
  Wikibot! Jak II, Burnout 3
  
  CPUBot! i5-4690k
  

  Here we see how multiple queries are responded to in one reply.

Why didn't the bot respond to me?

• Make sure that you are calling the bot correctly with one of the supported commands.

  The first part of the bot call, CPUBot!, GPUBot!, etc is NOT case-sensitive and requires a space after the !.

• The bot will only reply to a comment once. Edited comments after a reply is made will not be seen.

• The bot will not see comments between it going down and starting back up, as it will pull from new submissions upon starting. In which case, try again in a few minutes.

• The bot may be down for maintenance.

• I may have run out of free Heroku dynos for the month!

Acknowledgements

1. https://github.com/kylelobo/Reddit-Bot - kylelobo
2. https://github.com/harshibar/friendly-redditbot - harshibar
3. The Reddit community, particularly r/redditdev, r/Python, and of course, r/PCSX2