Fishing Assistant - Dragonflight

Fishing Assistant bot rewritten from scratch for Dragonflight. Cleaner codebase, lighter weight, more stable, more features.

Table of Contents

• Fishing Assistant - Dragonflight
• Table of Contents
• Setup
  • Install Requirements
  • Choosing an input method
    • Setting up interception driver input
    • Setting up arduino hardware input
  • Script Settings
    • User Settings
    • Fishing
    • Breaks
    • Auto Vendor
    • Discord Webhook
    • TSM
• In-game Settings
• Running Script

Setup

Install Requirements

• Open cmd / terminal in the downloaded folder (shift + right-click -> Open Powershell window here)
• Run the command: pip install -r requirements.txt (Only need to do this once.)

Choosing an input method

• virtual - Can be used by just installing the requirements from above. Least safe method.
• interception - Input driver that needs to be installed to the system. Should be safer than virtual.
• • Some games / anti-cheats may block you from playing with this installed, like faceit.
• arduino - Hardware that can send input to the system that looks like a real hardware device (or your mouse if descriptors are changed.)
• • Working!
• • Currently uses arduino keyboard/mouse libraries for input.
• • In the future will use host shield to pass through keyboard/mouse

Setting up interception driver input

• This isn't required but should be safer to use than virtual input.
• • Optionally proceed with installation steps and change the input_method in settings.ini to interception
• Open cmd / terminal in fishing_assistant\Interception\command line installer (shift + right-click -> Open Powershell window here)
• • Run: .\install-interception.exe /install
• • Must reboot the computer/vm after.

Setting up arduino hardware input

• First time setup:
• • Install FTDI VCP drivers at this link (This should happen automatically when you plug in the arduino but just in case.)
• • Upload /utility/arduino/fishing_assistant.ino to device
• • (Recommended) spoof arduino using this tutorial
• • Set VID PID of arduino in settings.ini
• • • Default settings will work if not spoofed.
• After setup:
• • Plug in arduino to pc
• • In settings set input_type to arduino
• • run bot as normal

Script Settings

• Change appropriate user settings in settings/settings.ini

User Settings

• • debug = True - Enables debug logging and images
• • input_method = virtual - Set input method (virtual/interception/arduino)
• • • (safest: arduino > interception > virtual)

Fishing

• • fishing_hotkey = z - In-game hotkey with your fishing ability.
• • min_confidence = 0.50 - Confidence needed to find bobber.
• • • Lower if it cant find the bobber.
• • • Higher if mouse moving to spots where the bobber isn't.
• • timeout_threshold = 20 - Timeout in seconds before casting new rod, if we didn't find a catch.
• • dip_threshold = 7 - amount of y pixels deviated from average before deciding the movement means there was a catch.
• • bobber_image_name = bobber_blue.png - Name of file for your bobber image
• • • You should update the bobber image to your own or it may not find the bobber very well.
• • • Make it similar to example templates in size / whats shown in the image.

Breaks

• • breaks_enabled = True - Enable or disable taking breaks during while botting fishing.
• • wow_path = C:\Program Files (x86)\World of Warcraft\_retail_\Wow.exe - Path to your World of Warcraft\_retail\Wow.exe
• • account_password = account_password_here - The way the bot launches the game doesn't auto log you in so you need to save your password. It's only stored locally in this file.
• • • It expects you've already launched the game from wow_path and saved the account login.
• • • If you load the game from wow_path it should only require you to type your password and hit enter to login.
• • playtime_duration_range = 30,50 - Random time in this range to fish before taking a break.
• • break_duration_range = 2,10 - Random time in this range to stay logged out for your break.

Auto Vendor

• • auto_vendor_enabled = True - Enable or disable auto vendor feature
• • mount_hotkey = f1 - Hotkey to get on vendor mount
• • target_hotkey = f2 - Hotkey with /target Gnimo macro
• • interact_hotkey = f3 - Hotkey bound to - in-game options -> Gameplay -> keybindings -> targetting -> interact with target

Discord Webhook

• discord_webhook_enabled = False - Set to True to enable sending progress reports via webhook.
• • Must have a valid webhook url!
• discord_webhook_url = webhook_url_goes_here - Paste your discord webhook's url here.
• • You can look at the Discord documentation on how to create a webhook.

TSM

• api_key - Set to your TSM API key found at https://www.tradeskillmaster.com/user
• • Used to get accurate prices for progress reports.

In-game Settings

• The script now template matches the loot window to keep an accurate track of loot.
• For this to work, you'll want the following settings:
• • Game Settings:
• • • set resolution to windows - 1280x768
• • • Set resolution scale to 100%
• • • Set auto-loot to disabled
• • ElvUI Settings:
• • General -> General tab -> Set UI Scale to 0.64
• • General -> BlizzUI Improvements -> Uncheck Loot Frame in the General/top section.
• I don't think it should matter to much but in testing I had the preset graphics slider set to 1/lowest.

Running Script

• Zoom all the way in, in game.
• Do a test fishing cast and make sure bobbers are near middle of game window.
• • Having debug enabled will show the area of interest window if you need help.
• It is beneficial to hide UI while fishing with alt+z
• Open cmd / terminal in current folder (shift + right-click -> Open Powershell window here)
• • Run this in terminal window: python main.py